The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-07-02
STATE REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION
ENDORSES WORK OF REso-
LUTIoNs COMMITTEES.
LONG FIGHT OVER CONTESTED SEATS
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS S
SUBMITS MAJORITY AND
MINORITY REPORTS.

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st, Paul, July 2After waiting near
ly all day for the credentials commit
tee to report the Republican state con:
1vention digressed from the programme
and adopted the platform. Late in the
afternoon the credentials committee
brought in it's. report 1t gave Dunn
Anoka. Benton, Red Lake. Shcrburne
and Traverse counties. Collins sc:
cured -Beltrami, Cass. Hennepin and
Ramsey. The report unseated the Ro-
seau delegation and gave Clearwater
seven delegates. A minority report
protested against the Hennepin, Cass
and Roseau county provisions Of the
majority report.
The report was adopted in so far as
twas unanimous and a long discus
sion followed on the disputed points.
Chairman Moses e. Clapp called the
second days session Of the convention
to order at 9:3O and explained that as
the credentials committee had worked
until a. m. and still had several
hours work before ii he thought that
the best interests of the convention
would be served by taking recess
until 1t was ready to report, but in the
meantime he would introduce a genu-
inc case of political information, the
veteran newspaper man---H. Hail.
Mr.. Hall was enthusiastically greeted
and spoke entertainingly for few
minutes. When Mr.. Hall finished
there were calls for ]. Adam Bede, but
the chair recognized Colonel Freeman
Thorpe of Grow Wing county, who
wanted to know if the convention
could not receive the report of the
resolutions committee. Chairman
George r. I.aybourn said the report
was not ready --.---.--------
The crowd called for w. ]. Nolan
and j. B. Cotton for speeches, but
neither was present and the motion OF
EEeOrge r, Laybourn OF Duluth to ad-
iourn until 2 O'Clock -Mas-caiiiea- with
I put objection.
Chairman Clapp called the afternoon
session of the convention to order at
le:l6 and stated that the committee on
credentials was not ready to report,
but that it would be in order to make
4 L
IF the nominating speeches. Senator
! G. A. johnson OF st. Peter moved TO
imit each candidate to two speeches
of ten minutes each, ,-but -agleed-to the
amendment Of Frank Clagtle Of Red
wood that nominating speeches be linn
ted to five minutes, Secondlng speech
rs to three This was adopted Al
though in its regular order the com
/ n1ittee Oh resolutions could not report
lntil after the permanent organlZa-
ion Chairman Ciapp said they could
be received by unanimous consent. No
objection being made Chairman George
r. Laybourn presented the report4of
| The committee on resolutions
The resolutions were frequently ap-
,lauded. especially the clause declar-
ng Senator Clapp the candidate of the
party for the senate in 1905.
Mr. Laybourn moved the adoption OF
The resolutions and they We're carried
unanimously.
Calls were heard for j. Adam Bede
/ md that gentleman soon appeared amt
| made one of his sinimicable speeches.
He was followed by William Henry
Eustis OF Minneapolis.
The following is the platform adopt
ID by the Republican state convention:
The Republicans of Minnesota, as
,embled by their representatives In
state convention, earnestly and conf
| 1ently address themslyesSt the EFsss-
pie of this state in the following dec
| aration of facts and principles:
We unanimously reaffirm the plat
form adopted by the national Repub-
lcan convention at Chicago June 22,