The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-04


The recent change of managers at
the Republican state central commit
tee headquarters will, it is expected,
affect in some measure every congress
sional fight in Minnesota, but the result
of the displacement of Joel P. Heat
wole and w. E. Verify by James A.
Martin will unquestionably make more
trouble in the Third congressional dis
trict contest than in any other district
in the state.
In the Third district the Democrats
have made a strong nomination in ].
w. Cravens,. of Norwood, Carver coun-
ty. Mr.. Cravens is an enterprising
| newspaper publisher, and served long
time in the state senate from the
Thirty seventh district His record in
the senate was a splendid one, and
while he needs no Endorsement in his
home county his public record is ex-
pected to be of much assistance in
bringing him votes in the congressional
district at large.
In the Third district there were:
heavier losses from the Democratic
normal vote in 1898 and in 1900, be-
cause of the money question:, than in
any other congressional district in the
state With the financial question re-
moved from politics hundreds of these
votes are expected to return to their
old time allegiance and to vote for
Senator Cravens, the candidate of the
party, for congress. ss
Democrats Lining Up
c. R. Davis, of st. Peter (Rep.), car.
ried the district two years ago over G.
C. Kolars, of LIE Sueur (Dem.), by APP
proximately 5000 votes, but with the
old-tinne Democrats flocking back to
their party in Carver, Scott, Mcleod
and other counties where there were
big assertions four and eight years
ago, Mr.. Cravenss stands an excellent
chance of election in the contest of
1904.
81 think that 1 will receive substan-
TALLY the solid vote of my party in the
district" Mr.. Cravens said yesterday.
when he was at the Democratic state
headquarters for brief CALL Il have,
not been thoroughly over the district,
but | am reliably informed that the.
Democrats of the Third district are
thoroughly reunited and will support
the candidates on national, state, con-
gressional and local tickets. With a
change of 2,400 votes on the congress
sionaL situation I can be elected. This
may look like a big majority to over
come, but when it is considered that in.
former years the largest part of the
Republican majority was made up of
Democrats who did not agree with
their party declaration on the one single
plank of finance it will be seen, with
this question not now an issue, that
the Democrats will naturally come
back to their own party and vote with
u.s. i.ia 6s
Mr. Cravens expects to carry his
home county, with it's normal Repub-
lican majority of 400, for when he was
a candidate for the state senate he
carried it by 700 majority.
Dunn Men to Knife Davis
The effect of the rumpus in the Re-
publican headquarters will unquestion-
ably be felt in the Third and it is adj
mitted it will hurt Congressman c. r.
Davis in his. candidacy for reelection.
He is conceded to be the protege of
former Congressman Joel P. Heatwole,
of Northfield, and in the swearing at
Heatwole Congressman Davis has been
joined as a defendant by the Dunn.
men. The ST. Peter congressman, the
Dunn men say, has been caught in the
act of knitting Dunn, and in the Third
district they promise to punish Davis
for his alliance with Heatwole and his
alleged betrayal of Mr. Dunn.
With his own party solidly arrayed
behind him and with the Republicans
cutting at each others Threats, Mr.
Cravens stands an excellent prospect
of election in the Third congressional
district.