The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-01
POLITICS OF THE STATE

Joel P. Heatwole evidently appreciates
moro keenly each day his waning
strength in the Third district He prob
ably viii continue to appreciates the fact
until it is demonstrated to him beyond
doubt by the people at the first trial
Of the primary election law. With the
political boss Of the state against him,
man who lives in Heatwole's own dis
trict, there Is little doubt that the
corpulent congressman will at last be
made to realize that even his political
machine is not invincible. The most dis
tinguished feature attached to Heat
wole's career as a representative is that
he has had the strongest political ma
chine back of him and this has insured
his elections. But under the primary
election law this organization will be in
affective without complete reimbursement,
and the new nature Of things will hardly
admit of successful reconstruction.
Heatwole will have to lend his atten-
ton to something more than the manip-
ulatien of a well-greased machine; he
Will nave something more to contend
with than the ordinary resistance which
that machine has heretofore encountered
In the opposition party. He must face
internal strife and realize that part of
MS own machine refuses to move In the
A40'AS hbCNAOll nc InQSL formidable en-
envy Which Joel P. has ever had to bat
tie with will take the field against him
next year in the person of the astute
Tams BiXby, of Red Wing, the man
through whose political cunning and
sagacity Samuel r. Van SAINT is where
he Is. He will prove far too resourceful
and stragetic for Heatwole. Tams' en-
NIFTY against HeatWole is Of the most
bitter nature. The Third district repre-
sentative stuck the knife into the willy
pohtlclan last winteH during the sena-
torlal contest and BiXby then and there
sWore vengeance against him. He said
that he would leave nothing undone to
defeat Heatwole for the nomination,
even If it became necessary for him to
enter the field personally as a candidate.
Il never had any desire to get to con-
gresS, said Mr. Bixby "but I would
certainly run to beat Heatwole if it re-
quired that, whether 7 stood any show of
election or nomination myself or not
lSixby has never been known to 'Ie
down" and Notwithstanding the effort of
the HeatW ole crowd to pacify him. Tams
viii refuse to be muzzled, and the conse-
quences will be that one Joel P Heat
Woie may possibly wish he had kept his
hand out OF affairs when, for some raa-
son or other, Tams wanted to secure the
support of the Third district delegation
in the United States senatorial contest
last winter
Congressman McCleary and Fletcher
have gone clear to Europe to study poll
tics, but their opponents at home are
finding ample food for thought right here
in the Second and Fifth congressional
districts Of Minnesota. The two repre-
sentatives may find upon their return
that it would have paid them better to
have stayed on this side Of the waters
and Informed themselves on the best
methods of securing their reelection.
rather than to have gone to Europe to
get posted on government ownership Of
railroads. 1t is strongly intimated in the
Fifth district that there are several
young men over there whose knowledge
OF governmental ownership Is decidedly