The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-09
MINNESOTA POLITICS

MINNESOTA POLITICS
Candidates for Governor and PLEDGES on
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Echo OF the
Fourth Ward Banquet Senator DoIIiver
invited to Speak Here, But a "stand
Pat Speech May Not Be Expected.
Newspaper supporters Of Dunn want to
Know why he should be asked to declare
on the senatorship. when Collins and Eddy
nave not been heard from. Collins has
peen heard from, and has openly declared
tnat he Is in favor Of the reelection OF
both senators, and will support them The
! reason why the question has been asked
OF Dunn 1s that one of his leading support
Eers is known to have senatorial aspira-
tons, and is believed to be planning to re-
tire Senator Nelson Powerful railroad
| influence in the state is opposed to Nelson
and anxious to put him on the shelf. and
| II 1t can get control Of the party machin-
| cry, 1t Will make great fight on Nelson
three years from now
Few expect to see serious opposition to
Clapp next year. The senate, which holds
| over, is about Athree-fourths rledred to
him, and as the state convention this sum
mer is expected to indorse Clapp, candi-
dates for the house will have to declare
| themselves on that plank OF the platform.
| thus pledging the legislature to him in ad-
vance, But when Nelson comes up for re-
election there will be an entirely new leg
I.l l IN both branches, and plenty Of
| time to organize "a opposition to the
senior senator. Nelson's friends are nat
urally suspicious, and may be pardoned
for their solicitude in asking questions.
The st. Paul Review says:
iit,cE +y,.,, = ~
week at the Minneapolis republican ban
quet. He sent word he could not attend.
and then according to program made his
appearance at the eleventh hour. or course
there was more or less turmoil and con-
| fusion over his entrance to the hall. There
was no one to divide it with him. After
having been sixteen years on the bench. it
was supposed that he quit turning old
political tricks when he quit the bench,
That would be mean little knock IL
" had been true, but it was not. Judge
! Collins arrived at the hall In plenty Of
time for the banquet, and about ten min
utes ahead Of Dunn, who was about the
last person to enter the hall. Dunn got
more OF the applause when they entered,
but after the speechnaaking the large end
OF 1t went to Collins. So much for the
facts. s"
/ The Seventh Ward Republican club has
invited Senator j. B. Dolliver Of Iowa to
deliver the principal address at it's an
nual banquet, to be given March 5, at
the club hall. Bloomington avenue and
Lake street. There is a mistaken impress
sion that Senator Dolliver is antaRonistic
to Governor Cunmins and his iowa idea .
and that he will tear the governors Lin
coin Day speech to tatters. In fact the
two have been political allies, and the
senator delivered a speech last winter in
| the senate. favoring tariff revision. While
he is not so outspoken as Governor Cum
minis, he is not a "standpatter' by any
means, and no serious clash may be looked
/ for In. their views.
! The club met last night to make pre-
l1m1nary arrangements for the event, and
subcommittee were appointed to carry on
| the work.
Donald Grant of Faribault has received
! some splendid complimentary mention as
possible Ozark horse candidate for gov
ernor >a
| The Buffalo Journal says the prevailing
| sentiment in Wright county seems to be
for Collins. He has the best of it on the
issues, and the county is under political
obligations to the supporters of Judge Col
Inns, who helped C. A. Pidgeon land the
nomination for clerk of the supreme court.
Charles B. Cheney,
The Merger Issue
Thls is the way Senator Bert Miller
hgures 1t out In his own paper, the Luz
verne Herald:
The merger issue is not eliminated
Call 1t by what name we will, the issue
on which the republican party Won its
overwhelming victory in the last cam
paign Is still the paramount issue. The
forces that stood for the merger and
! fought the republican party in the last
campaign will be no less active In the
pending contest. They are sewing now
to Wreak vengeance on the present ad-
m1n1strat1on, both state and national, and
to gain in the pending contest the victory
they lost by the republican triumph of
1902. They began the fight Of 1904 where
the tight of 1902 was ended. The ultimate
object Is to gain control of the state gov
eminent. Their purpose Is to subvert the
agencies Of government for the people
to the purposes of government for the
benefit of private interests. To accom- :
plish their ends these forces will have
candidate for governor. They will give
him powerful support in the contest for
the nomination, and ii he is nominated
and elected he will do their bidding.
who, then, is the candidate of these
forces? Who Is the candidate in oppo-
sition to these forces-the candidate who
stands squarely for public interests? In
the answer to these questions the citizen
VINO acts from honest, patriotic and dis
interested motives will find the resolyent
of all doubt as to his choice Of a can
didate.
1.-TWO facts, we'll determined, give prac-
tically a conclusive answer to one of these
questions: 1t is known that the merger
forces are bitterly hostile to the present
state administration; Judge Collins is the
recognized candidate of the administra-
ton. It is safe, therefore, to conclude
that the merger forces are opposed to
Judge Collins. AS to the loyalty Of Judge
Collins to public interests his record
and standing leave no room for question.
The office of governor is one of
exalted dignity and honor. The governor
represents the state, it's morality, it's in
telligence it's dignity, it's honor and its
patriotism. AS we respect and honor the
state, as we reverence justice and the
authority Of law, so should we be able to
respect and honor the chief executive of
the state. The position calls for uualifl-
cations of the highest order. The Herald
believes that Judge Collins meets the re-
Quirements."
"BLUE-EYED MARY,'
Come tell me, blue-eyed stranger,
Say whittier dost thou roam,
Der this wide world q ranger,
Hast thou no friends nor home?
''They called me blue'eyed Mary
When friends and fortune smiled,
But, oh! how fortunes vary
I now am sorrows child
Coma hora. TIL h11x, IA