The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-25
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Talk OF Returning to the Old Appointive
Railroad and Warehouse Commission If
Good Results Are Not Obtained at the
Next convention-Press Comment on
eovernorshIp contest-weIls Has an
Opponent. -

According to a morning paper Thomas
Torson Of st. James is candidate for
railroad commissioner. He can hardly .be
candidate this year, as he is state
senator, holding over until 1907, and is
not eligible to hold any other office until
that term has expired.
Senator Torson was the author of the
bill making the commissioners elective.
There has been considerable dissatisfac-
ton with that measure in the past four
years, and 1t is freely predicted that I'M
less the next state convention improves
the character of the commission the pres
ent law will be repealed and the old APP
pointive system will be returned to- In
that. event many members Of the legis-
lature will favor a single commissioner
instead of the present board Of three,
which permits divided responsibility and
does not always act in concert
The Wheaton Gazette Reporter comes
to the front for the seventh district can
didate in the following vigorous STYLE:
When the old seventh district was SO hopeless
Is committed to- popufsm that it was abandoned
by both the nati9naisn stateorepublican com
mlttees, Frank Eddy took up the fight single
| handed and Won out against overwhelming odds.
Three times under thege e9pdtiens he carried his
party to victory personal energy and per
supremacy iafthe8 ftspfst, He took the lead and
defended republican principles, In every school
house when 1T meant something to be a republi-
can; when nomination did not carry with IT
certificate election. The. bat tlerscarred re-
publicans of the old seventh should not forget
these sfacts. = 2 ~. ~essf
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| It is necessary to go away from home
/ to- get the news sometimes. For instance
the Zumbrota Independent informs us:
The Collins forces who have; been; loudly shout
Ing that he was sure to carry Hennepn county,
now discover with great alarm that the masses
| of the people in that county for Honest Bot
Dunn dust as they are all over the state. 1t hak
been discovered that thirteen members Of the
Collins committee out Of the seventeen are ii
Flavor Of Honest Rob Dunn.
| There are only seven members Of the
| Collins committee, all working for thu
judge, and the Independent probabl,
means the county committee. But her,
| again it has the facts reversed OF tn.
seventeen members Of the county commit
tee, eleven are active supporters Of Judg
Collins.
The Dawson Sentinel says:
Talk about dirty politicsl R. c. Dunn,s serie
of cartoons in the papers turnout the state tina
are supporting him are about as rotten as any
thing we have seen for long time. If Mr.. Dunn
: was the best man in every way, if he has save,
the state millions Of dollars, and. If he is tn
only honest man in the state, he deserves to e
down to defeat for the mudslinging he and hi
hireltngs have INDUCED in since Jan. l. This
mot written in the interest Of Collins either bu
nj the interest Of cleanliness in politics.
Waseca county has been claimed as soil
l Dunn territory, but the New Richlan
North Star gives a little different story
It says:
The Collins boom is undoubtedly gaining groun
turnout the state. However, it has been know
for some time that the feeling in the city of wa
Iseca was intensely for Dunn. The rest of tn
county seems not to have expressed ITSELF but "
believe down this way there is Just ass muc
Collins sentiment there is for Dunn, and W
trust more.
The Cannon Falls Beacon says:
Il For man who came into the fight after it wa
81 all over but the cheering-see any Dunn paper {
"A three months ngo-Judge Collins is doing remarl
= ablywell. 4.
II The Heron Lake News contributes a
, interesting item to the political News ,
the day. saying: 'Heatwole favors the re
election Of Senators Clapp and Nelso,
/ and when those gentlemen come UP for RI
:. election Joel will be found working ha1
;, for them"
Mr.. Heatwole himself has very car,
b fully RETAINED from saying any such thin
81 One candidate for speaker has a fg]
: on his hands for denomination to Il
o house. r. J. Wells of Breckenrids
e whose district is confined to Wi1kin cou,
e ty, will have an opponent at the, repul
o lican primaries in George w. Billsborro
e OF Wolverton, an old settler in that Sc
# ton, who has already announced himse
= Charles B. Cheney.