The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-17


The extent to which the politicians
of Minnesota have surrendered to
the public press. especially the country
press. by nominating the editor of the
Princeton Union for governor on the Re-
publican. the editor of the ST. Pc
ter Herald for the same position on the
Democratic ticket, and placing F. A.
Day. of the Fairmont Sentinel. at the
head of the Democratic committee, shows.
if nothing more. how the practical poll
ticians of the state view the country press
at this time.
general survey of the press of a.
state, even for one week, is bit of en-
terprise never yet attempted. No man has
access to all the papers in the state, and
few have developed that sense Of discern
ment which picks al glance the pith OF
an editors ideas upon a given question;
that is, his higher and his neither thoughts,
with sufficient brevity to reconvey them
correctly.
Politically. no question attracts so much
attention in Minnesota today as does the
contest over the governership, and how
the country editors express themselves
on the subject makes quite a fascinating
story
That certain combinations. involving the
United States senatorship have from the
first underlaid the gubernatorial contest
may be more or less prevalent in the po-
litical mind. but the nature of these com
binations can only be discovered by out
siders as occasional boards from the po-
1itical Enclosure are knocked off by the
strenuousness of the row within.
Along that line no editor in the state
is due to be- quoted ahead of Joel P.
Heatwole of the Mortified News, who
himself managed the R. c. Dunn pre-
convention campaign and who unquestion-
ably edits one of the most influential
country newspapers in Minnesota. The
Mortified News says:
Under cover of Senator Clapp's cam
paign they are secretly at work elfdeavor.
ing to secure the election of members OF
the legislature friendly to the corporations
they represent.
Mr.. Heatwole's present outbreak is due,
of course to the drastic" measures re-
Gently employed by the Republican state
central committee in the dismissal of his
friend. w. e. Verify from the committee,
to install in his place J. A Martin. for
mer manager of the Collins campaign,
move which the editor of the ST Peter
Press. by H. C. Miller, postmaster at St
Peter, probably had in mind when he
wrote:
The Collins side may have their in
ming at this election and the other side
may want theirs two years hence. 1t is a
dangerous game to play, especially by the
minority"
The proposition may clear up a bit I'M
der the following from the Lake Crystal
Union:
Bob Dunn knew nothing whatever as
to eX-Congressman Heatwole's inner
thoughts when seeking the nomination for
governor. but as soon as matters were
sufficiently developed as to Mr.. Heatwole's
purpose of downing Clapp- Bob went back
on the congressman and stayed by his
friends as he said he would"
The Willnnar Republican Gazette whose
editor is one of the Dunn state committee,
thus puts it:
This action was taken after due de-
liberation by the committee and-by unan-
lmeus decision. and was considered to be
IN the best interests of the party"
Whether Mr. Crosby employs the words
''in the best interests of the party in
the same sense in which Mr.. Dunn con-
Strued the words lin the best interests of
the state" when he compromised tres
pass. may be inferred by the degree of
''unanimity'' with which Mr.. Verify ap-
parently permitted himself to be bounced.
But the Delano Eagle. for many years
favored with liberal state printing con-
tracts, hands out this clever one:
Jim Martin has become so thoroughly
disguised with the ATTEMPTS to besnirch
the record of r. G. Dunn that he has come
out for the Princeton man and is doing
valiant work for the Republican nominee
as member of the state central com
mittee. Martin has taken the sensible and
logical position that Dunn is entitled to
The support of every true Republican, now
that he is nominated,
The lact that Mr. Martin was himself
head and front in the "besmirching' bus
mess before the convention the fact that
his disgust was so long coming scarce
ly does justice to his own pre-conHen-
ton work.
The Albert Lea Enterprise, the only
Republican paper in Judge Lovely's town
TO support Mr.. Dunn, thus makes the
best of bad job:
1t is certainly poor plan to swap
horses while crossing stream" but it
would seem that the fractional fights in the
Republican party of Minnesota have be.
come so embittered that such radical
step was decided best in order to attempt
to heal the breach
The Alexandria Post-News, whose ed
itoT learned practical politics in the st.
Paul city hall, is more sanguine;
1.-The only hope the Democrats had of
a carrying the state was the dissension in
the Republican ranks and that they are
disappointed with the recent turn of af-
fairs Is no great surprise
The Kanabec County Times has the two
following significant paragraphs:
Joel Heatwoie's ambition to repre-
sent Minnesota in the United States SEN
ate is honorable, but his methods are
questionable
"A portion of the silk stocking eIe-
ment in the Republican party are threat
ening 10 withhold their support from r.
<. DuAIl- TIER regularly noIlinalcu call
didate for governor. on account of his
rough and rugged style of administering
the law so as TO secure equal justice to
all. Bob may not be polished, but he is
built of the right kind of mettle to make
a good governor and should receive the
united support OF all loyal Republicans. -
The advisabiiity Of the change, however.
appears to be questioned by the Litchfield
Review:
Since the state convention Verify has
not had a pleasant look for the Collins
men. and they are sadly needed just now,
fact that is being realized. The latter
is also the reason for the placating OF
Martin 1t was no doubt hoped that his
entrance into the Dunn campaign would
lead other Collins men to forgive and to
forget. but which does not necessarily fol-
low"