The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17
convention adjourned. It was In ses
sion Just an hour.
AMONG THE DELEGATES
Their Presence Here Sheds Light on
Various Matters.

The Seventh district delegation, most
of them, were on the offensive, look
ing for Canadian reciprocity resolu-
lions with club. Henry Fe1g said:
when our convention meets at Or
tonville next week we will adopt some
resolutions that will show where we
stand In no uncertain way. We have
been paying tribute to the milling in
terests long enough, and now that the
tariff on wheat begins to. do, us some
good, we are not going to see It re-
moved and 60,0oo.00o bushels Of Ca
madam wheat dumped on our market
every year. M. J. Bowling was not
saying a word, but smiling and mix
ing indiscriminately with the dele
gates. He was Endorsed by Renville
county for district delegate, but says
he Is not a candidate for the honor.
Ramsey Calls on Collins.
Ramsey county's delegation opened
the eyes of some Of the visitors who
had been given to understand that st.
Paul was solid for Dunn. About half
past 10 carload of delegates with
bright red ribbons spelling Ramsey"
disembarked at the Nicollet and filed
they asked was:, Where's the Col
Inns headquarters? and they made a
bee line for the parlor upstairs where
Judge Collins was shaking hands with
all corners. II guess those fellows
must be for Collins" remarked Won
dering delegate from the west, as thir-
ty-five Of them filed into the headquar-
tiers. s-."
Cass County for Collins.
Cass county furnished one Of the
surprises. There being nothing else
at stake, the Collins men in the coun-
ty concluded to make test of it, and
= iv, oiY> n.
ton. AS result, the Cass county
delegation Is composed OF Collins men.
and the Dunn supporters were staying
at home. Few people outside Cass
county knew before that there were
any Collins men there, but members of
the delegation say 1.-The woods are full
of them"
State Candidates Visible.
Candidates for other places on the
state ticket were much in evidence
about the Ntcollet lobby, tho none of
Them had headquarters. P. j.
Schwarg Of Dodge Center, candidate
for state treasurer, was shaking hands
with everybody. e. T. Young, candi-
date for attorney general, was the CEN
ter of a group. Judge Ira B. Mills OF
the railroad commission was on hand,
and so was Ezra Valentine Of Brock
enridge, who is a candidate to succeed
him. j.. -. ......
! Roseau's Lone Delegate.
| Albert Berg was the only delegate
present from Roseau county. They
all attended the district convention al
Crookston yesterday, and the rest went
home from there, giving Berg their
proxies. <
| A Joke Taken Seriously.
There was good deal Of amuse-
ment over the morning paper stories
of plot to knock the United States
senators off the delegation. There
was a group of prominent politicians
at the Windsor last evening, some OF
them state senator's, but not all Col
Inns men, and some one suggested
that there ought to be some way OF
having a. little fun at the convention
Some one else suggested that the way
to do that would be to go after the
senators. This was taken UP as 9
joke, but the rumor spread fast, anc
\ turned up as a scare story in the
morning daflies. The alleged partici.
pants in the plot said to-day that they
had no, Thoughts at any time, Of OPP
posing the slated tbig FOUR" y