The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-13

A conference of Heatwole men with
the leader whom they have followed to
victory for a decade, yesterday at the
Merchants resulted in suspending the
Republican aspirants for Third district
congressional honorS fathomS high in
still, pure air.
1t also left the Heatwole men in the
atmosphere of doubt which has sur
rounded them for several weeks. The
conference was called for the purpose
of forcing Heatwole to again make the
race. The faithful workers went away
last night not Respondent, but by no
means certain of ultimate success
They were entirely unable to secure a
hard and fast promise that Heatwole
will be a candidate.
The conference, entirely informal, as
are all conferences between HeatwOle
and his lieutenants, was held at the
Merchants, and after two hours of ar
gument from the side of the lieuten-
ants and lunch, the whole party went
to the ball game, while Morrison, Reed,
Whitford, Wilson ct al. waiting for a
decisive announcement from the Third
district leader, went several pegs high
er in thin air.
At the conference were beside Heat
wole, c. H. Pierce, Northfield; Post
master Rasmussen, Red Wing; Grimes,
LIE Sueur; Editor Vandiver, st. Peter,
and several other prominent Third dis
trict men. They labored faithfully
with their congressional idol and when
1T was all over were about equally di-
Vided in their opinions of the success
of their arguments. Half of them be-
lieved that HeatwoIe would remain OBJ
durate. The other half that he would
ultimately listen to their pleadings and
run.
Fear Democratic Success.
The strongest argument used on
Heatwole was the fate of the district
with him out of the running. He was
told and he needed no telling that the
Third district is normally Democratic
and that with him out of the running
and the primary race cut up between
four or five Republicans a minority
candidate would be nominated, the
Heatwole organization would go to
pieces and beside resulting in the cleo
ton of Democratic congressman, the
district natm ally unfriendIy to Van
SAINT would show a deficit of at least
5000 from the vote two years ago for
the Republican state ticket.
nc ldll6I nall OF the argument
probably had little or no effect upon
Heatwole, who has little cause for
friendly feeling for the governor of
Minnesota. Heatwole refuses to dis
cuss the matter, but he is human, and
no man with a bit of self-respect could
swallow the insults heaped on Heat
Wole by the Van SAINT crowd without
ensuing nausea.
From the time Van SAINT made his
appearance on the state political stage
thanks to the Introduction of Oar
Reese and the Big -Four, the rank and
file of the Third district vote was
openly hostile to the man from Vino
ma. That organization is generally rec
ogniZed as the best congressional or
ganization in the United States. Heat
wole made it, Its members will per
form any service for it's chief Two
years ago. with Van SAINT plainly cut
ting a sorry figure in the Third dis
tict Heatwole pulled his organization
off the congressional fight and devoted
Its entire energies for the last ten
days of the campaign to Van SAINTS
cause.
Charges of Bad Faith.
After the convention, and Van SAINT
squeezed in by the grace of 20, 900 i'm
properly marked ballots and faulty
election laws, which provided for no
contest of a state officers election, al
most the first thing his henchmen did
was to circulate charge of treachery
on the part of Heatwole. Heatwole did
not need to resort to treachery to de-