The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-12

With an air of profound secrecy,
broken only by The Clio b e's fore
cast of the meeting. Joel P. Heatwole,
r. C. Dunn's political manager, who
by a sudden shifting of the scenes was
relegated to private life, held close
communion with friends from various
parts of the state at the Ryan hotel in
st. Paul yesterday.
Spending the morning hours at the
state capitol, Mr.. Heatwole held levee
In his parlors at the Ryan during the
afternoon, and it was the open boast
of his followers last night that Joel
had more men and better men call or
him during the day than had called at
the Dunn headquarters"
With every man pledged to keep the
result of the conference from the pub
lie, those present refuse to discuss the
meeting, further than to deny story
started by the Dunn men as back
fire to the Heatwole confagration--
that the meeting was to perfect plan
to shelf Senator Knute Nelson in the
next two years.
Enough is known, however, to JUS
tify the statement made yesterday that
Mr. Dunn will be given a chance to ex-
plain his action in deposing Heatwole
and Verify to the Heatwole following
through the state. The demand for a
hearing may not go the length Of an
insistence that James A. Martin, now
in charge Of the campaign at the Dunn
headquarters, be dismissed, but it will
be made plain to Mr.. Dunn that if he
desires the cooperation and good will
of the Heatwole men he must make
concessions to them; that Martin must
be retired to the rear, and some man
not aligned with either of the factions
put in his place.
Mr.. Heatwole told close friend yes
terday that he had called a meeting of
his friends that he might have the op-
portunity to explain his position to
them. He had received a number of
letters asking what the writer's, as his
friends, should do in the emergency,
and had determined to ask them in
turn what they would do under similar
circumstances.
All Back HeatwoIe
He had known, in effect, what they
would say before the meeting and his
judgment had been justified by subse-
quent developments. They had de-
clared one after another that Heat
wole would be less than human If he
continued to lick the hand that had
dealt him the blow below the fifth rib
The result of the conference was a.
decision that Dunn's committee should
be asked to modify it's drastic action in
removing Secretary Verify for the sole
reason of his friendliness to Mr.. Heat
Wole.
Mr.. Heatwole. was seen after the
conference with his friends His hands
were filled with olive branches. but a
close observer had no difficulty in de-
tecting the thorns beneath the leaves.
L have no grievance" Mr.. Heatwole
said. / am supporting the ticket The
conference today was attended by
quite number of my political friends.
l should say there were a dozen or
more men here from different parts of
the state. They evidently thought that
some statement of my position was
due from me, but I told them I was
supporting the ticket.
MY position has been stated quite
fully in my newspaper published at
Northheld, which I have been person
ally editing of late. Politics were dis
cussed at the meeting. This I do not
deny.
Not Fighting Nelson
81 do not deny that the meeting was
to perfect a combination against SEN
ator Knute Nelson's. 1 have no quarrel
with Mr.. Nelson, and any attempt to
prove the contrary is the work of some
of the senator's Rfound friends in
ST. Paul. There was no decision reach
ed by the conference of my friends.
There could be none. We are support
ing the ticket
With all Mr.. Heatwole's protesta-
tions of supporting the ticket, it seems
strange that the Dunn committee
should detail detective to watch him
during his stay in St. Paul and to see