The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-04
MINNESOTA POLITICS

HeatWole Taken to Task for Dodalng the
Merger lssue--Yesterday's Results Give
satlsfactlon-No Congressional Fight In
the First District Next Year.
Some of Joel Heatwole's colleagues Of
the fourth estate are having fun asking
MN embarrassing questions. of the same
M,,,a itn,s rnas joel 50 dearly loves to ask Ed
ltor Blackmer of the Albert Lea Times
is Tar from satisfied at the answer given
70 MS recent question, demanding a can
did expression from Dunn and Heatwole
as to their views on the merger
The latter replied in the Northfield
News by asking:
IF a candidate solicitsS contributions to
his campaign funds from a railroad com
pany, should he be honest and stay
nought, or throw down the men who made
1t possible for him to be successful?
The Albert Lea editor says Heatwole is
dodglng the issue and concealing himself
behind a shower of mud thrown at Gov
ernor Van SAINT. He then says:
Mr. Heatwole in his editorial above
quoted In effect refers to the fact that
the Great Northern railway contributed to
the republican campaign fund when Gov
ernor Van SAINT was first elected in 1900,
and Mr.. Heatwole seems to conclude that
campaign expenses, Governor Van SAINT
was bought and owned by the Great
Northern and that in opposing the mer-
ger Governor! Van SAINT failed to stay
bought and went back on the interests
that owned him.
1--WE would like to ask. is 1T Mr.. Heat
wole's idea of the ethics of politics that
the Individual, firmEo corporation who
contributes toward the campaign expenses
OF political party thereby buys the can
didate Of that party and that the can
d1date II elected to 35 office is bound
IN honor to administer his office
in the interests Of the contribution?
Is it Mr.. Heatwole's idea that in
the case in point Governor Van SAINT
should have supported the railroad merger
In its attempt to evade+ the law and
bring about monopoly of the transporta-
tion business of half the state simply be-
cause these interests contributed to the
campaign fund of the party Of which
Governor Van SAINT Congressman Heat
wole, six other congressman and numer-
Gus other gentlemen were candidates for
election by the people to offices of pub
lie truSt?"
And now comes Mr.. Starr. Of the Lam
berton Star, with this very pointed
query:
1T is not to be. expected that Joel p.
HeatWole will answer every question put
to him by his little aeontempor but it
would be interesting sto know wlere the
Northfield statesmen raised the $4,000
campaign fund. last. year to. defeat l.. H.
Johnson. of Minneapolis- antirnerger
candidate for speakerSof the house?" a.
And another very natural question
would be, if he did solicit and receive
such fund, did 1I he he = stay Bought? I
Results in the off-year states yesterday
ca 70
sofa republicans. The only bad setback
was in New York, where national issues
were not at stake. The Mnnesotans who
campaigned in Ohio looked for a. big
majority, but were hardly prepared for
the sweeping victory that is reported.
Iowa also did better than expected Gov
ernor Van SAINT, on his return from a. cam
pa1gn tour there, made an estimate that
was higher than that of the campaign
committee and the indications are that
he was nearer right than they
The Breckenridge Telegram observes !:
DIR. L. w. Babcock has announced that
he has retired from politics for good, and
the Minneapolis Journal suggests that
now the warning factions of the republican
party In the fifty third district can get
together and present. a solid front to the
common enemy. Sure! Eastman and
Verify are quite willing to do the Zion
and lamb, act, but there lis apt to be a.
tflfllng argument as toswhich of the two
will take the part Of the lamb and retire
to the interior'-ofa the lon.''
The Albert Lea Tribune wants 10 know
whether the "tip'ssi in this column about
opposition to Judges Lewis and Lovely
came from some of the mergerites. No.
the only tip SO far received from merger
headquarters Is that ''the supreme court
should not be disturbed The r.Atroad
interests have taken this ground, not be-
cause they nave any grip on the court
as 1t stands to-day, but because they are
determined to prevent at any cost the
elevation of Attorney General Douglas ia
a place on the bench /
No senator or representative shall.
during the time for which he is elected
hold any office under the authority Of
tlne tne unlted states or the state of Min
nesota, except that Of postmaster,
This clause from the state constitution
is respectfully referred to the Crookston
journal, which insists that state senator's
could become eligible to the attorney gen
eralsh1p by resfgning their seats. The s,1
preme court has ruled that the constit,,-
ton means what it says, and that Nom
hers are ineligible to any other office
during the term for which thew u,a,.e
elected. Resignation makes no difference
II 1t We're not for this little constitr-
| tlonal bar. some Of our state sena tors
would be pretty strong possibilities fo1
governor. -
By the way, Senator Samuel Lord 3,
kasson is in st. Paul preparing an arg,, :
ment to be presented to the supreme CONT
tomorrow in behalf of new trial for
the Nelson boys of Owatonna. Senator
Lord has done his best ia a bad case ae
ne Is in duty bound to do, and he has
| taken a good many roasts with his usual
equaninity. a 4 =, ' -.
| Senators Henry A. Morgan and r.. =
Dunn OF Albert Lea were in ST. Paw
yesterday disguised as lumber lacks ar
their way to the big woods for moose
| Senator Dunn was manager OF tha ESrat
void campaign in the first district Ia 9,
year He says there is not likely to he
any opposition to Tawney's renon1ina.
tion next year.
Alex. McKinnon of Crookston and Min.
| neapol1s, who was the democratic candi.
| date FOR congress In the ninth district Ias,
faIl. entertained, his successful opponent
Yesterday. Congressman Steenerson was
| on his way to Washington to take his
4 seat and with Mrs. Steenerson snent !
day In Minneapolis, being entertained by
the Mckinnons while here. &
Charles B. Cheney.
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