The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-27

nation is too meager to make an esti-
mate. There appears to have been a
hard light in Chisago county and a di-
Ylded delegation will come from there.
The Collins people say. the delegation
VIII De ten for Collins and three for
Dunn, but a telegram received from
representative John S. Oleson states
that Dunn will have eleven of the dele
gates.
Will Divide the County
Clay county's thirteen votes are
placed by Mr.. Martin in the Collins
column, but Clay is the home of SUI
preme Justice Douglas and the Dunn
FORCES are confident of divided dele
cation. Collins will probably get five
votes In Clearwater county. but Dunn
gets Cook county's five votes In the
absence of any information whatever
Collins is claiming Cottonwood county.
In Crow Wing county Dunn appears
TO have won out, although the Collins
people have placed these twelve votes
In the doubtful column. A telephone
message from N. H. Ingersoll last
night stated that Dunn had carried
Crow Wing by safe majority. Doug
las county is conceded to Eddy by both
Dunn and Collins and Faribault is
conceded to Dunn. An even break is
all that is claimed by either side in
Fillmore county, and Grant county will
probably send Collins delegation
Houston is conceded to Dunn, and the
Dunn forces claim to have won out in
Hubbard, county that is listed as
doubtful by the Collins side.
Kfttson county is claimed by Collins,
but the Dunn people dispute the Col
Inns claims of victory in Lincoln. Lake
and LIE Sueur counties are conceded to
Dunn, as is also Mcleod. Marshall
county is conceded to Collins, and the
Collins people claim Martin county. A
telegram received yesterday SAYS Dunn
won out in Fairmontr by a vote Of
three to one, and that he also carried
the rest of the county.
Other counties conceded to Dunn by
the Collins managers last night are
Martin, Mile Laes; Morrison, Nicollet,
Pine, Polk and Scott; while it was ad-
mitted that Swift, Waseca, Wilkfn and
Winona would send divided delega-
lions. The Dunn managers are un-
willing to concede divided delegations
in either Waseca or. Wilkin counties.
claiming that they have information
showing the counties to have selected
Dunn delegations.
Both. Sides Claim Meeker
Meeker. is claimed by both sides, and
1t is conceded that Collins will secure the
classed by Manager Martin as one of the
doubtful counties. but reports are to
the effect that it has selected solid
Dunn delegation 49,
Returns from many of the other coun-
ties in the state indicate beyond doubt
that Dunn delegations were elected in
many of the counties still claimed by the
Collins people. In the statement given
out last night by James Martin 49S votes
were claimed for Judge Collins, including
the votes he expects to receive at to-
day caucuses outside of Hennepin. Ram
sey and st. Louis counties. The same es-
innate gives Dunn but 2S7. and Eddy is
credited with 48, while 119 are placed in
the doubtful column. Mr.. Martin declined
to show the reports upon which he based
this estimate however
An estimate made at the Dunn head
quarters, based largely on kilograms
Which are on file, shows that Dunn has
474 delegates and Collins is credited with
;224. Eddy is given rs, and 81 are cIassed
as doubtful $ -
Based upon the most reliable inforns
ton TO be had, T h G lob has nre-
pared table showing the relative
strength of the candidates, outside of the
counties that have not yet caucused The
hgures are based upon Information re-
celVed from the various counties. and in
all counties where there is no doubt the
votes have been placed in the doubtful
column col This table shows that Dunn has
quo. Collins 1885, Eddy 25ea and 1877 are
The Vote Estimated