The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-29
ECHOES FROM THE FRAY.
sideIights on the Convention Dur
ing the Excitement.

The scene on the floor of the convention
on the final ballot for secretary of state
| was one Of indescribable disorder. 1t
| was hustle for cover by the the delega-
! tiOns that had been divided In their sup
port for the various candl lates and were
anxious to get in out IF the wet when
they saw that the nomination of Hanson
was Il certainty.
When the chairman of the yellow Medi-
cine county delegation, the last on the
roll CALL announced the vote Of that dele
cation, there We're half a dozen delega-
tiOn chairmen on chairs I'm as many paris
of the house at the same time. In less
time than 1t takes to tell It, the floor Of
the convention took on the appearance
Of bit of bulowy sea Hennepin couu-
tvs delegation sWarmed about its chair
man and the other delegations saw THAT
a break was coming. Then there was an
upheaVal in the Ramsey delegation and
the chairman gave recognition to q little
, delegation far off in the corner, almost
out of range Of the speakers table. It
was a change OF the vote of that delcga-
| tiCn, giving Hanson three more votes
than We're recorded in the vote given
| few moments before. This started The
Dall rolling and in order to give LauEum
closest followers a chance the chairman
waited while a dozen people were shout
ing for recognition. Finally Chairman
Gray, of the Fillmore county G.J-gatiOn,
got on q chair and endeavor,G 20 geJ
recognition.
Ramsey county got into line first and
the entire vote OF Lhe delegation was
thrown to Hanson Henrepin county
came neYt with a change from seventy
five to 100 votes for Hanson. Several
smaller counties came over III rapid sue
cession. Then Chairman Kerwin of the
lie Sueur county delegation, moved TO-
Lra ba pf TTAuzfrl rI1
nous, ard a cheer swept over the house
that shook 1t.
Then Chairman Gray, Of Fillmore. WAS
recognized and made a short speech, cast
ing the entire twenty-five votes Of that
delegation for Hanson and declaring chat
Langum's friends would give Hanson tho
strongest support. The mC,Ior TO make
it unanimous was carried AMID the Wild
est cheering
The nomination Of Hanson was a direct
recognition of the Swedish voters. The
Norwegians will he recognizZ in the Ie-
election Of United States s-Hator kEute
Nelson
One Of the funny incidents Of the con-
ventiOn was the apparent mistake made
by J. Adam Bede, the diuunutive, effcr-
vescent orator of Pine City when he
took the platform TO plaHe Swan Moan
der in nOmina ton. Everybody was eX-
pecting something funny, and they got
il when they least expected It, Mr.. Blde
began his address in the greatest Sefl-
Qusuess. In fact it was too serious To
sound natural. coming from him.
My purpose, he said, is TO place
in nomination a man whom you all know.
In making the selection Of a candidate
for this office, it must be considered d first
from a geographical standpoint; second
from the standpoint OF nationality, an'
third-WeIl I guess qualification might be
considered then"
There was long pause. The audience
thought the speaker had made mis-
take as to where and how guam anon
should be considered, and for moment
it looked like the speaker was coguiZaa a-
of haviTF made a mistake. Suddenly El'
features !ightened up with broad smile
and he continued:
'But. as it happens. the man whom
am going to put In nomination mas 50
many excellent qualifications, outside ot
being properly located from geOSraphI-
cal standpoint and all right on the qlr7-
ton of nationality. that We VIII place
qualifications at the head Of the list or
requirements this time
The roar Of applause that followed was
deafening. but Molander was not nom
mated, after all
Moorhead Is rapidly IN the ascendant
as a political factor In Minnesota. lt Sc
cured more places on the ticket than
Minneapolis, although It did not want any
more.
There was sorrow in Minneapolis last
night. The rank ana ME Oh LliE IA frD
licans who saw their leaders come nome
emptv-handed not only scored them Ior
losing what they went aIter. Dul TOT @S-
sisting in all that was done that was
mischievous. and in Minneapolis that
means ANYTHING that does not rebound to
the Immediate advantage Of Minneapolis
or MnneapOHtans.
The great crowd Of spectators IN the
INNER seats of the e'evated galleries, VINO
were addicted to delivering lectures ana
making political speeches for the Dene-
fit Of their neighbOrs, were a source OF
ANNOYANCE to the delegations that were
seated in the elevated galleries. VINO nad
d1fHculty in hearing the speakers In other
parts of the house.