The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-31
REpUpL1oAN STATE CONVERSATIONS n

5BS9 Who WAS There.
| The Republican State convention was
q representative affair Every county
in the State was represented LIN all there
We're 45s delegates. BY unanimous con
sent Lieut.. Gov. Rice was chosen TO pre-
side over the deliberations of the con-
ventlon. He is an able and impartial
! presiding officer. C.J.Coghlan, editoro
the Dawson Sentinel, made an excellen,
secretary, but his assistant from Good
j hue county is a poor arithmetician--he
figured out All votes on the first roll cal
of counties, Is more votes than there
We're delegates in the convention.
1 There was no fixed slate nor was there
any pre-arranged programme. 1t was
conceded by all except the As chumps
from Hennepin county that Gov. Mer-
riam would be renominated on the first
ballot. The motion for an open ballot
was made by myself without consulta-
ton with any one. There was not a
delegate in the hall who knew that such
a motion was to be made, That it was
not a Merriam move it is only
necessary to cite the fact that Sam
Nichols, one of the Governors trusted
Ilieutenants, favored J. T. Wyman's sub
stitutc. | have attended several con-
ventions and caucuses and am firmly
convinced that the secret ballot opens
the gateway TO fraud. / had the sena-
torial caucus that nominated Mr.. Wash
burn particularly in mind. Anyhow,
the precedent set by the Republican
national convention is a good one to fol-
low. A delegate who is afraid to let his
constituents and the world know how he
votes is out of place in a Republican
convention. No honest man is afraid Of
an open ballot. l venture the prediction
that the precedent set last Thursday
will be followed in all future Republican
conventions in this State.
Without doubt, Hon. ID. N. Clough
could have been nominated for lieuten-.
ant-governor in spite Of the opposition Of
the 45 chumps from his own county Of
Henncpin had he not positively declined
after the Dalloting had commenced. IT
is mistake to suppose that Gov. Mer-.
riam or any Of his particular friends
urged Cloughs nomination. 1t was
delegates from the outside counties that
were responsible for Coughs boom.
nrl,3 70 ~. IN ~
have been nominated had lie remained
off the platform. l know whereof 1
write. Oscar Cutters friends did not
want Clough either. The reason is OBJ
vious. But poor Cutter never stood a
ghost of a chance for the authorship,
neither did Flynn. It did not take long
for any delegate who kept his eyes and
ears open to find that out. Gideon Ives
is an able man, but his name will not
add much strength to. the ticket.
.Clough's name would have been worth
5000 votes in northeastern Minnesota
alone, and any. one who .imagines thathe
is destitute offrlends in Minneapolis and
the Fourth congressional district is a
fool. Thanks to the efforts Of the as
chumps the great county of Hennepin is
not represented on the ticket.
The Minneapolis Tribune finds fault
with the tariff plank Of the platform,
and soundly rates Gordon E. Cole as the
author Of the ssstraddle" The fact Of
the matteris the plank in question was
drafted by c. il. Petit, Of Minneapolis
In my estimation, and | lean towards
protection, Coles plank was far prefer
able to the one that was substituted, on
motion Of Dr.. Perkins. as the handiwork
of Mr.. Petit.
Take it all and all the convention per-
formed its work we'll. OF course, some
of the defeated candidates feel little
sore, and / am free to confess that it
would have pleased me better had
Clough, Cutter and Jones been on the
ticket, but there were not enough offices
TO so around, and somebody was bound
to get left. However, one always hates
to see his friends dlstanced in the race.
r. g. D.
CONVENTION NOTES.
b. G.. Mills. Of the Stearns county del
egation, is a rising young man. One Of
these days he will come 10 the front in
fine shape. 35.
The st. Louis county delegation was
composed Of bright brainy fellows.
There was not a chnmp among tile
Twelve delegates from st. Louis.
The Anoka boys made a splendid figh,
for Cutter for State auditor. They have