The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-04
nEATWOlE RESENTS INSULTS

And Gives Up Written Evidence of
Dunn's Infidelity to Clapp.
r. C. Dunn, Republican candidate
for governor, yesterday made a
specific denial of the charge by w.
E. Verify that Dunn had agreed to
fight Senator NJ. +. Clapp for re-
election. He made this statement
both to the press and on the stump
Mr.. Dunn went to the extreme
that he would withdraw from the
race for governor if Mr.. Verify
could produce any written line to
show that any such an agreement
ever existed.
Joel p. Heatwole, because of
friendship for whom Mr.. Verify
was relieved from the secretaryship
of the Republican state central
committee, last night authorized a
statement in support of Mr.. Verity's
charge. In reply to Mr.. Dunn's
challenge to produce written evil
dence of the existence of a pre- con-
vention agreement, Mr.. Heatwole
quotes from two letters, now in his
possession. Mr.. Heatwole, pre-con-
vention manager of Mr.. Dunn's
campaign, last night at his home at
Mortified authorized the follow.
ing statement:
"Mr. Verity's statement was made
without my knowledge. He was
retired from the secretaryship be-
cause he is friend of mine. The
records of the Republican State
Central Committee show this, Mr..
Dunn was present at this commit
tee meeting and demanded such
action. When Mr.. Dunn makes the
charge that Mr.. Verify was retired
because he was hand in glove with
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee,' feel it my duty to stand by
| a man who has been Inundated be-
cause of his known friendship for
me.
because a man has been given a
| nomination for office by a great DO
litical party it does not follow that
the party has in addition conferred
upon him the right to impugn the
personal or political honor of other
members of that party.
"Mr. Dunn did agree to aid in de-
feating Senator Clapp for re-elec-
ton. l submit two extracts from
letters that happen to be at hand,
and which are not marked personal
or confidential. They are signed by
Mr.. Dunn and addressed to me:
"'There is deuce of a pressure
being brought on me to come out
for Clapp for senator, but l would
see the governors Office in H
before l would do So
"Clapp's friends are all out for
Collins. They are afraid of you. !
don't give one d--n. Now, if he
were to declare for me publicly,
would not declare for him. We may
have to fight Clapp openly before
long,"
W. E. Verify, who said that Mr.
Dunn had agreed to encompass the
defeat of Senator Clapp, was seer
yesterday. He said:
"My interview was given to The
Globe in anger when l heard Of
Dunn's declaration for Senator
lClapp at Anoka Monday evening.
had known that he was going abou
the state declaring his fidelity tc
Clapp, and knowing what 1 did o.
pre-convention history felt like
telling what knew to be fact.
Regarding Mr.. Dunn's charges
that was disloyal to the committe.
and the party, they are 50 contempt
ibIe that they are beneath my no
tice. Mr.. Dunn stated in an inter
view in St. Paul morning pape
the day after the changes in tn,
state central committee that he hat
no fault to find with either Mr.. Heat
wole or myself. He said he was un
der great obligations to both, ant
Especially to Mr.. H e lest
Paul Globe.