The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01

| ate lhdL ne controls 1t he will land
| the nomination. His ability 10 do en-
| however, is doubtful as it IS bevond de-,
MAI that scores of delegates even within
fls instructed counties are not personally
IN sympathy with the Lac qui Parle man
| ana Halden is their second choice
Pick HaIden to Win.
Jacobson claims 500 votes, which is only
| 80 snort of the nominating choice He
| may be aOle to snow it on the first bal
| lot, but it is doubtful, even concedfng
MIN the lead. The Iverson people have
perslstently claimed from 400 to ATS on
| the first ballot which shading both
| would leave about 300 for Ialden on the
| Hrst ballot. Halden is nearer an even
| preak than the claims of either Jacobson
| or 1Verson allow him. and he stands in
| the rather peculiar position of a second
| chClce with both the Jacobson and Iver-
| son contingents.
The First district men, who are for
lVerson on the first ballot, or until the
| break comes, will go both ways but a
| curSory poll gives Halden the Letter Of
the division by narrow margin. Iver-
son mas some strength in the First Gis-
| trlct that no one can take from him
until the final break arrives. So has ia
copSon. over in Jacobsons own district
| the Seventh, Halden has way the better
OF the second choice proposition. The
sixth district may show on the first trial
a lead for Jacobson, with Iverson a good
| second, but there, too Halden stands to
reap the benefits of break. In the
| Fourth and Fifth districts he is unoues-
| ticnably the second choice. which with,
ms own district practically solid, and a
| right to expect an even break with Iyer-
son IN the Ninth, and a showing in the
Second, makes him look the winner.
Claim Pfdgeon Has Lead.
Last night Pidgeon was picked to land
the nomination for clerk Of the supreme
court. The race is unquestionabIv he
I tween him and Reese and if he is able
10 organize the natural opposition to the
CITY candidate he is a winner in a walk.
reese and his friends have the appear
dhce Oh anything but whipped men. but
they are unquestionably up agains- the
hardest fight they have waged in +he
long line of their political successes and
rev defeats and even money on Reese
/ last night would have been a scarce
article had anyone taken the trouble to
| look for it.
Jones' Boom Burst
The Pidgeon campaign would have re-
| celved a temporary and possibly fatal
i backset from the candidacy of J. d
Jones, had not the Jones boom fattened
out without creating more than a ripple
! OF passing excitement For a little time
|
were hot under the collar and charged
that Jones had been sprung in the in
terest of Reese. Jones evidently sprung
himself in the interest of Jones but when
ne began a search for support if was
not forthcoming and his tentative can
dldacy was still tentative last night. His
inability to break UP the Sixth district
support of Pidgeon was demonstrated
early and with the demonstration came
the passing of Jones.
Outside of the Sixth district every one
of the other eight districts yesterday
announced contributions to the Reese
support and Reese has every reason to-
base substantial hopes on the Second
and Third districts, which will break
up. Gish has first call on the Third
district but it is not so strong as he
is inclined to believe. At all events rem
J resentative members of several Third
district delegations yesterday gave it
out that they would finish in the Reese
column.
Pidgeon will get at least three counties
of the Third when the break comes.
There is no room for questioning the
validity OF the pledge and it will come
OIL He stands to get the long end of
the Seventh district and has played his
cards to the reasonable certainty of an
even break in the Ninth district
Makes PidgeOn's Chances Good.
Everetts hold on the Second district
is not cinch. 1t will break away after
a complimentary vote. Both Reese and
Pldgeon claim the long end Of the break
In the First district where Reese had
a right to expect the long end Of his
friends have failed him and honors are
even. The claim that Pidgeon will land
is based on his alleged ability to organ
ize the anti-Reese vote and is more than
tenable
Inc convention will be called to order
IN the Auditorium at noon by the chair
man of the state central committee w
c. Masterson, of Saltwater. Rev. J. s.
MONTGOMERY. of Minneapolis, will read
the invocation and the temporary or
ganization will be effected by the cleo
ton of temporary chairman Senator
Knute Nelson. J. IT, Wyman, Of Mime
apolis, has clear field for the perma-
nent Craftsmanship. Albert Johnson. Red
Wing, county attorney for Goodhue. is
slated for the secretaryship, and Theo-
dore j. Gronewald, st. Paul, for the as
sistant's chair.
HamIin Will Stick.
The committee on platform will prob
ably, in accord with time-honored GUS
tom, consist of one member from each
judicial district The rumor started by
day that Condo Hamlin would retire from
his position as Ramsey's candidate to the
committee had small effect on HamIin.
lie announced last night that he had no
intention Of retiring. He said no one
had a right to class him as a railroad
extremist and he could see no valid rea-
son Tor his retirement in favor of NJ. ID.
MUM, railroad attorney.
With Mum outside the ropes, it was
given out that G. A Morey, of Winona.
Will draft the railroad plank of the
platform. Senator Nelson yesterday de-
clined to discuss the position of the Min
nesota delegation on the Cuban tariff
situation and the sentiment is divided
between two sets of radicals. One Tor
an unequivocal Endorsement Of Roosevelt.
the other In favor Of standing by the
| congressman. the governor notwithstand-
Ing. 1t is fair to presume that the Roose-
veltian extremists will not win out, and
while there may be some ducking it's
more. than an even chance that the cons
gressional delegation will get tie long
end of 1t and Van SAINT and Roosevelt
may make the best of it as opportunity
affords.
All for Her Sake.
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