The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-26
DEMOCRATIC STATE
COMMITTEE MEETS
VIII Today Issue Call for Con.
vention to Select National
Convention Delegates.

A meeting Of the Democratic state
central committee will be held this
afternoon at the Windsor hotel, when
the call for the Democratic state con-
vention for the selection of delegates
at large to the national convention at
st. Louis will be issued. The meeting
will be presided over by Chairman Fl.
l.. Buck OF Winona, and the question
of holding but one convention instead
OF two, suggested by some of the lead
ing Democrats of the state, will be de-
cloed. Indications point to rejection
OF the plan of merging the delegates
and nominating conventions into one
convention, which would have to be
held early IN the summer, so that dele
gates to the national convention, set
Tor July at ST. Louis, could be chosen.
Speaking of the suggestion to hold
out one convention, a leading ST. Paul
Democrat said yesterday: 81 fail to
see sufficient merit in the suggestion
to warrant the state Democracy in in
shutting plan by which one conven-
ton is to be eliminated The delegate
convention has the purpose to serve
of selecting four delegates at large to
the national convention, and we do
not want this work Influenced by any
considerations of a state ticket. On the
other hand, it appears to me that an
unusual opportunity and inspiration is
given Minnesota Democrats this year
to nominate a strong state ticket, and
one for which a winning fight should
be put up. The plan of holding but
one convention for the dual purpose
gives an opening for minglfng of the
two purposes to the detriment of each.
shall use my powers Of persuasion
among the members of the committee
TO abandon the plan proposed and to
stick to the traditions of the past"
Absolutely no feeling has been en-
gendered in the state central commit
tee by discussion of the suggestion, and
the majority's view will be readily ac-
cepted by the minority. The only ar
gument in favor of the suggestion is
that of expense, and 1t is probable that
/ other considerations will be deemed
SUFFICIENT to outweigh this argument.
In addition to making the call for
the state convention the committee
will confer with members Of the vari-
Gus congressional district committees
as to the calling of the district con-
Vent1onS for the purpose Of choosing
The committee consists of one MEM
Der from each of the eighty three coun-
ties in the state, and the executive
committee consists of the following:
III. L. Buck, chairman; w. H. HarrieS,
vice chairman; HI. T. ToImie, secre-
tary; B. ]. Mosier, treasurer; William
Gausewitz, Owatonna; Swan J. Turn
blad, Minneapolis; Humphrey Barton,
st. Paul; C. d. O'Brien, st. Paul; G. A.
Nye. Moorhead; Frank A. Day, Fair
mont, members at large. The district
members are: Joseph Leicht, Winona,
First; DR.. j. r. Conway, Worthington,
Second; r. H. MeCleIland, Glencoe,
Third; Otto Bremen, st. Paul, Fourth;
jah Barton, Minneapolis, Fifth;
Charles H. Dart, Litchfield, Sixth; J..
NJ. Freeman, Olivia, Seventh; Bert
Fesler. Duluth, Eighth; J. E. Carpenter,
Croosston, Ninth.
r c. F. Ladner, prominent member
of the State Retail Hardware Mems
association, and former president of
the association, will represent StearnS
county at the meeting Of the Demo-
cratic state central committee at the
Windsor hotel today. Mr.. Ladner does
not favor the plan Of holding but one
state convention.
G.. c. Mccarthy, of Grand Rapids,
former state senator from taSca coun-
ty, is credited with having designs on
the attorney generals office. McCar-
thy is the author of the log lien law
now on the statute books, which lum-
bermen declare is the very worst meas
ure possible both for employers and
employees. Under its provisions a
'1umberjaek" may quit his work at
any time, and If payment of his wages
is not Forthcoming he can enforce a
lien on his employers property. The
result is that men are constantly quit
ting, leaving the lumbermen short
handed and they proceed to the near
est town and spend their earnings. 1t
is probable that the lumbermen who
have suffered from the operations of
the Mccarthy lien law will try to do
things to its author should he decide to
try for the Republican nomination for
attorney general.
Henry Nelson, son Of United States
Senator Nelson. and business man
of Elbow Lake. Grant county, is at
tending the hardware mems convention.
Nelson was a member of the house of
representatives during the session of
1901 but insists that he is out of poll
tics. He Is a warm friend Of r. G.
Dunn, however, and says he hopes to
be in the state convention which will
IOul1udIG OQi1H lux SONSInOIs
The irony Of fate has been exemplif1ed
in recent developments in the Repub-
liean mayoralty fight. The movement to
corral the executive committees Of the
Republican clubs and to use them to
bring out candidate for mayor, 1t fS
said, started with Lambert F. Fair
child, a member of the Roosevelt club.
He preached the subject to the mem
bers of the executive committee of his
own club. It was received with favor
and finally the cooperation of the 9TH
err clubs was secured. Meanwhile
young Mr. Fairchild had begun to sound
the members of the committees as to
naming his father, II. S. Fairchild, as
their candidate for the Republican
nomination for mayor. It was NOT
kindly received, and he was a very
much surprised man when his own or
ganization and his own idea were used
to the advantage of Col. Wright. Then
when 1t was seen that nothing could be
expected from the Republican club or
ganfzatio III. S. Fairchild filed for the
mayoraIty without asking the consent