The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-11
HEARST WIRES:
lend DISCORD"
His Message Arrives OPPORTUNITY
Just Before the Hennepin
Dems. Convention.
ARBITRATORS NAMED
BY THE FACTIONS
Hearst Faction Seats It's Dele
gates From Majority of Dis
puted Precincts.
CONTESTS SETTLED
Fourth precinct, fifth ward.

do all in your power to see har-
mony predominant. Mr.. Hearst re-
quests it,
1t was this telegram sent to the
Hearst managers in Hennepin county
last evening, and from the Hearst
headquarts in Chicago, which this
morning resulted in arbitration be-
tween the Hearst and anti elements
in the county convention.
From the first gathering of the
democratic clans at Normanna hail.
the political atmosphere was Hearst
like" Every Hearst man was duly
labeled with a broad white ribbon
reading, HEARST DELEGATE"
and the "anti" element was much in
the background.
At 10 o'clock the delegates began
TO gather about the hall and hot dis
cussions were numerous. It seemed
as tho the flsticuffs between two of
the leaders yesterday was to be dupli-
Gated at the convention to-day by
their followers. The city authorities
had evidently had a premonition of
trouble and at 10 o'clock the hall was
guarded by six stalwart policemen.
An hour later this number was aug
mented by six more.
The convention was not called to
order on schedule time--l1 o'clock.
The leaders Of the two factions were
not even present at that hour, altho
the hall was full of men talking loud
Nv. The "bosses" were In a quiet
conference at Hearst headquarters
a conference invited by the Hearst
men and In accordance with the tel
egram Of instructions from Chicago.
Early Talk Of Boiling.
Meanwhile. in the convention hall
there was much talk Of boiling on the
part Of the Hearst rank and file who
were not vet ION" to what the lead
ers were doing. The talk went around
that should Elijah Barton-county
chairman and anti-Hearst man who
would call the convention to order
make unreasonable antiHearst rul-
ings the Hearst men would hold a
trump" convention Of their own.
While this gossip was going the
rounds, at 1880 Orville Rlnehar'
stepped on the stage and called for
order. ,
"Gentlemen Of the convention" he
shouted, ut has been decided by the
Hearst and anti-Hearst factions &c
submit our difficulties to an arbltra.
named from the Hearst ranks; two
from the anti-Hearst ranks, and these
four shall select fifth to act as rel
cree. This committee shall listen Il
of delegates and for acceptance of del
egates who shall vote on the roll cal
for preliminary organization And
turning to Edward E. Stevens, anti
Hearst leader at his side, Rinehar
asked: IT'S this not all right, MIR. stew
ens?"
1--WE agree to this" responded Mr.
Stevens.
Arbitrators Begin Work.
till IL o'clock to permit the arbitration
committee to do it's work. The com
mittee was composed of w. H. Will
liams and Orville Rinehart for tn
Hearst faction, E. A. Stevens an
James O'Br1en for the ants. Thes
four selected Judge Pond for fit
member and referee. Then came
delay in finding Judge Pond. H
could not be located at the court
house, nor was he at his home. ]
was 1 o'clock before he was f1nall
found and brought to Normanna hal
All morning two prominent figure
In the crowded convention hall Wer
Elijah Barton, the county chairman
and Major J. M. Bowler, his victim
Major Bowler wore his straw hat 8
as to cover the long strips of coul
plaster on the cash received in yes
terday's fracas. Several times Barto
and Bowler passed each other, rub
bling shoulders in the crowd, b.
neither man could see the other.
Hearst Victory Claimed.
At the opening of the arbitratio
committees work, Hearst delegate
began winning. Duplicate delegate
Hearst and anti-Hearst selections
presented credentials from the fourt
precinct of the fifth ward, fifth Of TT
fifth ward, ninth Of the eighth war
and eighth of the fourth ward TT
contest in the fifth of the fifth wal
was soon settled in favor Of the Hear
delegation. The Hearst men prove
they were elected at regular caucu
altho not at the officially designate
place The anti men withdrew. I'll
two Hearst delegates from the villas
Of Excelsior and the two from tt
town Of Excelsior, also won out pro
ing they were elected at caucuses; th
the anti-Hearst man giving the cal
cuses noticesrJohn Lind-had new
posted them and that the anti del
gates were not elected at a caucus
The filing of credentials with Il
arbitration committee also show,
that in six city precincts, no delegat
were elected, either Hearst or ant
Hearst. These unrepresented precinc
were the third precinct of the sc
ond ward, fourteenth of the fif
ward, first of the sixth ward, fifth al
eighth precincts of the seventh war
and the third of the tenth ward
This afternoon during the session
the committee, which was executiN
the Hearst men were loudly claimil
victory with twenty-five votes of del
gates to the good.