The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-16
MINNESOTA VI i s POLITICS
Bob Dunn Profits by Van SAINTS Silence
Frank Eddy's Following III ienenplr,
and the Supreme Court.

Ihe worst thing that could happen to
p Dop Duhn would be for the governor to
announce that he would not accept q third
term nomination 2 said a friend Of Dunn 5
yeslerday. AS long as the governor is q
poss1Olllty, h1sgenemies are held to Dunn,
! because they stand in deadly fear of
i1yah van, SAINT and are determined that he
s,s.ii s..au iioI pc renominated. Many of them
YOU mould prefer some one else to Dunn, and
Van SAINT was eliminated from the sit
ut1tlon saa-I they would soon find candidate
~ oppose MIN with. The governors ST.
!ence az the present time is the best thing
'I .hat could happen for Dunn, and the
longer II lasts the better"
Frank Eddy was host wednesday at a
| ,ullcneon IN st. Paul, given to the mem
peIs OF the game and fish commission, the
oelegatlon that came down from Glen
Wood on the hatchery matter, and half a
! ,loze1 Lolel otnef politicians picked up at the
liotels.. Ihe party made quite an i'm
posing procession when it filed in. and
Icy lound seated at a little table Bob
Dunn and his trusty lieutenant. George
fllnnsH i.nsH Eddy took advantage of the situa-
.ea elon. and .,s told Dunn he might as well pun
Ta,. 9ut zee see the following have,' said
Eddy. You can't get any such crowd
oehind you. Finn is all right, but he can't
carry the convention for you,''
lHese sTHttie passages at arms between
rivals are always enjoyed By the, audi
ence, put they are a little trying son the
principals. - ~ -
The Pipestone Review takes nride i,
the. fact that Congressman McC1ear,r 1,as
peen invited tosspeak against Tom John
son SUI In ONO, and&reminisces on McCleary's
nrst appearance in Pipestone, when he
was nrst seeking the nomination for con-
gress. He. undertook to debate The r,onav
question with Robert schilling, the ereat
greenpack orator, and being unfamiliar
WIN Win the subject, Schilling trounced him
unmerc1fuily The republicans took flight.
1liu M McCieafy was left alone to take his
esaStlgatlon. He lost the Pipestone county
delegation, but was nominated anvway
ana his defeat stirred him up to a study
ol the money question which made him an
authority on the subject, and one of the
ieadlng expounders of "sound money!, in
1896 and 1900 :. - =
Oar Reese has aIso oona "a
Ohio. SAoo1> 7o>. II Ii
"A local attorney has made an ANALYSTS
OF the supreme court calendar for the
current or October term, and it shows in
a striking manner the preponderance .of
cases from the cities. Out of 2O7 cases
entered on che calendar, forty-three are
rom l,, Henenpln county, or over one fifth.
There are thirty eight from Ramsey
county, and yet neither Of these counties
mas any representation on the supreme
pench. st. Louis county, the home of
Judge Lewis sends seventeen cases.
freeborn county. where Judge Lovely
nails from, sends up four cases. while
there is not a case docketed from Stevens
county, Judge Browns home Stearns
county, which sends Judge Collins, has
nve cases on the calendar, and OImsted.
the residence of Chief Justice Start, fur
n1shes two cases. The other counties are
represented ON the calendar as follows:
Plne, one case; LIE Sueur two, Steele three.
Brown Two. Lake one, Faribault two, Big
stone seven Traverse three, Jackson
three, Carlton one, Washington three.
Chisago two, Blue Earth seven. Yellow
Medicine two, Rice one, Polk eight, Itasca
tnree, Wright three, Clay six, sherburne
one Benton two. Chippewa one, Sibley
one, Meeker one, Martin five, Wadena one,
douglas one, Wilkin one, Lincoln two.
Anoka one, ItacEqui @Parle one Beltrami
Two, Dakota one. RtdNood three, Norman
one, Houston two, NO Ie. Lacs two, Nicol-
let n one. Grew Wing,5fYner 6, Red Lake one,
Lyon one, Swift one ..k.S - - x w.
From this showing it is argued that
Hennepin county should be conceded a
place on the bench ... =. - =
Speaking Of the supreme court success
sion, the Princeton News gives the local
candidate send off in the following: r .
The complexion Of the supreme court
OF this state is apt to change consider
ably at the next election, and if Judge G.
=. Elliott has aspirations in that direc-
tlon we are Of the opinion that his op-s
portun1ty Is now, for with the brilliant
record behind him as a district Judge:
which he has to stand upon, he Should
have little difficulty in getting a good
hold of the softer "wool-sack,'' especially
as the strings which Judges Lovejoy and
l, Lewis nave allowed to hang out from
theirs are easily grasped." : 4
Charles B. Cheney: