The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-21
MINNESOTA POLITICS

The extra session seems to have soured the !
NeWs-Tribune of Duluth on Governor Van |
SAINT. The republican organ of Duluth want |
ed the governor to- stultify the party and
break his promise to the legislature by not
calling the session, and itEhas never quite
forgiyeIish him. There lisa note of glee, there
fore, in an editorial of recent date on E. Heat
Wole5 and the fjGovernorship" The News |
Tribune does not. give the congressman open
encouragement, but between the lines 1t looks
like come on The article lis interesting !
enough to reproduce, as follows:
Six months ago 1T seemed altogether likey5|
that Governor Van SAINT would be renominat-
ed, without even the form OF opposition. The
merger troubles and the ill-advised extra
session sss however, have wrought a. great
state there is more or less of a spirit Of
opposition to the present administration Va
rious men have been mentioned from time to
time in connection with the leadership Of this |
opposition to Van SAINT. Demands for the i
candidacy of Robert c.. Dunn have been freely
made, but these the state auditor himself
seems never to have countenanced.
In the southern part of the state the oppo- |
stion to Van SAINT Is assuming shape and.
gathering around the person of Joel Heat
Wole. His candidacy approaches very close
to the status Of the accepted fact. His aspi-
rations to. the governorship have been public |
property for years, and it is certain that he
has for months noted with a hopeful eye the
i rising discomfort against Van SAINT
Congressman Heatwole is, SO far, polit-
zeal success There is sleek, succinct, well
fed look about his public career. He has
guided his bark in smooth congressional cur
rents. He seems to be popular with his fell |
low congressman. His Craftsmanship Of the
committee on printing affords him a tolerable
revenue of prestige and influence. He is a |
newspaper man, and really excellent press
agent for himself.
The formidable thing about Heatwole as a
candidate for governor is the unquestioned
fact that he can base his candidacy on the
solid support of the third district delegtions.
There is something tangible, salient about
tnat 1t presents "a rallying point for the 1
opposition. But outside of the third district
Heawole can appeal to powerful interests that
are no likely to. ignore his solicitations.
through his field glasses he cannot help see
ing the man from Northfeld.
The News-Tribune evidently has its. field
| glasses wrong end to. Six months ago the.
/ outlook for the governors denomination was
NOT bright. Since the merger troubles
| however, his stock has gone booming, and
| the 'lll-adyised extra session. did not hurt
! him a particle.
AS for Congressman Heatwole's candidacy,
| there are good reasons for believing that it
! will never reach the "accepted fact stage
| Mr. Heatwsle does not care to be governor
! Probably he would take the nomination as a
stepping stone to the senate and as a means
Of defeating Governor Van SAINT. He is too
willy q politician, however. to make cam
ltpaisn for something he does not want and
Fisk defeat. He will not, in public at least,
J countenance MENTION of his name for gov
| ernor@ unless the nomination is fairly in sight
I The = Faribault Republican speaks out as
! follows: @F.sE ~
The last issue of the Mortified News con-
Governor Van SAINT The real offense Of the
governor, it is pretty evident, is that he cher
lshes natural ambition to succeed himself,
in accordance with party presidents, in the
high office he now occupies This design
fails to harmonze with the political ambition
of the congressman from this district. Gov
|tyindication OF thee1aws of the state as affect
ing the combination Of capital and they will
stand by him. 90 @*
! recent bouquet of verses handed to the
governor BY the aforesaid Mortified News
| has aroused considerable comment. They
are attributed to Mr.. Heatwole himself, which
| is probably incorrect, as he is too busy at
| Washington for such arduous literary labors.
Doubtless, too, he could do better if he tried
l his hand. Attrbuting the jingle to Heatwole
| himself, the Winona Republican and Herald
says: ! t.~e
We admire Joel and his methods, all the
way from politics to poesy, but we fear that
immortal verse he fails to catch to the
prosaic drift Of the Minnesota proletariats
whose votes are SO necessary to his -further
upraising. Come down from the heights Of
Parnassus, Mr. Heatwole; come down.
! The verses? Yes; here they are:
:, There was small man from Winona,
1 Who proved republican Jonah; 49,
| The people will tire 80 -"
I And pretty soon fire
| That fat little man from Winona.
| The Granite Falls Journal retorts: F.:
! Not until he has had a second term, Mr.
i News. Joel will never occupy the chair by
this kind Of tactics. .5-.y,..
A date for, the republican state convention
i was not discussed by the executive committee
yesterday except informally, and the talk
was on the line indicated in yesterdays
Journa al. Chairman Masterman will soon
call a meeting of the full committee, and the
convention will doubtless be. held by the
I middle of June The: most of the afternoon
was spent on routine business auditing bills
that have accumulated since the campaign
| o. the seven members present, at least four
Eare favorable to the denomination. of Governor
Van SAINT. Messrs. Myran and Ferris are
entirely out Of touchswiths the administration,
though for different reasons. &
4 Judge Collins has returned home and, as
anticipated, denied the. Little Falls story,
which represented him as feeling out senti-
ment toward himself as a candidate for gov
ernor. Judge Collins is no more inclined to
enter the race than he was two months ago.
He admits talking politics while away, but
says it had no reference to. himself.
Local legislators and political scribblers are
the pleased recipients OF invitations to the
| third annual banquet of the Garfield Republi-
/ can Club of Duluth. 1t will be at the Spald-
ing Hotel March 90, and will no doubt be I'D
| to the high standard already set by the organ
ization. I'd -
The Blue Earth Post has espoused the cause
\ Of G:E B. Franklin. county auditor of Earl
= bault county, a candidate for state audi
! tor. The Wells Forum, from the same coun-
ty, observes:
i Mr.. Franklin would certainly make a good,
} capable auditor, but Ii he Is going to be in it
he will have to get out and hustle. as there
they are making hay every day. whether the
, sun shines or not -
The Albert Lea Enterprise remarks on the
rumor that Senator Gausewitz Of Owatonna is
to be the democratic candidate for congress:
What will Brown of Winona say to this?
He no doubt thinks he earned a second nom
ination on the democratic ticket by the hard
campaign he made two years ago.
Doubtless he earned it, but does he want it?
Says the Albert Lea Standard, populist:
John Lind will be nominated against Van
SAINT by the fusion forces, and what, then,
will Jim Hill do? He wants neither and
neither wants him. .a. II, F..-@