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| NIlnneADOilS
and named the Republican state central
committee. W. c. Masterman, of Still
water, was selected as chairman.
The committee announced by Chairman
| Young is as follows:
Chairman, w c. Masterman: members
! at-large, c. A. Morley of Winona; c. c.
| Whitney, of Marshall; Tams Bixby, of
| Red Wing; Eli S. Warner, of ST Paul;
| Robert Jamison, of Minneapolis: A. F.
Ferris, of Brainerd, and o. H Myran, of
| Ada.
Judicial District Memberships, W. C..
Masterman, Saltwater; second, Theodore
Schurmeier, st. Paul; third, H M Rich
| erdson, Rochester; fourth, c. A Smith
Minneapolis; fifth, a. n. Stockton, Fart
seventh, Charles S. Mitchell, Alexandra;
eighth, W: E. Harrington, Hutchinson;
ninth; Philip Leiseh New Ulm; tenth, R.
2; thompson PS, Preston eleventh, J. T.
son, Atwater; thirteenth, Daniel Shell,
Worthington; fourteenth, A GrindeIand,
Warren; fifteenth, D. M. Gum, Grand
Raplds; sixteenth, E. ]. Jones,>~Morris;
seventeenth, j.. A. Everett, Fairmont;
eighteenth G. A Piaageeon. Buffalo.
1t took the Republican candidates for
state officers. their few privileged advis-
ers and E. T. Long, the chairman of the
state convention, all day to select the
central committee.
Capt. Van SAINT, the candidate for gov
ernor, and Candidates Hanson, Miller,
Staples Mills, Block and Collins were al!
on hand yesterday morning, and, with
Chairman Young and Oar Reese, Robert
Jamison and S. B. lJove5oy, they sat in
room 220 Nicollet house, and began the
work Of picking out the members OF the
committee. p
bers was not so hard, but the selection of
the man for chairman of the committee
was responsible for lengthy discussion.
John Selb and Simon Mfchelet were both
mentioned for secretary of the committee,
but the candidates recommended to the
committee that c. c. Whitney be named
secretary.
The case before the supreme court
which is to determine the validity OF
the city's charter and the salaries OF
King and the rest of the policemen for
the month of June, with, few exceptions,
will come up for hearing July is, ant
decision may be expected within a week
or ten days thereafter But should the
case not come to trial, or not be decided
then, 1t would necessarily be continued
to the October term. This makes the
prospects ahead not very gratifying, but
Some of the attorneys reason that this is
a case in which a public eXigency has
arisen, by reason of the fact that any
! decision adverse to the new charter wouiG
nullify all the new charters In existence
throughout the state and open ur a per-
feet bedlan of confusion and disorder.
| The case against thelsstuditor, of Mime
apolis, III its exigency bearing, compelling
him TO place certain property on the tax
duplicate, is cited to show wherein the
court reversed itself. and, on general
principles, the question of necessity for
the public good is spoken of by men,
bers of the legal fraternity as usually
favorable in such cases. The old char
acter, it is claimed, made by the Repuh-
licans, was constructed especially favor
able to them, one example being that the
commissioners could be appointed for five
years, and thus they could hold their Of
fees right along, no matter how many
Democratic municipal victories might
happen in the meantime. But now, the
tables are quite likely to be turned, the
Republicans may find themselves in
trap, and their late actions indicate that
they are beginning to jump in every
direction to save themselves.
The Minnesota Silver Republican-Popu
list delegation arrived last night on a
special from Kansas City.
In regard 10 Towne, it was said on all
sides that he was uncertain as to which
of Two courses he should pursue, whether
he should get out and work for Bryan,
OF come home and try for the congress.
He left Kansas City yesterday afternoon
to visit Bryan in Lincoln, and after his
conference with the presidential nominee
will announce his intentions for the com
ing campaign.
One point the entire delegation was GER
tain of was that Bryan would receive the
Hearty support of Towne and all his fol.
lowers. The common opinion of Steven
son was that he was good solid man,
with nothing of any kind against him,
and one that would lend weight to the
ticket, while at the same time it might
not DE productive of any startling bril-
liancy.
The Anoka Herald says:
If the Republicans of the state had
everything cut and dried for them before
the convention met, they would put a
very strong ticket in the field; as 1t Is
they have one that is full of weak points,
and the burden of carrying 1T through
will be very heavy on the workers.
The railroad commissioners are par
ticularly undesirable handicaps. Miller
comes from a railroad office to the con-
vention an unknown man and is nom
mated over a field of tested and tried
contestants; Staples works up a lot OF
enthusiasm through the aid OF Dare, and
then throws him down and accepts a
two-year nomination which leaves his
best friend and one of the most popular
men in the party off the ticket; Mills,
after making very puncturaoie record
railroads and is saddled onto the already
heavily handicapped ticket.
And there are others besides the COM
missioners who will not do the party any
good in the campaign, notably Peter Han
son. nominee for secretary OF state. The
ex-senator needs no particular 1ntroduc-
ton to Anoka people since the hospital
fight.
We consider Mr. Staples treachery de-
serving of the most severe censure. He
played Dare's friends for support until
the last moment and then betrayed him.
Gen. Stevenson spent a quiet day at
Minnetonka Beach yesterday. The Dem
ocratic candidate for vice president rose
early and put in the morning reading the
papers and kilograms from his admirers
and friends in all parts OF the country.
One Of the earliest messages came from
William J. Bryan and then came congrat-
ulationS and promises of support from
D. B. Hill, Carter Harrison, Judge Will
liams, Illinois, and Chairman Jones. The
individual members of the Illinois dele
cation all wired congratulatory messages,
as did those Of the New York delegation.
P. B. Winston, a delegate at-large to
the convention, said: 81 believe that
the nomination of Mr.. Stevenson for the
second place materially strengthens the
Democratic ticket. He viii carry in
Vulnerable votes throughout the South
and East, that would be lost were any
other man a candidate for the vice pres
idency. The other candidate for the NOM
ination might have influenced the vote
CT small sections of the country, but the
party could have found no man1 who
would have brought in line such ire
mendous portion of the United States
as Mr.. Stevenson will -