Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-11

III 80 4 Ssss-eA -
gates
Ansyvsre1 ~ sTheir \ an,es, :5s..
\ and the chairman experienced great
4 Difficulty In making UP the committees
II by reason 81 the slim attendance from
Il the outsideI counties. sg5s
Z The convention was managed and sdi-
4 rected by the prof essional politicians
\ and of1lceholders Of the state adminis-
b tration. and motions were put ana
y passed in q listless way by the dele
z gates, who 4 were In 8 hurry to get
N away and so out 4 to the state fairs
grounds The party managers had 8ex-,
tpected q vast attendance from visitors
I to the state fair, and had counted
heavily on this source TO make 9 tree
mendous showing Of interest and ems
Il thusiasm. The result 4 demonstrated
b that a great mistake had been made.
I for, instead Of the fair visitors going
( to the convention the delegates to the;
B convention went to the fair as T. SUI
psFior attraction
S5s5Ss The Auditorium building q supposed
4 90 furnish seating capacity for 200.
and when the Republican convention
was held nearly every seat In the
i building. iAcludtng all the galleries.;
was Allied. When Gov. Roosevelt was
y IN st. Paul 1t was estimated that 5000;
people were turned from the doors be-.
cause there was not room for them. In
the Democratic convention last week
d there were twice 40 many empty seats,
~ there were full ones, and the little
throng Of delegates down on the main,
floor hooked all the smaller for the
long n tiers Of vacant seats that
stretched back from the parquet t.
the 4 s
Belosny an6 Galleries.
Il. II was probably this slim attendancs
that dampened the spirits Of those who
did attend. for the. interest was q no.
time great o. the enthu siasm such ~
4 to pass beyond control. s:5i,,
KS KS The prearranged plans were carried
& out with 81 clock like regularity. and
! complete I. cnntrool soff the organization
~ re tained Rosiag J. cl,aiss1
mai, OF tho sfate central commit ee.
who personally directed the sbusinsss}
OF the day. supp lying the chairman
the names for the COMMITTEES. desig-
mating the delegates who should .non-5
4 mate the various icand idates and N
/ AL ways tightening his hold upon tho
party leading strinss. ssi Il.
. Col. Rosing was assisted 81 his 4 Il u.s. sF555.
lGanaEement 81 the Csnventio.s Il
q w suchs Democrats i q Thomas p.
EO'Brien of st. Paul, John O'Brien o.
saltwater, Ed O'Brien OF Minneapolis,
Maj. rs Bowler, ~ D. NJ Pope. =. Al
o'shaughAessy. 2. II. Austin. AZ. n.
Ianpherey =. M. Ringdal and other
state officers, The governor. who has
\ % often declared that he was s".justs ~
good q Republican q ever On All mat
lters except the silver question. : re-!
4 CURED his managers to steer Us far an
\ possible from that dangerous issue,
and, accordingly. the honors OF the day
A were mot denied to the sound money
Democrats of 1896. men who were can
Il didates for electors on the Palmer and
Buckner ticket being drafted 60 dele
4 gates at large VI & S$s
8s1 The convention IL no time displayed
II they thusia SIN which marked the
/ Mini eapolis convention two years ago
\ and when the propagation was made To-
\ start canvass for the proposed new
+ paper ut Minneapolis, En-
I. Ten Subscribers yvere Guaranteed.
{ ana q motion to call the roll ana re-,
{ port sutscripti ions Nv NJ counties was
voted down by An overwhelming ms
1ority. Chairman Rosing announced
4 that the syndicate With which Ne had.
been negotiat TIM had gresd e start
the paper sif the commit tee would;
$r,,arante.e3 10 900 subscrib q. ma ie.
said that he S had promises az Z. 900.
Z with tie III, s,,ar & ntaed 81 fhe Moor 81
the convention this left SEQ to }be re-!
I cured before the terms 81 the syndi-i
!. cate could III complied With and 4 the
paper esta bhshe The delegates All
4 personal interviews ~ xpressed great
hostility to the 81. Paul Globe because
\ OF its bolt on the national ticket, md;
d all agreed tibet they would not trust,
II ii with sLind.s interests ID but M at the
/ same time they did not seem prepared,
II to 60 az far, az to subsidize great
daily paper. The fact 3is that the state;
central commit tee has already invested
more than S25, 900 III the Newspaper
I business. and the chairman IL has IN
Il formed members Sof the commit tee that
it vii l!se IS 40, 900 To- ma Ne the general
CampaigT, and that unit | that amount
Il sha1I have been raised "A there Will be
& no more newspaper appropria tions. ATT
4 al cont re nee of4 Mr. sF ostngs the three!
iBriensS Henri chs fosier,i
Ma II Bowler and one 81 two other lead
Scrs of iii Hui IL was decided to pros
deed ttli tile tampa Ign much after
~ y II ION III SOL, III
n nieiy to devote. all the work ~ the
lii i, \ and Il an the funds of the
ssconiIl tee to the election OF Lind, and
the other and idat les on the tcket.
I the excep Jon Of Ringdal. are To
e5si ieae as they sES
4 he pSH ana Earded as were the candi4
4 datsss hat II, The event 81 I.ind.s
HsS ffssct developed ia the
\ coaE sci IofS the NEE ing. and that - that
81 there iss ~ 4 be- a concerted enert to
4 carry lfes house OF rppresentativesso on
Y VI theo rs hat Lind vants d legisla-