The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-10
ST. CLOUD BOWLS
HEARST men down
Democratic Primaries Yield
Them Only Five Delegates to
the County Convention
Special to The Globe

Special to The Globe
ST. CLOUD, Mimi, June 9.-In the
most largely attended Democratic
primaries ever witnessed in this DEM
ocratic stronghold, the Hearst forces
were routed horse, foot and dragons,
tonight.
The anti-Hearst forces captured
thirteen of the eighteen delegates to
the Democratic county convention,
scheduled for Saturday, and among the
men who went down to defeat were
James r. Bennett Jr., the Hearst
manager for Minnesota, and Mayor j.
E. c. Robinson, whose reelection early
in April was heralded far and wide as
a Hearst victory. The result in the
city is said to definitely settle the in
struction of Stearns county's delega-
ton to the Democratic state conven-
tion for Frank zins, publisher of Der
Nordstern, a German weekly published
at ST. Cloud, for district delegate from
the Sixth congressional district.
The anti Hearst men elected their
candidates for delegates in every pre-
cinct except the Second precinct of the
Third ward and the Second precinct
of the Fourth ward. This will give
them all but five of theNeighteen city
delegates in the county convention, and
tonight they claim that the country
districts will give them undisputed
control of the convention.
In the Second ward, where both
James r. Bennett Jr. and Mayor y. E.
c. Robinson reside, these leaders, with
Aid. Henry Stocking, the third. man
on their ticket, were defeated by a
ticket consisting of j. D. Sullivan,
former county attorney; Fred Schil-
plin, business manager of the st. Cloud
Times, and Peter Martini, by a vote of
80 to SO. There were challenges on
both sides, but no disorder. Practi
eally every Democratic vote in the city
was polled and the expression of the
voters was as thorough as a canvass
could make possible.
Stearns county will have thirty-one
votes in the Democratic state conven-
ton and it is believed that when it in
structs for Frank Zins for district DEL
egate he will have no difficulty in
making combinations with other coun-
ties in the Sixth congressional district
that will result in his election and that
of a second anti-Hearst delegate to ST.
Louis.
Little Hearst Strength in Steele
Special to The Globe
OWATONNA, Mimi, June 9.-The
Hearst men in this (Steele) county
have been claiming everything in the
county, but reports from the townships
fail to substantiate their claims. Of
have in the Duluth convention, the
conservatives. concede only four to the
radical or Hearst element. The sup
porters Of the Hearst candidacy do not
seem as numerous as early in May,
when the boom was first started for
the newspaper publisher.
+ Washington County Not for Hearst
Special to The Globe
SALTWATER, Mimi, June 9.-Cau-
cuses were held here tonight for the
selection of delegates to the Democratic
county convention, scheduled for Sat
urday. The results indicate beyond
doubt that the anti Hearst element in
the party will control the convention.
Mayor J. G. Armson, who is a candf-
date for district delegate to the ST.
Louis convention, is assured of a solid
delegation from Washington county.
Claims Conflict
Special to The Globe
CROOKSTON, Mimi, June 9-Nat
Campbell, leader of the Hearst forces
in Polk county and a candidate for
district delegate from the Ninth dis
trict, tonight claims the county was
carried at the primaries by a majority
of two to one. Alexander Thompson.
leader of the anti Hearst element in the
party, says the delegates in the con-
vention here on Saturday will send an
uninstructed but anti Hearst delega-
ton to the Duluth convention
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