The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
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in the house kicked. over the traces. BUNS
and w. A. Nolan led the opposition, to
these bills, and the board of control wreck
ers had to reckon with Bob Dunn before
they got thru. His influence alone cost
them votes enough. to have passed the
Buck bill. -.
All this discord made it impossible to
get the crowd together In any close cor
poration, and the session ended with less
organization, as far as the members were
concerned, than when it began. The
speaker lent them his assistance, but it
did not count for much. He had no real
hold on the house at any time after man,
ing the committees, and the work Of two
or three of the most important committees
was SO crude that it was repudiated by, the
house. ~: She machine plans were frus-
trated at almost every turn by men who
had supported Babcock for speaker and it
was no more of a "Babcock house" than
it. was a. John Smith house, after the first
week of the session. -
There is no indication as yet of any
HeatWole- Dunn combination. There is
evidence, however, that the Heatwole Or
ganization has been planning to take Dunn
up as it's standard bearer. and is already
figuring on slate in which he is to be the
central figure. The slate is said to be
open, also, for some good German rePOb-
liCan as d Candidate for state treasurer
against Julius Block, who is persona non
graf to the slate makers It is also ru-
mored that if Dunn does not show any
greater evidence of reliability than he
did during the session. he may be wiped
off the slate and left to his own humble
devices. '..- "..-
Frank M. Eddy is being doomed as an
anti-machine candidate, and sentiment
is being worked up for him in the second,
seventh and ninth districts. It is be-
lieved that Eddy hopes to be the legatee
Of the Van SAINT administration, but the
persistent third term talk by adninistra-
tion papers and leaders does not indicate
that this will happen. In fact, many are
predicting field of candidates composed
Of Van SAINT, Dunn, Eddy and perhaps a
fourth, with the real fight between Van
SAINT, and Dunn. >s ...,..r :. -. -. .; u, ..
The Mankato Free Press says: "With
the suggestion that Governor Van SAINT
be given a third term the Rob Dunn fol-
lowers are throwing few fits -.
The Blue Earth Post observes in reply:
mot. alone the Rob Dunn followers.
Brother. Reynolds. It is the same with
the Heatwole- Davis element and the Bah
| cock gang. If they continue in the course
| they have maped out, the voters of Min
nesota' will love Van SAINT for the enemies
| he has made. You can't most always
down a good snan-with poor one.
\ The Albert Lea ~Stalndard (pop.> come.
nanfully to the front with the following
| liberal acknowledgements: t. .
| mo one should begrudge President
Roosevelt and Governor Van SAINT the
credit that is due them for the result ir
the merger case. 1t is immensely to thei,
honor and the Standard gladly joins IL
awarding it to them" 49,, ,s.:,. ~. .
| BY the way, the governors friends are
lremarking the fact that President Roose-
velt in his Milwaukee speech announced
| that his attention was first called to the
merger case by the meeting of northwest
ern governors. called at Helena by Gov
sernor Van SAINT. This. is. an officia
acknowledgment of what is generally rec
cgnized, that the credit for initiating thu
whole proceeding belongs to Minnesota!
governor. ~-.-a a.-.
s.. ....e....... 49,. Charles B.. Cheney.