The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02
JOEL p. HEATWOLE,

In discussing the candidacy of
Robert c. Dunn for the republican
nomination for governor, it seems
strange to us that 80 little attention
has been paid and so little has been
said about the smooth man from
Mortified, who is the head, front,
bottom and top of the movement.
1t is true there was movement in
favor of making Mr.. Dunn gov
ernor and that many of his ad-
mirers hoped to see him obtain the
Office, and that this movement has
existed for some time in this state,
but it never took definite shape
or became formidable until Mr..
Heatwole became it's sponsor and
his mastery mind began to direct
its course, his splendid nerve to
give it stamina and backbone and
his remarkable organizing powers
to give it cohesion and strength.
1t is immensely amusing to the
public to hear Mr.. Dunn and his
ardent friends pirate about his ag-
gressive independence, and that if
he is elected governor he, himself,
will be the executive and that the
Office will not be run by clerk in
the ante-room, and then to have a
seventh rate subordinate of Mr..
Heatwole's stalk majestically
through the corridors of the
hotels and declare, "That talk
ing on Mr.. Dunn's part will be
stopped and hereafter all interviews
will come through me-" and neither
Mr.. Dunn nor none of his sup
porters dare to dispute the censor
ship. Mr.. Dunn's candidacy is
only an incident, it is not an issue.
Through every ramifcation of his
well organized campaign one can
see the word "Heatwole" in letters
a foot high and observe the scien-
tific methods of Heatwole's politi-
cal policy as plainly as one can
follow the footprints of grizzly
bear across the muddy highway.
No matter how much one may
differ from Mr.. Heatwole in his
political methods, or lament his in
fuence in political affairs, he stands
out in bold relief as one of the most
successful politicians that Mime
sotaIhas ever furnished, and he is
certainly one of the most remark
able men the northwest has ever
produced. He is a master of
suavity, politeness and .urbanity.
He has acquired a reputation for
wisdom by his impressive silence
and ocular demeanor-it is impos-
sible for any man to be as wise as
Heatwole looks-and he skillfully
advertises all his movements by
concealing them with great ap-
pearance of care and study. Per-
sistent as sitting hen who will
starve herself trying to hatch out
china door knobs, nothing but
death could make him cease his
efforts to accomplish his desired
aims. Defeat to him only means
delay, never overthrow. When he
first announced his candidacy for
congress in an overwhelmingly
democratic district, and was badly
defeated at the polls, his political
enemies gleefully predicted his
finish, but his defeat never even
disconnected him or disarranged his
plans, he expected defeat, and even
before the election returns were all
in he had commenced scheming,
planning, working and organizing
for the next campaign, and when
the next battle took place he
scalped his political enemies inside
the republican party and out of it
with such consumate skill and ease
that he seemingly put forth no
effort in performing the act. ,
Those who oppose him never
dream of the plenitude of his re-
sources, and he is postmaster in
securing campaign supplies, until
the battle has ended and Heatwole
is master of the field.
When he was Chairman of the