St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-14
WHERE is THERE THE HALL.
THAT WILL ACCOMMODATES THAT
MOTLEY THRONG OF LOCAL
LEADERS,:
THE DATE IS EARLY, MARCH "a.
Being the Day Before That Proposed
for the Meeting of the
League Clubs.

mittee met at the Windsor hotel yes
terday afternoon and decided to hold
the state convention for the selection
of presidential electors and delegates
to the st. Louis national conventions
March "A, at Minneapolis. The COM
mittee also fixed the apportionment Of
representation in the state convention
on the same basis as in 1892, which
will result in the presence at Mime
apolis of 1,151 delegates. Chairman
Tams Bixby presided at yesterdays
session, while Senator d. f. Morgan,
of Minneapolis. acted as secretary in
the absence of Harris Richardson.
The attendance was complete Sena-
tor Macarthur, of Blue Earth City. was
represented by C. a. Rose; O. H. My
ron, of Ada, by d. c. Lightbourn;
and o. G. Wall, of Lanesboro, by Arch
ibald Gray, of Preston
Ex-Lieut. Gov. A. E. Rice of Will
mar, suggested that the state con-
vention be held March 25. j. M. Di-
ment, of Owatonna, referring to the,
meeting of the Republican league, said
that another important conventions
would probably held in st. Paul March,
25, and that, therefore, Tuesday, March
now advocated postponement of ac-
ton until Secretary Richardson could
be heard. He understood that the
secretary would be better suited with
later date, and that there were good
reasons for such preference But this
was the only opposition raised to an
early convention, and March "a was
adopted unanimously
H. f. Brown, of MINNEAPOLIS then
moved that the convention assemble
at Minneapolis. The Republicans of
that city had expressed dissatisfaction
to their members of the committee be-
cause the conventions had always been
given to st. Paul Mr. Browns mo-
tion being in accordance with pre-
| vious understanding, Minneapolis was
| chosen without dissenting vote.
! In reference to the plan of apportion-
ment Chairman Bixby had calculated
| the result of the three suggestions, each
allowing five delegates at large to each
| county. The first gave one delegate to
each 200 votes cast for Gov. Nelson in
1894 and major fraction thereof maxi
ing 1,151 delegates In all. The second
permitted one delegate for each 500
votes cast for Nelson and one delegate
for each fraction over 10 votes. The
total number of delegates would then
be $780, The third plan contemplated
one delegate for each 400 votes cast for
tion over 10O The total would thus be
799 delegates. John Goodnow adyocat-
ed the first plan. 1t was exactly the
same as that of four years ago and. be-
sides, the people wanted a large repre-
sentation. Eli Warner thought the first
proposition would be good for the con-
vention nominating state officers, but
that the second plan was best for
convention that had only to choose four
delegates to st. Louis. Gov. Rice would
like to see small convention, but
Messrs. Webber, Grindeland and Fiddes
favored large representation. Gov.
Rice's motion to adopt the second plan
was defeated and, after it had been
agreed to allow to Roseau county unor-
ganiZed at the last convention, one dele
gate in addition to the five at large, the
first plan was then adopted. The for
NAL call beeing agreed upon, the COM
mittee adjourned after half hours ses-
sion The members accepted the invi-
tation of Col. Monfort, of the Windsor,
to luncheon in an adjoining committee
room.
The trend of talk among the delegates
was in favor Of sending solid Davis
delegation to st. Louis. 1t was chiefly
because Minnesota has a candidate In
the field that the convention was fixed
for date very near to those already
selected by states which expect that
lHelr SOILS Inlay perhaps De Nominated.
1t is likely that the convention for
choosing state officers will be held in
July or in the latter part of June. When
there is no opposition to the renomina-
tion of the present incumbents, the con-
gressional conventions, according to the
feeling among the committee yesterday,
ought to be held at the same time as
those for selecting delegates to the con-
vention of March "a. Where opposition
has developed to present congressman,
the congressional conventions should be
held later on that account.
Following is the official resolution:
Resolved, That each county shall be
entitled to one delegate for each 200
votes or major fraction thereof cast for
the Republican candidate for governor
in 1894, and that each county be allowed
In addition, five delegates at large.
In accordance with the above resolu-
ton the several counties are entitled
to representation in the convention as
follows: Five delegates at large to be
added to the number opposite the name