The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-12
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Opponents Are Pounding Judge Collins TO
Reslon--Friends OF The Senators Want
Assurances from Dunn--Press Conn
inent on the Latest Developments.
The uppermost question with regard to
Judge Collins candidacy at present Is:
Will he resign? His opponents, Of course,
take the ground that he cannot remain /
on the bench and be a candidate HfaTk I
Eddy says the judge. will make q strong
candidate II he resigns, but he IN
slsts on retaining his sjudgeship While ne
makes the race he will cut no inquire
whatever. The voters of tAe state VIII
not stand for u candidate who persists
IN retaining one Of the. best offices IN
the state.'' s,
The Judge will only. say that he has
no present Intention Of resigning. Other
men have run for one office while holding
another, and he can do the same II ne
chooses. However, there Is a. distinct
intimations in his conversation that the
present term of court will be. his last. 4
The October term calendar Is we'll undef
way, and there would be considerable
confusion caused If he should resign and
give place to a new man right an the
middle OF it, A new term commences;
April 1, and the work of the present term
will be finished early in February. The
leave his campaign in, the hands of his
friends. with Alvah Eastman or some
other prominent sixth district man; for.
q campaign manager. until FEBRUARY.
Then he will resign to take effect April !,
and start out in February on personal.
canvass. He has lgiyensit out plainly that
he viii make an active canvass, and
when he starts in he will not stop until
! the convention meets.
Iat etgs 4ss * s.. III sh GEss X
There will be bitter contest between
Collins and Dunn for the counties Of the
sixth and eighth DISTRICTS. When judge
Collins ran in 1888 those counties We're
nearly all for him. Recently. they have
been counted in the Dunn column.
Whether they will swing into the Collins
column depends on the. result of some
pretty active campaigning for the next
six months. ST. Louis county has been
considered a Dunn stronghold, but some
opposition has been. manifesting Il itself
lately, since the story went abroad that
Dunn was unfriendly to Senators Nelson
and Clapp. SD gsss .as
Strong adherents- of the two senator
say they have reason to think that Dunn
| and his principal supporters. have it in
| for BOTH senators, and they do -nou in
tend to stand for Dunn unless they have
! the strongest kind of public assurance
from him that he is favorable to the re-
| election of both Nelson, and sClapp Dunn
is not the kind of man to be bulldozed
| into such a declaration. and If he holds
out he is likely to get all sorts of trouble
from the senatorial adherents Joel Heat
| Wole's support. of the Dunn candidacy and
his well-known ambition to go to the
senate makes them. suspicious.
The St. Cloud Journal Press. which
made the announcement of Judge. Collins
candidacy in its Tuesday issue, said edi-
1 tnria1v m ia .dau !
No man in the state is bettereG qualified
| for the position. A gentleman of ability
and culture one who. has proved his pa
triotism as a soldier at the front, whose
record as a citizen is most honorable and
whose popularity has been amply at
i tested - the people of this common
wealth, he will make an ideal candidate.
He stands for the. best interests: of the
state as represented by the republican
| party-and his nomination will be pledge
1 to the people that the good record made
/ by Governor Van SAINT will be continued
/ by Governor Collins ES}Est3e r
/ with no unkind word for the other
distinguished gentleman who are saspir-
/ ing for the honor ofEschief executive OF
Minnesota, the Journa1-Press believes
that a large majoritys OF the republicans
OF, Minnesota swilG agree Fthato the logical
candidate. theaiman 2sa .ethe time and
place, lis IA. oliins4 St1e', brave soldier
the able sjurist and athelpa triotic citizen
Editor Eastman has given rise tos some
comment by his filtration withTShe Box
I Dunn candidacy, but the foregoing :indi-
Gates that is now located. 53s Z:
q The Mani<ato Free Press-sent out a cal
! for a dark horse in its Mondays issue
!. and.it " ass speedily answered. The Free
, Press said: ri, s:fe.sas.s!s ~ a. sis.
n Governor Van SAINT has made Ggoot
executive and If -renominated would con
4 tinue to~sgive the state a good. clean ad
ninistration If the, mantle should .fal
. upon the shoulders of Mr.. Dunn the Ere,
Press has every confidence that he would
not. be found wanting. But the fact tina:
there is Q, feeling of opposition agains
both of these gentlemen which: is NOR
likely to. increase than 5subside as con
lSent:On time approaches, 1T would seen
that some good republican who is fire.
from .factional differences has an excellen
: opportunity to enter the contest later OF
and thus harmonic the party for an old
time victory at the polls"
The Fergus Falls Journal got the new
Of Judge Collins candidacy Tuesday, an
said editorially: .t
| New interest is added to the guber
material contest by the announcement tina
| Judge l.. ". Collins Of ST.. Cloud has dc
cided to enter the field. Ee is well an
favorably known all over. the state. II
l uSdElly tiluUISeS Lie SSllliIIlSHLs SApEeSSe>
| by Governor Van SAINT in his recent inter
Z view in which he discussed 1.-The relatio
: of candidates to the merger ISSUE Judg
: Collins has a large following turnout tn
: state who will rally to his support
8 The Crookston Times fired in the al
3 just before the news of Judge Collins an
(, nohncement@ came out, saying
"a careful re aiding of the governors re
: cent interview leaves no doubt in the min
: Eof the Intelligent and impa rtial reader, tina
= according to his excelency's best ajude
ment the man who is best qualifie
by natural endowment and varied exper
ences to guide the ship Of state thru til
shoals and quicksands. Of the next tw
years Of political storm is one Samuel
/ Van SAINT
. The Times editor must not strain HI
: eyes by trying 10 read between the lines.
: Charles B.. Cheney.
i, THE VALUE OF. APPRECIATION &
Z Z i q ; Z MI C,,+l o1r i. ! H.