The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01

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o'clock in the afternoon when Senator
Clapp had delivered his opening adj
dress to the convention.
Convention Called to Order
At HOS Rev. DIR. Longley, pastor of
the Central Park Methodist church,,
opened the convention with prayer. On
the motion of L. A. Lydiard, of Hen
nepin, Secretary c.. C. Whitney was
not required to read the call for the
convention, and Chairman Jamison ex-
planned that the use of the theater
was through the courtesy of Manager
L. N. Scott, and he cautioned the dele
gates from smoking and defacing the
property. Jamison announced that no
temporary roll call had been prepared
because of the failure of many chair
men to place their credentials in the
hands of the state. central committee
and he then presented Senator Clapp
to the convention.
| junior senator stepped on the bunting
covered platform raised on the stage
for the chairman, and began an ora
ton on the history and achievements of
the Republican party. The speech IS
supposed to sound the keynote OF the
Republican campaign in Minnesota Tor
| 1904 and was very satisfactory to the
expressed as to Clapps soundness on
some of the cardinal articles of faith of
| the party but his position on the tariff,
while not conclusively either stand
| pat or revision, had the effect of con-
vincing his critics that he is sufhcleniy
sound Senator Clapp concluded his
speech Just as the noon hour bells were
ringing.
..Up to this time it has been impos-
sible to obtain a list of the delegates
| to this convention he said by way OF
| introduction to the announcement OF
the agreed plan of an adjournment.
ct is usual for whoever is expected to
! act as temporary chairman to go over
| the list of delegates and make selec-
ton of names for the important COM
mittees. 1t is impossible to do this at
| this time as there are no lists. We
| will therefore take recess and dele
] cations will hand their credentials to
| the secretary and upon reaSsembllng
| the chair can examine them that he
may be guided in making selection of
| committeeman" He then invited Col.
| c. W. Johnson, of Minneapolis, to act
| as secretary of the convention until a
secretary should be named by the con-
| vention itself.
w. B. Anderson, floor leader for the
| Dunn forces, then moved the adjourn
ment to o'clock, and Senator Brow
| er, floor leader for Collins supporters,
offered the second. There was no OPP
Committees Rush ciapp
Hardly had the motion been declar-
| ed by Clapp when the steering commit
! tees made rush for him. Again
they began to ply him with suggestions
as to the makeup Of the credentials
! committee.
You fellows have got to get togeth-
i err" passionately cried Senator Clapp,
| as he pounded his desk with an ugly
looking cane.
Whats the matter with making the
committee fifteen in NUMBER" quefied
| Senator Brewer.
II am not prepared to accept the
| proposition just at this moment" said
| Anderson.
Get together" urged Clapp, "but go
| into room somewhere. You cannot
ever settle it out here on the stage.
! This is no place to fight it out"
Grimshaw came to the assistance of
Brewer, and Mile Bunnell came to
help Anderson argue the case. Dele
| gates crowded around them and Surged
about the secretary's desk in deposit
ing their credentials, and in the midst
of the confusion Clapp made his es-
+, cape for lunch, and the conferees in a
short time had agreed to the Brewer
| suggestion that the committee on Gre
dentials be composed of seven Dunn,
seven Collins men and one Eddy rep
| resentative.
Odin Halden, county auditor of ST.
Louis county, broke the tedium of the
wait for the opening of the afternoon
session of the convention, when under
a Panama hat that must have been
bought elsewhere than, in Duluth, he
strobe down the main aisle of the thea
ter holding aloft fake" giant crack
er that he threatened to explode the
| moment Dunn was nominated. The
Hennepin Collins delegation came
fresh from caucus, where it was said
that the only business had been the
call of the roll to see that all were
present, and shortly after o'clock
Senator Clapp called the convention to
| order.
Short but Exciting
1t was destined to be brief but ex-
citing session. Clapp had a list OF
names as members of the credentials
committee, which had been submitted
| by the floor leaders for the factions
and scarcely had his voice died away in
calling the convention to order wher
Senator G. B. Ward, of Alexandria
evidently in charge of Eddy's strength
In the convention was recognized nv