The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-30
FATE OF COLLINS
IN CLAPP'S HANDS
Continued From First Page.

as the Dunn forces still claim enough
votes in the convention, outside the
Twin Cities, to nominate Mr.. Dunn.
Collins Men May Bolt
This claim is disputed by the Collins
adherents, but without the ruling all
hope of success for Collins is lost, and
at an early hour this morning there
were many rumors, apparently well
founded, that the Collins delegates will
bolt the convention and hold one in
some other hail.
This plan is said to have been
agreed upon at secret conference of
the Collins leaders last night, and it
was agreed by persons who claimed to
be well informed that preparations
along this line had so far progressed
that hall had been rented and will be
in readiness for the boilers, should they
find it necessary to bolt the conven-
ton.
AS last desperate effort to prevent
defeat, James Martin, manager of the
Collins campaign, presented a resolu-s
ton at the meeting of the state central
committee last night which provided
that all contests should be decided by
the committee, but the resolution was
defeated, and the convention itself will
decide the contests.
The whole situation can be summed
up by the statement that the fight is
up to United States Senator Clapp.
Senator Clapp is placed in a position
where he will be called upon to make
a ruling that will either result in
Dunn's nomination on the first ballot
or that will give the Collins forces an
opportunity to show their strength in
the convention.
The Dunn managers say the ruling
will make no difference in the result,
but they will, nevertheless, expect
Senator Clapp to follow the precedent
established by the party and rule that
a contesting delegation is not entitled
to vote in the matter of the settle
ment of it's own contest.
This will practically settle all doubt
as to the result. With the Collins peo-
pie in control Of the temporary organi-
cation of the convention, the Collins
delegations from Hennepin, Ramsey
and other counties will be seated The
break will come when the report of the
committee on credentials is made and
submitted to the convention.
Dunn Forces Take Control Here
When Hennepin is reached it is ex-
pected that the report of the creden-
tiafs. committee, being favorable to Col
Inns, will recommend the seating of
the Collins delegation. But neither
the Collins nor the Dunn delegations
from Hennepin will be permitted to
vote upon the adoption of the report,
and the Dunn forces will be in abso-
lutte control of the convention. This
means that the Dunn delegation will
be seated, and it will be the same when
Ramsey county is reached, should the
work of the convention reach that
stage before the expected bolt occurs.
With the Dunn delegation from Hen
nepin and Ramsey seated, there would
be nothing to the convention but Dunn,
and the nomination of the Princeton
man would be assured on the first bal
lot. ettt,a9
. 1t was stated last night that the Col
Inns managers had made overtures, and
even yelled threats, to Senator Clapp,
in the hope that he might be induced to
lend his assistance to the Collins end
of the fight, but the overtures are
stated to have been resented In an in
dignant manner.
Just before leaving the Windsor
hotel late last night Judge Robert
Jamison, chairman of the state central
committee and a Collins supporter, adj
mitted unless the chairman of the con-
vention made the ruling permitting the
temporarily seated delegations to vote
on the question of their own contests,
that there was little hope for Collins.
To-, Il F~1
that the Collins faction will use every
effort to secure such a ruling, a ruling
that, the Collins men claim, means
either defeat or success for their can
didate.
Never In the history Of Minnesota
has state convention attracted so
much attention. All the delegates had
reached the city last night and at the
hotels where headquarters are main
tanned there was much excitement
throughout the night. In addition to
the delegates there are hundreds of
"rooters" here for each or the two lead
ing candidates, and the demand for
tickets to the conventions is many
times greater than the supply.
1t was rumored about the hotels yes
terday that no tickets of any kind would
NC 6iNOA " COHtoSllHS U0l6SaJlOnS except
to those termed by the Collins people as
the regulars, and for time there was
CONSERVATION among the Dunn delegation
from Ramsey and Hennepin counties The
report, however. proved without founda-
ton. The Dunn managers became busy.
however, and impressed the managers of
the convention with the necessity of Civ
Ing tickets to all delegates, and both
delegations from contesting counties will
be admitted. The regulars will be ad-
mitted to the main floor, while the con-
testants will be seated among the spec
tatOrs.
Rumors Are Thick
Rumors of one kind and another came
fast at the Windsor yesterday and last
night one being to the effect that the
Collins people were planning to agg7avate
the Dunn delegates to a bolt Another
was to the effect that during the time
the Dunn delegates were at Mozart hall
last night the Collins managers. by a
liberal use of money, had purchased
enough of the Dunn delegates to insure
the nomination of Collins, providing the
Collins delegations were seated from the
contesting counties, but one rumor came
so fast upon the heels Of another and the
day was so full of developments that
none OF them was seriously considered.
The convention will be called to order
at 10 o'clock this morning by Chairman
Robert Jamison, of the Republican state
central committee, the place of meeting
being the Metropolitan opera house.
Senator Moses E. Clapp, who had been
agreed upon some months ago as the tenn