The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-16
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Attitude of Steel Interests Toward the
Dunn Candidacy-State Printer Dare
Declares All Is Lovely Between Dunn
and the Senators-Young Organ Gives
the Jaggard Boom a Lift.

Bob Dunn denies that the steel trust
favors his candidacy for governor, and
chides 7 h 6 J ournal for not knowing
better. The attitude of prominent steel
trust officials in Duluth is the usual in
dex of what the steel trust wants. It is
not supposed that Mr.. Rockefeller pays
personal attention to the politics of Min
nesota, but his trusted representatives in
this state are looking after the interests
of the corporation, and they have privately
candidate. Mr.. Dunn may not know it,
and may not care for their support. but
at the present time he appears to have it.
It is reported that Dunn headqua rters
will soon be opened at the Merchants
hotel in ST. Paul. .s.t,l.
Alvah Eastman has a suggestion in the
interests of party harmony that will strike
people in Princeton and Glenwood as
rather "nervy.' He proposes that every
body get together on Collins for governor,
and Dunn and Eddy for railroad commits
sioners That recipe will be entirely sat
isfactory-to Judge Collins supporters.
But some who are not for Dunn for what
they regard as sufficient reason might
object. .,
The Elk River Star-News says:
Some of the overzealous friends of
Senator Clapp have been trying to create
discord between the senator and Mr..
Dunn, but as Clapp is satisfied with
Dunn's position and the latter with
Clapp's, the effort has proven a failure.
It is claimed on one hand that Joel Heat
wole. who is suspected of being friendly
to the candidacy of Mr.. Dunn for gov
ernor, represents the Great Northern rail-
road and is a candidate for senator to sue
ceed Clapp. while on the other hand we
have it on the most authentic authority
that the Great Northern is favorable to
Senator Clapp for reelection. At the
present time there is no opposition to
Clapp, and if any should appear later,
none of the widest spectators of the
opposition have ever assumed that Dunn
had ambition in that direction. So far as
the United States senators are concerned
It might be proper to say that there ism t
a scintilla Of a cloud between them and
Mr.. Dunn's candidacy, tho there is
no evidence to show that either of them
are taking any part in the campaign
Just the same, the friends and ap-
pointees of Senator Clapp are becoming
convinced that the Dunn Heatwole organ
ization bodies no good to the junior SEN
ator. At the present time its purpose is
the nomination of Dunn for governor, but
if that were accomplished and the or
ganization triumphant, it would not be
content with the governorship, would it?
The Appleton Times gives a boost to
the candidacy Of Judge Jaggard Of ST..
Paul for the supreme bench 1t would not
be a bad idea for the Appleton candidate
for attorney general to assist in splitting
up Donahower's strength in Ramsey
county by encouraging Jaggard.
The Sank Center Herald wants to know
whether Congressman Buchanan will sup
port the sixth district candidate for gov
: ernor. 1t is understood that Mr.. Buck
man includes Mile Laos county in his
map Of the sixth.
The Princeton Union was barking up
the wrong tree when it accused Jim Mar
tin of getting newspapers under the name
of the Northwestern Land Tnforma ton
Company" This column quoted Mr.. Mar
tin several days ago as saying that he had
never heard Of such a concern, but nu-
merous other editors are still barking up
that same tree. It's no use, the coon
won't come down, because he isn't there.
The Delano Eagle has found anothe.
reason for opposing Judge Collins. It is
against him because Governor Van SAINT
failed to appoint Larson of Cokato state
librarian. That ought to Kill Collins in
Wright county.
Several state editors have given Bob
Dunn Tip to suppress Minnie S
Thinks which display a vitriolic tend
ency not becoming in a candidates own
paper. He has refused to take the hint,
and has taken to using the column as a
vent for some of his own ideas, when they
contain a little too much tabasco for the
editorial column
There is a good deal of quiet sentiment
among the Minnesota editors in favor Of
G. F. Mcdonald Of st. Cloud for president
Of the association, and it would not be
surprising if he We're the choice of the an
nual meeting in February. A democrat is
now president of the association, and as
long as democrats have such difficulty in
securing public office in the state, it is a
graceful thing to give them their share Of
honors in the newspaper association
Charles B. Cheney.
Statistics show that in fifty years the aver
age height of British men has risen an inch
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