The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-14
JUDGE COLLINS CANDIDACY

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or. We predict that before the state
convention is called to order next summer
Judge Collins will have a clear Held, and
| that the merger candidate from Princeton
will seek the solitude of the big woods.
| Kasson Republic an-Judge Collins will
| stand solidiy. upon the platform of the
| last state convention. He was captain
| in the Seventh Minnesota volunteers and
| has been on the supreme court bench six
| teen years. besides holding numerous other
I Offices of trust with honor and ability and
| is well known and popular thruout the
state and Will be very strong candidate.
Wadena Tribune-ItSNis a shame that
self-seeking politicians should have suf-
ficient influence to drag such a man as
| Judge Collins into such position. The
judge Is personally a man Of high charac-
ter. He has served many years upon the
bench. and is a veteran of the civil war.
Standing ON his own merits, he would
have been a candidate whom 1t would
have been delight to support. AS it is,
1t appears that he will have to be judged
by the company he keeps and by the
circumstances surrounding his entrance
into the field.
Thief River Falls News-Collins is one
of the best-known public men of the state
and has friends everywhere who will take
off their coats and work for him.
Arlington Enterprise-Judge Collins will
uphold the antlmerger platform of the last
state convention. Now that Collins has
entered the race, the contest in this state
has taken on new life and the condition
of affairs is more complicated than ever.
Osakis Review-Judge Collins is one of
,, the best known and most popular men in
the state. He indorses the state platform
of 1902 and will naturally become the heir
of the state administration. The Judge
comes from Mr.. Dunn's own district, and
the tight from now on will be interesting.
Bemidji Sentinel-Judge Collins owes
1T to the people of the state to resign from
the bench at once. as he can hardly be
good judge and an active candidate for
| governor at the same time
| Mapleton Enterprse-Judg Collins is
a strong candidate. but it will take a
strong man to get the better of Bob Dunn
Crookston Times-If this is the regular
sem1annual announcement that the judge
makes that he is going to be a candidate
for gubernatorial honors, little will come
OF 1t, but II he is out in earnest he will
give Dunn harder fight than Governor
| Van SAINT.
Ortonville Herald -Star-Judge Collins is
a strong, able man, and has served the
state in his present capacity for sixteen
years and has a large acquaintanceship in
every portion of the state. But after ev-
Ierything possible has been said in his IA
vor, he isnot a man who will enthuse the
] people for a popular office like the COVER
norship. The day that Judge Collins re-
signs from the supreme bench marks the
end of his office-holding career in Min
J nesota.2
Austin Register-Judge Collins candi-
dacy lines up the two contending merger
and antimerger factions and from now
to convention time will witness-if we do
1 not misjudge the temper of the people of
this state-another gubernatorial battle
within the republican lines that will prove
a hummer. See if it don't.
Elk River Star News-The judge has
twice before been a candidate for this
position, and his friends supposed he had
given it up as a bad job. Many of them
have allied themselves to other candidates
and the conditions are such now that there
will be a fight for delegates in every coun-
lty in which the judge has heretofore re-
ceived a solid backing without having to
make a fight.
Delano Eagle-In our opinion Judge
Collins made a mistake in not taking UP
some live issue and fighting it out on clean
lieut. lines. AS it Is he has merely placed
. himself at the disposal of Al lot of wire
4 pullers with no possible hope of success
All that can be done with the smerger from
a political standpoint has been done. The
matter now rests With the courts and the
I. faNoring Of. opposing Of the Securities
company bS the executive sef t1le8state
cannot change matters in the least. Sc
far as JudgeaGollins personal worth goes
nothing bettsr. could be desired; but his
halting hesitation which has so many
times caused him to stagger on the brink
gEof a gubernatorial campaign and just as
foften to- disappoint his friends, will lead
many to take him less seriously than
would have been the case had-she shown
more decision on similar occasions. here
isfnothing in Judge Collins entry to alarm
the friends of r. G. Dunn, whose position
gains strength with every day. s
Battle Lake RevieW--Judge Collins is an
able attorney but he has twice before
been a candidate for governor and been
beaten This goes to show that he is not
strong enough in the state to land the
nomination, and while he is an important
factor in this contest. there is little change
OF winning out 81
Faribault Pilot (dem.)-Judge Loren w
Collins of the state supreme court an
nounced his candidacy Tuesday for the
nomination for governor next year on the
republican ticket. This announcement viii
cause much surprise and anxiety in The
republican ranks in this state. Judge
Collins candidacy will undoubtedly cause
many assertions from those who have
been supporting Dunn. and Eddy. TIL:
judge was a captain in the Seventh Min
1lesota and is prominent in Grand Arm,
| circles, and the old soldiers will rally tt
| his standard. He is man of good ability
| with an excellent record, and is we'll DUAL
| flied for the position to which he aspires
| Fairmont Sentinel (dem)--By the ton
| of Judge Collins announcement it is evi
dent that his long suit in the campaig,
| for the nomination is merger. The Senti
mel doubts if that question can be used t
humbug the people a second time. Lead
ing republicans openly admit that tn
merger is simply a fight between riva
| corporate interests, in which the peopl
Ecut no figure except to be traded at tn
i voting booths. Nevertheless, Judge Col
i Inns is a strong man. He has an exten
| sive acquaintance, a pleasant address an
is an energetic campaigner. 1t will be /
battle royal between him and Bob Dunr
with the chances largely favoring Dunn.