St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-20
WHAT SCARED EN-?
Democratic County Committee
men Turn Pale and Call the Con-

Democratic County Committee
men Turn Pale and Call the Con-
vention.
The Democratic committee of Hennepin
county met yesterday afternoon and mode
arrangements for calling the primaries and
holding the convention to elect 11S delegates
to the state convention, which will meet in
Minneapolis Aug. 3. just a bare quorum was
present consisting of the following
committeeman: Alex j. Mullen, at large;
Martin Ring, First ward: Ralph Rees,
Fourth ward: Thomas w. Scott, Fifth waId !;
ii. L.. Tucker, Sixth ward: A. NJ Goodrich,
Seventh ward; c. L. Baxter. Tenth ward !;
Edward Egan and James Wylle. country.
Inc decision reached by the committee
shows that some of the Minneapolis Demo-
Gratis tear some unknown ''bogie man. and
tnat they are able, on the slightest provoca-
ton, to blind themselves to the best interests
of Democracy
Yesterday morning a Republican paper
ana Democratic paper contained articles 10
the effect that the movement to hold the
county convention Aug. p the day before
the state convention was SNAP game of
someSklnd. This assertion was made in the
lace or The commonly accepted theory that
snap conventions are usually called at
snort notice. Just how late convention
can be snap convention is one OF the
things that has not been explained The
Republican paper went so far as 10 say that
the proposition to hold the county conven-
non the day before the state convention was
an ant1-Winston move. That assertion was a
palpable fiction on its face. What is the me-
cesslty for an antiW lnston movement? Is
Mr Winston a candidate for some honor at
the hands OF the state convention? He has
SAID no. when asked if he was in the race for
tne guDernatorial nomination. the place on
the ticket with which his name has been
connected. Even if he were, there would
be no "anti-Wins;On movement. If Mr..
Winston wants to run for governor he will
receive every one OF Henpepin county s
votes without doubt The county SIS solid
Tor him, if he wants the honor. Then what
becomes of the cry OF snap" convention?
Manifestly, it becomes as the soprano
notes of house fly singing in a tenantiess
desert.
The date of holding the primaries and the
county convention seems to have been
changed solely because portion of the
county committee, in talking over the matter
week ago. decided that the primaries
should be held July 30 and the county con-
ventiOn Aug ..
Because the full committee was not pres
ent, through an error in the call and because
those WHO were present discussed the queS-
ton of time, the members of tie CD nmittee
who showed up yesterday SCENE afraid that
some dark plot was working. Had the mem
bers OF the committee who met last week
contem plated any plot il is probable that
the. would have guarded with little more
care the subject of their discussion and their
decision. 1t was because there was no plot
that they made it public. But what did
those members of the committee do as 8
matter of fact? Just this:
through an error in the call for the meet
ing of the committee only eight of the men,
bers were present-one less than Quorum
Had those members been DESTROYS of putting
through some scheme they could easily
have hunted up another member of the com.
mittee without going far for him. But they
decided TO wait. so that there could be no
accusation of snap work They did decide
what they thought would be best in the mat.
ter of holding primaries and convention
Holding the primaries July 80 would give
pleMy OF time for the precinct committees
to do their work. 1t was desired to stim-
ulate interest in the campaign by
holding mass meeting III the
exposition building the night before
the state convention. The Democrats from
the country cannot be drawn into town sew
eral times week. So it was decided to hold
the county convention Aug. ., have mass
m Getting that night and then all attend the
state convention the next day. 1t was a good
pIan.. Moreover. the exposition building
could be secured for those dates 1t is
meeting would have been good thing. But
all that is killed now. The county conven-
ton may have to be packed into some little
hall and the mass meeting will probably be
dispensed with. Certainly it cannot be the
success 1t could have been made under the
original plan.
That is. all the members of the county
committee who met last week did, and all
they intended 10 do. That is, ali the founda-
ton there is for the cry that has been raised
against that plan. and 1t can readily be seen
that that foundation is less than no founda-
uon. This matter deserves attention only
because it is interesting as showing how