The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-19
port properly due it.

! city, last Tuesday named delegates to
the national convention at Chicago, as
follows: Delegates-at-large, Thomas
Lowry Senators Clapp and Nelson and
Governor Van SAINT. District dele
gates, w. w. Heffelfnger and G. A.
Smith. Stewart Gamble and L. Il.
Byrnes, who fell by the wayside in
the running, We're granted the posi-
tons of alternates.
The st. Cloud Times SAYS that
Bourke Cochran favors a military
nominee for the Democrats, and names
Admiral Dewey, or Schley, or General
Miles, Lee, Wheeler, or Bell, anyone
OF whom would be satisfactory to him.
Didn't he also name the son of Il mil
lt;lry man of the civil war, Gen.
George 3. Mcclellan? No. Well, he
simply overlooked it.
In the primary election of candidates
i'll st. Paul last Tuesday, amongst the
candidates chosen on the Democratic
side for the assembly appear the
names of r. d. O'Brien, son of Hon.
Q. ID. O'Brien, and James J. Regain,
state president of the Ancient Order
OF Hibernians. Young men, popular
with the masses, both have rendered
splendid service to the party, though
this is their first entry into the politi-
cal field as candidates. Their success
at the polls is assured.
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DR.. Cullum, of Duluth, recently
elected mayor of that city, is being
flvorably considered for election as a
delegate-at-large to the national Demo-
cratic convention. The selection of
Mayor Cullum for this important posi-
ton would be a very creditable act
and the Irish Standard takes pleasure
in urging the active consideration Of
his name by the party, that the end
in view may be accomplished beyond
peradventure.
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Senator Arthur z. German, of Mary
land, was 65 years old last Monday.
With the exception of Richard Olney.
who is 6S years old and Grover Cleve-
land, who is G7, Senator German is the
oldest of the Democratic leaders who
have been mentioned in connection
with the Democratic nomination for
the presidency. And speaking of the
matter of age, it can be considered a
pretty good guess that the next Demo-
cratic nominee for president will not
be in the class mentioned, but will be
under GO years of age.
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An advance proof Of the Construc-
ton News shows that in spite of a
general decrease in building through
out the country for the month of Feb
ruary this year as compared with the
same month year ago, in Mime
apolis, there has been a gain of about
SG per cent in this city. Only three
cities, New York, Cleveland and Ale
gheny, show a greater gain. In Min
neapolis in February, 1908, the work
amounted to $19G,355 and in February,
1904, or last month, it was $500, G55.
1t is splendid record, of which Min
neapolis may well feel proud.
There are number of applications
up in Superior, Wis.,, for the position
Of statistician Of that city, now held
by H. c. Stivers. The gentleman men-
toned is an old-time newspaper man,
for many years published paper at
Brainerd, this state, and also served
the commonwealth in the legislature,
besides holding various other positions
Of trust. He ought to he the right
man in the right place for the position
of statistician. and the fact that lie has
served in tne position for some time
should not initiate against him now.
Anyhow, we hope not. His reappoint-
ment, if it again falls to his lot, will
be hailed with delight and satisfaction
by his friends everywhere, and he has
a host of them.
| The Republican state convention, to
nominate candidate for governor, is
not going to be a love-feast by any
manner Of means. that is already an
assured fact. However, the strenu-
GUS campaign that Bob Dunn and his
friends are makiung counts and will
continue to count to the close of the
struggle, which is destined to end in
his nomination. If the opposition to
him in his party expects to defeat him
for the nomination by belittling his
record or in besmirching his career
while in the position of state auditor
it is fair to believe that such a course
will only rebound to the good Of the
Princeton statesman and assist rather
than injure him in his efforts to head
the Republican state ticket.
Ex-Secretary of State Root, in an
address to his Republican friends the
other day in New York, urged his hear.
ers to turn their attention from the