The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-28
CA. SMITH WORRIES
THE REPUBLICANS
Insists on Seconding Roose.
veIt's Nomination, and Min.
nesota May Be Cut Out.

The insistence of c. A Smith, of
Minneapolis, that he shall be permit
ted to make seconding speech for
Roosevelt's nomination at Chicago is
destined to defeat the ambitions of any
Minnesotan in that direction.
1t is learned from an authoritative
source that Postmaster General H. G.
Payne, who is in charge of the preIimi-
naries for the convention, has written
Minnesota politicians, who have been
flooding him with letters recommend
ing this and the other aspirant, that
unless they can agree on a candidate
for the honor he will be bound by all
the rules of good politics to turn the
Minnesotans down and give the honor
to some other Northwestern state.
E. G. Rogers, the st. Paul man who
was a candidate, several days ago
withdrew from the field, and wrote
Payne, indorsing ]. B. Cotton for the
place, and it is said that Gov. Van
SAINT, seeing the situation unfolded be-
fore him, has decided to withdraw. 1t
is probable that his influence, if he
has any, with the national committee
will be thrown to the Duluth man. 1t
would be easy for Gotten but for Smith
of Minneapolis.
Smith Bound to Stick.
Smith refuses to remove himself
from the list of candidates, and his de-
termination to remain in the race, St.
Paul Republicans say, is out of all pro-
portion to the Importance of the serv-
ice which he would render the country
and his party. He has never been
known as a speaker, and his chief claim
to prominence in his party is that he
is a very wealthy man and is credited
with, at several critical times, giving
up literally to the cause of Republican
success.
But one construction can be placed
on his attitude in sticking for an
empty honor, when his insistence is so
likely to defeat not only himself but
his state from representation in the
speechmaking, and this is the belief
that is rapidly gaining ground that the
Minneapolis millionaire is a candidate
for something good at the hands of his
party. He has been unusually active in
the gubernatorial contest, and this
fact, coupled with his evident desire
to get before the national public, is
taken to mean that Smith has a long
| ing eye fixed on a seat in the national
| senate.
Politicians Chasing Rainbow.
Whether or not the belief, which is
so general in Republican political cir
cles, is true, the fact remains that Min
| nesota politicians are chasing a rain
bow when they quarrel over the right
to make a speech in the national con-
vention. A prominent Republican
one who is now in congress-said yes
terday:
There is no hard and fast rule under
which any delegate to the convention is
excluded from making a speech if the
| spirit so moves him. In congress, the
| speaker refuses to recognize a MEM
Der, and permit him to talk except upon
| the measure upon which he has been
recognized. But the rules of congress
are different from ordinary parlia-
mentary bodies. If delegate from
| Minnesota rises to his feet and pro-
poses to second the nomination of
/ President Roosevelt, the chair will rec
| ognize him. In one convention where
/ was delegate, l secured recognf-
ton and assisted in defeating section
| of the report of the committee on ere
dentials. / had made no previous ar
rangement with the chair. The chair
man of the convention cannot ignore a
man who is claiming his attention. II
Minnesota men want to talk for Roose-
velt let 'em talk; the chairman won't
| prevent them"