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

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Republicans in convention in this
! 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 Z. T..
Byrnes, who fell by the wayside in
the running, We're granted the posi-
lions Of alternates.
The st. Cloud Times saws 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 a mil
it:'ry man of the civil war, Gen.
George 3. Mcclellan? No. Well, he
simply overlooked it.
In the primary election of candidates
in 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.
G. ID. O'Brien, and James J. Regain
state president of the Ancient Order
OF I1ibernians. 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.
DR.. Cullum, of Duluth recently
elected mayor of that city. is being
f,lvorably 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.
Senator Arthur p. German, of Mary
land, was Go years old last Monday.
With the exception of Richard Olney,
who is 6S years old and Grover Cleve-
land, who is 67, 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.
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
sc per cent in this city. Only three
cities, New York, Cleveland and Ale
gheny, show a greater gain. In Min
neapolis in February, 1903, the work
amounted to $196,355 and in February
1904, or last month, it was $500, 655
1t is splendid record, of which Min
neapolis may we'll feel proud.
There are number of applications
up in Superior, Wis, for the position
Of statistician of that city, now held
by II. G. Stivers. The gentleman NEIL
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 be 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
4 host of them.
| The Republican state convention, to
nominate candidate for governor, is
not going to be 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 nominate 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 course
will only rebound to the good Of the