The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
Friends. the Minnesota Senators.

Editor Wh1teman OF the OrtOnvllle Her
aid Star. attaches a. deep significance to
the publication in this column of the prob
able apportionment Of delegates to the
state convention. and the. accompanying
comment. He says editorially:
What seems like a premature agitation
Of 1.-the question of delegates to the next re-
publican state convention has been
started by The Minnea polls p journal al
a violent opponent of the candidacy
Of :: r. c. Dunn for the gov
ernorship.,., T h Ell urna wants to go
back to the old method of representation
used before the: plan Of giving each county
five delegates at large was devised, plan
which added somewhat: to the strength of
the country districts, whore the republican,
votes come from, and curtailed the power
of the big cities NVitn-tl1e country, almost
sotidly demanding the candidacy OF Mr..
Dunn and the corporate interests OF the
big cities lining up for Judge Collins, it Is
plain why T h e J o urn a wishes to cut
down the representation from the counties
1t is quite probable. that I, n e. J U I'm a
contention is inspired by the state central
committee: which is also largely in OPP
/ position to Mr.. Dunn, and the whole thing
| looks like an effort to pave the way for
that gentleman's defeat by fair means or
foul If the state central committee wishes
to disrupt and wreck the republican party
Lit should by all means cut off 400 dele
gales lEOll, Lie COullLiS. dllu PieASC ShS
nominating power absolutely in the hands
of the city politicians. For shame on the
republican who would propose such in
Justice
Of course. it would be an injustice to
base representation on the republican
vote, and anybody who suggests such
a revolutionary idea: is traitor and
should be shot. However, as long as the
outside counties demand those 400, extra
delegates, there is no danger of the state
committee: taking them away and In
| making. up nay table for next years con-
yention l allowed each county five dele
gates at large. / have no knowledge of
| any.attempts ION the part of the state cen
trail committee to SO y disrupt the party
as to cut them off =. - = 49,, -,
]Farsfrom giving the city politicians cons
| troll Of the convention the abolition OF
delegates at large would only give Hen
| nepin SO and Ramsey 40 delegates out
of $50. Ramsey is counted as certainly
| in the Dunn column, and the partizans OF
the Princeton man say they are going to
carry rHennepin, so perhaps they: would
! find it to their interests to increase the
power of the cities. st. Louis county is
Dunn territory.
The cities have always protested against
| the delega te-at- large farce, and always
win. but there is no prospect of a change
unless the outside counties agree to 1T.
| The republicans Of the cities have no
4 desire to wreck the republican party.
! They only want fair play, which Mr..
Whiteman is unwilling to grant That's
all.
The Laketield Standard man took A
hastLy glance thru a collection of comments
| on the Collins candidacy and was. not
! pleased. He said: = s--ge.--E
IA recent issue of The Minneapolis
Journal gives nearly two columns of en-
tracts from country papers bearing on the
| candidacy of Judge Collins AS TIL 6
! J o |, i n AL is a rabid anti-Dunn organ
the extracts are. mostly favorable to Col
/ Inns 49,. ~, Ill
The Standard will please take notice
| that at one time or another T he j gu r
n has printed. comment: on the Collins
/ candidacy. from every one ofjts exchanges
=. that expressed an opinion one way or the
other. No thought was given and nc
count taken to see how many were favor:
able to Dunn or how many to Collins. II
the Standard man found the majority sir
favor of Collins. that is significant, blu,
it is not It h e j Q u r.n a Is fault.
/ - II - s----- .s:>sE
Apropos- of newspaper support, the fol;
lowing from the Hill Crescent is Of in.
terest: - =
Some Of the Dunn supporters are max
ing the claim that: nearly all the news.
papers are OuLSkphSll f1VI- DuliIl IOI gov
| ernor. altho this is hardly true of the pa
pers in this corner of the state. In care
fully looking oyer: our exchanges from, thu
old senatorial district formerly composed
of the counties@ef Murray, Mobiles, Pipe
. stone and Rock, only.on paper, the Stay
ton Gazette. is outspoksn for Dunn, while
this is offset by the Pipestone Review ant
the Worthington Advance, which ar,
friendly to Collins Nearly all the rest
some twenty in all. are -cornnnittal
which shows that no one candidate has
cinch OH this corner OF the state. Th!
chances are favorable to Collins, unless
, Dunn should come out against the mer
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