The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-04
COLLINS and EDDY
FORM COMBINATION
Report Is That They Have
Agreed to Keep Out Of Each
Others Territory.

Eddy.
The coalition, according to reports
that were in circulation yesterday, is
not meant to cover the entire scope of
the operations of the two minority can
didates for governor, but it is simply
to apply to counties where one er the
other of the two candidates has in
dubitable strength
The deal has just been discovered,
though it was put into effect some
days ago. Friends of Dunn bumped
into it In one county where Collins is
in the lead in public sentiment, and a
day or two later it was found that a
condition existed in one of Eddy's
counties that aroused suspicion. Little
by little the story came OUT and 1t is
new very distinctly understood by the
Dunn men.
The basis OF the working agreement
reached between Collins and Eddy is,
In brief. that certain counties where
Collins is strong-netably two or three
in the Sixth district and three or four
in the Second Eddy agrees to leave
severely alone. He pledges himself to
keep hands. off, SO to speak, and to
make no effort to undo the work of the
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other counties in the state where Eddy
has the lead the Collins crowd makes
the same agreement as to the Eddy
organization In the vast majority OF
the counties, where Dunn sentiment
preponderates, it will be a free-for all
with no fayers asked or given. The
Collins and Eddy men excuse the COM
bination byssaying that Dunn is in the
ascendaney, and that it is policy for
them not to wear out their energies
and deplete their. treasures in useless
ly fighting each other. They are Will
ing to take their chances with each
other in certain Counties and to focus
! their talents in attempting inreaas On
/ the Dunn strength generally through
out the state.
/ Evidence lis accommodating that Bert"
! Miller is getting ready to make fight
1 for the Republican nomination for con
| gress in the Second district against
! Congressman McCleary. The policy of
| the Collins organization in the Second
/ district, as now outlined, is to push
| Miller forward for the congressional
nomination, give Gustav Widell a place
| on the Second district delegation to the
| Chicago convention, and to care for
| George w Sonneryille, of Sleepy Eye.
| in the same manner. Z L. p. Hunt, OF
Mankato, who WAS turned down for
/ postmaster: of Mankato by McCleary,
and is in the game to punish the lit
/ tie, Schoolmaster" would be satisfied
| with the accomplishment of this pur-
/ pose: and would ask no further honor
than to handle, the. Collins campaign
in his district.
The honor of being a delegate-at-
large to the Chicago national Repub-
lican convention has been accorded
to Gov. Van SAINT by. his party's lead
ers, but it Is generally reported in po-
| litical circles that the governor Is not
| satisfied. As one of the original Roose-
| welt men of Minnesota he had it fig
ured out that rightfuHy and logically
he should have been chosen to head
the delegation from his state. He had
/ a picture of himself showing the Min
nesota boys to their seats in the con-
/ vention hall, and it looked good to him
The campaign to put Gov. Van SAINT at
the head of the Minnesota contingent
i was started from washington some
| weeks ago, when a correspondent of a
| Minneapolis evening paper undertook
j to tell Minnesota Republicans that
their senators were not in accord with
/ the president on number of issues and
i that their selection as delegateS-at-
large to the convention might be con-
| Strued as a covert insult to Roosevelt
/ At this time the governor was In
/ Washington and his presence there and
! the, close ties Between him and the
4 Minneapolis paper aroused friends OF
i the senators tos suspicion that he
! was a party to the scheme to sfdetrack
the senator's Once satisfied that this
was the case, the Minnesota friends OF
/ the two senators took a hand and the
subsequent proceedings are matters OF
very recent history, The word came
i that the senators would esteem their
i selection as delegates at-1arge an hon.
i or and Minnesota Republicans, with al
i most one accord, coneurred in the
proposition to send them to Chicago
Gov Van SAINT was lost sight of until
1t was remembered that he, too, want
ed to be delegate, and the First
/ district then consented to his going
Had Tawney. or, Heatwole said the
word, the governor must have remain
ed at home.
A harmony club promises to be one
of the new institutions of Red Wing
and new candidate for attorney gen
| 6rdl is an expected Q0N0lOplIlSHl al d
mass meeting of Republicans in thai
city Wednesday night preliminary
| steps were taken for the organization
of a Republican club which will en-
brace all the elements of the party
throughout the county. The meeting
was fairly well attended, and com
mfttee consisting of w. r. Putnam
William Danforth and VIC. Krise was
named to confer with the Republicans
of Zumbrota, Pine Island, Kenyon arld
Cannon Falls relative to a uniting OF
the forces to the end that political diff
ferences be buried and that the Re-
publicans unite In a common cause. Il
was pointed out that Goodhue county
has not had representation on the state
ticket since fhe time of Gov. Hubbard
in 1887, and Attorney Frank M. Wilson
] was asked to become candidate fol
attorney general. He has the matter
under consideration, and it is said viii
give the Goodhue county people ar
affirmative answer inside a few days
Another meeting will be held nex'
Tuesday night, when a committee or
organization will report in favor OF q
harmony club.
r.. C. Dunn, 1t is announced, will
Immediately open political headquarters
in the New York Life building, Sixth
and Minnesota. He will have room 4O4
and w. e. Verify, of Wadena, will be
placed in CHARGE One room will be de-
voted to handling the Ramsey county
II campaign, but nothing will be done or
this until the city election is out OF
the way. w. B. Johnson, former coun-
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