The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-08
STATE CENTRAL
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ana with every delegate going out t.
Morh Tor the success of the ticket. He
.oia OF the assiduous efforts of the
chairman to secure a good executive
coiiiintltee and of the success thai
everybody believes had resulted in his
efforts.
with reluctance Mr.. Day said he ac-
ep.ea the Craftsmanship when it had
peeh IN such able hands for the past
.wo years as displayed by H. L. Buck
" -, Wlhona, the retiring chairman. MI.
DUCK mad taken charge of a campaign
Wneli the Angel Gabriel could not have
{ 70 e. eiected with a million dollar cam
paisn fund, and had made a splendid
SHOWING in the face of overwhelming
ouos. tossing he characterized as the
Adcn Chandler of Minnesota politics
Tue man who had elected Lind once and
DIS good as elected him twice..
II is with reluctance that 1 ster
IN and attempt to fill his shoes" Mr.
LAY declared, "and I would not now
consent Were I not to have his able
counsel and that of his friends. We
scent victory in the air; never was
there such an upheaval in the ranks OF
Inc republican party in this state; it
Is widespread deep-seated and vindic-
i've, and the recalcitrants are not to be
whipped into line, for they believe they
navessa Just cause for revolt Never
ola any one see such convention as
ours In Minneapolis, and when it was
over Republicans outdid Democrats in
praise of Our candidates
Frihnte to johnson
referring to the candidate for gov
efnor, MIR. Day said: Behold the man.
we are not ashamed. of one of our cam
dldates and we challenge comparison.
IN case we are victorious, shall not
nave the ,conceit to claim the credit for
the victory, for it will be due to the
nigh character of our candidates.
w. Il. Hodges, of Sleepy Eve. was
made temporary secretary, and was
given great bundle of congratulate
letters with assurances of support that
had been received by johnson. Day.
Ros1ng and other leaders. They were
read later at an executive session of
the committee.
For secretary of the committee L. r.
F'rankel, of ST. Paul, presented the
name OF M. F. Kahn. Il present a man
whose knowledge of detail has been
found valuable in the past, and whose
services this year will be more than
satisfactory" he said.
L. "A. Rosing said that Mr.. Kahn was
in every way satisfactory to Mr.. John
son and the other candidates, and when
mi 81, 1
post, d. Aberle was appointed by
Chairman Day to notify Mr.. Kahn of
his election. The new secretary later
appeared before the committee, for
mally accepted the honor and said he
was glad to7become seeretafysof a. COM
mittee which he had every hope would
assist in the election of the entire state
Democratic ticket.
- During "a recess the. congressional
districts eaucused to presentEthe names
of mem for the. congressional executive
committee On the call byacounties it
was found that the First and Ninth dis :
tricts had suggested names of men not
members of the state committee, and
the Fifth district, through George f.
Porter, said it was felt that harmony
would be promoted by giving Hennepin
county two places on the committee.
Two Places for Hennepin
Lars M.-Rand said Hennepin desired
only the success of the ticket and did
not desire any undue advantage on the
committee, and he suggested the nom
ination of Porter, with Michael Bres-
lauer, named by Capt. Harries as the
sixth member OF the executive COM
mittee, as Hennepin's representation. L..
A. Rosing saidshe favored two members
from Hennepin to avoid any possible
friction 1t was the largest county III
the state and was very hard to cover.
He made the necessary motion to the
enlargement of the committee and G.
H. Dart, of Meeker, was in hearty sym
pathy with the proposition.
cit is a clear vote, said Chairman
Day, in announcing the result, and then
added, .'this is lovely harmony
After some discussion of the situa-
ton where districts had returned mem
bers of the committee who are not
members of the state central commit
tee, the ilIegaiity of the plan was evil
dent, and, as finally. agreed upon, the
executive committee stands:
C. n. Day, Albert Lea, First district;
j. c. Thro, Mankato, Second district;
A. c. Brunius, Chaska, Third district;
James A. NOVEL;, st. Paul, Fourth dis
trict; Lars M. Rand, George F. Porter,
Fifth district; c. II. Dart, Litchfeld,
Sixth district; j. n. McDermott, Can
by, Seventh district; Fred L. Ryan,
Duluth, Eighth district, and H. L. Shir-
ley, Breckenridge, Ninth district.
Mr.. Rosing read Mr.. Linds declina-
ton, contained in his telegram from
Everett, Wash, as originally published
in T h e G Ito b e, and said he believed
it was final statement. c. III. Dart,
in moving its acceptance, said he-was
moved to do so by regret and dislike OF
the fact, but there was no use in post
poning action on the declinatien-
When the motion had been carried,
the chair suggested the appointment
of a committee of FIVE to make recon-
mendation of a man to fill the. vacancy,
and William A Gausewitz, Steele; D.
D. Murphy Faribault; Fred L. Ryan.
ST. Louis; George F. Porter, Minne-
apolis, and Daniel Eberle. st. Paul,
were named Ito canvass the situation
and report recommendation.
Before the adjournment for lunch
which was taken by the company in
the ordinary at the Merchants-the Of
ficers of the executive committee were
authorized to secure headquarters for
the campaign. They will be in the
center of the down-to district and
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