The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-13
teddy 70 TALK OUTSIDE
Will ADDRESS THE PEOPLE FROM
AN OUTDOOR PLATFORM
TUESDAY
IN FRONT OF AUDITORIUM
Commercial Club Wants Everybody
to Have q Chance to Listen,
Even If They Do
Not Hear.

Instead of mass meeting at the Met
| ropolitan theater to preface the larger
meeting at the Auditorium for the Theo-
dcre Roosevelt reception next Tuesday
night. it was decided yesterday after
noon at citizens meeting held at the
Commercial club to erect q large plat
form near the Ninth street entrance to
tho Auditorium so that the San Juan
hero may be seen and possibly heard, by
the crowd that will be unable to get into
the Auditorium. 1t was also decided at
the meeting to open bureau Of tnforma-
ton in the vacant store in the Hale
block, corner of Fourth and Jackson
streets Commencing tomorrow some
body will be in attendance there every
day from early in the morning until
midnight to give all necessary informal
ton to strangers in the city.
Secretary Slime, of the Commercial club.
said yesterday that he had received g.
number of letters from people having
rooms that they will rent to visitors dur
ing the state ard national Republican
| league conventions, but that In nearly
every case the writer's had failed to men
ton prices. He stated that they should
do this and he would turn over all the let
C6ES T6CSINeu W lllC S~tU VI
so that by applying there strangers might
| be assisted in getting lodgings. The ma
| jority of the hotels have already notified
| the Commercial club as to the number
| Of people they can accommodate. Ihe
| Merchants has room for 20C more; Ryan,
| 300; Metropolitan, 100; Clarendon, lOe
John F. SeTb will have charge OF
| decorating and lighting the building for
| the Roosevelt reception. Edward Field
hauser will have charge Of arranging for
the music M N Goss is chairman OF the
committee On parade and he VIII also
act as chief marshal. All orders AMI
clubs that intend marching in the parade
Tuesday night should communicate with
Mr.. Goss, $40 New York building.
The hotel committee and committee In
charge Of the bureau of information IS
made up as follows: Isaac Lederer, John
Finehout, Dow S. Smith, F. W. Berg
meier. 7. c.. Michael, L. L. May and john
Caulfeld.
In regard to badges it was decided
after some discussion yesterday that
members Of the Commercial club should
wear the usual Commercial club badge
instead OF the badge ASK Me, suSgesteu
by some of the members.
Another citizens meeting will he held
this afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the Com
merciaI club.
Next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock the
national convention of Republican
League clubs will be called to order in
the Auditorium After an invocation by
Rev. S.; G. Smith, addresses of welcome
will be delivered by Senator Nelson and
Fred b. Wright, for the state and state
league. respectively, and Oar +. Reese
will welcome the delegates on behaIf OF
the city In the evening the public will
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Gov Roosevelt. a,
Wednesday the convention will end with
action OH committee reports and election
Of officers ~
President Lindeke, of the Roosevelt Re
publican club, received a letter from Gov.
Roosevelt, thanking the club for the hon
orary membership conferred upon him.
The club has decided to establish an as
soeiate class, open to those who are not
eligible to active membership.
The club will drill at the armory this
evening.
The Republican League club of the
Third ward met last night at the hall,
1876 Sibley street, for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to the convention of the
State League of Republican clubs to be
held in this city on Monday next The
leading lights OF the party in the ward,
to the number of eleven. were present.
among them being Jake Refehart and his
ancient enemy, Sam Lowenstein The
sergeant-at-arms wisely seated them on
opposite sides of the room and appointed
deputy to keep track of their move
ments.
After order had been secured nomina-
tons were called for, and those present
nominated one another for the position
of delegate or alternate until all present
were provided with some sort of job
that would get him into the convention.
Armand Albrecht. former assembly
man, was among those present who were
elected delegates-but 1t required all of
the persuasive eloquence of the afore-
ceptance. John j. Harris Jr. also ran
and was elected. FTe omitted the Gus
tomary speech thanking the club for the
honor bestowed. Charles E. MiEerberg
and Fred e. Cofyn. both being absent
were defenseless. and We're chosen a.
ternates by acclanlation. Then, the meet
Ing ADJOURNED. Then it was called to
order again because some one discovered
that the officers of the club were b.
Virtue of their Office ex-off1eio delegates
TO the convention, and should therefore
nave some aIternates. After discussion
l{ was decided to be unpar.iamentar to
chose aiternates to ex-offieio members,
and the meeting was again adjourned
6y [esorqtlon OF the executive committee
OF the state Republican league all such
ciupS Were given the same authority as
to the selection of delegates. and Guita
a large crowd is expected at the con
venti0n.
This afternoon at the Windsor hotel
the republican state central committee
viii perfect it's organization and talk
over plans for the campaign The mem
bers OF the committee recommended bv
the candidates will without question be
elected as permanent officers Senator
Masterman, of Saltwater, will be chair
man, and Capt. c. c.. Whitney. of Mar
Shall. secretary Tams Bixby will have
active charge of the campaign as chair
man of the executive committee
Further than this, the committee will
discuss ways and means and decide in a
general way the character of the cam
palSn. One of the first matters that will
be disposed of is the establishment of q
press bureau. that will doubtless be plae
ed in charge Of j. Settler Vandiyer. If
Is reported that Mr. Hanna will be re-
quested to send on the first instalIment
of his vote-getting elixir.
Colone. George Stone president of the
National League of Republican clubs.
and also chairman of the Republican
state central committee of California.
will reach st. Paul today He will con-
fer with Secretary Slime, and while in
the city will be the guest of prominent
league members.
Some of A. N Dare's friends
believe that Swan B. Molander's can
didacy for secretary of state seri-
ously embarrassed the Elk River
mans canvass for the railroad
commissionership nominat ton, and at the
same time accuse State Auditor Dunn
with not being sincere in his support of
Mr.. Dare. Both Dare and Molander come