The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
MARTINS SCALP IS
HEATWOLE'S PRICE
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guest chambers on the parlor floor,
! suitable for reception room as well
as bed chamber. Mr. Heatwole was
found late last night closeted with a
1 party of friends in his parlor. The
newspaper man was not invited to en-
ter the room, and the identity of Mr..
Heatwole's guests could not be learned.
Denied, as Expected
| The report of the conference and its
| purpose was presented to Mr.. Heat
| wole. He promptly entered a denial.
1t was expected.
The Mortified mans theory of poll
tics is to deny everything, and to re-
peat his oft-declared intention to retire
| from politics. He has been swearing
| that he is "out of politics. for ten
years. He. still insists that he is out,
and but for the fact that he admits his
| visit to ST. Paul is to meet his political
supporters, he might be believed by the
INITIATED.
Paul to meet some political friends
from different parts of the state" Mr..
Heatwole admitted to his questioner.
Il have been receiving letters from
my friends in different parts of the
state asking when and where they
could see me. I finally determined to
come to st. Paul to spend a day or
two and I shall remain here tomorrow.
/ admit that l have written to a few
of my friends that l should be here
Monday and Tuesday. have tele-
grapheds to some others. But there is
not what can be really called a con-
ference. l presume if l called on my
political friends to meet me here for
an object that there would be thirty or
forty here. There will not be dozen
all told. do not want anything. 1 am
supporting the ticket. have not seen
Mr.. Dunn for some weeks
DO you think the change at Repub-
lican headquarters has been for the
better?" Mr.. Heatwole was asked.
"Oh, we'll, you must excuse me. 1t
would not be proper for me to- discuss
that question:" Mr.. Heatwole evasively
said.
'AThen you deny that this meeting
with your friends can be regarded as
conference? 2"
Only to Meet Friends
ut is simply a chance to meet some
of my friends. 1 have been in st. Paul
but one day since the recent upheaval
at the state headquarters. 1t is only
natural that should want to meet my
friends and tell them my position.
spent the afternoon in Minneapolis,
and I admit that / met some Minneap-
oils men here this evening. Some st.
Paul men were in and there will be
others from different parts of the state
tomorrow, but / insist that there will
be no conference and no demands made
upon Mr.. Dunn for any concessions to
my supporters in the campaign"
The truth of the report that came to
T he Glob e yesterday can scarcely
be doubted. 1t is known positively
that conditions at the Republican state
headquarters are ripe for another
change equally as drastic as marked
the proceedings of the sensational
meeting where Verify was succeeded
by James A. Martin, and the manage
mept of the campaign transferred from
the original Dunn men to the late Col
Inns leader.
In connection with the story that
Mr.. Heatwole's friends would demand
Martins retirement and the installa
ton of their chief in charge of the
campaign came another story yester-
day bearing on the reason that i'm
PEELED Senator Knute Nelson to insist
on Martin being placed in charge. 1t
was through no friendship for Dunn,
but simply protection against the work
of what he had reason to believe was a
hostile committee to his own interests,
that impelled Senator Nelson to insist
on the change Of managers at Repub-'
lican state headquarters.
Senator Nelson simply took advan-
tage of conditions to force on Mr..
Dunn and his committee Imam per-
sonally distasteful to Them" well in
formed politician said yesterday. "The
committee -ostensibly named by Senator
Clapp was in reality purely a Dunn
committee. It's members cared for no.
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by Senator Clapp simply because he
had no choice in the matter. He was
handed list of names agreed upon by
Mr.. Dunn and those of the state can
didates friendly to him, and Mr.. Clapps
real friends on the committee were
+ limited to United States Marshal w.
H. Grimshaw. The others were for
Dunn and for nobdy else.
''Mr. Nelson was not consulted in the
make up of the committee, and Mr..
GrimshaW was about the extent of his
support that had found place on the
committee Nelson saw the condition
when he came to st. Paul two weeks
ago. He also saw the opportunity to
reorganiZe the committee with friend
in charge. He showed Dunn where he
was certainly beaten If conditions were
not changed, and while this served
purpose, the willy Nelson's real object
domination of man of whose friend
ship he was sure. He was afraid to
trust himself to committee which
would organize the state, and which
might organize it against the inter-
ests of himself as his own successor.
The shadow of defeat hanging over
Dunn was the club used to bring him
into line, and the result is that while
Dunn may be, and in fact is, as good
as beaten, Senator Nelson, through
Martin, will have organized the state
along lines friendly to himself. Knute
Nelson is one of the wisest politicians
in the state, and he never showed his
political wisdom to better advantage
than when he stepped into the breach
and saved the organization for him
self. Of course r. c. Dunn may be
the political sacrifice, but that is not
worrying the man from Alexandria for
it is an open secret that there is no
special friendliness between the two
senators and the Princeton candidate
for governor
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