The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-07

The open exhibition of the admins
tration's hand in the First and Third
district congressional races has opened
the closet door and a lot of dirty Re-
publican linen is about due to be hung
out for an airing.
The congressman who have been the
recipients of the administrators spite
have compared notes and collected
available data until they are in a fine
position to tell what they know and
they know enough to make it uncom-
Portable for Mr.. Van SAINT, governor of
minnesota.
When the governor of Minnesota
hacked his valise, strapped up his vice
presidential bee and went to Washing
ton he went prepared to undertake a
commission or two at the bidding of
President Roosevelt. He received the
commissions and he is delivering the
goods to the best of his ability. Mem
bers of the delegation who are not per-
sonally interested in the outcome of
the fights for nomination are frankly
outspoken in the statement that the
president asked Van SAINT to help him
against the insurgents in Minnesota.
Almost before the governor got home
the effect of that request was felt in
the Fifth district.
Blamed for FIetcher's Troubles.
All of the congressman and their
closest friends are unanimous in the
statement that Van SAINT and his strik-
ers are responsible for the fight in Hen
nepin, and further charge them with
being Indirectly responsible for the
candidacy of former Gov. John Lind,
which they look upon as definitely set
Ting the fate of Fletcher In the Third
district there was little attempt to con-
ceal the administrations hand. Heat
Wole helped Van SAINT into the guber-
material seat and as quick as the man
from Winona was the real governor of
Minnesota he reciprocated by calling
Heatwole a traitor and laying ropes to
catch him.
This naturally incensed Heatwole,
who made no effort to conceal his re-
sentiment and affiliated with the Van
SAINT insurgents. By the time that
body of devoted party patriots made
up its mind that it was cheaper to let
Van SAINT die natural death than
take the chances of party disruption,
Van SAINT and his henchmen had made
up their minds that it would be bad for
them to have HeatWole quit the con-
gressional game and they laid up for
while. When they were satisfied that
Heatwole was out for keeps, they again
broke into the Third district to get
square in the attempt to defeat Heat
wole's man for the nomination and to
dictate the ticket.
HeatwoIe Has Proofs.
Heatwole got them with the goods on
them and he is a good enough politi-
clan to play them several strings in the
lead for a while and then land them
high and dry. The Third district game
was the first of the administration sor-
ties, but the First district cover was
flushed first. Knatvold is unmistak-
ably an administration candidate and
the administration attaches are out
roofing for him day and night, as they
are for Ives in the Third.
The administration people figure that
with field of five, Ives, who would be
rank minority candidate in a field of
two or three, may manage to pull to-
gether enough votes to top him over
the fence and into the running. Then
they figure that the impetus given by
the state ticket will be sufficient to
land him in congress. Not to overlook
any bets, though, they are again trying
to place the copper by dealing gently
with the name Of E. A. Whitford, who
may yet decide to break in and who
may reasonably be expected to land
the nomination if he trys for it.