The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-17
MINNESOTA POLITICS
TWO Local Committees VIII Join In tho
Call for the District Convention, and
Avoid confusion--Me About the Dele
gates at Larue--W. w. Heffeiflnger Pro-
posed fer Delegate to Chicago conyen-
tlon-E. r. Young In the Twin Cities.

gates at Larae-W. w. Heffelflnger Pro-
posed fer Delegate to Chicago conyen-
tlon-E. r. Young In the Twin Cities.
The congressional committee Of this
district, OF which Major w. d. Hale Is
chairman, will join with the county cam
paign committee in making the call for
the coming district convention. Agreement
to this effect was reached after a. con-
ference between Major Hale and Messrs. 1.
Girling and Trussell Of the county COM
mittee. The committees will share 4
equally the expense of the convention.
When the convention meets, 1t will be
asked to take some action confirming the
authority Of the county committee. IN
der the plan of reorganization adopted in
1900, that committee was to supersede all
the other campaign committees, and 1t
claims to be the congressional as we'll
as the county committee However, Major
Hale's committee was In charge OF the /
congressional campaign in 1898, and claims
that it has never been superseded, and is
still the congressional committee for the
district. 81
The Winona Republican-Herald says:
1.-THE Minneapolis Journal is persistent
in its CRITICS moi the basis of representa-
ton in republican state conventions by
which each county is given five delegates
ties Of the state greater proportionate vote
in the convention than the counties Of
Hennepin (Minneapolis), Ramsey (st
Paul. and St.1Louis Duluth), The reason
for this basis Of apportionment will un-
doubtedly be found in the fear of the out
side counties that unless some safeguard
is thrown about state conventions that all
nominations would be practically con-
trolled by the three large counties named.
If some just and equitable basis could be
arranged that would cover the situation
outside republicans would probably offer
no objection to a readjastment, but T
o urn offers no plan of representa-
1 ton that would meet the CASE
The fear that conventions will be con-
trolled by the city delegations is buga-
boo that has done service for TO- these
many years, without the slightest ground
for it. The country delegates have always
made the nominations, and no instance can
| be brought forward of a. nomination die
Itated by the cities, in recent years. One
reason Is that the three city delegations
have never been known to pull together.
Hennepin and Ramsey are always at odds,
and st. Louis county is not likely to agree
with either one Of them. Even if all three
counties got together, they would come
q long way from controlling the conven-
ton. In the convention March II they will
have 206 out of the 1.176 delegates, or less
than 1S per cent If the delegates at large
. were cut off the three large counties would
/ have 191 delegates out Of ISL, or barely
20 per cent. They cast one-fourth Of the
republican vote Of the state, and shoul6
have one-fourth Of the delegates Nor is
: it possible for one-fourth of convention
> to control the other three-fourths.
1 Friends of W. W. Heffe1fnger are urg
1 ing his name as good material for on
Of the fifth district delegates to the re
:. publican national convention. They poin
%n fn1f -
o offer to Mr.. Heffelfnger of place Of
d the civil service commission as an indi
cation that the president would not b
displeased to have him sit in the con
vention. AS the time for the copventio
n approaches there is considerable talk {
/ candidates. 1t is understood that Jane
"a A. Peterson would likeuto go to the con
: vention. There was some talk of pre-
senting Tim Byrnes for de1egate-at-1arg
4 but his friends are advising that he tt
N for district delegate, and let the delegs
ct ton present Thomas Lowry. Thomas I
shevlin or William H. Eussis fora plae
on Minnesota's 'big four.f
As A special to T.. e J o,ulrsn a. from S
le Cloud says: &C. S.. Mitchell, who hs
been spending a few days in st. Clou
when asked whether he was really
assist in the management Of R. G.. Dunn
Ii campaign for governor, laughingly repli,
Bob Dunn and he would not attempt
Mr.. Mitchell is nevertheless very friend
to Dunn, and predicts his nominatio
Both James A. Martin, who is in chars
of Collins campaign, and c. S. Mitch
are former st. Cloud republicans a.
,is have always been close political friend
"a having many interests in common. The
,s has been much speculation here amo
10 their old time associates as to just VIII
ed caused them to part company and Ii
~ up on opposite sides in the present co
sec test. 1t is figured out that it must ha
he been a mighty good reason or. it wol
~ never have happened
AZ. The Albert Lea Tribune says in rat1
% J caustic vein:
,ra 1.-THE Hon. Robert Cerebellum Dunn
ri Princeton, Mimi, is having some difficu
,1s+ in proving to the people that he has
far ways been defiant and offensive enel
"a Of the railroad merger as proposed by
5ed old friend, Hon. James Juggernaut II
ior but he and his newspaper representa-
Nv are persevering in their seeming Diet
~ mination to prove to themselves, at lee
a.. that he has an immaculate record vi
ono that question, notwithst landing the effc
cot they are constantly making to prove t
~ railroad merging is not an issue in t
was campaign. It is the hit bird that hutt.
tes and one is led to believe that some of
= # hot shot has found a Judgment in
SHdLOlIly VI SCIlS WHO are uSC1uCuly
for nerable. A record is a bad thing to m
We and to deny it is only to make it wors
sem e. T. Young Of Appleton, candidate
les attorney general, is spending several d
,ver in ST. Paul, in the care of a special
dp- He says he is very well satisfied with
cell outlook, and expects to have his own
. Of trict practically solid. He says he is t
and ing no hand whatever in the governors
riot fight. but is attending strictly to his
,dit business, and attempts to drive him
his combinations with one or the other {
that didate are wasted energy.
pat -
eel The report that Senator A. D. Stepf
riff. of Crookston is candidate for rail1
tion commissioner has no foundation.
ions senator has no ambition in that direc
ain at the present time, and If he had
sofa. would not be eligible under the state
MO stitution. Charles B. Chene
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