The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-18


III T. w. Hugo, Duluth.
The Republican state convention at
/ Minneapolis yesterday elected Senator
| Knute Nelson, of Alexandria: Senator
/ Moses E. Clapp, of st. Paul; Gov. Sam
! uel R. Van SAINT, of Winona, and
! Thomas Lowry, of Minneapolis, as del
egates at large to the Chicago national
! convention. .Alternates chosen were E.
J. Herringer. of Norman county; A. R.
McGill, of Ramsey county; Frank T.
White, of Sherburne county, and 7. w.
Hugo, of St Louis county.
| The selection of delegates and alter
mates, with the adoption of resolutions,
was the principal work of the conven-
ton, and the convention was in actual
session less than an hour. The gather
| ing was the occasion for a speech on
| the issues of the day by Gov. Van
/ SAINT, but further than a slight diver
| sion created by the introduction of a
/ resolution by A. B. Robbins, of Henne-
| pin county, declaring the so-called
merger not a political issue, the con-
! vention was without incident.
| The resolutions, which are the work
/ of the expert, William Henry Grim
| shaw, by virtue of senatorial pull and
! the signature of Theodore Roosevelt,
marshal for the district of Minnesota,
| are along usual lines. They cover
everything now before the people and
much that has been disposed of, but
the vital principle of reciprocity, which
| has taken so strong a hold on the peo-
| pie of Minnesota, is dismissed with a
glittering generality. 1--WE believe that
4 protection and reciprocity are twin
/ measures of Republican policy and
lisuecess, or, In other words, the correct
application Of reciprocity is protec-
/ tfon," the resolutions say, and the con-
vention seemed satisfied with the
straddle.
Hugo, of Duluth, Presides.
! The convention of 1904 was held in
| the Bijou opera house, the delegates
I filling the parquet, the boxes and a
/ portion of the balcony There were
! over LOO delegates entitled to seats
/ in the convention, but inasmuch as lit
/ tie if any contest was expected, either
4 in the selection of delegates or on a
declaration Of principles, not more
than two-thirds Of the entire repre-
j sentation from the various counties
i was present Ramsey county occupied
! a section of the parquet at the left OF
/ the stage, and the big Hennepin dele
1 cation was on the other side of the
house, but directly in front of the
i stage The house was decorated with
small flags, but there was no attempt
1 at any general decorative scheme ~
Robert c. Jamison, of Minneapolis,
| chairman of the Republican state cen
| trail committee, called the convention
| to order at 1890 o'clock and introduced
! former Mayor T. w. Hugo, of Duluth,
| whom the committee had previously
4 invited to preside. In assuming the
4 gave1 Chairman Hugo delivered him.
| self of a prepared speech, in which he
| reviewed the history of the Republican
| party from the days Of Abraham Lin
4 coin to the strenuous one" and urged
| in the selection of men as national del
1 egates a discrimination that would re-
suit in placing in nomination the man
i best calculated to preserve the trad1-
| ton Of the party in the next four
years.
T. H. Girling, Of Hennepin, was
nominated as one Of the secretaries by
J. L. Dobbin, of Hennepin, and J. 5.
| Scribner of Cass, as the other secre-
] tary, by Senator Brewer, of st. Cloud.
Both were chosen without division.
/ and former Senator Masterman, OF
1 Saltwater, was recognized by the chair
| to make q motion that, since there
1 were no contesting delegations the dele
gates seated be declared the delegates
| of the convention. The motion was
carried with a rush, and l.. +. Hunt,
of Mankato, moved that the state CEN
trail committees selection Of tenn
porary chairman be made permanent
Chairman Hugo offered thanks when
! the motion had been carried unan1-
| mouSly.
Committee on Resolutions.
4 =
/ tee having been carried, the chair said
he would appoint IAN impromptu COM
rnittee that had been named before
| hand7 and w. M. Fuller, of Little
Falls, suggested that he announce the
resolutions instead of the committee,
as both were evidently "impromptu."
1 st am sure that you will appreciate
4 the committee when I shall have read
/ their Names" said Chairman Hugo, and
he announced the following:
Samuel Lord, First congressional
| district; L. P. Hunt, Second; G. A.
/ Cosgrove, Third; A. R. McGill, Fourth;
] w. n. Grimshaw, Fifth; r. B. Brewer,
/ Sixth; Julius A. Schmahl, Seventh;
Guy A. Eaton, Eighth, and Albert
Berg, Ninth.
At the mention of United States
Marshal Grimshaw's name the dele
/ gates appreciated the humor Of the
situation and until he had disappeared
behind the scenes on the stage he was
continually 'joshed" from the audi
forum.
Pending the report of the committee,
the convention began to call on favor
lite sons and early Gov. Van SAINT, who
occupied a seat on the stage, was
brought down in front and introduced
by Chairman Hugo in a jocular way
| as the "hero of the merger" 1t was
! no Joke with the governor, who deliy-
cred a ten minute address. He de-
! clared for the "invincible leader" for
as sure as the June days come he
would be nominated at Chicago with
out a dissenting voice Continuing,
Van SAINT declared .'his course SO cour-
! ageous that he would be elected by the
largest popular vote ever given can
| didate for president" The governor
traced the history of the party from
| Lincoln down and said that it had
met and mastered every issue present
i ed. cit has the courage of its con-