The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-29

no effort being made by any of the
candidates for the nominations to infiu-
ence the state central committee in
choosing date for the convention.
The Duluth boomers will be on hand
at the meeting of the committee, and
will leave nothing undone to influence
the committee to call the nominating
convention for their town. 1t will, how
ever, be against precedent, state NOM
mating conventions for many years
having been held in st. Paul. This
city is the capital of the state. and
custom in nearly all the states selects
the capital as the proper place to nom1-
nate state officers. 1t is far more ac-
cessible than is Duluth to the major
proportion of the delegates and there
can be little inducement to take the
convention to Duluth other than a
proper desire on the part of Duluthians
to advertise their town.
1t is probable that the basis of rep
resentation in the nominating conven-
ton will be the vote cast for S. r. Van
SAINT for governor in 1902. This is some
10000 less than the Mckinley vote of
1900, on which basis the last nominat-
ing convention was held, and there will
be a consequent reduction in the num-
Der of delegates in the convention I'M
less it should be decided by the COM
mittee to change the multiple, and this
is considered improbable. The loss
from the Mckinley vote Is divided gen.
orally throughout the state and the re-
duction In the delegate body will not
adversely affect any special section.
Fudge" Heffelinger, one Of the Fifth
district delegates to the national Re-
publican convention, was in ST. Paul
yesterday to confer with the Fourth
district representatives regarding the
selection of Minnesota headquarters at
Chicago during the national convention.
He saw 3. G. Rogers, but f. B. KEEL
logg, the other district delegate from
the Fourth, is in the East. 1t is prob
able that Minnesota will have head
quarters, but as there is no contest
for the nomination for the presidency
and Minnesota is not at all interested
in the vice presidency, 1t is not to be
expected that the Minnesota delega-
ton will feel the propriety of spending
any very large amount in maintaining
elaborate quarters at Chicago. 1t is
proper, however, that the men who
have been honored by their party by
being made delegates will throw some
thing in the hat to make a front.
d. M. Gum, OF. Grand Rapids, has
received boost in his candidacy for
state railroad and warehouse commits
sioner by the withdra val of H. r. King,
OF his own county, from the race. King
has been switched to. a chase for the
legislative nomination, and probably
has the best Of the trade. A. L. Cole,
of Walker, wants denomination in
the district. A. A. Seaman, of Deer
River, is a candidate, and Sieveran
swanson, of Moose Lake. who sat in
the last house, is also a Barkis. Two
are to be chosen, and Swanson has no
opposition to denomination. The 9TH
ers will fight it out.
While it is suspected that Fenton G..
Warner supplied the oil, it was up to
Darius F. Reese to pull out the bung
and permit the calming fluid to flood
the rooms Of the Lincoln club last
night.
The candidates and a number Of pri-
vate citizens were heard in informal
speeches, but Reese put all the others
to the bad in a speech in which he
counseled in fervid eloquence the pass
ing Of future issues and confinement
by the candidates and their supporters
to the campaign about to be COM
meneed. Don't. let any petty differ
ences divide us in our support Of the
entire ticket" he cried Don't let op-
position papers and men who are par
tisans first and patriots afterwards stir
up strife. care not whether the kids
are running this campaign, or whether
the old stiffs' are in the saddle. We
can't afford to have any petty jealousies.
This is the city campaign. There may
be later ones in which we may differ,
but we must work together harmoni-
ously and good-naturedly If we expect
to win. I have implicit confidence in
the committee, and I here and now
of INV 70 a f,1T f0c q nd
the party wherever and whenever they
may be wanted without money and
without price"
In his preliminary remarks Reese
said he had been for Col. Kiefer for
mayor for the past six months, but
Col. Wright would have no firmer sup
porter than he. He had made the orig
inal suggestions by which the Re-
publican clubs had secured the con-
sent Of SO many men to file for the
nominations. He suggested that the
question Of taxation would be the para
mount issue in the campaign, and adj
vised that personalities and abuse be
eliminated, for they would result in
nothing but misfortune for the party.
Col. Kiefer was the first speaker
when President Arthur w. Lyman had
called the meeting to- order. The col
onel was brief but Ineligible. Moth
ing is to the higher interest of the
better people of the city than our sue
cess at the spring election" he said.
''The Republican party is united as 1T
has not been before in years. With
that I see nothing but success before
me-success for the whole ticket We
must stand together as patriots-mu-
nicipal patriots-and we will drive those
in command out. They must go or the
city is gone. By hanging together we
can drive them out. We were nomi-
mated by Republicans, and we must be
elected by Republicans-assis by the
better class of Democrats" The colonel
sat down amid applause, led by
Mortimer Livingston Woolworth.
Assemblyman Frank G. Arnold urged
a united party, that the Republicans
might get control of the assembly and
prevent the Democrats from pilfering
the treasury There was no excuse,
he said, for any Republican cutting
any candidates on the ticket. for once
begun, good heavens, none would be
left to tell the tale.
Robert A. Smith, the Democratic can
didate for reelection as mayor, yes
terday filed his certificate of nomina-
ton with the city clerk, paying the
usual legal fee of SIS for the privilege
of having his name appear on the
official ballot.
Speaking of the claim in certain
quarters that he is favoring the DEM
ocrats in allowing the copying of the
no OF GIRO f;oy, liStc Civ Clerk Redinp-