The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-24

also failed to get control Of the county
committee, and DR.. Dodge was out in the
cold until the new deal was put thru last
week. Placing Dodge in control of the
county organization amounts to serving
notice on Heatwol and his friends that
they are not wanted. They are expected
to vote for Dunn, but no other service js
required Of them, while Dodge is charged
with bringing all the former Collins men
in line for Dunn. 49,.
Who is the best authority as to r. C.
Dunn's pre-conVentiOn campaign? At the
time of the convention one Joel P Heat
wole was supposed to know something
about it. Referring to the claim that
Dunn had enough votes to nominate him
without Hennep1n and Ramsey, the North
field News says:
The republican state central compittee has
issued statement saying that Mr.. Dunn did not
need the delegation from Hennepin county to
nominate him. From what source did Messrs
Martin and Mitchell obtain this information? II
Mr. Martin concurs in this opinion he must then
confess to "a lack OF knowledge as to where he
was at so far as the delegates concerned
when he was in charge of the Collins forces.
Admitting that Mr.. Dunn had enough delegates
to nominate prior to the vote upon the question
of seating the delegation from Hennepin, the
votes of Hennepin and Ramsey counties in one
block would have given the opposition great
opportunities I'll for trades which might have
solutely safe until that strength broken. =.
In other words, according to Mr.. Dunn's
pre- convention manager, the Hennepin
delegation had to be unseated in order to
make him absolutely safe.'
The Bemidji Sentinel edited by H. G.
Hays, a close friend of the two gentlemen
ne refers to, speaks feelingly as follows:
Before the state convention both Mr.. Heat
WOle Verify hat
Mr.. Dunn's nomination meant the disruption Of
the republican party in the state Did Heatwole
for the good of the party for any other
reason turn Mr.. Dunn down? Nit. When Mr..
Dunn was told that Mr.. Heatwole's friend in the
committee was menace to the party after the
convention, did Mr.. Dunn turn him down? Yep.
Winona correspondent writes T he
journal that there is much feeling
among republicans of that city and vicin-
ity against Dunn. This is due largely to
the nominees attitude toward Governor
Van SAINT, which is resented by all the
governors old friends. AS the CORE
spondent says: '"They can no more swal-
low the Dunn pill than they could a
quart of quinine." In proof Of this he
cites the reception Dunn met with when
he talked at the Cannon meeting. In his
preliminary remarks Mr.. Dunn said he
might visit Winona again before election
day. Before he sat down it was evident
i
ceived all of the chilly Winona air that
he cared to during the present campaign.
At any rate, his list of dates does not in
clude the gate city.
The HawIey Herald calls the Pioneer
Press down in lively fashion for its ac-
count belittling the anti-Dunn club or
gained in that village. The st. Paul or
gan had so-called special from Hawley
declaring that the club consisted Of three
disgruntled republicans and a handful of
democrats" The Herald prints the list
of forty-six charter members of the club,
every one declaring himself to be a re-
publican, and challenges the Pioneer Press
or any other supporter of Dunn to find one
in the list who Is not republican. Tho
report of the Dunn meeting at Hawley as
printed in the Pioneer Press Is also de-
clared to be wild fabrication. The meet
ing, according to the Herald, was frost,
and the larger part of the audience was
composed Of the anti-Dunn club.
Charles B. Cheney. s