St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
SANITY CITY DOINGS
A Clever Scheme of Joel Heat
wole to Fall Into the Ma
tional Committee.
The Remains of the Late Ira
De Graft Taken Home
to Winona.
Numerous Cay Events in the
Social World Just Be-
fore Lent.
Summary OF the Doings of
One Day Gathered From
All Sources.
DAVIS RESIGNS.

Senator Davis Resigns His Posi-
tion in the National Committee
Meeting Called to Choose Sue
cessor.
Republican politicians have found
something 10 gossip about in the pro-
mitigation of Senator CuShman h.
Davis resignation as a member of the
national Republican committee, and eS-
pecially as it has tranSpired that the doc
ument has bee II in the hands of Secre-
taFy Ieatwole. of the state committee,
for upwards of two months. A party Of
well-knOw Republicans sat i'll the rO-
tunda of the merchants last evening
and discussed the subject in all its
bearings, apparently ohliyiOus 10 the fact
that Il representative of the GLOBE was
in their midst. Although he has only
been in the state about five years,
said one OF the group, Editor Heat
WOle has managed 10 make himself
pretty prominent in our politics, and it
begins 10 look rs though he wanted 10
succeed Senator Davis on The national
committee. Ii not. why did he keep this
matter 80 quiet. Tor the letters of the
senator was sent him several weeks
ago. EN-GOv. PillSbury was con-
suited and urged TO call
meeting OF the state committee
hut lie was lukewarm on the subject.
and apparently did not want to become
the senator's successor, hence he would
hot name 4 day for meeting, and now
at the last moment HedtwOle jumps in
and calls the meeting. the chances being
that he has first made Il canvass OF the
state in his own interest
Neither PillSbury nor WaShburn are
very anxious to shine in the national
committee and our young friend from
Indiana. who has an itching palm for
political preferment, jumps at the OPP
pOrtunity thus presented to further his
congressional aspirations. None of Us
forget that in the senatorial contest
which eliminated in the choice of EX-
Gov. Davis. no one was more Jealous in
his behalf than Secretary HeatWOle and
there is strong probability that his re-
ward for past services is about to be
given him.
There is another feature about this
resignation that don't like" expressed
another speaker, land that is it looks
like
\ STAB AT BLAINE.
Although Senator Davis supported
the Maine statesman he has no friends
among the adherentS of Pillsbury and
WaShburn, and HeatWOle is also OPP
posed to him. There is considerable
more in this document than appears Oh
the surface, and Republicans should be
very careful about making a SelectiO
for such an important committee. 1t is
second only to the position of a senator,
for the occupant of the position can
have a very decided effect in manipu-
lating state affairs and politics."
Here it is but six days until the
time fixed for the meeting, Feb. Is, and
the national committee viii convene at
Chicago later in the month. TO be sure,
there is necessity for successor to the
senator. but he could just as we'll have
taken the action that he has now when
he was elected senator, and thus given
an opportunity for more careful scru-
tiny of an available man. 1t has q SuS-
piciOuS look, too, that the date OF the
letter from the senator should be at
time when he was reported dangerously
i'll at Washington and hardly in cOndi-
tion to be writing political documents"
Then there was Il coming of the letter
in question, which read as follows:
Washington. d. c., Feb. 4.-Joel P.
HeatwOle. Northtield, Mimi: l hereby
resign my position as the member of
the Republican National committee
from Minnesota. The reason for this is
that a fair construction of the intent of
the rule adopted by the last convention.
that no person who is not qualified to
be a presidential electOr can be men,
Der of that committee, makes my cleo
ton to the senate operate as a vacation
of the position above named, which |
held at the time of my election to that
office. There may be some doubt about
this in my case, but it is more decOrous,
both TO the party in Minnesota and to
myself. to have no doubt III such a mat
ter. / suggest that the state central
committee appoint my successor in due
time, so that our state be represented
upon the present committee when it
cOnveneS at Chicago next June to initi-
ate the opening Of the convention. Very
respectfully, G. X. DAVIS.
Joel p. HeatwOle was in St. Paul yes
terday for several hours and hObnObbed
with such Republican wheel-horses as
were in sight, about the corridors.
When speaking of the resignation of
Senator Da is from the national COM
mittee, he said he knew Of no candidate
for the place made vacant.