The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-28
SUSPECT DUNN OF
TRADING WITH HUGO
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ST. Louis County Circular
Arouses Suspicious of Speak
ership Candidates

are not blind to the trend of recent de-
velopments in the gubernatorial fight,
have become firmly convinced that
there is a deal between r. C. Dunn
and N. F. Hugo by which the Dunn
support is to be thrown to Mr.. Hugo
in his fight to be speaker of the next
house of representatives.
Hugo is a Duluth man, a brother of
the former mayor of Duluth, and has
no opposition to reelection to the
house of representatives. He has been
a candidate for speaker ever since the
last house adjourned in April, 1902, and
has been active in soliciting the sup
port of members who are unopposed
for election in the several districts.
Hugo has written scores of letters to
these candidates for membership of the
house during the past few weeks and
has attempted to secure pledges of
support for his candidacy.
Other Candidates Awake
Frank Clague, of Redwood county,
has a large following for speaker, but
is far short of enough to nominate him
in the Republican caucus w. A. No
Ian, of Mower county, is an active can
didate for speakership honors, with a
following in the First district and some
in. the Second and Third. W. B. An
derson. of Winona, has said he will do
nothing until he sees that he is elected.
He has a fight in his district for elec-
ton R. ]. Wells, of Wilkin county, IS
a pronounced candidate, and Elmer E.
Adams, of Otter Tail, may enter the
race.
All the candidates thus far in the
field, with the possible exception of
Mr.. Adams, were pronounced Dunn men
in advance of the Republican state
convention of June 80, and it has been
the declared policy of both the candi-
date for governor and the candidate for
United States senator, to keep their
hands off the speakership contest.
But it is a matter of common report
that the interests that dominate the
iron range country are equally involv-
ed in the candidacy of Mr.. Dunn for
governor and Mr.. Hugo for speakers
of the house, and it was stated yes
terday with every assurance of convic-1
ton that should Mr.. Dunn succeed in
pulling out of the election with plu-
rality the whole strength of his adj
ministration will be thrown to Mr..
Hugo for speaker, and that, coupled
and adjacent districts, he hopes will
land him winner.
TeIItaIe Circular
Strength was given the report ofsthe
coalition between Dunn and Hugo yes
terday by the appearance in ST. Paul
of a circular which has been printed
and put in circulation through st.
Louis county, and which is signed by
the six Republican candidates for the
lower house in that county. Ia a coun-
ty which has been repeatedly declared
to be the bulwark and shield of Mr.
Dunn's strength in Minnesota, it has
been found necessary for the legisla-
tive candidates to unite in a personal
appeal to the voters to vote for. Mr.
Dunn in order to save him from de-
feat.
The circular reeites that Mr. Dunn
has pledged his friendship and sup
port to this section of the state" and
by this is unauestionably meant the
speakership. The circular repeats at
some length the Republican candidates S
pretensions OF friendship for st. Louis
county.
This section of the state should re-
ceive consideration; no person with
any fairness could say that this coun-
ty is not entitled to a great deal of
consideration at the hands of the state
government" Mr.. Dunn said in August
at Duluth.
The legislative candidates pledge
themselves to these Estate drainage
and road building) and other local is
sues above all other considerations" !"
and there is not the slightest doubt in
the mind of any politician that other
local issues" means the election of N.
F. Hugo as speaker. and the sacrifice
of other candidates.
The men who stood by Mr.. Dunn
when he needed friends at a time when
had any one of the men now candi-
dates for speaker proved recreant it
would have meant his certain defeat
for the nomination for governor. are
not taking kindly to the Dunn-Hugo
combination, and if it can be shown
that Dunn has entered into the COM
pact to throw his strength to Hugo it
will add to the majority of John A.
Johnson.