The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-20
STATE CONVENTION TO-DAY
WILL SELECT DELEGATES TO REP
RESENT MINNESOTA AT KAN
SAS CITY JULY
FRIENDS OF TowNE ARE AsTIR
Sixth District VIII Urge That He
Receive the Endorsement of the
Minnesota Delegation in DEM
Ocratic Convention.


the state were in evidence and con-
spicuously so. at the West hotel last
night, that being the general rendezvous
of the wheel horses of the party pre-
liminary to the state convention of the
party to be neId at the exposition build
ing today.
Some life was added to the scene by the
contests for places on the delegation at
large It is generally conceded, that
Thomas d. O'Brien will go from st. Paul,
and Minneapolis representative with al
most equal certainty, will be Philip B.
Winston, although some notably Duluth
ians, had the temerity to intimate that
Mr. Winston might not be so honored.
Duluth has two candidates, and St
Cloud another, giving the Sixth district
three, since the arrival of the Stearns
county delegation last night with a fun
fedged boom for j. D. Sullivan which,
presumably, was aimed to win favor as
a compromise between the friends OF
Senator c. o. Baldwin and T. T. Hudson,
of Duluth, respectively, both of whom
have made an effort to secure their in
dorsement for delegates at large. Both
Baldwin and hudson were claiming the
victory last night, although sagacicus
Democrats were averring that Hudson
would be disappointed, and that if Bald
win did not get it, the man would be
Sullivan.
ROSING OR THORNTON?
Who is to go from the rural districts in
the south of the state is also problemat-
cal L. A Rosing, of Cannon Falls, and
| Col. ]. ]. Thornton, of st. James, are in
grooming. While Rosing's prominence in
the state organization is a count in his
Flavor, the recent enthusiasm shown
teamepg the Democrats of the Second dis
trict has been accounted by many shrewd
Democrats as a good thing to cater to-
and this will wonderfully help Thornton's
boom. The St. James man has been
fighter in the battles of Democracy for
generation, and will probably be well to
the front in this campaign.
STATE CENTRAL CIMMITTEE.
While the lobbyists were crowding the
lobby, the state central committee was
busy in a parlor upstairs on the form
al call for the state nominating conVen-
ton, which is to be held at the ST. Paul
auditorium September g. Each county
will be represented by three delegates at
large, and one additional for every 125
votes or major fraction thereof cast for
Lind in 1898 his gives Hennepin 160,
Ramsey 81 and st. Louis Al delegates,
other counties in proportion.
I The committee decided to urge upon the
state convention the adoption of the new
I plan of organization, giving member
on the committee to each county instead
of one to each judicial district, as at
present.
Nearly all the counties have already
passed favorably upon the plan, and
suggested representatives to be placed on
the new committee,
A last appears elsewhere in this issue
TOWNE BADGES APPEAR.
Bryan and Towne badges were every
where in evidence last night, and the
Towne element was strong in its advoca-
cy of an unqualified endorsement of the
Duluth man as the vice presidential NOM
inee of the Democratic party at Kansas
City.
The Duluth and ST. Cloud delegations
were especially eloquent in sounding his
praises, and declared their intention to
go into the convention today with SOL
id front in behalf of his endorsement by
the Minnesota convention.
HENNEPIN DELEGATES MEET.
At a meeting of the Hennepin delega-
ton last night the question OF expansion
came up, upon the nomination of A. T.
Ankeny as Hennepin's member of the
resolutions committee in today's conven-
ton. Judge Larson opposed him, be-
cause, he said:
''Mr. Ankeny stands for the principle
of shooting the Filipinos until they have
given up, and for that reason I do not
consider him as the proper man for this
delegation to recommend. Senator Stock
well represents the opposite side and [
nominate him to be the choice Of this
delegation as a member of the committee
On resolutions"
Mr. Ankeny then arose, visibly affected
by the attack on him.
IT do not propose to be attacked in
this manner without submitting nv an
swer," he said. when William Jen-
nings Bryan went to Washington to urge
the Democratic members of congress to
vote for the ratification of the peace
treaty 1 maintained that he did right.
By that act the islands We're thrown
upon us. We have held them and will
continue to hold them, and we propose
to give them good government and
place them on their feet. What DISPOSE
ton should be made of the F'ilipinos af-
ter that do not propose to say, but one
thing is certain, that no other power will
be allowed to take them.''
There were 81 votes for Stockwell. % for
Ankeny, who then moved to make the
selection unanimous. A resolution was
introduced by Matt Gallagher to the ef-