Viewing "H. P. Hall's Observations: Being More or Less a History of Political Contests in Minnesota from 1849 to 1904" (1904)."H. P. Hall's Observations: Being More or Less a History of Political Contests in Minnesota from 1849 to 1904" (1904).Harlan Page Hall (1838-1907) founded the St. Paul Dispatch in 1868 and devoted most of his life to journalism in Minnesota. His political memoir chronicles the contests of Minnesota's political parties from 1849 to 1904, when it was published. He witnessed many of the parties' factional struggles during the postbellum period and personally knew all of the major political figures. He places state politics in the context of national campaigns and issues. |