The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-15
COULDN'T DECIDE
BY ARBITRATION
FOUR CANDIDATES FAILED ON
NEATLY CoNTRIvED SCHEME.
Elimination Contest Given Up when
TWO Candidates Said they Would Not
Be lEliminated--others Abandoned
Field to johnson Today and Local
Man Makes Good Showing.

unite the field against Lawrence John
son IN the speakership fight. The four
opposing candidates have agreed that
they are in deadlock, and have sus-
pended operations till Monday. It was
al Johnson in st. Paul today, the
olnel candidates having gone home to
The arbitration plan attempted was
very clever device. Each Of the four
candidates was to name a referee. The
tour referees. were to get together, can
yass the availability Of the four candi-
gates, and vote on one to eliminate.
Inc man elected on this vote would
be crossed off, and from the three re-
naming another selection was to be
MADE; T., Then from the two left in the
! race the referees would pick one to be
the candidate. He was to receive the
combined strength of all, and would
take care of ali the rest in committee
assignments. - ~ -
Inc plan went as far as the appoint
ment OF referees. N. F. Hugo selected
". 1. Nolan of Minneapolis; A, J.
Rockne picked DR.. J. A, Gates of Ken
yon; Ambrose Tighe, selected L. G.
! Spooner of Morris, and w. A. Nolan
named Burdett Thayer Of Spring Val
! ''Nothin' to Arbitrate."
This much was agreed to Thursday.
4 yesterday conferences were resumed.
1t was discovered that Rockne was not
willing to join any combination that
mad Hugo for its head. Then Hugo ad-
united that he would not feel bound
to 60 to Rockne or Nolan if the ref
him. 49, -" "
Here was the stone wall. The other
candidates and the referees said it was
no use proceeding with arbitration, un-
less everybody was bound to abide by
the result of it. So the whole card
house went to pieces, the quartet of
candidates broke camp and agreed on
a truce till Sunday night or Monday.
Members Won't Be Battered.
It is the prevailing opinion now,
outside the johnson camp, that the
the four candidates and pick some new
man. It is not likely that the rank and
hle OF the members would have come
IN on the arbitration plan. There have
been murmurings among the plain ordi.
nary members at suggestions that thew
could be baled up and traded in blocks
Tho pledged as to first choice, they
40 not feel bound to any course if their
own favorlte candidate drops out
henry W: Libby of Winona, the only
first district man on the ground today
, said: "Our first district delegation is
solid for Mr.. Nolan,i but if he should
cease to be candidate, we would all
DE- tree to act as Individuals
=, William Down Of. Wadena, one of
the alleged Hugo" men in the south
district. has written to l.. H. johnson
to say that whenever his vote will land
johnson the nomination, he will gladly
| give 1t; There are several other Hugo
men who will go for. johnson the mo-
ment Hugo drops out. !. = ::
" Otter )Tailo to- Caucus. .@l22 ~
| The Otter Tail county delegation,
four in number, is to caucus in Fergus
Falls today. Elmer, Adams and. j. r.
johnson have refused to pledge them
| selves. Mr.. Walz is counted for Hugo,
while G. L. Alexander's proxy Was
voted for johnson in the Breckenridge
caucus. He is now claimed by Rockne.
| John L. Lommen Of Crookston and II.
Q. Bjorge of Lake Park, johnson men
from the ninth district, were down TO-
day and reported johnson g eight votes
up there solid, with a ninth probable.
| Lommen had John Saugstad's written
| declaration for johnson. Biorge had a
copy of a letter written by !. J. OpsahI
of Bemidji to Mr.. Hugo, calling him to
account Tor saying that the ninth dis
trlct caucus was not regular, or that it
was not unanimous, for johnson. He
said: H
| . - Says Ninth Will Stand Pat.
ss'All members present at Brecken.
ridge caucus voted as unit for John
son after each candidates stand had
been fully considered, and I feel sure
that they will stand by their choice to
the end, so long as he stands on the
platform of equal rights to all and spe.
cial privileges to none.'
The seventh district caucus in ST.
Paul will not come until 8 pm. Mon.
day: It is claimed by the johnson men
that the contest will be settled then
it not earlier in the day. The district
as it stands now is divided between
johnson, Rockne and Nolan.
s: Q. Morse of Slayton was in St.
Paul today. He is for johnson, and
has assurances from Harrison White of
Luverne, who did not attend the Man.
kato caucus, and is also for johnson.