The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Frank M: Eddy is having hard work to
persuade the public that he is candi-
date for governor in his own interest and
not as a decoy for one Of the other can
d1dates. While at Alexandria recently he
took occasion to enter an emphatic denial
TO the Post News Of that town, which has
1ntimated that he was candidate in the
Van SAINT interest. He said:
3 1.-THE idea is ridiculous 1t IS not nee
essary for me to deny it IN Douglas coun-
ty or any portion Of the old seventh dis
trict, where both myself and my campaign
methods are well known. They know If /
were for Governor Van SAINT would not
be a candidate.
81 have seen it stated that + am in the
field for the purpose of securing delegates
from Mr.. Dunn. OF course I am, and
from Governor Van SAINT, if he is a can
didate, and from airy other candidate or
candidates that may announce themselves
In the future The only way know Of
securing nomination is to get a majority
OF the delegates to the convention.
There is one more thing 1 desire to
add and that is, this competition as far as
l am concerned will be perfectly friendly
one. I expect it will be warm, but there
will be no mud slinging on my part. That
is not my style Of campaigning, and it
soils his own garments, drties his own
hands and generally misses the person
he throws att 49, IS
The Appleton Tribune, published at the
home of E.. I. Young, and devoted to his
interests, says:
Eddy has been charged with the re-
sponsibility for the merger fake In the
st. Paul Dispa tch. If this is so the ar
| ticle was undoubtedly calculated to polit-
ically annihilatee Mr.. Young in one fell
stroke. When man is before a court of
justice charged with a crime, it is very
important for the prosecution to prove a
! motive. So in this case. If Eddy did do
this dirty political trick his motive must
| have been to get Young out Of the way
politically. Three important state officers
are more than one congressional district
can really expect to get. Brown is en-
| titled to a denomination to the supreme
bench. Should Young develop into a can
didate for attorney general it is reason
able to assume that Eddy feared his own
chances for the goVernorship would be
materially lessened Still, the fact that a
motive exists is not a positive proof that
Eddy did commit this political crime. 1t
cannot be possible that he would stoop
/ to- such:sloW and despicable methods as to
besmirch the character of friend and
supporter to further his own political IL am
bition.'
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! A. N. Dare, state expert printer who
|unofficially announced -Bob~Dunn's candf-
dacy for governor in his Elk River Sta1
News two weeks ago, comes to the rescue
of his idol in the following style:
."These people who are bowling against
Bob Dunn as a merger man don't know
what they are talking about. Dunn's public
lutterances on the question are all In ex-
istence, and if necessity arises will be
used, to the confusion of his enemies
But thoughtful people are rapidly coming
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political issue is dead and will not be
brought into the campaign but for ulteriol
purposes"
In other words, Dunn never supported
| the merger; and s'posin' he did
the, merger issue is played out, anyway
Well, Is it?
The Eden Valley Journal joins with thu
lDassel Anchor, another Meeker county
Foster a black eye. Altho Foster Is al
ready campaigning for congress and max
ing holes in Buckman's fences, the Edel
Valley man refuses to believe that he viii
be candidate in the face of so muc1
opposition at home. He says:
THE early report that Colonel A.. F
Foster Of Litchfield will again contest tn
nomination for congress in this distric
with Congressman Buchanan will not b
believed by the majority Of the people
who give Mr.. Foster credit for having bet
z ter Judgment. Should he be a candidat
he will have all the republican paper
Of the county except the Litchfield Satur
day Review, opposed to him, besides sue
politicians as A. T. Koerner, G. Fl. March
o. H. Campbell w. D. Joubert, Mayo
Baum and hundreds of others, who wi
be for Buchanan. In the face of this HON
opposition Mr.. Foster will hardly agai
contest. It costs money to make a cam
paign and Foster can hardly afford it.
The question is rather, can Buchanan at
ford it? He knows how much money
costs to make a. campaign.