The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
MINNESOTA POLITICS

HeatWoIe Said to Have Put Veto on
MitchelI's Selection for Campaign. Man
ager-Recent Eustis Talk Did Not Start
with His Friends In MInneapoIls-Wilson
May Run for Congress instead of Attor-
ney General--Local Democrats Talk Of
Delegates.
The st. Cloud Journal-Press is author
ity for an interesting story Of the reason
why G. s. Mitchell did not resign from
the st. Louis exposition board to manage
the Dunn campaign. This version says
that the place was rendered Mitchell by !
Dunn and that Mitchell was agreeable,
going so far as to notify the commits |
sioners that he would resign. Hearing of
it, Joel Heatwole put in veto, declaring
that Dunn could choose between Mitchell
and himself. Then Mitchell decided to
stay with the commission. Heatwoles has
not forgiven Mitchell for some artistic
roasts Of rather recent date, and does
not want any one near the throne but
/ his own trusty friends The Journal
Press says: "He is simply using Dunn's
candidacy and the sinews Of war fur
nished by the merger roads to further his
own ambitions .r.# -ar. 'ss
|; One Of the remarkable features Of the
campaign is the zeal displayed in Dunn's
cause by some of his new-found friends.
Instead Of men who have stood shoulder
to- shoulder with him in his past political
career, the Princeton man has at the
very head of the campaign men who do
not profess any personal regard for him,
and never have. The n-Heatwole feud
was well known for several years, and
| only ended when the two met on the
common ground of opposition to Van
ESant w. e. Verify, who Is now in charge
of the Dunn headquarters In st. Paul,
| was not, on speaking terms with Dunn
for years. and has only come in line on
account of his connection with Heatwole
and his feeling against the present state
/ administration. ,.. s,-. =. ,..:.g...
| Close friends of William H. Eustis do
not believe he has made any more definite
| statement on the governorship than he
! gave when he left over two months ago.
He has not advised his friends in Min
| neapolis any further, and they do not be-
| lieve he will come to any decision until
| he arrives home and looks over the field.
| The consensus Of opinion among the Eus-
tbs men here is that the situation does
not warrant his entering the race this
i year. His friends outside have taken for
granted that he is not coming out; and
have declared for other candidates, and
that is largely true here at home. They
consider. that IIustis Is still a possible
compromise in case Of a deadlock in the
convention, but that it would not be wise
i for him to come out as an active can
# didate, this year. The recent revival OF
Eustis talk in St. Paul is attributed to
I a little clever scheming, on the part of
Dunn managers, who realize that Henns7
pin, county is lost to them, and hope by
/ getting Eustis in the race to take it away
from Collins. - r.-.... - s'@:'
! There has been a renewal in the last
few days Of talk favorable to Mr.. Eustis
as a candidate for congress. ,.'..s.r II
1 Some Of the friends of Frank M. Wilson
of Red Wing think he will be more likely
| to enter the congressional race than tc
come out for attorney general. Said one
Of them yesterday: 'Goodhue county will
| stand by Wilson now on anything he goes
after, but he has always wanted to go tt
congress and I believe now is his chance
In straight-out fight between Wilson
and Davis Wilson would win. He woul(
have the support this year Of the follow
ing that was behind Ives two years ago
and also of the friends of Whitford anc
Morrison. I understand all Of them wan
Z Wilson to run. He would carry the east
ern end of the district strong, and would
give Davis all he could do in the western
counties. Davis only carried two countie!
the other time, but it was the big scat
tering vote all over the district, thrown
to him by the Heatwole machine, tina
. nominated him. If the opposition unite
on Wilson it can nominate him.
J. T. Wyman, who has Just returned
from the east, says leading men of botl
. parties fear that Hearst will be nom
mated on the democratic ticket, and tina
= they do not approve at all of his meth
DDS in seeking the office thru the power
:. full influence Of his string of newspapers
n Nv Iyxy,, !, III ~
y | Collins advisory committee for this count
: in a day or so. He will not be able t
!, serve himself, as he leaves June 1 70
9 a trip to Europe with his family; and wi
: not return until Oct. 1.
! Minneapolis democrats are beginning t
discuss their representation in the ma
tional convention. It seems settled tina
t. John Lind will go as one of the Mime
: delegates at-large. For district dele
:, lgates the names Of Judge Thomas Canty
a James Gray, the former mayor; J. ]
Il Heinrich, Frank Larrabee and w. f
= Donahue have been mentioned prominent
# ~. The only avowed candidate for plac
= Is F. B. Whitmarsh. G
1t is understood that Judge Collins an
r. G. Dunn will both be present this eve
: ming at the meeting Of the Union Vet
q Grams and Sons league at Alexander
al Z W.
u on account of other engagements se.a
: Captain G. C. Whitney, secretary Of til
u republican state committee, has been In
> specting the Bijou opera -f1ouse and find
II that 1t will be possible to seat i, 100 dele
= gates on the main floor at the state. cor
:. 4 ventiof March II. AS the total repre-
sentation is 1,176 and some Of the nor
!, distant counties will not have full repre-
- sentation, this will bring all the delegate
:. into a, compact body. leaving the balloon
g and gallery for spectators.
IL Senator H. F. Barker Of Cambridge
:. a candidate for one Of the eighth distri,
- delegates to the republican national cor
r. r. vention. It is probable that he will /
- selected to represent the south end
- the district. j.. B. Cotton, whose ste
- trust connections have no terrors for S
Louis county, will be the delegate fro
:, the north end OF the district
-. DR.. Babcock Of Wadena has withdraw
- as q candidate FOR one Of the sixth di
- - trict places on account OF business, whic
a,st will keep him at home when the Chicaf
- convention is on.
= Organized labor may ask for recognize
y | n hp NJ IF ho OLE