The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-28
DESPERATE GAME
TRIED IN RAMSEY
Dunn Men Bolt the Convention
When Collins Strength Is
Shown.
Stake All on Chance That Dunn
Will Control State Con-
vention. ...-..

The bolt of the Dunn delegates in
the Ramsey county convention to-day
gives a spectacular and sensational
close to the ante-convention contest
in this state for the republican guber-
Material nomination and brings out IN
strong relief the determination Of the
Dunn men to carry their polnt-by
foul means, if no others will do.
AS nearly as can be ascertained, the
bolt was premeditated. Last night, as
soon as it had been ascertained that
Collins had carried the county, the
Dunn leaders rented Raudenbush hall
for to-day. That hall is across the
street from Federation hall, where the
Ramsey county convention was called
to order at 10 o'clock this morning,
and after the bolt the Dunn forces
marched across the street and into the
hall which they found ready for their
reception. -.
The pretext for the bolt came over
the motion that the regular convention
proceed to the election of temporary
chairman. The Dunn men protested
and obstructed from the moment the
convention was called to order and
finally became SO noisy and disorderly
| that the business of the day had to be
suspended. The premeditated charac-
ter of the bolt is shown by the fact
that the Dunn adherents resisted the
taking of the ballot for temporary
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in the minority, and presumably were
more willing to trust their case to the
state convention, whose temporary Or
ganization they evidently hope to con-
| troll with Ramsey county not par
| ticipattng.
| Trouble at the Start.
The trouble in the convention be.
gan Immediately following the call tc
order, when it was announced that the
next business would be the election Of
temporary chairman. H. w. Ch1lds
had been nominated for that place fol
the Dunn side and Oscar Hallam fol
the Collins side. After the bolt hac
| been accomplished, and the uproal
had to some extent subsidized the tel
lers announced that Hallam had beer
elected by vote Of 1872 to 81 for hi:
opponent. 49,. .--l
Both conventions then got under
full Roadway and both will send
full delegation Of sixty-seyen to tn
state conventions. -
i And therein lies the significance 9
the bolt,
By preventing Ramsey county from
participating in the temporary organl
zation Of the state convention, tn
Dunn forces expect to strengthen
neither set Of the delegates from tn
county will participate in the selection
of a temporary chairman, or In tn
, appointment Of the several convention
committees, among them the all
!. important committee on credentials
to which the contest will be referred
} Not only this, but the contest Will pre-
vent Ramsey county from voting O.
) the adoption Of the report of tn
: committee on credentials.
In such close contest as this on
for governor seems to be, the sixty
; zeve9 votes from Ramsey county ar
5 worth a good deal. They may eye
l decide the nomination. The Dun
$ people tried at last nights primarie
: to capture these votes by fair mean
and failed. This last and most des
perate chance was taken in the DO
from Federation hall this morning
If Hennepin county were to be carrie
by Dunn this afternoon and Ramse
prevented on Thursday from castin
her vote for Collins in the state cor
vention, the nomination Of Hone:
Bob Dunn might be brought al bot
with comparative ease. This, in
word, is the significance Of the boil