The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-08
MINNESOTA POLITICS

MINNESOTA POLITICS
Dunn viii Wage Vigorous Campaign In
HennepIn county-collIns Men Count on
Keeping Their Present Advantage and
Getting Out Full Vote-Joe Miller Said
to Be Figured Out Of the Dunn caIcu-
latIons In the Elghth-Anti-H eatwoIe
Republicans Help Democrats to Carry
FaribauIt.
Dunn is going after Hennepin county, and
in spite of the advice Of his friends, he
will spend a considerable share Of his
time here during the next two months. He
met with a number of his workers yester-
day at their Boston block headquarters,
and will go with his lieutenants to make
a personal canvass in sections of the city.
Manager Heatwole was also In the city.
yesterday, and it is understood that he is
planning the battle for Hennepin county,
acting in an advisory capacity with James
A. Peterson and Tom Girling. They feel
the uncertainty Of the situation in the out
eve must carry Hennepin." The cam
paign: here is provided literally with
funds, and considerable money has been
put in already. Workers have been Sc
cured to canvass almost every precinct in
the city.
Judge Collins friends are not idle, and
are organizing their forces. They say
that from personal investigation they are
assured: that the majority Of the repub-
lican voters of the county prefer Collins
to Dunn. The thing that is necessary Is
to stir them up to attend the primaries. A
light attendance at the primaries would
be dangerous, as the Dunn workers are
IeyyN "a ~%% ali IL
can muster. There are q great many vot-
ers who have not made up their minds or
taken any particular interest in the situa=
ton. AS the contest goes on they will be
drawn into one camp or the other, but
unless all of this unpledged vote goes to
Dunn, it does not seem possible for him
to carry the county.
Sam Langum publishes a letter from
r. G.. Dunn, written to him from Hot
Springs in response to an attack made or
Langun as manager Of the Dunn inter.
ests In Fillmore county. In the letter Mr.
Dunn says:
! You can say If you see At, that accommo
4 dalton to me you did mall tho pamphlets at m,
request. and that paid for the postage and moth
I ing more. and that have paid the postage 70
: mailing these pamphlets IN every county II
try newspapers 1t is the only money have ex
pended in this campaign. ! - r..
i Then somebody else must be footing tn
bills for the st. Paul headquarters in tn
New York Life and at the Merchants, tn
Minneapolis headquarters at the Bosto
block and the army Of paid workers 4
both cities, to say nothing of mission
aries" who are touring the state solely i
Mr.. Dunn's interests. It has been gener
ally remarked that these expenses wer
too heavy for a candidate to bear on hi
/ personal account and Mr.. Dunn's ow
statement shows that he Is not standin
for It all himself. That $4,000 Princeto
fund was eaten lp long ago. Where
the rest coming from?
Joseph G.. Miller of Two Harbors ha
:. announced himself a candidate for RI
= nomination to the railroad and warehous
y commission, and Is counting on the SUI
: port of the eighth district, but 1t is RI
: ported that he has been left out Of tt
O deal by the Dunn managers, who al
+ insisting on handling their candidate
, own district just to suit themselves. The
have to stand for Judge Lewis in ord
= to have peace in ST. Louis county, ar
y Miller comes from Lake county, which
e considered an appanage Of Duluth. TIL
d Is planting candidates very thickly on tt
50 ground. Dan Gum Of Grand Rapids is
:. candidate against Miller, and as he is
, strong Dunn man, the plans favor lli1
; It Is said that II the Dunn manageme
>. permits an eighth district candidate +
:, the commission, 1t will be Gum and n
- Miller. This will not be good news
= Lake county republicans, who are su
- porting Dunn and Miller.
The anti-HeatWole republicans ha
- given the machine another Jolt in Ri
- county. In Faribault they joined with t
y. y democrats to elect Frank l.. Glotzba
IS mayor, and the Pilot does not claim
. as party victory but as "a rebuke
= Faribault Republican, which support
r. the republican candidate. says:
e. The democrats used with undoubted effect
a. argument that the ticket was nominated in
interest of the political boss of the third distri
and the introduction OF personal mud sling
a into our city politics by his organ assuredly
nished them ammunition for making the char
The Austin Transcript says
Zone thing about the present ca
paign on governor in this county which
peculiarly gratifying is that the most p
r. sistent and alluring offers jof money
VS. cause desertion from Judge Collins he
tic so utterly failed. There is someth
ry else at stake and the people know it."
The Pipestone Review confirms the
We port that +. L. James will not become
to candidate for attorney general, and 81
ty that he Will give his support to Attor1
an General Donahower for the nomination
he .i-TI rs
7p- A movement mas peen started amt
JUS first district republicans to nominate
for venerable Thomas, Simpson Of Winona
ng presidential elector. AS Mr. Simpson
use voted for every republican candidate
president since 1860, it would seem fit
= to give him an opportunity to cast
~ electoral vote for Theodore Roosevelt
It is reported that Representatives
ew dal1I-and wohIhuter Of Freeborn co,,
we will be returned to the house with
m. opposition.
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