The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
HEAIWOLE FOR GOV.
His Friends Deny That He Is a
Candidate-But as to the
49,. senatorship.
Major Hancock Is Better-Gov. Mer-
RAM Speaks of Work on
the Census.
From The Journal Bureau, Room IS, Post Build.
ing, WaahnRton. q. - - !.

From The Journal Bureau, Room 49, Post Build.
ing, Washington. .. e. - ~ @~~
Washington, Dec. 1S.-RepresentatWe
Joel P. Heatwole since his return \
Washington, has been trying to determine
how many suits of clothes he has coming
to him, and how many he owes to other
people. as the result of quiet little bets
made last summer. before the adjourn
ment OF the last session. At that ume
Mr.. Heatwole was saying what d good
many Of his friends had heard him say
before, namely, that he would not again
be candidate for congress. and they were
disposed to receive his statement lightly.
In fact, Representa- tive Eddy felt so con-
f1dent that he made a bet Of 800 that'
Heatwole would be a candidate again.
Tim Byrnes, who was here at the time,
bet Heatwole a suit of clothes that the
third district would nominate him again,
that he would accept and be elected. The
last named part of the proposition in
volved second suit Of clothes. Heatwole
bet Byrnes that Van SAINT would not re-
ceive more than 10000 majority at the
polls. So far as Byrnes is concerned,
therefore, Heatwole has made net win
! ming of one suit of clothes, and he also
won tn eddy bet of 500. 1t seems, how
ever, that Heatwole did not take the Eddy
proposition seriously, knowing that he
WOulQ not again Ue CdHulQdle.--
Upon returning to Washington. Mr..
Heatwole absolutely declined to make any
statements, for publication or otherwise.
regarding state politics, contenting him
self with saying that there was nothing
in the situation that was not thoroughly
understood at home. and that anything he
might say here would be neither inform
ing nor important From other sources,
| however. 1t Is pretty we'll understood that
Mr.. Heatwole feels that he has not had a
fair DEAL at the hands of the friends
| of the state adnlinistra ton. whom he
gerating the significance Of his support of
DR.. Babcock for speaker of the Minnesota
house. Mr.. Heatwoles friends here say.
| for instance that he has not seen j.. J.
Fill for more than year, is not represent
| ing him in any manner. directly or 1ndi
rectly, nor trying to use the speakership
as means to an end. Said one Of these
friends:
| Tho speakership cannot possibly have
tany bearing on the future of state poll
tics. Those who say that speaker can
be of service to man who wants to be
governor or senator, either have forgot
| ten the history Of state politics. or are
wilfully misrepresenting the facts. No
speaker In generation has been Of any
service to gubernatorial or other can
didate, and this ought to be we'll known
Mr.. Heatwole's friends deny that he is
| TO De q CdHuludIS 1OI SOVSIuOI Nt6dl
ing the senatorship. they pretend to have
no information, which Is probably the
! truth, for it Is believed here that If
Heatwole is to be candidate to succeed
| Senator Clapp, that candidacy will be
determined by future events.
Major Hancock Is Better.
Major Hancock, Mrs. W. R. Merriam's
father, is getting on very we'll. and the
| chances are thought to be more than even
that he will recover. For several days the
physicians were unable to agree concern
ing his malady, which resenbled apoplexy
or paralysis; but they finally have agreed
that there Is a, small clot of blood on the
brain. This clot may be dissipated or
it may develop and eventually bring about
paralysis and death. There are prospects
Of dissipation; in the meanwhile, the pa
tient Is resting comfortably, and the fears
that were caused by the sudden illness
have been partially removed. Major Han
cock is brother of Major General Win
field Scott Hancock. Another brother,
Hilary Hancock. lives in Minneapolis, and
has been expected in Washington for a
visit but has not come yet. He Is over
Is years old and quite feeble, President
Hill Of the Great Northern was to fur
nish him special car for the trip.
The Merriams will not return to Mime.
sofa for the holiday recess. Il am about
as busy a man as there is in Washington
at present. said Governor Merriam "anC
purpose to spend the recess shaping uI
several matters for presentation to con.
gress.'
Ii is not fact that bill is pending in
the house providing for a general census
of American cities every two years. A
newspaper notice to that effect. published
recently in the twin cities, is erroneous
A bill Is pending, however, providing for q
social census Of American cities every two
years, which Is an entirely different thing
Social statistics relating to American cit.
les are gathered. under law, by Colone
Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor
: every two years. and published in E
bulletin of the bureau of labor. These
] statistics are necessarily incomplete ant
at times Inaccurate and 1t is Colone
Wright's opinion, in which he is joined
by the secretary of the interior and b.
i others who are qualified to speak. tina
the census bureau, now that it has beer
/ made permanent. should take charge 0
this work. Governor Merriam is perfectl!
I willing. and SO Mr.. Hopkins Of Illinois
! chairman of the house committee on cen
Il sus. has introduced bill. ~.
This social census will not be a coun
+ of the inhabitants. 1t will embrace figure
/ as to wages, employment, cost of living
i and general municipal improvements esuc]
4 as water and gas mains, sewers, paving
taxes, building. etc. The work will b
done by employees OF the census bureau
4 in each city, and will be accurate and O
l considerable Importance to the entir;
j country. No such compilation is nov
+ made. except the unsatisfactory one b
Colonel Wright just alluded to. The un
satisfactory feature Of Colonel Wright
work is that he must rely upon voun
4 teers for his data. Sometimes it is no
I furnished at all. at other times it is frag
mentary and therefore valueless for pur
poses Of comparison. and at still othe
times it. contains glaring errors. ~
So far as a count of the Inhabitants
4 concerned, Governor Merriam believe
] that once in ten years is often enough
and apparently everybody in authorit
i agrees with him. .-Ia -
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