The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
MINNESOTA A qsP OLETI(;S

Judge Simpson Gets Support from ST.
Paul ~ Judge Collins Successor Will
Be Elected for Full Term Hearst
!, n Envoy Visits Mlnnesota--Ry Says
shevIin Is Loyaisto, Roosevelt Dunn'se
Effort to capture$H ehnep inf e county.3;
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II Judge Elliott supper tetsa have not been
saying n1uchafor3 publication ofsIlate, but
they have not beenfidle. His Backing is
not confined to Minneapolis, now: A move
ment among the members Of the bar of
Ramsey county in his behalf developed
yesterday and a strong petition in favor of
his appointment to succeed Judge Collins
will go to the governor from st. Paul in
due tinlG.sf sSa
Two delega tionsy wa iteetf fsolls Governor
Van SAINT yesterday ssin the Interest Of
Judge Simpson. and lnadeta vefy favorable
impression al theg atehopse;S Where the
general expression watts that asman should
be proud of suclis an; Endorsement The
morning delegation consisted & Of twelve
leading members of the Hennepn bar.
representing both the older and younger
elements. In the afternoon a delegation
OF business men went over on the same
elrand. They We're David P. Jones' +. A.
Chamberlain, G. p. Shove "A E{ Merrill,
c. S. Hubert. j. w. Shepherd and f. s.
Woodworth.
: Correction should be made of a state
naent that appeared in this column yester-
day. Whenever q supreme judge is elect
ed. it IS. for the ), full term Of six, years.
Altho Judge Collins term expires in 1907.
the man who is elected next year to fill
the vacancy will serve for the full term. or
until 1911. He Wilt not be pa thes same.
basis then as the other three who are to
be elected next fall The terms Of Judges
Lovely. Brown and Lewis do not e&pre
until 1906 or more than a year after the
next election. and their successors will
serve until 1912 A.$: :i'' 80 '[.'>- -'a a.>
] Minnesota had the honor yesterday of Il
visit from the special envoy of William f.
Hearst of New York newspaper publisher
and candidate for the democratic presi
Dental nomination.. He was Charles A.
Walsh of Ottumwa. Iowa, secretary OF
the democratic national committee. MI.
Walsh talked Hearst to all the prominent
dem ocrats he co,sid find. including Mayor
{. Smith and Dan w. I-awlcr of ST.: Paul and
I r. A. 8Rosing Of Cannon Falls. He tried
TO" see T.. D. O'Brien, national! committee >
lman. but that gentleman was out of the
! city. Mr. Walsh declares that Hearst is
!, stronger with the people than Judge Par
,ker ef- Senator German. aid; would have
been governor of New York by this time
| but for the jealousy of David B. Hill.
#, The seed SOWn seems to have fallen on
the rocks, for the gentlemen visited did
/ not warm up to the Hearst candidacy
! neither did they take kindly to advice
from Iowa, the state of $4,000 republican
| pluralities. .@<''' >s4.t
! The action of Tnonl;.s H. Snevlin- in
sending his proxy as a member of the
/ national committee to Sena tor Hanna has
i aroused considerable comment ir Mime
sofa. The fact that Senator Hanna is sup
! posed to represent latent opposition to
d ,i,-l
Significance to the incident 1t is claimed
that Mr.. Shevlii1 altho for years a per
=! sonal. friend of the PRECEDENT has been
I, ,sulking since he failed to SECURE a modi-
f1cation of the order for the Cass Lake
timber sale. and also BECAUSE he has not
:. been consulted more over Minnesota ap-
d pointn1ents. But Tim Byrnes. who is
\ back from Washington for short time
says he is convinced of Mr.. S,levin's 10y
atty to the president. He believes that
busineJs was too pressing for him TO at
d.tend and that 1t was only the natura
thing for Mr.. Shevlin to send his proxy
J to the chairman of the committee to be
voted s.izst: .zs5 IT,, q : =.
Bob. Dunn's lieutenants .aret5 going tc
make a strenuous atteUlnttto capture Hens
nepini=county. Vigorous. efforts mace t.
form an organization here slow that Dunl
! means businttss' in this county Dunr
Himself has made several visits to the
y city has called pefs,laals, sn 'srs number .o
thelead adingerepublicaa Jan d has eco-lInuia
J Gated with a good many more by letter
, Joel HeatWole has dropped in on severa
occasions for conferences with politica
} leaders herey The strongest kind Of pres
: sure has been brought to bear to line VI
, enough influential men to make an eff
fective organizatio oFhe band wagon ar
: gument has been worked hard Local mel
have been. assured that Dunn is going t.
2 win anyhow. and that, they might as vel
10 /
say about patronage. :, = 30. =.
These efforts have not been very sue
cessful. A good many anti-administrat tiol
: republicans have been brought to. iden
q tify themselves with the Dunn organi
zation. but others have held a1oof, an,
! those friendly to the. governor have ha,
S nothing to do with Dunn. Some of then
Y are for Eustis. if lie is candidate, Will
. others are following the manifest lead Q
: the 'statehouse organization,~ and colnln
e out for Collins. The Judge has a grea
o many friends here. The bar arc nearly al
= for him. and the old soldiers. including tn
y large organization known the Tnio
q Veterans and Sons league The uniyersit
s influence is for him. ~. .- !...'-.~
t The lumber interests are ,underst TODD t
be favorable to Dunn. Thomas Shevlin be
ing outspoken for him. Most of the locs
politicians who supported DR.. Rabcocl1 fo
o speaker last year against the home candi
: date have followed the lead of James 4
=. Peterson: and are fors DEnl1:s4.ss &%SE4 %:sz
: With Eustis eliminated. the local stua
II tion looks favorable to Collins.
, The local supporters of. Dunn do nc
seem to be following BolJ's political meth
- DDS, but are working more along the un
l. derground railway. long distance telepholl
k plan favored by Joel 1Ieatwoe by a
. this mvsteryr 81 Charles s. Cheney
N hENDu
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al Dean Of ~" Medical School Thinks Fa.
le Life the Cause.
1T Yes, think there is an increase in II
use OF morphine and cocaine" said Dea
Parks itrb of "a of