The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-09
MINNESOTA POLITICS.


ernor against Van SAINT, and squelching his I
own boom. The Mortified congressman went
back to- Washingto last might without word |
to explain his visit, eXcept,to say that he 1
was looking after third district matters. Some
Of hisshenchmen d arkly limited Monday after !
noon that something would drop next day. |
Again Tuesday morning they promised de-
velopments to come, and in the afternoon it
was whispered that announcement OF
some kind was pretty sure to come before 4
night. candidate for governor would be
found. AT o'clock however, the crowd
scattered with long faces There was moth
ing doing, Z and Mr.. HeatWole took the train
for Washington with the silence yet; un-
broken. 80
I believe Jim Hill wants Van SAINT nomi- !
mated so he can defeat him at the polls,'
grumbled one Of the insurgents. q am on
the inside as much as anybody, and cant
see any indication that IIil wants the repub.
licans to beat. Van SAINT for the nomination
He wants to humiliate Van, and he thinks II
would be worse to beat him aftersh is nomi
mated. 8 S
Whoever the insurgents were depending on
to help them out failed them at the crisis,
and they are bitterly disappointed. The plot
was to- bring out for governor some strong
republican, who would combine with the
I1edtWOle 1OICeS " uelcdI VAN 0aul, anu
to elect a state senate favorable to Heatwoe
for the senate: as a successor of Clapp.
Bob Dunn wasfthe first choice. At the time
! Of HeatWole's visit home for the holidays, ne
started the Bob Dunn boom for governor,
and supposing that it met with Dunn S sane
ton a good many of his friends took it up
Dunn did not give them long to shout, but
put the boom to sleep in his characteristic
| straightforward manner. Repeated efforts
failed to dislodge him from his position OF
| loyalty to Van SAINT.
! Tlen some of the insurgents declared them
selves for Iieatwole himself This was not
! exactly what he wanted but it sounded we'll,
1 and in order to beat Van SAINT he was willing
! to get into the game himself He wanted q
| sure thing. however. lie realized that the
man who opposed Van SAINT would take his
| political life in his hands, and that he would
! be popularity known as the Hill candidates:
| He knew that failure was the greatest crime
1 politician could commit and that to be
! beaten either for the nomination or for cleo
tion would mean political harikar. To make
sure; a canvass was made. This showed SO
1 much: Van SAINT, sentiment right in the third
district that Heatwole decided to keep out.
| Even the persistent mention of his name
! was bad for his prestige He preferred to
occupy the role of insurgent-in- chief, but not
to take the risk Of a standard bearer So
he came back to St. Paul to head off his own
boom, and to bring out a good healthy one
| in place of it, SO that the boys would at least
have something else to talk about. 4
Even before Heatwoe's return, Bixby was
settled on, and the astute man from Red
Wing was prevailed on to meet Heatwole in
st. Paul and talk with him. They went all
/ over the ground Monday but it all ended in
talk. Bixby is not an enthusiastic Van SAINT
| 1t,
nomination is the logical one. His old chief,
Senator Knute Nelson, has declared himself
for Van SAINTS denomination. So Bixby re-
fusedSto heed the siren voices, and departed
II yesterday morning to join his Choctaw sub
'll$jects. g'e-t ~ 50
Collins was the talk yesterday, and the in
!, surgents had hopes that the judge could be
, prevailed on to announce himself Mr. Heat
wole kept. the long distance telephone busy
II a good share Of the day, and 1T is good
guess that Judge Collins was at the other end
: of the line part of the time. They did not
come any closer together and the judge evil
} IDENTIFY gave his boomers small encourage
ment He, too, is wise politician, and sees
| the breakers ahead of an anti-Van SAINT can
: didate.
Collins was the last resort. There was SONS
, talk, of S. G. Comstock, but heis already EN-.
| barked in the congressional fight in the ninth
; district, and the insurgents aave small hopes
} of him. They are brought face to- face with
S, the prospect of Van SAINTS nomination. by
2 reclamation. 49,. ,Ss,1,~
3 The conference was a tfzzle, ana whatever
plans had been made for d public pronuncia.
: mento fell through. There was nothing they
5 could have told the public, except that they
/ had met, plotted and failed. 1t was not ever
= an opportune time for Heatwole to announce
AZ his candidacy for congress, and that was
RI postponed till later date = - ,&
8 IS The confident air was all gone YESTERDAY
. afternoon, and the boys put in their time
: predicting Van SAINTS defeat. Each one said
II am a good republican, and will VOTE
: for Van SAINT if he is nominated; but he can
81 be elected"
al With all the knocking there were NJ
l legitimate reasons given why Van SAINT SHOULD
!, not 'be reelected The insurgents all hat
y some personal grudge, magnifed into public
s wrong and calamity, and looked through
4 glasses in which Van SAINT appeared mon
ster OF deceit and iniQuty. The real reaso,
e for predicting Van SAINTS defeat was no
: given. 1t is an open secret, however. Thu
I belief is that the railroads, which have al
ways made campaign contributions heretofore
t usually to both sides, will not give cent Il
1 a Van SAINT compaign fund this year, ant
that under such a handicap, it will abe impos
g pecially with the opposition we'll furnished
8 This point of view assumes that money will
K be essential, and does not give the voters o
! the state credit for forming intelligent opin
ions and standing by their friends If sucl
view is correct, the insurgents have reason
for making their doleful prediction. The fac
g is, however, Judging from the news as
o comes waited into the twin cities by promi
# nent country politicians, that not only repub
3 licans, but democrats and populists are back
" ing UP the governor for his vigorous stan
e against the railroad merger and that outsid
2 the state institution towns, where the boar
! of control measure is unpopular, the governo
k is SO per cent stronger than when he took of
S not true, but the average county is stron
! for Van SAINT. .''
: The Roseau Times, from Albert Berg's coun
- ty, voices the feeling of the far north as fol
= lows: ss
- Why all this attempt to create doubt as
. Z the denomination OF Governor Van SAINT
9 Common courtesy and sdecency demand tina
II he be given a second term. The governo
IT has encountered no sand bars of momen
during his administration and has steered tn
u ship Of state like a veteran pilot.
!. There is no question about his renominatio
u and election. The remarkable tide of emigra
: ton has brought thousands. of 3republica
d votes into the state. The so-called reforI
d the democratic party as well as the people
- party are practically without organization i
% counties where populists have heretofore pre-
dominated.
The Dawson Sentinel says that Young wi
) and that Volstead's strength is mainly con
| A,,nd ~ fho}o oat or1d will got