The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-13
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CAMP ARRIVE IN THE
CITY
DEVOTED DAY TO POLITICS
Contest for Position of Head Ply
stefan for Minnesota Wakes Hot
Convention Work Begins
This Morning.

The delegates to the biennial state
camp of the Modern Woodmen began to
arrive in the city early yesterday. Many
took up quarters at the Windsor, but the
overflow took refuge at the metropolitan
and Clarendon. The Windsor, however,
was the Mecca towards which all those
in the city took regular pilgrimages dur
ing the day and evening, for there the
various caucus meetings were to be held
and there the avowed candidates for Of
fetal positions had their respective head
quarters. The campaign began early and
did credit to political convention Man
ayers of the several candidates were
everywhere, and lost no opportunity to
put in effective work on every delegate
as soon as a new arrival was noted.
The most desirable plum and the one
over which the contest walked hottest
was for the endorsement for head ply
stefan for Minnesota. While the state
camp as a body does not elect the ply
stefan. its endorsement is equivalent to
an election at the hands of the head camp,
next June. The place is one of honor as
well as profitable emolument and is quite
naturally sought after While there are
three avowed candidates in the field, the
contest lies in fact between Dr. McCuI-
lom, of Minneapolis the present incum-
bent, and DIR. Lowe, of Slayton who has
been candidate for the place on several
occasions. Both men stand high in their
profession and have host of friends.
DR.. McCullom has made a study of life
insurance risks and his friends urge that
his services would save the state of Min
nesota at least $4,000 a year in the Sc
lection of risks, by virtue of his ripe eX-
perience in the work. On the other hand
the friends of DR.. Lowe claim for their
man that his position in the medical pro-
fession of Minnesota is sufficient guar
antee of a careful and conscientious adj
ministfation of the office.
AS the afternoon wore on the contest
became interesting. Deals were report
ed which existed only in the imagination
of the enthusiastic supporters of the re-
spective candidates. only to be denied as
rapidly as they were sprung. 1t became
simply a contest of strength in political
engineering and nothing more and it was
soon evident that the result of the eau
cuses would settle the contest. go
c. L. Ford, of Slayton. well known
grain dealer of that town, has charge
of the campaign on behalf of Dr. Lowe.
He hustled early and late and was not
slow to claim everything in sight for his
man. Mr.. Jenkins. Of Minneapolis, took
s.oId of the campaign for DR.. McCullom
WIFI an equal u0SEeS Ol COulluSIlCS VI
winning out
DELEGATES SELECTED.
The Fifth district delegates in caucus
selected the following list for delegates
to the head camp: M. Cogwin, Lincoln
camp, Minneapolis; G. G. ST. Martin, OF
Hopkins; E. Barton, of Flour City camp,
Minneapolis; c. F. E. Peterson, of Cedar
camp, Minneapolis, and A E. Bates, of
Longfellow camp, of Minneapolis. This
district quite naturally Endorsed DR.. Nc
Cullom for head physician.
The Fourth district having present the
delegates from St. Paul and North st.
Paul, made up slate of delegates as
follows: A. J. Brawley, A. g. Johnson
and Ben Harmon, of st. Paul, and F.
Gosewisch, of North St. Paul. The eau
Gus took no other action, deciding to
await, the arrival of the country dele
cation Before doing anything further. 1t
is hardly probable that this district will
make any Endorsement on the medical
question, believing it to the best interests
of st. Paul not to take sides In the
issue. However, the delegation indorsed
H. A. Monroe for place as state consul,
and will present his name before the ses-
sion today. s5t'
This action brings two men into the
arena for the position Of state consul, as
w H L. Donaldson, the present state
banker, is an aVOWed candidate. for the
place. Mr.. Donaldson is a well known
hardware merchant of Rochester and has
innumerable friends throughout the state.
Mr. Monroe is well known locally as
chairman of the head camp entertain
ment committee, an employee of the local
postoffice and a man who stands well
with local Woodmen.
The Sixth district delegation held a
lengthy session and wound up by in
dorsing DR.. Lowe unanimously. This de-
egation has thirty-two votes, which
forms quite an acquisition for the Stay
ton man, who Is sure of his own delega-
ton with thirty-five votes. This makes a
total of sixty-seven pledged votes for DR..
Lowe. OF course the managers Of the
Slayton man claimed everything in sight
as soon as the result of the Sixth dis
trict caucus became known, and began to
bring out the band wagon argument on
those delegates who had not yet taken
any action. That DIR. Lowe will have
some votes IN this the Fourth, district
is admitted but up to late hour last
night no one could forecast what the
First district was going to do That the
action Of the Sixth district came as a
surprise to the McCullom men goes with
out saying, as they had figured on at
least an even show for their man IN the
caucus. However, they kept up brave
face, while the Lowe men felt safe
enough to go TO bed and dream of COM
ing victory.
The First and Seventh districts will
caucus this morning, as not enough dele
gates were on hand last evening to give q
fai Of sentiment TbaTa xxyara