The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-04
DELEGATION WILL
NOT Be TIED Up
HENNEPIN WILL NOT INSTRUCT
FOR ANY CANDIDATE.
Outlook Favors Steele for Chairman
Unit Rule Will Be Proposed Num-
cipal Ownership Resolutions as Pro-
= posed Are Not Favored by Many
and May Be Made More Radical.

Further returns from the caucuses
held Saturday night disclose no par
ticularly new features and few changes.
Practically all the precincts have re-
ported, and turned in their lists of
precinct books to the county committee.
After looking over the situation and
reviewing returns the leading workers
in the county without personal axes to
isfied.
+ is safe to say that the convention
will be entirely different from the last
republican county convention two
years ago which ended almost in
riot with half the delegates on the in
side and half out. Unless the independ-
ent delegations from some of the
wards where no attempt was made at
horse in nomination for chairman John
Il. Steele, who has been selected as
| the harmony compromise candidate of
the interested factions, will be unani-
mously elected chairman of the con-
vention.
Everybody is looking for har-
| monious convention Wednesday, and so
far as possible nothing will be allowed
to come before the convention that
could in any way cause trouble. It is
certain that the delegation to the state
convention will 90 without instructions
for anybody. It is probable that there
rule, propositions. Some favor the plan
to have the delegation instructed to
vote as unit; others feel that more
latitude should be allowed and the
delegation permitted to apply the unit
rule itself as it sees fit.
May Change Resolutions.
Some interest is being taken in the
resolutions that are to be proposed,
especially in regard to the municipal
ownership or control of public utilities.
A set of public ownership resolutions is
ready to be offered. 1t is the work of
a select coterie of workers friendly to
some, corporation interests, the idea be:
ing that such things had best be handled
by friends Of the interests. What the
main body Of delegates will have to say
about the made resolutions may be in
teresting, and it is thought that there is
a strong chance that some changes will
be demanded. -" .--.
1 The resolutions are to the point in
panies and the telephone companies bear
the attack. The immediate acquisition
or control of these utilities is demand
i ed. All the charity Of the drafters of
the resolutions is showered on the
street railway company, which is not
| dG dill ltilS dIt vi IOpC ~
have some street railway remarks adj
ded by the convention, and a demand to
this effect will be ma de. The demand
will call for fare and service regula-
tons, especially six fares. for quar-
ter for all and eight for school children.
! It is urged that the control of the street
railway will interest more people than
any other public ownership movement,
and that the company is in no position
to fight demand for cheaper fares.
No One Man in Control.
From review of the situation today
it is believed that the caucuses Satur-
1.-THE county. Its. stated positively that
the Block forces will not have major
= ity Of the convention. tho the Block
representation will be larger than any
other. The fight against the present
s0snty ba ny w ae aTe
with some success in few precincts by
; the labor movement, but the total re:
suits obtained by the labor tickets are
/ small. ,..~: 40. l. -. =.
It was claimed before the caucuses
that the labor organizations would be
represented in eighty precincts in the
. city, some precincts having. regular
9 labor tickets, and in. others, the labor
7 interests having representation on the
, regular tickets It is estimated that
but six of the forty-fve labor tickets
l carried. The general management OF
= the labor attempt is credited to Johr
: O'Donnel, superintendent of the work
, house, and Tom Lees, secretary. to Chief
! Doyle, both of whom are union men
Tho both are appointees Of Mayor
|. / Jones, it is not regarded as any indica
= ton that the Jones faction is out tt
). knock Thomas .Girling and the county
: organization.
! Labor Men to Caucus.
! All labor delegates are to caucus to
morrow evening and map out plan, o.
| action. The caucus will decide wha
/ stand the labor delegates will take il
the election of chairman of the con
vention, whom they will support TO-
delegates to Duluth, and what stant
they will take on the resolutions. 1t i
believed that they will take an activ
part in the discussion of municipal
ownership resolutions.
The ward delegates will be selected
by the wards. From fifteen to nine
teen delegates at large will be ap
! pointed by the chair or committee
! and the factions will be considered il
| their appointment. IT, = =
+ 90, : Several Late Filings. ~
| - Candidates for nomination at tn
+ primaries are beginning to show NOR
| activity by fling with the county audi
/ tor their formal declarations. Som
| unexpected contests have been noted i
! this way and tho the number of fler
q is small when compared to the numbe
Y filed at this time two years ago it
none the less certain that there wi
be all kinds to choose from when tn
time comes.
- Filters in the last ten days are: Wi
;" liam Curran, alderman fourth war,
democrat; E. F. Comstock, senate
D. Thirty-ninth district, republican, E. v
at Clarke, alderman Eighth ward, repul
le flican; H. G. Hanke, county treasure
IS republican; E. E.. Easthagen, par
Of commissioner, republican; J. B. Gleason
alderman Thirteenth ward, republican
i'll Peter Mccoy. alderman Ninth war
ut democrat; J. G. Lewis alderman Fourt
I'D ward, republican,. A. L. Jones, sheriff
I'd republican; Hector Baxter, represent
tive forty third district republican.
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