The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-03

congressional aspirant to the dele-
gateship to the national convention in
the interest of harmony In the Collins
crowd, and now has been pushed off
the map that Van SAINTS ambition may
be graft 3D. It is possible that he will
be sent to Chicago as district dele
gate.
Congressman James A. Tawney, of
Winona, who is spending a few days
in his home city, was in st. Paul last
night. Mr.. TaWney says he came
home purely for personal and private
reasons and will leave on his return to
Washington late in the present week.
It is denied that there is any trouble
in his district, and C. A. Morey and
W. B. Anderson, prominent Winona
Republicans, who happened to be in
ST. Paul with Mr. Tawney, said they
looked for no opposition this year to
the Winona mans denomination. Mr..
nomination by reclamation at the
Chicago convention.
E. w. Stark, the Chisago member of
the house of representatives is at the
Merchants. 81 hear more political talk
in st. Paul in an hour than is heard
in my county in a month" said Stark.
The people up eur way don't seem to
have come to any realization that there
is bitter fight on for the nomination
for governor, and absolutely nothing
is said outside of the newspapers.
Owing to our proximity to Mile Laos,
and from the fact that r. c. Dunn has
several times spoken in our county, /
should say that Dunn is the favorite
with the majority who have given the
matter any attention.
According to Sixth district news
papers, the successor to J. D. Jones as
register of the Cass Lake land office
is nameless. The appointment will be
made on the recommendation of Con-
gresham Buchanan, of Little Falls.
In spite of an inclement night, 81
out of total Of 101 Democratic judges
from the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
and Seventh wards gathered at DEM
-ocratic headquarters last night to re-
ceive instructions as to their duties
at the election. Assistant Corporation
Attorney Frankel expounded the law
governing their work, and the judges
manifested an evident interest in
learning the legal steps for the primary
and municipal elections. The Repub-
Hcans are talking of calling meeting
of their judges for a similar purpose.
Knute Nelson, Moses E. Clapp, Sam
uel R. Van SAINT, Thomas Lowry. This
is the slate agreed upon to represent
Minnesota as delegates-at-large to the
Chicago national convention. The po-
Iitical skirmishing has been completed
and the two United States senators,
the governor of the state and the Min
neapolis millionaire have been agreed
upon as delegates at-large. The con-
vention to be held at Minneapolis
March IL will simply ratify the agree
nent reached between the party lead
ers in various parts Of the state and
will select the big four to deliver Min
nesota's vote to Theodore Roosevelt at
Chicago June %. The agreement to
send the four to the national conven-
ton was not reached in a day. For
the past two months there had been
a constant stream of correspondence
from the headquarters of the different
factions in the party to the workers
throughout the state, but when it was
quietly tipped off that "the senators"
would appreciate the honor, every Of
ficeholder in Minnesota and a lot of the
men who want to be officeholders fell
in line. The senator's places on the
delegation were conceded, and then the
manning two places. Gov. Van SAINT
when Joel Heatwole agreed to the sug-
gestion to give him place, and South
ern Minnesota had no other candidate
to offer, he was selected as the third
man. Minneapolis, having neither of
the senators, demanded the fourth
place, and this was conceded. T. II.
Shev1in offered himself. but the Perry
Heath episode and Thomas Lowry
return from the East with a declara-
ton that he would esteem the honor
put Shevlin out of the running and
he went away for his health. The
gubernatorial fight in the Republican
party, it is-declared by both Sides has
not been permitted to become involved
in the question of national delega teS,
as neither side was ready for a meas
urement Of swords at this early date.
J. B. Covington, a members of the
Team Owners Union No. 40, and a
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for the assembly, was last even
ing Endorsed by his fellow members.
An enthusiastic Young Mems Demo-
cratic club for the Fourth ward was
organized last night at 6 East Ninth
street, and proposes to take an active
part in the approaching municipal
campaign. The club will cooperate
with the regular Democratic organiza-
ton in local affairs. There were about
thirty young men present at the initial
meeting of the club, and a committee
was selected to make arrangements for
a large hall for future meetings of the
organization, and every effort to make
the Young Mems club a banner polit-
ical society in membership will be at
tempted. Notice OF the next meeting
will be made through T h e Clio e.
The first officers of the club are: Will
liam J. Benner, president; Otto Bar
tells, vice president; John Salera, sec