The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-22

HENNEPlN :. The republican prim-
a.. aries will be held in
REPUBLICANS. Hennepin county on
.... Monday evening" June
%, from 8 to 8 o'cloek The county conven-
ton will meet next morning. at the Fourth
Ward wigwam. It will consist of 573 dele
gates. Precincts will be allowed one dele
gate for each fifty votes, or fraction of
twenty five or over cast for Mckinley in 1900,
with one extra delegate for each country dis
trict, and at least two delegates from each
precinct. This will give, representation by
wards as follows: First. %: second, 36: third,
Sc; fourth, "A; fifth, 10; sixth, 27: seventh.
%; eighth. co. ninth, SO; tenth, %: eleventh,
80; twelfth, Is; thirteenth, II country g.
These details were settled by the repub-
lican county committee yesterday afternoon.
Provision was also made for choosing the
new committee The cab includes directions
for each precinct to select five precinct com
mitteemen. These will select a chairman.
who will be the precinct member of the ward
committee. This committee will select the
wards member of the county committee and
the country districts, which have four mem
| bers, are grouped for selecting their mem
bers Of the committee. It was voted to re-
quest the new committee to meet for or
ganization Thursday July Il, in the H. R. A.
rooms. ....
Fourteen Of the seventeen members of the
committee were present yesterday, the alb
sentees being Otto Greeley Of the second
ward, Alex. McVoy Of the first, and H. c.
Odell. Those present were Chairman Matchan,
eighth ward; j. ". Bentley, third; c. L.
Smith, fourth; Jay Crane, fifth; Alex. Swan
son, sixth; M. L. Fosseen seventh; George
Copeland, ninth; W. T. Coe, tenth; Charles
Delander, eleventh; A. ]. Lunt, twelfth +:
Charles Nelson thirteenth; Thomas H. Girl,
ing, Robbinsdale; Alex. Mcneil, Corcoran
j. A. Shepard, Long Lake.
All three of the country committeeman pres-
ent were candidates for the legislature.
Messrs: Girling and Mcneil are candidates for
the house in the forty-fo fourth district, and 7.
A. Shepard in the fortythird.
-, Y. A. FOSNES c. A. Fosnes of Mon
tevideo has been men
TURNS REPUBLlCANtioned as the demo-
cratic candidate for
congress in the seventh. The opposition will
have to look elsewhere, for Mr. Fosnes has
announced himself republican. He is a
prominent lawyer, and served as a. dem
pop in the legislature of 1887 and 1899 He
is a strong man in his locality. and it is pos
sible that he will be the republican candi-
date for the state senate instead of Lyndon
A. Smith. He is notable acquisition to the
republican ranks
The republican county committee of Rem
ville county met at Olivia the other day and
adopted strong resolutions indorsing the can
didacy of M. J. Bowling for congress-.
ANTI-sALOON The Minnesota Anti
Saloon League has
LEAGUE HELPS broken into the con-
gressional campaign
SENATOR YOUNG. in the seventh district.
R: II. Battey of Min
neapolis the state superintendent, has sent
out circular letter to leading temperance
workers in the district, asking them to work
for Senator 3. T. Young, and to make sug-
gestions as to how the league might help his
nomination and election. The letter states:
Mr.. Young was the able chairman Of the