The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

"ScO''ce o. NationaI EConFnlttee-
man Still Seeking the Man.
The friends of W. J. Donahower will
oppose attempts to instruct the Ramsey
county delegation, for Dunn, Collins or
anyone else for governor. They will ask
for an Endorsement 81 sDonahower and
that the delegation be5.left free on the
governorship, so it can. render him some
service. Both the Dunn and Collins man.
ayers are figuring on an Endorsement from
Ramsey, and the situation may develop a
three cornered contest. It will be an ex-
ceedingly hard problem to- suppress the
enthusiasm Of the Dunn and Collins fol-
lowing, either in Ramsey or Hennepin, and
politicians generally expect both counties
to declare in some way on the governor
ship, regardless of local candidates.
The AppieNf ~ Z taneY59Fpapers, still reflect
feeling against the Statessad administration
because of the Dona hover appointment,
and indicate that Young is~qlite ready to
make. an: alliance with thes Dunn forces.
There are some funny shifts Inv the Skalei-
doscope OF politics., and it would be rich
if Dunn and IIeatwole would join forces
with Young. When the Appleton states
man brought libel suit and had an edi-
tor fined for accusing him of combina-
ton with Dunn, they seemed long way
apart 80
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The Princeton Union has an interview
this week with H. W. Childs, former at
torney general, in which he tells of his
part in the first merger litigation, in 1895.
At that time, after the Great Northern
had won in the lower court on the Pear
sail case, General Childs commenced an
action in behalf of the state, and won it
before Judge Kelly. but before the case
went further the supreme court had re-
versed the Pearsa1l case and enjoined the
consolidation. The interviewer asked Cen
eral Chtlds what Mr.. Dunn's attitude was
toward this litigation. He said: II have
every reason to believe he was in full
sympathy with my action"
So we have General Childs' word for it
that Dunn was antimerger in 1895, and
that his moral support was with the state
officers in their efforts to preserve COM
petition. That was all right in 1885, but
what happened between that year
and 1901, when Dunn Z declared
that he had no sympathy with
who were behind it were demagogues? Mr..
Hill in 1901 was trying to do the same
thing he failed to do in 1895, but on the
latter occasion it was wrong to disturb
him. Dunn's 1895 record was all right, but
he has reversed it. If it takes two COL
1895, how much would it take to show
that he was anti-merger In 1901 to 1904?
The Preston Times says:
1T has been definitely given out that
Gustav Widell Of Mankato will not be-
come a candidate for secretary Of state
this year, owing to his extensive business
interests which would necessarily suffer
by his candidacy. Mr.. Widell has en-
joyed a most brilliant business career
and is withal one Of the very best fell
lows in the state, or any other state
for that matter, and when the time comes
that she shall conclude to take up poll
tics in earnest there is nothing too good
for firn-not even the governorship''
The friends of the Mankato man have
that very thing in mind for him, as a
future possibility.
The Sank Center Herald in this week S
issue says:
What CONSERVATION it would cause the
political traders if the next republican
state convention should nominate the
judges first and the governor last, and
that is just what it ought to do
That might not be such a bad scheme
for securing good nominations to the SUI
preme bench, and not bad scheme at
all for Frank Eddy,
The Dawson Sentinel says:
II the Dunn organs expect to do their
candidate for governor any good they
must stop their abuse Of such men as S.
T. Johnson, public examiner. and Sam
T. Iverson, state auditor, just because
they do not happen to favor Dunn. The
two men mentioned are clean and honor
able men, and the former especially has
attended to the duties Of his office in
more able manner than they have ever
been attended to before. The Sentinel
has expressed no choice for governor as
vet. and has nothing to do with Mr..
Dunn's or any other mans campaign, but
takes the liberty Of suggesting to Mr..
Dunn for his own good and for the sake
Of clean politics that he call off some of
his supporters. Perhaps it's none Of our.
business, eh?
Thrice on the Lupercal Caesar refused
the imperial crown, but he didn't have
nearly as hard a time to get away as
Joel Heatwole As having to avoid the job
OF national committeeman. He has re-
fused it again and again, but after every
refusal another OF the "Heatwole string.
of papers, throws up it's cap and offers
the bauble to him in the name of the SOW
ereign people. Then Mr.. Heatwole is UNI
der the painful necessity Of turning It
down again.