The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-03
H[ATWOLE AFF|RMS
ANTI.CLAPP PACT
Declares Dunn and Himself
Worked together and Quotes
From Letters

Not in decade has so profound a
sensation been created in the politics
or Minnesota as was contained in the
| charge of w. E. Verify that an agree
ment existed between R. c. Dunn and
Joel p. Heatwole to secure the defeat
Of Moses E. Clapp for the senate, the
denial by Mr.. Dunn and the produc-
tion by Mr. Heatwole of letters sub
stantiating the charge contained in the
original statement by Mr.. Verify.
The charge was made in an inter-
view given The Globe by Mr..
Verify, who was unseated as secre-
tary of the Republican state central
committee late in September for no
other reason than that he was sup
porter and friend of Mr.. Heatwole,
who was suspected of designs on the
United States senatorship. Mr.. Dunn
Immediately denounced the story as
untrue and declared that Verify was a
vender Of untruths. He offered to
withdraw from the ticket as a candi-
| date for governor IL written line could
be produced showing that he had ever
conspired against Senator Clapps re-
election He also declared in an inter-
view in an evening paper that Mr.. YER
ity was relieved of the duties of his
effice because it was found: ne was
] working hand in glove with the Dem
ocratic state central committee
1t was up to Mr.. Verify to produce
the evidence which he declared he had
in his possession, proving a pre-con-
vention agreement between Dunn and
Heatwole and against Clapp. At this
| juncture Joel p. Heatwole. from his
home at Northfield, made statement
/! in which he boldly declared:
| Heatwole Stands Pat
| Mr.. Dunn did agree to aid in de-
feating Senator Clapp for a re-elec-
I tion," and he submitted excerpts from
two ietters In his possession, which he
said had been written by Dunn and
addressed to himself. One letter. said:
"There is deuce of pressure be-
ing brought on me to come out for
Clapp for senator. but would see the
governors Office in HI before would
| do so.''
The extract printed from a second
Iletter read
"Ciapps friends are all out fer Col
Inns. They are afraid of you. don't give
one d--n. Now, II ne were to declare
for me publicly ! would not declare
Tor him. We may have TO fight Clapp
openly before long
The production of the extracts from
| the Dunn letters to Heatwole, written
when the two Republican leaders were
| in combination to secure for one the
Office OF governor and for the other
the office of United States senator. Gre
ated a sensation throughout the length
and breadth OF the state. 1t was uni
versaliy conceded that Mr.. Verify had
proved his case against Dunn, and
there was no little surprise, therefore.
when Mr. Dunn was interviewed at
Mankato yesterday, that he should
continue to deny the existence OF
the agreement and the authorship of
the letters. He grew almost hysterical
when his attention was called by a
newspaper correspondent to the re-
production in The Globe OF the tell
tale Heatwole letters, and said to the
correspondent:
Dunn Calls II Lie
Anything about me In The Glob
is false. never wrote any such let
and never wrote these"
Mr.. Heatwole was asked by tele-
phone last night at his home at North
field If he had any proof to offer that
the letters from which he quoted were
| genuine.
None. whatever" he replied. Eek
cept that they are signed by Mr.. Dunn.
suppose if the letters from which
quoted are not genuine, am amenable
to the law covering the crime OF for
| gerry
The expose by The Globe of the
pre-convention agreement, convincing
as IL Is to practically every man who
can read the English language, has
| been taken up by every newspaper III
the state that has a daily or weekly
| edition.
The Minneapolis Journal, an inde-
pendent Republican. newspaper, says
that proof has been given of the truth
of verity's charge and asks Mr.. Dunn
/ to make good his agreement to get off
the ticket. The st. Paul Dispatch
prints the whole story. the Verify
charge. the Dunn denial and the Heat
wole evidence. as taken from The
Gil b e s news columns The Duluth
Herald reviews the situation and calls
the attention of Senator Clapp's friends
IN ST. Louis county TO the facts shown
! by the correspondence
Nothing, in short. has occurred in
Minnesota politics for years that has
aroused the intense interest that the
/ Verify Dunn -Heatwole rumpus has
impelled, and press and people are
only awaiting the production by Mr.
Heatwole OF the original copies OF the
letters to give the verdict on the mer-
| its of the controversy.