The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-25
Denials That Do Not Deny.
The flutterings of the hit bird c.

be seen in the following from the last
issue of the Mortified News:
The Minneapolis Journal of Tuesday
evening in speaking of the proprietor of
the News says that he handled the funds
of DR.. L. w. Babcock' when he was elect
ed speaker. T O a further init
mates that Mr.. Dunn was nominated with
the aid of a lavish campaign fund admin
istered by Mr.. Heatwole." Again in the
same article Mr.. Heatwole Is represented
as having 'repudiated the antinerger
plank in the republican state PLATFORM"
intending to convey the impression that
he was the representative Of corporate
interests
These allegation are absolutely false
and no one knows it better than T he
GU n a !.
This denial relates to three sep
arate statements. AS to the first it
Is common knowledge among those
who have kept track of state politics
in the last two years that Mr.. Heat
wole managed the campaign of DR..
Babcock, who was elected speaker of
the house with the aid of the merger
interests of the state, and that he
personally interviewed many Of the
members-elect who were induced to
vote for the merger candidate.
It is also a well-known fact that
the pre-convention campaign of re.
Dunn was managed by Mr.. Heatwole,
and that it was attended with a law
ish distribution Of funds. It is a fair
presumption that the man who ham
died the campaign had something to
say about the use Of the funds pro-
vided.
Finally, Mr.. Heatwole denies that
he repudiated the antimerger plank
of the state platform. He is an
swered out of his own mouth. The
Northfield News of July 9 contains
the following editorial comment:
The, Minneapolis Journal thinks that a
'.rare joke" was played on the friends of
Mr.. Dunn when plank was nailed to the
republican platform indorsing the admin
istration of Governor Van SAINT. We are
glad to know that T h e gu II l is able
to take much comfort out of the Incl
dent, and that the convention did some
thing which won its approval But T h e
Journa will find, as it studies the
proceedings of the convention, that what
ever it said there is nothing the conver-
ton did which can be specially gratifying
to the friends of the administration, or
that, in the light of subsequent events
the paragraph in question can be regarded
as anything but ironical
THE paragraph in question was as
+ follows:
x We cordially indorse and commend the
able, efficient and fearless administration
CT Governor Samuel r. Van SAINT and the
people are to be congratulated for the pa
triotic manner in which he has espouset
the cause Of the people against the railway
merger and trusts. We are firmly of the
belief that competition between the rail
roads of this state would be more beneficial
to the general public than the consolida
ton Of said railroads, and with due ap
probation of the Importance of the under
taking, we thank the president Of thu
United States and governor Of this state
for the timely antimerger litigation in thu
interests of the people which was brough
to such successful conclusion in the su
preme court
z This is the issue on which Governor
Van SAINT was elected two years ago
by a record-breaking majority, but il
the mind Of Mr.. Heatwole the nom
nation Of Dunn makes it's repetition
joke.
Mr.. Heatwole has not been salts
fed to repudiate the antimerge
plank. He has never published tn,
platform in the Mortified News, il
whole or in part. and now has thrown
the entire document out on a techni
cality. In the issue Of Aug. 13 h
says: The party is practically withou
platform, the resolutions emanatin,
from that convention having beer
adopted by the temporary organiza
zion. There are reasons why this wa
done which may be explained later
but, just the same, the republican
party of Minnesota is today techni
cally without a platform, and the can
didate for governor may make one t
e suit himself That is to say, tn
candidate for governor may repudiat
the paragraph In question: If tn
issue should ever be raised at an
time.
The delegates in the convention
supposed the platform was read an
adopted when it was in order to say
Time 1t now seems that 1t was s
engineered in order to make it nul
and void for those who wish to TAX
advantage Of bubble.
So much for Mr.. Heatwole's de
malls. The evidence on the first tw
points is not found in the columns o
the Northfield News, but it is just a
convincing.
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