The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-27

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, Jan. 27.-As rule,
members of the Minnesota delegation
in congress are keeping hands off Of
the gubes2atorial contest. When a
member !, Of the house does interest
himself-as, for instance, Bede for
Dunn, Buchanan for Collins, and
STEVENSON for Eddy-it is for purely
local, or district, reasons. Neither
senator is taking any part in the con-
test, so far as can be ascertained.
But, while the delegation is not par
ticipating, it is greatly interested. The
feeling here is that if Dunn is to ~be
beaten for the nomination it must be
by Collins. Eustis, it is believed, will
draw from Collins and not from Dunn;
therefore it will be for the interest Of
the Dunn people to have Collins a
candidate. Collins is to carry Ramsey
county, it is understood, and, with
Eustis out Of the way, probably Hen
nepin also. With this support he
would be formidable factor III the
convention. His own influence in the
northern parts of the state, and the
support of the governor in the south,
are expected to give him much addi-
tiOnal strength. The candidacy of
Eustis is not understood in Washing
ton, unless it is an adroit move by
the Dunn people to divide the Collins
following. It is believed that Eustis
will be made to see this upon his re-
turn from his winter cruise in the
South Atlantic.
II the Minnesota delegation in con-
gress, probably the best judges of
such matters, had the choosing, it
would make T. e. Byrnes the next
member of the national republican
committee from Minnesota. Broadly
speaking, he is the best equipped man
acquaintance with prominent party
workers in all the states is greater
than that of any other man, not ex-
cepting Senator Nelson. If the state
wants a representative on the COM
mittee who will secure results and be
more than a mere fgurehead, it will
select Byrnes. AS the recent exploits
office is no sinecure, and when a state
needs a good man on the committee
it needs him badly.
The idea that Governor Van SAINT
is thinking Of becoming a candidate
against Mr.. Tawney for congress in
the first Minnesota district is not
Tawney has a strong hold on the dis
trict, and the governor, while not
very fond of Tawney, would not find
it an easy task to unseat him. Tawney
is one of the real leaders of the house
Of representatives, and his position is
source of strength to the whole
state. -,
1t is believed here that Tawney and
McCleary will be renominated with
out serious difficulty. Davis in the
third district, however, may have a
hard contest. Rumor says there is
something in the story that he is not
pulling with Heatwole, and that the
latter may conclude to oppose him
this year. Stevens of st. Paul will
probably be renominated without OPP
position. He is the strongest man in
the delegation, so far as the house is
house concerned. Lind will be re-
fifth district. if he will accept, and it
is believed he will. Buchanan is
promised a fight for the nomination
in the sixth district and is already
getting ready for it. He won in 1902
by a narrow margin, but this time his
opponents think they have the situa-
ton in hand better than before. Vol
alton in the seventh district, altho
nothing definite has been heard here.
In a contest, he is counted to win.
Bede will be renominated in the
eighth district, and STEVENSON in
the ninth. Stevenson is the most
promising of the newer members of
the delegation.
II. B. Martin, the erstwhile labor
leader in Hennepin county Minnesota,
but Of late years a resident of New
York, is again to be the Tammany
nominee for congress from the ff-
teenth New York district The pres