The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-02

precinct fifteen unnaturalized Jews had
been voted for Collins, where he won by
less than fifteen votes. He then toasted
w. P. Roberts as chairman of the creden-
tials committee of the county convention
for the alleged arbitrary rulings of that
committee, and dramatically he asked:
Are you going to put into the hands
Of w. P. Roberts the right to name the
entire state ticket for Minnesota? This
fight is a fraud and shame to the Re
publican party of Hennepin county and the
state. We had no representation on the
credentials committee, and was hooted
down by the Collins men in the county
convention SO that I could not be heard on
evidence before the committee. The queS-
ton is whether such delegates will be al
lowed to sit here and vote on these i'm
portant questions
Justifying his action in leaving the
county convention with his delegates,
Peterson said:
AFTER being prohibited from hearing,
there was only one thing to. do when the
convention had ceased to be convention,
and that was to leave it. You can't afford
to turn down the will of the people of
Hennepin county by permitting these men
to retain their seats when they have not
been legally and fairly elected
The Dunn men sent up deafening APP
plause when Peterson had concluded, but
lions filled by Hennepin and Ramsey dele
gates.
Collins Men Tell Their Side
The Collins men divided the time be-
tween E. S. Dwinnell and Frank Nye
Dwinnell led off with the statement that
IF methods are to obtain in Min
nesota as obtained in Minneapolis in this
contest, anarchy will reign in Minnesota
and the Dunn men jeered the sentiment.
He answered in some detail the charges
as to the precincts where contests existed
but based his argument largely on the
fact that the Collins crowd had excluded
one precinct with three contesting dele
gates from voting at all in the prelim-
mary organization of the Hennepin county
convention, and that if they had been al
lowed for the Dunn candidate they would
not have changed the result Evidence
had been taken by the committee on the
eighteen contesting delegates for Dunn
and the eleven for Collins, and of the
twenty-nine the committee had seated
IA 2-7 for Dunn and IA 81 for Collins
With twenty-nine contesting delegates ex-
cluded from voting, the Collins men had
won the day, PSI to 261, and there had
been no roll call demanded. The Dunn
men had participated in the proceedings
until the credentials committees report
had been adopted, and then Peterson had
led the Dunn men outside, and the out
business in just six minutes. All the Dunn
men did not leave. he said, and on the
first ballot after the bolt Collins had 81
majority.
The Republican party is interested only
in being represented by Republicans and
in seeing Republicans elected honorably
and honestly to seats in this convention.
said Frank Nye in opening for the Col
Inns delegates. From an experience of
eighteen years in Minneapolis politics 1
know this contest to be one between a
majority of Republicans and a minority
Of Republicans aided and allotted by
Democratic Influences" and the Collins
men broke loose in shouts of approval
He charged Peterson with threatening to
bolt before going before the credentials
committee, and said that it was impos-
sible and impracticable to go back of
the precinct returns, but the Collins men
could show many precincts controlled by
Democrats in the interest of Dunn I'VE
was closing when either Dunn delegates
or spectators interrupted, when Senator
Clapp jumped into the breach
We will not have these Interruptions,
he shouted, "and moments taken from
anyone of these speakers will be given him
in extended time
Nye added that thirty-two men re-
NAMED in the meeting when the Peterson
followers left the Collins convention, and
then Peterson spoke four minutes in re-
buttal. He answered the claim that he
hadn't protested at the rulings Of the
county convention chairman by saving
that there was SO much noise that he
couldn't hear himself talk.
Petersen Talks Back
Precinct after precinct was fixed up
for Collins he declared, "after we left
the hall to pad their claims. Every Dunn
man but one left the hall and he was
sick and could not co.
Referring to the claims that Dunn had
not carried any of the Republican wards,
he said he carried the First, Third, Sixth,
Seventh, Ninth and Twelfth, and the
Hennepin Collins men laughed-at just
what the country delegates couldn't see.
Chairman Clapp was about to put the
motion to substitute the Anderson minor
ity for the Ward majority report, when
delegate on the stage asked question
that had caused some anxiety early in
the convention.
'.Can Hennepin vote on the question:
the delegate asked.
"of course they can't vote Senator
Clapp replied amid laughter and cheers
from the Dunn men.