The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-19


men in northern Minnesota.
Rus 44 -----{f ~ 60 Il.
Joel p. Heatwole has, executed a stra-
getic movement to the rear, having gone
ito British Columbia to look after his min
ing and railroad interests temporarily
dropping his role of humble country edi-
tor" This is taken ito mean that he will
have little to do with the Dunn cam
paign and will not be a candidate against
Senator: Clapp next winter s ss
The ingratitude Of Rice county may
have had something to doewith. this de-
termina ton. However, no = one y believes
that HeatWole has given up his ambition
to be United States senator The OUT
look for a fight against aMoses E. stClapp
is not fattering, after the senator's hit
at the state convention and its in1orse-
E5ment of his candidacy. The publication
of Heatwoles interview and his plans
against Clapp forced many Dunn. leaders
and newspapers formally to renew their
allegiance to Clapp and tho most Of the
Clapp men fought for Collins, the senator
himself kept neutral, land there is little
excuse for the Dunn organization to make
a fight on him. Heatwoles efforts sue
aafs e. Rrlnginggnf ys sanggt n
before and he does ,Y1t need this dele
cation 1a ]. T. 4 Il G Il Mot
It looks as tho Heatwole had about
given up the, idea Of, making "a fight
against Clapp next winter and would lay
his wires toIscontests with Nelson two
years rfromr now. Nelson is more unsat-
! isfactoryF to- the interests behind Heatwole
| than ,Clapp could possibly be. Two years
| from now there will be a senate to elect
+ as well *as a house. and it will be a more
suitable occasion. The time is not ripe
for Heatwole now, but he is a good
wa tier, and two years Of a Dunn admin
istration would give him great opportuni-
| tiaS Of h1li1dinp 70
the defeat Of Nelson, "A s. Heatwole said
to- his Rice county friend last winter:
IF don't make it against CIapp I will
| the next time ~ rs
Clapp's friends on both sides Of the
goyernership, fight abused him for his
neutral attitude, and he would have had
all sorts Of trouble if he had not dis
armed criticism by his splendid work as
| chairman of the convention. His record
in that capacity sent his stock way
above par. ~ ~
Publication Of the recent abortive effort
at fusion between the candidates for con-
gress opposed to Mr.. Fletcher, has
brought from friends Of Mr. Coe a chap
Tier of history dating a little farther bac ok,
which they cay explains. Mr. Goes refusal
ito go into "a conferences last week. Ac-
Ecording to this, story, Coe was the first to
propose. az 'get together conferences. I'm
This sWfthdrawalss Coe sent out letter
Emissive'' to seven other gentlemen who
had been prominently mentioned for the
i congressional nomination: They were
Frank M. Nye.s A. I1 HALL M. H. Bou-
Etelle, D. p. Jones, w "A. Kerr, w. Il
Hale and John Day Smith. He invited
i them all to meet at his office and discuss
i the situation. Replies were received from
4 Messrs. Nye, Smith and Kerr, and when
the hour for the conference came Johr
4 Day Smith was the only, one to appear
4 The plan fell thru and from that time
on Coe began an active canvass for the
4 nomination. He now takes the position
a that he has done his part in the effort te
i secure unity Of action, and his plan hav.
Il ing been rejected. he will not listen tt
Il further talk involving withdrawal from
4 the race. III
Il The Fergus Falls Journal says:
Il We have seen q good many reasons advanced
A for why the Hennepin delegation in the repub
Hcan state convention. unseated, but we
think the one advanced by an Otter Tail county
hdelegate is the most rational: 1--WE did 1t be
cause we wanted to test Bob's strength
/, "There has been some surprise because
Il Collins failed to carry Redwood county,
Isaid a prominent republican from tina
, county the other day. 1.-The fact is, the
:. majority Of the delegates chosen at thu
primaries were elected as Collins men, blu
q between Saturday night and Tuesda.
i enough of them were won over to Civ
q Dunn majority. Sunday morning tl1re
]. teams started out, one from Lambertol
!. and two from Redwood Falls, and the.
I kept going; all day. until .alf the delegate
q to the county convention had been seen
J When they had finished that trip, a ma
! iority of the delegates had been commit
{ ted to Dunn The Dunn men claim tina
/ was legitimate campaign work. Perhap
/ it was.
81 The Albert Lea, Times says:
r. G. Dunn declined to make speeches In th
republican state campaign two years ago. an
toriai space in the Northdeid News to criticisr
: and denuncfation of Governor Van SAINT, the
; the party candidate for governor
4 1t is considered likely that the demo
: cratic state convention on Aug. 80 will b
d held in Minneapolis. The location WAS lei
s to the executive committee of the stat
e ron, rniffaat a ND thew are nor willing i