The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-12
Arrangement for the Republican
State Convention Made.
Will be Held in Accordance With Yes.
terday's Announcement.
District Meetings Be Called for
March 16, Most Likely.
County Committee Must Act Very
So0n-PoIiticaI Talk.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The Republican state convention to
elect four delegates-at-large to the ma
tional convention at Chicago will be held
in the Bijou opera house at Minneapolis
March II. The vote of Mckinley in 1900
will be taken as the basis Of representa-
ton, which will make a total of LILO
delegates, five delegates at-large from
each county and one delegate for every
$50 votes or major fraction. Mayor T.
W. Hugo of Duluth will be temporary
chairman of the convention. District
conventions to elect delegates to the
state convention will be called by con-
gressional committees named by the
state central committee.
This was decided by the Republican
state central committee, which met at
the Windsor hotel yesterday afternoon,
as was announced in The Free Press last
evening. Minneapolis was selected as
the meeting place on motion of G. A.
Morey of Winona, in spite of the pro-
tests of Gen. M. D. Flower and Oscar
Hallam of st. Paul and with the tacit
understanding that the state convention
20 nominate state officers shall be held
in the capitol city. General Flower and
Mr.. Hallam maintained that it is a
we'll established custom to hold state
conventions in st. Paul and that the Gus
tom should not be violated. Capt. G. G..
Whitney and Judge Robert Jamison of
Minneapolis said that no suitable build
ing could be found in st. Paul and that
Theodore L. Hays had offered the use
of the Bijou opera house free of charge
The vote of Mckinley in 1900 was
chosen as the basis of representation be-
cause the convention will be larger than
if representation were based on the vote
of Governor Van SAINT in 1902, the diff
ference being l26 delegates. W. c. Mas
terman of Saltwater said that since
Minnesota is overwhelmingly in favor OF
the nomination of President Roosevelt,
the committee should adopt the vote
that will give the largest representation
to the convention.
When the committee came to the ques-
ton whether each county shall have five
delegates at large, Gen. M. d. Flower OF
st. Paul asked Chairman Jamison If the
committee was to take up the question
of representation in the state convention
to nominate state officers. He said he
had no objection to each county's having
five delegates at large to the, convention
to elect presidential delegates, but that
he did object to each county's having
five delegates at large to the convention
to nominate state officers. Judge Jami-
son replied that the committee was to
consider only representation in the con-
vention to be held March II.
There was some discussion on the
question whether the state central COM
mittee shall appoint new committees IN
the several districts to call district con-
ventions or designate the personal COM
mittees of the several congressman, How
ard Dvkman of Breckenridge said sep
arate committees should be appointed,
but it was decided on motion OF G. A.
Morey of Winona to name the congress
sional committees.
A motion was passed recommending
that the county delegates to the district
conventions be selected at the same
place and time as county delegates are
elected to the state convention to noml-
nate state officers.
j. F. jacobson, chairman of the state
board of control, sent his resignation
as a member of the state central COM
mittee, stating that his duties on the
board of control would prevent him from
continuing member of the committee.
Sheriff Ellickson of Madison was elected
in his place. Representative ]. F. Rosen-
valid of Madison was suggested for this
position.
The several counties in the second con-
gressional district will be entitled to the
following number of delegates IN the
convention:
Blue Earth, 20; Brown, IL; Cotton
wood, 10; Faribault, II; jackson, IL;
Martin, II; Murray, 10; Mobiles, ~;
Pipestone, 8; Rock, 10; Watonwan, IL;
total, l35.
. 1t will be the duty of Secretary Fow-
Ter of the Republican county commit
foe to call the committee together to de-