The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-06
LOCAL POLITICS
FORMAL DENIAL
By MR.. HEATWOLE
SAYS HE rs NOT A CANDIDATE
FOR SENATOR.
His Recollection Of His Talk at the
Merchants Hotel Differs Materially
from That of a journal Representa-
tive Who Was Present at the Time.

The Journal has received a
letter from Joel P. Heatwole of
Northf1eld, denouncing the recent in
terview printed in this paper as
faxed" and demanding correction.
Mr.. Heatwole requests that the letter
be published, and his request is COM
piled with. It follows:
70 the Editor Of The Journal
In the Minneapolis Journal Of a recent
date there appeared in a conspicuous place
an article including what purported to be 1,
an interview with me in which l was
! represented as saying that after the re- !.
| publican state convention was held
| would announce myself as candidate for
| United States senator to succeed Senator
Clapp. This article included a statement
| in effect that 1 had made the declaration
in question to some politicians in the lobby
| Of the Merchants hotel, st. Paul, and in
/ the hearing of representative of your
i newspaper.
Notwithstanding that viewed this ar
ticle merely as STORY common during
a political campaign, I did dignity 1t by
going so far as to deny that had ever
given utterance to such sentiments and
also said that the statement was abso-
lutely false and without foundation.
deemed this denial sufficient. but it seems
i it was not, for these false assertions have
repeatedly appeared in the Minneapolis
Journal .--
Personally the matter is of little inter-
est to me, but inasmuch as this publica-
ton was intended to injure Robert G.
Dunn, the leading candidate for, the re-
publican nomination for governor, and in
whose candidacy am very much inter-
. ested as a friend and as your newspaper
has been deliberately and repeatedly using
said false assertions for the sole purpose
of attempting to prejudice your readers
against Mr.. Dunn, I now write and ask as
matter of simple justice that this letter
. appear in as conspicuous place in the
Minneapolis Journal as was given the
7 faxed interview.
/ repeat that did not at the time men
} toned, or at any other time. to politicians.
3 reporters or any other person or persons,
make such statements as the ones at
: tributed to me by the Minneapolis Journal,
: and I expect that a gentleman of your
well known integrity and high standing
: will be only too glad to make ample repa-
I ration for any wrong you may have done
r by allowing the false statements made by
! your newspaper to 60 uncontradicted.
: have no personal political interests to
serve in the pending gubernatorial cam
a paign, but claim the right which belongs
to every American citizen to support such
: candidates as he prefers. not only claim
. this right for myself, but concede 1t to
: everyone else, including yourself.
:, I wish to distinctly Estate, as I have
Z heretofore stated in my newspaper in let
: tiers and personal conversations that am
:, not candidate for United States senator
e or any other office.
= Trusting you will do me full justice Ia
- thissyr1atter, am, very truly yours,
e e. Joel P. Heatwole.
ISL Question of Accuracy. SO
J. The interview in question was given
"a to a member Of the Journal staff In
er the lobby Of the Merchants hotel, St
ic Paul, Tuesday evening, May "a, and
Y, was reproduced as nearly in Mr.
l. Heatwole's language as possible with
lg out shorthand report of it. It is
v, plain from Mr.. Heatwole's letter thai
a. he does not deny having had a con
a. versation with the Journal man a
di that time and place, but his denial!
e, question the accuracy of the quota
" ton. @
& The incident is here given as it oc
90 Cured, and the reader can draw hi
IS own conclusions as to what Mr.. Heat
wole said and what he meant.
The Journal man met Mr.. Heatwol,
in the lobby and stopped to speal
X with him, remarking that he had jus
IL been down home for a few days, AM
asking him If it was true that he ha'
trouble in Rice county. Mr.. Heatwol
IL was evidently stirred UP over the sit
MI uation, and said substantially this:
Eyes, there Is an awful fight on Il
Rice county, and it seems to be wage
especially against me. I understan
the Clapp men are doing it, and the
ut have formed an organization to cal
AT ry the county for Collins. This wi
Ier be my excuse to come out after tn
ed state convention is over and oppos
he Clapp. This will be ample excus
ill since he has gone into my own cour
lit ty to make trouble for me. | wi
ne have the hardest fight Of my life
ill 1 carry the county this time, and
In, have about made UP my mind to Il
an, the county go by default"
nd Taken in connection with the n,
ng merous remarks of the same tent
.rk made to private individuals, this We
ng, regarded as the best kind of evident
he that Mr.. Heatwole was prepared
oppose Clapp" on his own accoun
ter There is no other candidate in tt
re- field.