The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-30

the METROPOLITAN opera house today
will be the largest gathering of Repub-
lican delegates an3 spectators ever
brought together in the state.
The only development of the situa-
ton by counties yesterday was the
announcement that contest had been
filed with the state central committee
by Anoka Collins Republicans, who
claimed that their primaries had been
dominated by Democrats. The regu-
larly elected delegates are Dunn men,
and the contesting delegation is COM
posed exclusively of Collins supporters.
Albert Berg came down with an
Eddy delegation from RoSeau county
and denies the story that men with
rifles prevented Dunn men attending
his county convention. The Eddy con-
VentiOn was held at Warroad, and the
Dunn convention at Badger, forty
miles away. Each faction as repre-
scented in a county committee had call
ed a convention and held one. There
was no trouble The Dunn men had
not left Roseau county when the Berg
faction started for st. Paul yesterday,
but came in last evening. County At
torney Medicraft is at their head and
they are solid to a man for r. G. Dunn
A l.. Cole, representative in the last
legislature from Cass and Itasca coun-
ties, heads the Dunn delegation from
u -.
Walker, is at the front of the Collins
delegation. Each claims to represent
the only wool, blown-in-
the-bottle county convention. There
are rival delegations from Benton, Bel
trami, Sherburne, Travers, Hennepin
and Ramsey counties, in addition TO
these. The total of contesting dele
gates is 243.
The Republican state central COM
mittee early in the day opened head
quarters in room IA at the Windsor
hotel, where Chairman Robert Jami-
son was in charge. The headquarters
was the Mecca of men who wanted
tickets of admission to the convention
hall, and all day Jamison was besieged
with requests from men with well de-
Veloped pulls for tickets of admis-
sion.
Jamison had his troubles, in addition
to the responsibility devolving upon
him as chairman of the committee, in
relation to contesting delegations. He
had 600 general tickets of admission
to the hall. OF this number Dunn and
Collins were each given seventy-five.
and the remaining $50 were divided
among the other candidates for places
on the state ticket, to be given to their
friends. The rush several times during
the afternoon almost OVercame Jami-
son, and he was forced to explain that
it was up to the candidates to care for
their friends.
Undoubtedly there are several hum
dred men in the city who have come
many miles to witness the proceedings
of the convention who will be unable
to get look in on the Republican bear
fight, and who are bitterly disappoint
ed at the prospect.
AS to delegates badges, Chairman
Jamison delivered the required num-
Der of badges to the head of each
| county delegation where there was no
contest in the county. The badges are
red ribbons, with the name and date
of the convention printed across the
face in silver. In the case of contest
ing delegations, the chairman of the
state central committee ruled that he
would issue tickets of admission to
the hall to both contestees and contest
ants, but would withhold the badges
which entitled the wearers to vote in
the convention.