The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-04
Crist Of the
Political Mill

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! Quiet organization and the nominal
ton of Van SAINT with a whoop on a
first or second ballot is the key note
OF the apparent efforts of the third
term contingent. This organization
involves slate, but not in such iron
clad terms that the slate might not
| be abandoned in the convention. In
fact some of the men posing as can
| dldates or candidates to be can only
hope to be of service to Van SAINT
Their own chances will not and can
J not substantially materialize.
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Eddy's candidacy is fostered by the
third termers with the idea that the
| Glenwood man can not land and that
| as candidate with a comparatively
| large following he can be mighty use
| full in the prevention of Dunn fences.
Eddy's real friends figure the fight is
! between Eddy. Dunn and Van SAINT,
and that in a three cornered fight the
Greenwood man stands more than
chance of picking the plum.
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The Van SAINT people figure the fight
is between thellgovernor and Dunn.
Naturally enough they are inclined to
believe that in a two-handed scrap
the Princeton man would get away
with Van SantAaS a third term prop
osition. A row ina large field of can
didates is not only essential to the
harmony candidate idea, but it is an
excellent mask for the organization
| work mapped out in the inner circle
of the state central committee and
the official family,
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Under the Organization plan several
gentlemen of the committee have
taken large contracts. For instance,
Alvah Eastman, and James Martin are
to deliver threercounties Of the Sixth
district. Then just to show how weak
Dunn really is in the Sixth it is broad
ly intimated that Senator Nelson will
hand large section of the district
over to Eddy All this may or may
not be true, but it iss calculated to
show how absurd is the idea that
RHtftp has the, the Sixth district in his
pocket, ...,,az. scgbbr,iro,
80 '-'aoeTt onaoEf.41 ~ nEni r7ltJu yns
-fhT ffei Fourth iidistrict has not been
-overfooked. The state central COM
,malittee- and the Oil inspection depart
ment are expected to be able to- 9soa
frame up delegation that Ramsey
county will start the whOop for Van,
SAINT. They rather expect trouble in
Ramsey county. Indeed, admit that
it may be difficult to keep anti-Van
SAINT men off the delegation. Oscar
Hallam as a candidate for attorney
general may e-Felied upon to frame
up the delegation. Mr.. Hallam was a
osgoodt member of the state central
organization. He was let out of a,
pretty fair board attorneys berth.
pared with the glory of saving the
blooming nation? .,'tsoo pf,i~rf"
F It is probably good guess on the
partoef those gentlemen Who think Z:
may be difficult to keep anti-Wan SAINT
men off the Ramsey county delegation.
AS matter of rather obvious fact,
if Mr.. Hallam wants to be attorney
general he may have to be satisfied
with getting the delegation support
for himself. Fourth district delega-
tons and especially Ramsey county's
end of them, are ugly things to de-
liver. There are elements in Ramsey
equity lClcS Ildiu "
down. They may unite for Eddy or
for Dunn, butts ten to one shot
that they will saet unite for Van SAINT
and an equally good bet that their
men can not bRs.kept off the delega-
ton, the state8 Central committee to
the contrary notwithstanding.
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Then there arg other difficulties in
the way of delivered Fourth dis
trict delegations William Donahower
is credited with3t1e idea that he would
make an excgHeAt attorney general
Judge Jaggards Friends may be able
to convince that popular jurist that
he should yfof nomination to the
supreme bench The Fourth district
or, more particulars Ramsey eoun-
ty, is not to be. considered simply as
a voting factor in the next ccylven-
ton. Fourth district Republicans de-
cline to accept Iverson as Fourth
district man and will ask for a place
on the ticket. May even be relied up
on to demand place. Delivery of the
Fourth district to. Van SAINT will be
a difficult NATTER.
George A. NanSmith.