The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-07-15
PARTY LEADERS MISSED
Congressional Session Affects
Attendance at Republican
League Convention.
Practically Every State Repre-
scented by the Younger Ele- =
ment of the Party.
Addresses of President Wood
mansee and Others Enthu-
siastically Received.

DETROIT, July l4.-The National Re
publican League convention opened
with fair attendance of delegates for
an ..off year" in politics Nearly all
the states are represented, although the
szntas of delegates are small in several
Instances. The absence OF party lead
srs who are prominently Identified with
the administrative and legislative de-
partments of the national and state gov
ernrnents is conspicuous feature. The
ensemble comprises chiefly the younger
members of the party, who, while they
have not attained enIinence III political
life. have plenty of enthusiasm and en-
ergy.
The radical partisanship of the League
men was illustrated in the fact that
Mayor Maybury, Democrat, was not
invited to offer welcome to the dele
gates, Colonel H. M. Dufield having
been selected instead by the local COM
nittee.
/Ew Addresses of Welcome.
Tn his address of welcome Governor
Pingree voiced his well known opposi-
ton to favored corporations, While
Colonel Duffield, who followed, took oc-
casion to remind Sic governor who mad
said that the hope of the country was III
the people, that ''the hope OF the people
lis in the Republican party and that
while it was easy to arouse handicap
against corporations that the country
could not live without them. The adj
dresses of President WooGmansee and
of President Dilgley of the Michigan
league, son of the chairman of the
ways and means committee, were en-
Enthusiastically received and the conven,
ton adjourned early after the usual
routine business. Most of the delegates
not detained by committee work or en-
gagged in
Booming Candidates for League Office,
enioyed a trolley ride about the city
during the afternoon. There were &c
trolley cars III the procession and they
carried jolly crowd. The mass meet
ing in the convention hall at night was
entertained for the most part by ex
te1nporaneous speeches, Senators Hanna
and Thurston and some others sched
uled to appear not being present.
The contest for the League presidency
goes ,merrily ON. Crawford of Kentucky
and Fleitz of Pennsylvania each pro
fesses confidence in his election, while
Pollasky of Chicago asserts he is still il
the race, Notwithstanding. the Illinoi!
delegation is not giving him united sup
port.
Reports of the Officers.
Shortly after adjournment of the con
yention the executive committee of the
League held session and heard the re
ports of the president and secretary
These showed clearing up of all i'll
debtedness and a small balance on hand
The committee discussed the advisable
ity of holding League conventions bi
ennially instead OF annually and viii
probably lay the matter before the con
vention. A proposition to hold the next
convention i'll the city which shall Offer
the largest money guarantee was favor
ably considered. The committee decided
to refer the question of time and place
to the incoming executive committee
The matter will eventually be referred
to the convention.