The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-10
MINNESOTA POLITICS l
Mr.. Heatwole Continues to Worry Over
the iron Ore Merger Captain Whitney's
View Of the Fifth i Dlstrlct Situation
Dunn lie Strong. at the Head OF the
Lakes-Some Municipal Election Results

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Dunn els Strong. at the Head Of the
akes-some Municipal Election Results.
With persistence that is pathetic and
almost infantie, the editor of the North
field News and his political echoes keep
asking questions about the iron Gre mer-
ger. why does not the chief executive
OF the state enter suit against that mer-
ger?" he asks in the last issue Of the
News. Why. bless lis dear cart, every
body else who reads the papers knows
how 1t was. At the request of the gov
ernor, Attorney General Douglas made a
careful study of the question, with atview
to bringing suit. Fred B. Snyder of Min
neapolis was engaged as special counsel.
He made an exhaustive study of the prop
osftion and rendered an opinion that there
was no method by which the state could
bring this virtual consolidation into court.
This opinion was concurred in by the at
| torney general and by his associates in the
Northern Securities merger case, M d.
MUM and General George P. Wilson. After
this determine ton tt would have been. the
height Of POLITICAL buneonlbe to bring such
q suit and the editor Of the News would
nave been the first to condemn the ad-
mlmstratfon for grand stand" methods.
But now he is grieyously worried because
such break was not made. Why%not be
honest?
! Speaking of the merger, the state has
scored an important point in getting a
nearing for its appeal before the supreme
court 1t meant az good deal to the states
case whether the highest court would en-
tertafn the appeal. There is now an op-
portunity to enforce obedience to the state
law, and the court hasfdecided that con-
stftutional question is Involved. It begins
! to look as tho the. ate case would finally
reach deter1nination,s on its merits, and
Attorney General@ Douglas: and his asso-
| ciates are, Of course, highlNypleased. Win
lining this point was quite a feather in the
/ cap OF Charles w. SonIerby, the assistant
/ attorney general. who appeared before the
court as the states Iepresentative.
T. The Marshall News Messenger. Captain
G. c.. Whitney, takes rather a gloomy view
| of the fifth district situation from re-
publican standpoint Captain Whitney,
analysis may be Of interest to local re-
publicans s He says: S#
"Hennepin craftsmanship, or, rather, the
| want Of craftsmanship, is likely to play
! the same support to assured defeat inStle
next congressional election as 1t did in the
last, and most any politician outside of
Minneapolis, realizing the condition in
| that city during the past several years,
would stake his reputation upon an asser-
| ton that John Lind will be his own
| successor in the campaign next year. It
| is claimed that ex-Congressman Fletcher
| proposes to again become the republican
candidate, and yet it is evident that should
| he receive the united support of his party
1 for the nomination, he cannot be elected
with John Lind as his opponent. And it
is almost certain that no other republican
can be elected unless he does have the
united support of his party at the pri-
maries. 4
/ Mile Bunnell of the Duluth News
Tribune and the republican state com :
4 mittee was in st. Paul yesterday. He
! says there is very little interest In poll
tics at the head of the lakes, but as Gov
ernor Van SAINT declines to be considered
a candidate, and Frank Eddy is not re
earded seriously Bob Dunn is making
considerable Roadway in that section
Duluth will have a city election in Feb
ruary, and it looks as tho Mayor Hugo
would have the republican nomination
without opposition this time. The pros
4 pective candidates on the democratic side
/ are Aldermen Cullona and Mannheim: .,t
Messrs., Blackmer aid Scott of the AL
bert Lea Times were in st. Paul on bust
mess yesterday. They say, that there is
mot much political excitement in Free
I born now, but that the county can be
| depended on to stand firm for anti
merger principles in the next state con-
vention. $50 81 ys
/ Captain Marcus L. Fay Of Virginia. who
took a good beating from j. Adam :Bede
so gracefully last year, scored last week
in the city election He was elected
mayor of Virginia by fourteen votes over
Mayor Eaton on a citizens ticket and
a reform program This, of course brings
Captain Fay to the front and revives tall,
OF him a candidate for governor
In Thief River Falls Frank Kratka won
by just four votes over Ira. G.. Richard
son, and as the postoffice was at stake
there is talk of contest on Richardson.
part. The race was more even than ex-
l pected. Charles B. Cheney.