St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-14
Will Gov. Merriam Secure the
Great End He Is Said to
Have in View
The Holding Of the State Re-
publican Convention Early
in June?
Members of the State Com
mittee Express Disapprov-
al Of the Proposition.
The Waseca Statesman SAYS
Farmers Will Bolt an
Early Convention.

Will the Republican state convention
be held early or late? This is the cues
ton that will be settled at the meeting
of the members Of the Republican state
central committee at the Ryan at noon
to-day. Both sides are confident of
carrying their point and the meeting
will at least be lively. Up to late last
evening but six members of the COM
mittee had arrived in the city, and
OF these six no less than four
went on record as opposed to an early
convention. These four are Hon. Dan
w. Bruckart, of St. Cloud; IL. E. Cook,
of Crookston; Joel 2. Heatwo,e, of
Mortified, and Frank A. Day, of Mar
tin county. Mr.. Cook, who, by the way.
is the editor of the Crookston journal,
is quite certain that an early convention
would be a dangerous experiment:
Dan w. Bruckart entertains the
the idea that Sept. l is quite
early enough for the convention; Joel
2. Heatwole is certain that the Pioneers
claim that the early convention idea
came from the country is false, and
boldly asserts that not over twenty
local papers of the state had said any
thing about the matter at all; and
Senator Frank A. Day agreed with his
brother, He ttwole. On the other hand,
Senator G. b. Buchanan, who is men,
Der at large of the committee, took off
his coat Oh his arrival Yesterday after
noon and declared that an early
convention was just the thing. 1--WE
want the convention held early just fer
the sake of removing it from the local
fights" said Mr.. buchanan, ''and l
haven't any doubt but that the MEM
berS of the committee tomorrow will
decide in favor Of the scheme"
The committee now has but eighteen
members, the death of Hon. D.J. Knox,
Of the Fifteenth district. reducing it to
that number, so that it will be seen
that neither side will have a walk-oyer
in the meeting to-day. Considerable
interest is being taken in the mat
ter by the leading Republicans of
the state who are not members of the
committee, and number of them will
be on hand to-day. Senator Ward. Of
Waseca. came up from his home yester-
day and has been putting in some hard
licks against the governors pet
scheme. To GLOBE reporter last
evening Mr.. Ward said:
''It will not do for the state committee
to force this convention upon the Re
publicans of the state with the idea
that the voters can be whipped into line
to stand by its. result at the election.
That day has gone by in Minnesota, and
il our convention is held in June or
July. l shall expect to see a farmers
convention held later. The farmers are
SO thoroughly organized that their
wishes will have to be consulted if we
expect to be successful at the polls
in November. The committee will
make mistake il it forces this matter,
and it may be a fatal mistake. l have
heard Of noopposition toGoy. Merriam's
denomination in my part of the state,
and [ think he will be renominated
whenever the convention may be held.
I'VE did not hear OF this move until
couple of days ago. and | can
not say that the farmers OF Waseea,
and the surrounding district, are
in favor Of it. We will
most emphatieaily object to a
June convention. It is mistake
to think that farmers can leave at that
period of the year. They are busy in
their corufields, and are just about to
commence haying. Ii caucuses are held
in June the farmers will not attend.
have been talking with the farmers and
L have found that they prefer some
time between the 18th and Goth Of Sep
TENDER. That would be two
months before the state con-
ventien, and plenty early enough
for every other purpose. Our
people Go not want all this excitement
in June. Should the caucases for the
state convention be held in June they
would necessarily compel us to draw all
our political lines at that early date.
which would be very disagreeable to
those interested in home affairs. The
farmers want to 60 to this state cunYen-