The representative., 1900-11-01


In this estimate each county is estimated
In most conservative manner. Goodhue
county, for instance, will doubtless give
Heatwole several hundred more than cred
tied, and there is every likelihood that in
Renville the same will bet rue. In Dakota
home, there is possibility that Heatwole
will not do as we'll as indicated above, but
1t Is fact that Heatwole is very popular
in the county and will give Schaller hard
fight for it.
The comparison with the figures Of 1898
is apt to prove misleading because Of the
light vote cast that year. Nearly all Of
them gave Heatwole larger pluralities in
1896 than In 1898 and appearances indicate
that Schaller will make no better showing
than his two predecessors have done.
There are In the district about 81, 900 malA
Of voting age, but of these fully 5000 are
yet to be naturalized, and the vote this
year will approximate $4,000. OF the un-
naturaliZed just about 900 are to be found
in Goodhue county alone and are Scandi-
navians.
The German American element largely
predominates in the district. and Schaller is
making his campaign almost entirely In the
German communities, evidently with the
idea that his German birth will avail to
catch that vote. In this hope, it would ap-
pear. he is likely to be disappointed, -inas-
much as Mr.. Hsatwole is OF purer German
descent than he. The nationality racket has
never been worked by Mr.. Heatwole in past
campaigns, but he is q shrewd enough cam
paigner to meet Mr.. Schaller upon that
ground and win the game.
LIND ATTACKS sCHALLER.
Senator Schaller has been handicapped in
his campaign by certain speeches delivered
in the district by Gov Lind. The latter had
the bad taste at meeting at Hastings to
condemn those who voted at the last legis-
lative session against the adoption OF the
bill to increase the railway gross earnings
tax to per cent, while upon the platform
from which the speech was delivered sat
Senator Schaller, who was one OF the
guilty ones mentioned. Mr. Schaller was
q member Of the committee to which the
bill was referred and was frankly opposed
to it, voting to indefinitely postpone.
Mr.. Schaller also, as q member Of the
legislature, was one of those who led the
fight against the passage Of the so-called
"Anderso1'' BILL taxing unused railway
lands. This is fact easily proved by ref
erence to the senate journal for 1895, pages
1854, 3S9 and $780, The record shows that
Senator Schaller voted against the measure
in question three separate times.
This is another matter upon which the
governor has been indiscreet, having rang
in all kinds Of changes along that line.
Yet, in spite Of all this remarkable as it
may seem, schaller continues campaigning
for Lind, his own defeat being assured. In
fact it is believed that his whole aim is to
bring the Germanu vote to Lind's support
by harping upon imperialism.
TRIED TO MAKE AMENDS.
In a speech at Waterville recently Gov.
Lind very clumsily tried to repair the dam
age he had done Schaller by explaining
that the latter had been forced by reason
of complications in his home town to vote
against the proposal to increase the gross
earnings tax, evidently meaning that the
senator voted that way In order to secure
the location Of the new insane hospital at
Hastings This excuse, 1t can be seen, Is
little better than none at all.
The Democrats are claiming that Schaller
will receive 1000 plurality in Scott county
and say they will make heavy gains In
Carver, Sibley and Mcleod.
Bets are offered in various places in
the district that Heatwole will have 5000
plurality.
lie sueur county is claimed for Schaller
by only 200, and for Lind by only 400. They
are claiming also that Schaller will get
his own county (Dakota) by from 600 to
700.
VAN SAINTS CHANGER.
On the governorship proposition the out
look is not so rosy, although it is in
this section of the state that the Doran
Democrats are chiefly in evidence and
there is no reason to doubt but that the
influence OF the old Democratic chieftain will
be OF great benefit to Capt. Van SAINT. In
1896 Clough succeeded in carrying the dis
trict with Just 150O more votes than Lind.
In 1898 Lind turned things over and beat
Eustis with 3,011 to spare.