The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-04
MINNESOTA POLITICS


Journai-Press.
Judge Collins resignation is coming.
yIhose on the inside claim to have straight
tips to the effect that 1t will be presented
to Governor Van SAINT within day or
Two. They say that the judge would have !
resigned when he announced his candi-
dacy, II the governor had been at home
to receive it, but as the governor was alb
sent he decided to keep still and see what
folks had to say about it. The universal
opinion, expressed by both friends and op-
ponents OF the judge. has been in favor
of his resigning, and he will carry out his
purpose. He will not make his decision
known TIL his resignation is handed to the
governor.
The resignation will be made to take eff
feet some time after the first of the year,
whenever the work of the court will permit
the ST. Cloud jurist to step out and give
way to a new man.
The resignation of Judge Collins will
put q problem up to Governor Van SAINT
and one that promises to give him some
trouble. The usual complications have
arisen in Hennepins county. Judge Elliott
has been an announced candidate for a
supreme court nomination., and his friends
are urging him for the appointment as a
quicker way Of getting him there. How
| ever, there Is strong movement on foot
! In behalf OF Judge David Simpson and a
number OF leading attorneys have taken an
| interest In the ma tier, urging Judge Simp-
sons appointment. The relative merits
OF the two jurists are being discussed on
every downtown corner. Tho Judge
| Simpson declined to become a candidate
against any of the three supreme justices
whose terms expire, 1t is understood that
| he would not turn down an appointment to
| fill the Collins vacancy.
Some local attorneys are favoring Judge
Brooks for the place. They urge the rec
It'd IO,,~><
and say THAI his appointment would re-
store to Minnesota nonpartisan judi
| ciary. The difficultyin the way Of such q
move is that the republican state con-
| vention> could hardly be prevailed upon to
| nominate a democrat, and Judge Brooks
tenure would very likely be short. The
democratic party struck the first blow
at nonpartisan judiciary when it nomi-
mated Mitchell, Canty aud Buck, and the
republicans have not been disposed to
make the first move toward re-establish
ment. ~ g4.4.,. .
When that resignation is handed in, it
4 will take a great burden off the minds of
4 the Dunn editors. They have been very
much afraid Judge Collins could not win,
II he persisted in staying on the bench.
| If the judge would only resign, he would
stand a good show for the nomination..
This has been the usual line Of comment.
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/ There is a family Jar down, in the third
district, and unless 1t is settled this win
ter, it., likely to tear things wide open
in that section of the state. There is a
i iwholeaiceberg Of GOODNESS between Joel P
deatwole of Northfeld, congressman en-
eritus and boss plenipotentiary of tbs
third district organization, and his former
man Friday, Charles r. Davis Of ST. Peter
the new congressman.
= AS the story goes Davis had an ap-
pointment at his disposal, and Heatwole
who made him congressman and felt tha
he had right to command, said it should
be given to a friend OF his. Davis prac
tically said he would name the one sug.
gested. but after he got to Washington
I he wired baeK sayinga4that it. might bt
: necessary to name SSoIa md So, and wht
had fought Heatwoie for Years. HeatWol,
wired to stopthim e1tttthe next messag'
: he got announced the appointment of the
t persona non grata.' Angered lat thi
: throw down. Heatwole vowed, the po
liticaf death of the man he had galvanized
to life only last year.
~ The GOODNESS still exists. The two prob
: ably will find it necessary to make up be
fore the next political game grows eXcit
ing, but at the present time they are no
writing each other any love letters. Un
: less Davis does something to atone 70
a his error he will have Joel to oGfight mex
a year + ii. faaFf e&s 5a
Look for denials in st. Peter Free Pres
and Faribault Journal next week.
6 A few days ago TSh j u II a printe,
: a communication purporting to peer int
! the future and give some political para
: graphs from the files of 1923. One o
5 them stated that Duluth is trying t
!, down j. Adam Bede, but the potato bel
and the COW counties are solid for him.
The Duluth News Tribune says that TIL
o e,:l
: gather the conditions that will exist twen
r ty-hve years from now The News
q Tribune says:
'"Twenty-tive years from now there wi
be no division consisting of Duluth, tn
g potato belt and the COW counties. It wi
# be all Duluth.
q .sMr. Bede has slated himself for thirt
), years in congress, and if he can kee
= opposition in Duluth at it's present volum
! during his career his political craft wi
drift down the. gentle stream without tn
necessity of worrying about oar, sail Q
rudder.'' js
d Editor Lawson of the Faribault Journs
# appears to have missed the joke, and Ii
If replies very grayely to one of the leave
- from the future" denying in set term
= that Congressman Tawney. ever, fathere
Z: a red oleo bill.
l. w. J. Donahower is doing some livel
campaign work. No further documentar
3 evidence is needed than this from til
. Redwood Gazette:
IS ''W. j.. Donahower, assistant attorne
ce general of the state, writes letters to h
bel friends announcing that he will be car
didate for the position Of attorney gener
to succeed Mr.. Douglas, who, he says, wi
not be a candidate for denomination
81 the hands of the republican party. M
rt Donahower is frank in his letters, sayir
SIS that he wishes to move up, a precedel
for such recognition being in the success
full candidacy of Henry w. Chids to SUI
ceed Moses E. Clapp. Mr.. Donahower8
ed thoroly in accord with the policy pursue
va by Mr. Douglas and says that Ramse
county now has no place on the sta
ticket
While running my shears thru the S
Cloud Journal-Press for Wednesday
e =, burned my fingers on one of the editorial
J. . = managed to cut it out but before givir
:, !. ! it wider circulation will wait for son
~ ~. one else to '.cut loose.
~ -, Charles B. Cheney
IS THE WickEpEsT AGE
six Merely as an Illustration that the vic
r. eldest age of man Is between 20 and 80, t
~, following, is .r1en tinned. From ADril 1