The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
MINNESOTA POLITICS
State Committee VIII Meet Next Tuesday
to Fix Date for the First Republican
State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at Last
of lt-Randali Still GubernatoriaI
POssIbIIity

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Judge Robert Jamison chairman Of the
republican state central committee, has
called q meeting Of the committee for
Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 2 p. M It will be
held at the Windsor hotel, st. Paul. At
this meeting the committee will fix the
date for holding the state convention,
which Is to select four delegates at-large
ana -FOUR alternates to the national con-
vention. 1t will also authorize the con-
gressional campaign committees to call
conventions In their districts for select
ing district delegates.
The state committee will not set a date
for these district conventions, and they
may be held at any time thirty days before
the national convention, the date being
/ fixed by the district committees. In some
or the districts conventions will be held
as early as possible, and delegates in
structed for Roosevelt. In Hennepin
county it is likely that one convention will
pc made to serve, the same convention
that elects delegates to the state con-
vention electing the two national conven-
ton delegates from this district.
Friends of the various candidates fo4
| governor We're very much concerned in the
! behavior OF the audience at the banquet
last evening in the Fourth Ward wigwam
1t was a pretty good chance to test the
popularity OF the three in Minneapolis. In
| fact, such stress was laid on the occa-
sion that a special effort was made to get
all the Dunn workers out to the banquet
and turn 1T into a Dunn demonstration
| The attempt was made, but the claquers
made very little impression. The audi
ence was large and drawn from all parts
of the city. Some We're impartial. and ap-
plauded all the candidates, and each one
| got good hand" However, it was the
general verdict of impartial judges thai
more people applauded Judge Collins thar
| other Ia lrn 1or nd ,o1a o
speech that was right in key with that Of
Judge Grosscup and the ringing remarks
OF Tim Byrnes, who came just before him
Some Of his friends had little fun with
| Bob Dunn after the banquet. In his eu.
| logy OF Roosevelt as the man of the hOul
Dunn INDUCED in a quotation, that wa:
familiar to some in the audience. It de-
scr1bed the man needed, a man of honor
a man who does things, "a tall man, sun
crowned Bob read it "a tall man, sun
burned and a good many thought he wa:
trying to draw a pen picture Of himself
Some knew the original and taxed Dunn
with posing as the "sunburned" candi
date.
Friends of F.. w. Randall, the popula
secretary Of the State Agricultural so
c1ety, have not given up the idea Of sup
porting him as candidate for the nomi
nation for governor. He is not an activ
candidate, and will not become one, blu
he is recognized as an able and availabl
man, and in case of a deadlock among tn
other candidates, Randall's friends thinl
! the convention might do a more unlikel
| thing than turn to him as a solution.
The Rochester Post and Record says:
Inquiry among the residents Of Olmste
, county shows they are almost solid i
support of Judge Collins for governor
While they will support the candidat
nominated by the convention, and tina
heartily, their preference is decidedly /
favor Of Judge Collins " r.
The Winona Republican and Herald say
the twin cities are only entitled to on
, delegate at-large to the national conven
ton. Duluth should have one and til
country the other two, one from the mort
AM the other from the south. Duluth wit
$4,000 people is thus put on q level wit
Minneapolis and st. Paul and their 400
900. 1t is only necessary to state tt
proposition to show its merits.
-Charles i. Cheney.