The Sauk Centre herald., 1904-05-12

the state both the parties response
BILE for the report and the parties
the report affects have lost an inn
mense amount of prestige.
WHAT INTERESTS ARE BACKING
THE GUBERNATORIAL cANDI-
| DATES?
Mr.. Dunn positively denies that
he is the candidate of the Great
Northern and of those who believe
in the merger and no man can prove
that he is. That he is the candidate
favored by Mr.. Hill and those con-
nected with the Great Northern
Railway company and those who
tried to establish the merger is so
palpably plain that to deny would
make the man who did the denying
the laughing stock of the state.
In the first place Mr.. Hill and
Mr.. Dunn are on intimate terms.
According to Mr.. Dunn's own
statement Mr.. Hill confided in him
the amount he expended in politi-
cal campaigns and "wished him
success, and if any man for mo-
ment imagines that James j. Hill
would take a man into his conf
dence sufficiently to tell him the
amount of his contributions to poll
tical candidates, past or present, if
he was not on intimate terms with
him or that he would wish a man
''success" that he did not favor, we
don't want that man for sub
scriber, such a man would be too
foolish to earn his salt let alone
earning enough, to pay his subscrip-
ton.
A very large majority of all the
parties connected with the Great
Northern and who-were connected
with the Northern Securities Com
pany, irrespective Of what part of
the state they reside, or what politi-
cal affiliations are, favor the nomin-
alton of Mr.. Dunn and that this
unanimity of opinion would exist
unless they thought he would favor
them is preposterously ridiculous,
and that they would so think with
out some reason for their opinions
is the heighth of absuridy.
Mr.. Hill and his friends and the
classes we have mentioned have just
as much right to ch hoice in candi,
dates as Alvah Eastman, or the edi-
tor of the Glenwood Gopher, and
they have just as much right to Ia
Dor for the success of their candi-
date. 1t is up to the republicans
themselves. If they think the best
interests of the state will be served
by the nomination of candidate so
plainly favored and supported by
the interests mentioned they will be
foolish if they do not give him the
nomination.
Judge Collins is plainly the
choice of the present administration.
He is openly favored by Gov. Van
SAINT and large majority of the
governors appointees. No matter
what has occurred in the past, he
Is, at the present time, stoutly op-
posed by Mr.. Hill and all the men
connected with enterprises that he
stands for. If Judge Collins is
nominated and elected, every man
of sense knows his administration
will practically be duplicate of
Gov. Van SAINTS administration,
both in the matter of policy and ap-
pointees. Those who desire to see
Gov. Van SAINTS administration du-
plicated for the next four years and
a majority of his appointees con-
tinued in position, if they are wise,
will enthusiastically support Judge
Collins.
Those who do not think that the
interests of Mr.. Hill and the inter-
ests of the state ssrun on all fours"
and those that think there should be
some change in Gov. Van SAINTS
policy and appointees will su pport
some other candidate.
That is a plain, practical. COM