The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-28

of delegates affected by the missing
precincts and those conteSted-forty
five-is enough to give Dunn control
of the convention should he be able to
get all or almost all of them, as it is
claimed he win by his supporters, but
in any event the fight in the conven-
tiOn today is expected to be the most
bitter in the history of Ramsey county
politics.
Holly Contested Primaries
The primaries held last evening were
holly contested, and in a number of
precincts the Dunn and Collins forces
held separate primaries. - A notable
instance in this respect was the Elev-
enth precinct of the Fourth ward,
where one primary was held in the
regular voting booth by the regular
precinct committee chairman and an
other in a barn two blocks away.
Richard Farr is the precinct COM
mitteeman in the eleventh of the
Fourth and it was to Farr that the
notices of election were sent. In ac-
cordance with the law, the committee
man opened the regular voting booth
and during the two hours the place
having a majority of almost 10 to 1.
Early in the voting the Collins men
deserted the place and opened polling
place in a barn, where the Collins men
cast their ballots. Last night when
Committeeman Farr presented his list
at the headquarters he was informed
that the eleventh of the Fourth was
already in, and it was discovered that
the delegates named by the Collins
men in the barn had been given place
on the accredited list and the delegates
named at the regular voting place were
accepted as a contested delegation"
and will have to fight for a seat in the
convention today.
In many other instances the Collins
people are said to have been given the
best of it in a similar manner by the
city and county officers, who were in
charge of the headquarters last night.
The headquarters were in charge of
the Collins forces and a Dunn support
err who was keeping tab on the returns
from the outside of the table was in
formed that he would have to move,
as there was no room for him."
The high handed manner in which
the Collins men took charge of the re-
turns last night was the cause of
much criticism on the part of the Dunn
supporters and many demands for fair
play were made.
One Country Precinct
From the country precincts New
Canada was the only one heard from
last night and it went for Dunn. It is
claimed that Dunn carried every pre-
clnct in the country, which would give
MN IA more delegates, or a total of
lS1, and should his Is contesting dele
gates be seated he would have 146. or
only II short of enough to nominate
him. There would still be Is delegates.
from the missing precincts in the CITY.
In almost all of which the Dunn men
are making strong claims, and should
these claims be borne out by the re-
turns, 1t would give Dunn majority
III the convention by very narrow
margin.
The Dunn forces. however. are NOT con-
cedlng that Collins has as many dele
gates as are credited to him. They claim
mat many of the supposed Collins dele
gates will be found voting for Dunn to-
day, and that their candidate will have
a clear majority in the convention. In
this event, it is to be expected that the
Collins people will send a contested dele
cation to the state convention in the hope
that the Collins faction may organize the
convention and seat their delegation.
Charges Of fraud are made by both fac
uons' and last night there was the most
nitter feeling between the Dunn and Col
ms FORCES. A number of fights were re-
ported to have occurred at the different
voting places during the evening and many
not words were passed at the headquarters
last night
Claim All Contests
At an early hour this morning the Dunn
managers gave out a statement iH which
they claimed Dunn would have 1870 votes
in the county convention. George A.
Finn said:
Dunn will get all of the contests be-
cause his delegates were elected in the
regular and legal manner, and not in
caucuses held in barns and boiler rooms
we Will get justice in the convention to-