The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
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MInNE!soTA RoLlTlos
AIvah Eastman Makes Direct Charges OF
Plot Against Nelson and tCIapp, Being
Matched by Dunn Managers-Warm
Contest on In Hennepin for Places on
the Delegation to chlcago-Donahower
and the Ewert Appointment % First
| Primary Filing.
| The ST. Cloud Journal Press is out in
a vigorous declaration, in which it pledges
the support Of Judge Collins friends to
Senators Nelson and Clapp, and charges.
the retirement of the senators Editor
Eastman does not hesitate to give the
reasons for his belief He says:
"The st. Paul Globe. owned by j. ia
Hill and the chief pusher for r. G. Dunn,
Nelson AMI Clapp would like to know
where the friends Of Judge Collins stand
4 on the question Of senators. It is trife
1 nerVy Of the Globe to assume to be the
/ friend Of either%N elsonSor Clapp. as a.
part of Mr. Hill's scheme is to retire
/ both.
The friends Of Judge Collins are the
friends OF both Senators Nelson and ,Clapp,.
and favorsthe reelection of these senators
just as enthusiastically as, they do the
nomination of Judge Collins. There is
no question Of their position-and neither
Nelson nor Clapp is borrowing any trouble
about what the friends Of Collins will do.
Now will the Globe please tell the pub
lie what position Dunn will take regard
ing Nelson and Clapp? That will be news
of real interest. And, to help the Globe
come to- a correct conclusion, it can be
stated that one of the reasons urged at
NOrthf bv fU Sh
Dunn for governor is because it's in the
interest of Joel Hea twole,i who hopes to
! succeed 'Clapp as senator. And for the
, further information Of the Globe in its
hunt for truth. it may be also stated that
Jim Peterson Of Minneapolis is seized
with the delusion-which is being fed by
the gentleman from Princeton-that he is
Il about the greatest Norwegian In Minne-
l.. sofa and would make an excellent success
? sor to Knute Nielsen. We admit that this
will look ridiculous to the average citizen
of the state-but it is just now part of
II he Dunn plaI, and is one. reason why
Peterson Is SO active for Dunn.
1.-THE Globe having opened sup the Sub
ject. it is; an opportlne time for giving the
republicans Of the state some definite in
formation. Tho friends Of Judge Collins
I are for Senators Nelson and Clapp-out-
spoken and earnest. The leaders Of the
Dunn forces are conspiring to defeat both
Senators Nelson and Clapp. And Dunn
himself will not, unless forced to do SO
by public sentiment, dare to place him
0 self on record as being for the renomina-
y ton Of our two senators.
And, incidentally, lit is time that the
real friends of the senators understood
the situaton."
There is every prospect now of a lively
, contest at both the conventions to he
II held in the third ward Wigwam on March
Is. The primaries for both conventions
: will be held the evening of March IA, and
y the county convention will be called To
=, :. order at IL O'Clock the morning of the
s, q 18th This convention is called to select
e 1l3 delegates to the state convention, and
8 it will undoubtedly instruct those dele.
8 gates in behalf: sof some prominent Min
:. neapolis republican, for delegate -at-larse
- to the Chicago Convention. AS soon as
:, this conventions a djourns, the congress
- sional district convention will meet tt
= select two delegates and two alternates
- to the national convention.
! Thomas H. Shevln is an announced
: candidate for delegate at-large Friends
~ Of Thomas Lowry understood before his
= departure for the east that he wou1t
:, appreciate being one, of Minnesota's "bie
y four" and at that time it was not under
- stood that Mr.. SheV1n would be a can
~ didate. Now it is claimed that Mr.. Shev
10 lin, who, is an ardent supporter of Dunn
20 for governor, is backed by the Dunn or
" ganizaton in Hennepn, which intends t.
&c, claim a triumph for their man if Mr.
- fShevlin is elected. OF course; that mean
;, 1 thereFi is a fight on and Mr.: Lowry will
sol be the man against Shevln, unless h
has changed his mind and will not be
candidate. 2 N -
= There is a good sized field of candi
dates for the two district delegates. Thre
are actually in the race now, w. w. Hef
- felfnger, II. e. BVrnes and Stewart Gam
n ed
is strong sentiment in favor of sendin
William H. Eustis or e. A. Smith, an
e. either one is regarded as good materia
, for national committeeman. .
~ The Garfield Republican club had a spe
Is Is cial meeting last evening in the interest
,e of Stewart Gamble, who is president {
~ the club. Sa' e
n The Lake City Graphic Sentinel whic
,1 has been making ''goo-g goo eyes" at Dunn
:, now sends out a hurry call from Mace
~ donia, saying: -
GU 1.-THE gubernatorial managers are not
us fed that their attention is needed in tn
ne northern part Of the state where there
" said to be considerable hot strife owe
e. which of the men named will make tn
le best governor. So far the managers hay
lle been devoting considerable work to Sc
" curing delegates from Hennepin and Ran
yes sey county-forgetting in their zeal thu
w there is any other section of the stat
Inat is llkely TO ISeIlu delesiteS 10 u
= state convention"
W. J. Donahower, attorney general
be. is being jumped on hard by the Dun
papers for his appointment Of P. A. Eve
as assistant in the office. The Dunn PEI
lc- pie have a particular grudge again
is Ewert, who has been very active in tt
.us interests of Judge Collins. Mr.. Dons
,c- hover does not seem particularly di
ch] turbed. He says Mr.. Ewert made apple;
TO- ton for the place, and knowing him to
well qualified, he at once Informed IL
Pipestone man that he could have
ne, When he joins the staff of the attornt
M general, he will necessarily keep his han'
in off the gubernatoriaI contest.
he
"a. Captain J. r. Randall Of Duluth. men
Der of the last house is the first cand
date to file for the primary election ne
ent September. He has paid his $40 and gol
to on record as republican candidate f
one of the house nominations in the fl
tieth legislative district.
,,ir Charles B. Cheney.
lille
is GOVERNOR cUMMINs' POINTER
ny,
ran Hutchinson independents Times.