The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

Governor Van SAINT Not a Candidate for
Anything-Third Tern, Doggy Laid TO
-Admnistration Favors Collins
Gossip on the Collins Succession
Newspaper Comment on the Situation
lis Young. Flirting with the Dunn
Forces?
Governor Van SAINT will only discuss
one political proposition at q, time. IN the
IAN ne confined himself to denying the re-
ports. that he was g. candidate for the SEN
ate, ana declaring himself for Nelson and
Siapp. on his return from the east he
would only say one thing-that he was
under no circumstances a candidate for
governor. ~
me governor gives his statements
pienly OF time to soak in. twill now be-
gin 70 percolate thru the brains Of the
Anita administration knockers that the
governor is not a candidate for anything,
ana anu tnaI ammunition discharged at him is
Just 50 much powder wasted. They are
already shifting to a new tack, and cast
ing the governor for attempting to dictate
his successor :
The signs certainly Indicate that the
governor fayors Collins. He is opposed
to Dunn, and he has never allied himself
with the Eddy movement. He did not an
nounce his retirement from the list of pos
slpllltles TIL 1t was sure thing that Judge
Collins would be a candidate The leading
supporters of the administration, and a
large number of the governors appointees,
! have come out for Collins While fhe
governor himself has not said a word. it
seems probable that he will exercise his
rights as a citizen Of the state. and declare
his choice for the next nomination. That
choice is likely to be Collins.
| Inc governors refusal to stand for a
third term has disappointed many, but it
has brought relief to a large number of his
staunch friends, who were opposed to
! Dunn, but did not take to the third term
idea, and hated to make a fight on that
issue.
The governor has naturally refused, to
discuss the succession toJJudge Collins
as that Is not up to him until the resigna-
ton is handed in. There is no clue to his
preferences in the matter. The pressure
from Hennepin county is strong, and the
appointment is likely to come here unless
the friends of Judges Elliott and Simpson
j get into such a jangle that both have to
be dropped. In that case Attorney General
Douglas is thought to be a likely selec-
ton. & ~ 80,
| The Moorhead News speaks a good word
for it's distinguished townsman Wallace
b. Douglas, and urges his elevation to the
supreme bench In support of the propo-
sition the News says: ~ u.s.
I! General Douglas possesses in a marked
degree, the judicial temperament He is
of the tenacious, delving, careful and con-
sentative sort that would insure a proper
and wise consideration Of legal points,
and at the same time possesses such men
tai or Intellectual breadth as would secure
ozeVefy interest a just and fair consider-
atom In legal attainment, in ripe. expert
ence;s in temperamentSsi in character above
reproach. he is fitted for "a seat upon the
4 and efficient service 10 the state counts
for anything his appointment, would Ger
tainly be a popular orle-fer this service
has made him strorgsWft tn the people. He
would succeed a man OF high abilities, and
he would aid in maintaining the tradi-
tions of the court. Governor Van SAINT
would honor hinself-as he would honor
| the peopie-by the appointment of Attof-
! ney General Wallace B. Douglas to a. seat
upon the supreme bench"
| w. E. Talboys of the Chisholm Herald,
| one of the iron range papers, takes the
! following view of the Dunn candidacy: E.
| Mr.. Dunn is an able man, altho not
a brilliant one, and he made one of the
! very best auditors the state has ever had.
He is a man after the peoples own heart,
| a hearty, bluff, outspoken man, one Of
the honest. rugged sort. But we are afraid
that he is badly handicapped because it is
believed that he is hand in, glove with
| Hill and the railroad interests of the
! state, and that he has not at any time
| been with the governor and a vast ma
! jor1ty of the people Of the state on the
merger question. But for this, and If he
4 were on the other side of the fence with
the people, there would be no doubt
of his nomination and triumphant election.
/ He, may win the race in spite of this
| handicap, for personally he is very popu-
! lar, but we doubt it very much. The
farmers of the state, tho they may have
a warm feeling for him, can not and will
not trust him with this question unde-
! cided, and with other railroad matters
constantly coming up before him for de-
cision."
! The Glenwood Gopher is putting up a
! scrappy argument for Frank Eddy and
does not seem dismayed by it's lonesome
ness. Editor Wollan gives. the following
| reason for the faith that is in him:
| 10 all appearances the corporate in
terests and Dunns interests are identi-
cal; the officeholders' interests and Col
4 Inns interests are identical the people S
interests and Eddy's interests are identi-
cal. That's the situation in a nutshell
That's why the Gopher is for Eddy
| Recent utterances of the Appleton
Tribune have given rise to suspicion
j that e. T. Young is looking for place
| O1l LIE DuIll Slate. Ills nome paper
seems more friendly of late to Dunn than
to Collins or any other candidate.
| Judge Jaggards boom for the supreme
bench has not been Endorsed as yet by
w. J. Donahower or Oscar Hallam.
C.sG. Rapp of st. Hilaire, a member of
the house in 1901, died last Saturday Mr..
Rapp was i'll during nearly all of the
1901 session, and never recovered his
strength. He served during the extra
session Of 1902, and won the respect of
his colleagues.
The Wanda Pioneer Press has been
1 merged with the Sanborn Sentinel This
cuts off strong Bob Dunn paper, which
has been sounding the praises of the
Princeton man ever since Joel Heatwole
4 took a special trip to Redwood county and
interviewed its editor.
Charles b. Cheney.
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