The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-22

While it required more than two
hours for Senator Moses E. Clapp and
the candidates on the Republican state
ticket to agree on the members of the
Republican state central committee
yesterday, at the Merchants hotel, they
later agreed that the meeting was har-
monious and that there was but one
little hitch in the proceedings.
The prediction that Condo Hamlin
of st. Paul, would be designated as
chairman of the new committee was
justified by the developments. Hamlin
was named to head the committee, and
While no selection of a secretary was
made, it is understood that upon the
meeting of the committee to organize
w. e. Verify, of Wadena, will be Sc
lected as secretary. The selection of a
treasurer will also be made at the first
meeting of the new committee, and it
is probable that at that meeting an
executive committee of~three will also
be named from the general committee.
To secure the full measure of har-
mony desired, under the instructions
contained in a resolution authorizing
the appointment as a central commit
trlct and one from each judicial dis
trict, passed by the state convention
just before its adjournment, the can
didates with Senator Clapp agreed to
the enlargement of the committee by
the addition of six committeeman at
large, making a total of thirty three in
stead of twenty -seven. The new COM
mittee will be called together by Chair
man Hamlin, after consultation with
the candidates for the purpose of COM
pleting the organiZa ton, but no definite
time has been selected for this meet
ing.
Slate Was Fixed the Night Before
The meeting, called by Senator
Clapp at the Merchants hotel yesterday
morning at 1920 o'clock was really a
ratification meeting, for at a confer
ence held at the Magee hotel Wednes-
day night at which all the candidates
on the Republican state ticket were
present except Ray w. Jones, of Min
neapoliS, candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor, and Ira B. Mills candidate for
railroad and warehouse commissioner,
the slate as put through Thursday
morning, was agreed to except the
naming of William H. Grimshaw, of
Minneapolis, as committeeman at
large.
Senator Clapp was behind Grim
shaw's appointment, and as the senator
was not present, he was not agreed
upon. The deal to enlarge the COM
mittee beyond the scope of it's original
dimensions was put through at the
Wednesday night meeting and was
unanimously agreed to in order to care
for men favored by candidates who
had failed to land their friends in
places in the original committee of
tWenty-Seyen.
One of the original plans changed
by the Wednesday night meeting was
the substitution of w. E. Verify of
Wadena, as the Sixth district repre-
sentative for r. B. Brewer of ST.
Cloud, who had been popularity sup
posed to have the call for the place.
Brewer was asked for by Peter E.
Hanson, secretary of state, but M. NJ.
Williams, of Little Falls, and N. H. In
gersoll, of Brainerd, were urged by
their home counties and in the interest
of harmony the selection of Verify by
r. C. Dunn, the candidate for governor,
was ratified, with the naming of E. E.
Corliss, of Fergus Falls, as the judicial
district committeeman.
Opposition to Grimshaw
The conference at the Merchants
hotel continued for full Two hours be-
fore the appointments were announced
by Senator Clapp. During the confer
ence candidates were constantly Ieav-
ing the conference room on the parlor
floor and returning within few min
utes. Rumors about the hotel Hobbies
were that the conference had split on
the Hennepin committee assignments.
1t was said that Clapp's recommends
ton of United States Marshal Grim
shaw had not been concurred in by
Dunn and others of his friends The
marshal was Collins supporter in the
primaries and was one of the Hennepir,
delegation unseated by the state con-
yention. He is an .appointee of Clapp,
and the junior senator was insistent on
his appointment to place on the COM
mittee.
Later the stories of strike on Grim
shaw were said to be without founda-
ton, and it was explained that the de-
lay in reaching a final conclusion of
the conference was due to a complica-
ton from the Third district
Judge Mott, of Rice county, had rec
commended to Dunn the name of E.
) Rushiak, of Rice county, as member
from the Fifth judicial district. No