The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-23
WARNER WILL
BEN s ! AGAIN,



!: At meeting to. be held Monday
night Fenton G. Warner will be re-
elected chairman Of the Republican
city and county committee.
The Dunn Republicans, who swore
by horn spoons and other utensils
equally inexpensive, that they would
not. permit Warner to again grace the
chafrmanship, are said to have capitu-
against them. and " i'll claim credit for
being thermometers worthy the name.
The Warner men In the Republican
Organization simply say that Warner
will be chosen chairman Of the city
and county committee at the meeting
next Monday night, and refuse to tell
how the result has been brought about.
1t is understood that the chairman
of the state central committee is taxi
ing to himself few feathers for the
result and says that Alexander Nichol,
of the Eli ghth ward, who stood in War
nerss way for county committee in that
ward, was pulled off by his. efforts.
Eighth ward leaders say that Nicol
only when he saw the wheels coming
his way.
z Fighting All Summer
This fight has been raging with
scarcely any interruption ever since
the county convention that elected two
sets of delegates to the Republican
state convention of June 80. It has
been Warner against the field. Warner
has been backed by the solid Collins
strength in the county, and while the
Dunn nen opposed him to man they
had not announced their candidate to
pit against him. Once they secured
control of the organization. they said,
they would name their man, but until
all the ward organizations had met
and made selections of their county
and city Committeeman, they did not
propose to tie themselves to any cam
didate for the craftsmanship.
That Warner has been able to swing
the organization craftsmanship his way
without coming to an absolute test Of
strength is credited to the strength of
the faction which he heads in Repub-
lican county politics, and it is adj
united that his reelection means
demonstration of the Collins strength
in the county far more than it does
any personal popularity that he may
possess.
as Mr.. Warner has been state oil in
-spector under the Van SAINT admins
traitor, and politicians are Specializing
as to his chances for reappointment
In the event that Mr.. Dunn should be
elected governor in November AS
chairman Of the city and county COM
mittee, he will be in position to ma
terially assist the Republican candi-
date for governor should he receive
an intimation that 1t will be worth
while.
Dunn Is Sore
s The appointment of Mr.. Warner to
his present state position would seem
to be outside the pale of the probable,
however, as Mr.. Dunn's hostility to the
Ramsey county men who headed the
movement which resulted In the loss
of the county to him in the state con-
vention is an open secret. Then, too,
it is generally supposed that the state
oil inspectorship has been promised, if
Mr.. Dunn is in position to deliver the
goods. w. r. Johnson, one of his lieu
tenants in the Eighth ward, and former
county auditor, has been touted as a
candidate, but it is not definitely known
that he has the promise of the place.
At the meeting of the committee that
will re-elect Mr.. Warner chairman of
the committee it is expected that W.
B. Webster, of the Ninth ward, will
be re- elected vice chairman and that
Theodore T. Gronewald, of the Fifth
ward, will be chosen to succeed himself
as secretary. A successor to Frank
Haskell as treasurer of the organiza-
ton has not been announced.
The Eighth ward precinct commit
teemen will meet Friday night to per-
feet the organization, and will elect
Mr.. Warner member of the county
committee that he may later be. re-
elected chairman of the city and coun-
ty committee.
The Sixth ward Republican pre-
cinct organizat ton, at a. meeting at
Paul Martins hall, West side, last
night instructed its new city and coun-
ty committeeman to vote for Fenton G.
Warner for chairman of the. central
organization. Oscar Christensen was
elected county committeeman, Joseph
! Fleek member Of the city committee
William Wright ward chairman. Sam
uel Boyd vice chairman, E. H. Wood
secretary and L. D. Bissell, treasurer