The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-18
HAINO|E KNOCKS Clap
PUTS JOEL p. ON THE
WARPATH
SENATOR SAFELY OUT OF REACH
CIapp's Selection Commended Cen
orally, but His Assaf1ant Objects
to Its Notwithstanding,
and Hammers"

Representative Joel P. Heatwole. of
Mortified. has temporarily abandoned
his chase Of Tams Bixby and is devot-
Ing his time now reaching for the scalp
of Senator Moses E. Clapp. The willy
chieftain of the Choctaws has hied him
self away off to the nuts of his tribes
in Oklahoma, which places him beyond
the mighty Joel'S hammer, that loses its
art with idleness. Senator Ciapp is also
little out Of easy reach, being at pres
emit in Buffalo, but the man whom the
people Of the Third district send to con-
gress as their representative managed to
get in a few harmless raps at him yes
terday, nevertheless.
The cause of Heatwoles animosity for
Senator Clapp Is that the latter refused,
upon a certain occasion, to pursue the
course of a hideIbound partisan, and
choose to exercise a slight bit Of indie
pendence. such as is not uncommon in
statesmen and rare in politicians This
was exceedingly distastefuI to Heatwole,
and now he is employing his time in a
strained endeavor to undo what the
junior senator from Minnesota has done.
WHAT MADE JOEL MAD.
The readers Of the G1ob were In
formed through its columns Sunday
morning of the appointment of Lawrence
OF consular agent at Schiedam, The
Netherlands, and that the appointment
which was in no sense a political one,
came through Senator Clapp. This forms
the basis of Heatwole's present rage.
The fact is Hodgsor, who is a young
man tWenty-six years Of age, voted the
Democratic ticket last fall, and in doing
so, of course, voted against Heatwole.
HOdgSon was at that time an assistant in
the Office of the superintendent of pub
lie instruction. He is yet, despite the
fact that the state has Republican
governor and Republican superintendent
Of public instruction. His services in
that department were of the most eff
Gent character, and Supt. Olsen did not
consider it expedient to discharge him
merely because his politics failed to ac-
cord with HOdgson's. Heatwole does not
display the same conservative attitude in
the matter, however, as his partisans,
and takes the position that Hodgson's
offenses are such as ought to condemn.
instead of commend, him for al appoint
nnent of this kind.
HeatWole, in an interview yesterday
regarding the affair, says he read of the
appointment in the Globe Sunday
morning and that he received a letter
shortly after from a resident" of Hast
ings protesting against it. The letter"
the thoughtful congressman carries
around with him and displays it freely
1t proceeds to enuuerate the offepses Of
which Mr. Hodgson has peen guilty, all
Of which may be summed up in "he Is a
Democrat Heatwole, after showing
this letter." then dilates the while on
Senator Clapp, saying that he wrote to
the senator opposing the appointment
Of Hodgson. The letter was never an
swered by Clapp. Heatwole, in his dis
sertation on the st. Paul statesman,
suggests something Of the gross usurpa-
ton of power of which he has been
guilty, by recommending a man for Of
fee who does not vote the Republican
ticket and points out that Senator Clapp
has mserably failed to guard the IN
terests'' of the Republican party by his
course. In describing the awful charac-
ter of such crime as that which Sena-
tor Clapp has thus committed, such terms
as Uncomfortable" objectionable" and
''nauseating dose" are employed by the
irate editor of the Mortified News. 1t
is intimated that the will and confidence
of the Republican party Of Minnesota
has been so ANONYMOUSLY diso1F nd and
betrayed as to make Senator Clapp per-
soma non grata with his party for the
remainder of his life.
STATESMEN COMMEND CHOICE.
One peculiar fact about the outburSt OF
Indignation on the part of Heatwole is
that some of the most prominent Repub-
icans in the state, one of them an office
holder, have warmly recommended the
appointment by Gen. Clapp, and criticised
Heatwole for his vain attempt to inter-
fere with the senator's affairs in as Sc
we're terms as he has arraigned the lat
ter 1t is extremely doubtful if this fit
of anger will be of the slightest conse-
quence to Heatwole, especially in the
face of the fact that Hedson has been
formally appointed invested with his
commission, has taken the oath of Office,
and had his credentials forwarded to the
proper authorities in The Netherlands.
Mr.. Hodgson, as has been already stated
by the G o b e, did not solicit the place
On the contrary, it came to him as a
recognition by Senator Clapp of special
fitness and ability, which, it would SEEM
ought to take precedence over political
and personal prejudices. He is resting
quite easy in the meantime, and expects
to leave for his new station in a very
short time.
Senator Clapp's selection has been COM
rnended generally by both Republicans
and Democrats who are acquainted with
Mr. Hodgson, and his friends bespeak a
very successful career for the young
man.