The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-30

The Republican state central committee
had hot preliminary SkirmiSh last night
at the Windsor hotel.
The result was that the committee killed
a resolution to the effect that it had no
jurisdiction over the question of regu
larity of delegates, and adopted a resolu-
ton that the committee prepare roll of
delegates from the county conventions
which met in accordance with the terms of
the call of the central committee, and
where there were two delegations both are
to be seated. The resolution also provides
that the committee shall have authority
to investigate alleged fraud in the word
ing of the credentials, and to determine
and report on the same.
The meeting of the committee was re-
markable for the feeling displayed by
members of the two factions Hardly had
the committee voted to admit all con-
testing delegations to the gallery by
means of tickets Of admission, when c. A.
Morey introduced a resolution to the eff
feet that the committee should not under
take to determine the contests. This was
defeated by a vote of Is to 8.
Martin Starts Row
James A. Martin, Collins manager, and
a member of the committee, introduced
a resolution which provided that the
chairman of the committee should pre-
pare a roll for the call of the convention
and to determine who the delegates should
be. c. A. Morey attacked the resolu-
ton and charged the cOmmittee-which is
decidedly proc Ollins-with attempting to
destroy all precedents and declared it
would disrupt the party in the state if put
into effect.
Martin defended his plan at length, and
Mile BunnelL of Duluth, demanded an
explanation of the Martin motion He
pertinently asked if it did not in effect
clothe the chairman with the duties of
the committee on credentials, and then
others of the Dunn men on the commit
tee assailed the motion.
There were seven absentees at the
meeting of the state central committee,
called by Chairman Robert Jamison for
8 o'clock in room IA at the Windsor hotel
They were Fl. ]. Miller, Rock; Mark D.
Flower, Ramsey; S. P SnideT, Hennepin;
c. A. Hitchcock, Polk; Oscar Hallam,
Ramsey; E. L. Carpenter, Hennepin, and
Philip Lietch, Brown. Later Hallam APP
peared on a message from James A Mar
tin, who recognized the necessity for his
presence.
At the outset Chairman Jamison an
nounced through Secretary C. c. Whit
ney that the session would be executive
but the newspaper men remained until
on the motion of Gus Widdell, of Blue
Earth the committee voted to go into
Session a Stormy One
Almost Immediately there were evil
dences that the session of the committee
was stormy one. Impassioned speeches
were made, the voices of Martin and c.
A. Morey, of WinOna, being heard even
out on the street. mingled in sharp and
acrimonious debate. Newspaper men in
the corridors were kept at a distance by
two lusty sergeants alarms in the per-
sons Of Harry J. West, of st. Cloud. and
Frank I. White, of Elk River. The de-
bate continued until nearly IL o'clock,
and when the committee emerged from
the hot committee room there was every
evidence that the fight that had been in
progress for two hours had been one of
the stormiest in the history of the party's
organization in this state.
An incident of the committee meeting
was the kick made by Frank G. Ham
lin, Of Blue Earth, who openly charged
the chairman of the committee with ia
voritism in the disposal of the tickets.
Mile Bunnell, the Duluth member of the
committee enjoyed the criticisms of the
dimensions Of the convention hall and
the scarcity of tickets of admission