The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-28
THE COLLINS PROGRAM
Laid Out in Detail at the Morning
. $50 --# Caucus.

Great enthusiasm prevailed at the
Collins caucus at Morgan Post hall
this morning and Loren w. Collins
was introduced as the next governor,
Of Minnesota" amid hearty cheers. A
complete program for the afternoon
convention was adopted, the Collins
party nominees for chairman and
procedure for the selection Of dele
gates to the state convention being
agreed on and the makers Of various
motions being decided upon. The
Goilins peopie agrss I'd to insist on n the
unit rule and to o1er no compromise
General George P Wilson was Sc
lected as the nominee for chairman,
the nominating speech to be made by
Judge Ell Torrance.
w. S. Dwinnell was selected to
nominate Edward J. Davenport and
Stanley r. Bezoier as secretaries.
W, P. Roberts was directed to
make the motion for the appointment
Of a committee on credentials.
Robert Stratton was instructed to
move for the appointment Of a COM
mittee on organization.
Fred B. Snyder was intrusted with
the duty Of moving the appointment OF
committee on resolutions.
w. H. Grimshaw was authorized to
propose a method Of selecting 113
delegates to the state convention and
the basis for representation from the
various wards. There are 576 dele
gates to the ounty convention, hence
each ward be entitled to ore-fifth
as many de.egates to the state con-
vention as it has in the state con-
vention and on this basis the repre-
sentation will be as follows:
First ............ 4Ninth ...........
Second ,.....,. 7..Tenth ........... 4
Third ,,.......... 11Eleventh
Fourth .......... 15Twelfth ......... 8
Fifth ............ 15Thirteenth 1855. 2
Sixth ..,......... 5Country towns
Seventh ......... s and villages.... II
Eighth .......... IL
And the chairman Of the convention.
Coached as Stayers.
program. The delegates were in
structed to be in their seats a half
hour before the convention opened
and to be prepared to remain a month
| if necessary. In particular were they
requested to refrain from making any
confusing motions or saying or doing
anything to offend the Dunn delegates,
which would give them pretext for
boiling the convention. There was a
possibility of this, for the man at the
head was charged with having boltedl
before and having no computations
about doing so again.
| w. H. Grimshaw, who called the
meeting to order, alluded to the Dunn
bolt in Ramsey county as an evil.
dence that the Dunn party had lost
that country, but would fight to the
bitter end. He declared that the sup
porters Of Judge Collins had won an
honest victory and did not intend to
be robbed Of its fruits. The Collins
/ men had conducted an open. manly
/ fight. The present meeting was open
and everyone was welcome, as the
Collins adherents wanted everyone to
know what the program was.
i General Wilson followed, briefly en-
i p1asizing the necessity Of going into
i the convention with a definite pro-
gram. This was all the more inn
i portant as the Collins majority was
small and the Dunn workers could be
trusted to attempt to tamper with the
delegates for Judge Collins.
straight" Delegates Assured.
w. P. Roberts thereupon outlined
the program agreed upon by the Col-
Inns committee, which was ratified.
every move being greeted with che RS
as It was announced. When ssIy
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