The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-08
COLLINS OR HEATWOLE MAY BE
INTERNATIONAL CHOICE OF
INSURGENTS
CONFERENCE IN ST. PAUL
Third District Statesman Spends
Busy Day I'm Secret Sessions
With Prominent Anti-Ad-
ministratiOn Men.
MAY GET TOGETHER TODAY

AS the result Of a conference which
lasted all day and most of the night yes
| terday, Judge Collins or Congressman Joel
Heatwole may enter the lists two wrest
/ the Republican nomination for governor
| from Van SAINT.
If Justice Collins will resign his place
| On the supreme bench at once and an
nounce his candidacy the anti-Han SAINT
forces say he can land the nomination in
| a walk, and with the assistance of Heat
wole the head of the state campaign
machine and hold the state safely in the
Republican columns If Collins has not
| the courage of his ambitions then Heat
wole may carry his anti-Van' SAINT senti-
| ments TO the point Of abandoning the con-
| gressional field for a try in the state at
| large as a preliminary step to seat III
| the United States senate.
| Mr. Heatwole returned yesterday morn
| ing from flying trip to Mortified. His
| arrival was the signal fer the appearance
| Of a half dozen prominent Third district
| Republicans. In an hour five congress
sonal districts and the Republican state
executive committee We're represented
| among the anti-Nan SAINT men who were
| in evidence. Among them were q. II.
Pierce. Northficld; J. H. Reims, LIE Sueur;
| Senator A. Stockton, Faribault; Senator
| L. E, Smith. Minneapolis; Senator j. j.
| Ryder, East Grand Forks and st. Paul:
/
| of the state executive committee and IN
surgent-in-chi in the Van SAINT camp;
Albert Berg, Roseau county; j. A. Law
| renee, Senator Dickey, C. A. Rasmussen,
| Red Wing; Editor Jaubert, Litchfeld; =.
| Robinson, Mankato j. Kelly, Northield,
| brother of Representative A. 3. Kelly.
Came Prepared for Business.
There was a lunch and then confer
enee behind closed doors. Then there
were more conferences. The supplement
airy talks were between Mr.. Heatwole ana
the insurgents from points outside of his
congressional district In the evening the
Third district men got together again and
from several sources came the mysterious
whisper, Something doing tomorrow
Mr. Heatwole did not go to the length Of
entering a denial to the proposition that
the meeting was hostile to Van SAINT. Nor
that he may become candidate for gov
ernor He contented himself with saying
that he came to St. Paul to confer, as
is his custom, with the people from his
district upon the needs Of his congress
SIGNAL charge and other business. He was
also entirely candid in stating that his
opposition to Van SAINT is in no degree
abated
There was no attempt on the part Of
any Of the Republicans TO conceal their
anti-Van SAINT bitterness, but there is
most desirable method of making their
opposition 20 the gentleman fregG u~Hona
bear fruit The Third district men are
for Heatwole for governor in the same
enthusiastic manner, if better concealed,
that they have supported MIN for con-
gress They want to see him in the
United States senate and with him as
a gubernatorial candidate they believe he
can pay off their score against the gov
ernor and take the first and deciding step
in his advance on the Clapp entrench-
ments.
A second anti-Van SAINT faction and
perhaps the most bitter, wanLs to beat
Van SAINT with Judge Collins, groomeG
by Heatwole as the head of the cam
paign organization. third faction is
out to beat Van SAINT with either Col
Inns or Heatwole or anybody. Heatwole
to manage in either case. All are agreed
on the question Of placing the manage
ment of the campaign in the hands Of
Heatwole. He has demonstrated with the
Third district his ability as an organ
izer and for several years has been out
Of joint with the management Of the
state tickets.
Collins Has Three Districts.
State Auditor Dunn, who was the first
choice Of the new Ninth district, seems
to have been dropped from the calcula-
men claim Collins can come into l--e con-
vention with the solid delegations of the
! Sixth, Eighth and Ninth districts and on
| the first ballot make a decisive split in
! the First district vote. The insurgents
/ in the Fourth and Fifth districts are rot
/ particular. They will go with the band
| wagon crowd so it does not get started
! toward Van SAINT. The men from Lne
northern part Of the state agree with the
| Third and Second district politicians in
| their predictions that Van SAINT, if nomi-
| mated, VII be beaten by a plurality
| variously estimated at from 10000 to
50,QG0
1 The ostensible objection Of the men
| from the northern half Of the state to
| Van SAINT is based primarily on fear for
the legislative ticket. The fear is not
confined to the upper half Of the state
| though by any means and several prom
/ inent legislators have announced that
they will not sacrifice themselves as can
! didates if Van SAINT is nominated a
poll Of the Republican executive COM
mittee shows that four out Of seven
members are openly opposed to Van SAINT
and their treatment of his early conven-
| ton scheme is an-indication Of almost