Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-16
UP IN THE NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS IN
STATE CONVENTION TODAY.

| MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. April 16-When
| the republican state convention was call
! ed to order this forenoon at the Audi
| torium by DR.. A. Is. Cole, chairman of the
state central committee, there was every
| indication that there would be a lively
contest between Senator Putnam and w
/ B. Parsons for delegates at large 1t
was also expected that delegates from
! the country districts would object strenu-
ously to the plan of the Ramsey county
| (St. Paul. and Hennepn county (Minneap-
| olis) delegates to name Twin city men
| as two of the alternates at large.
| The business before the convention was
| the election of eleven presidential electors
| and also four delegates and four alter
! mates at large to the national conven-
| ton.
Samuel p. Snder was made temporary
| chairman.
Temporary Chairman's Address.
The temporary chairman, Samuel II.
| Snider said:
| I'm the campaign in which we are
| about to enter this tariff principle is to
! be assailed on the one hand and defend
| ed and maintained upon the other. In
recent speech by the democratic COVER
| nor of this state, now an active demo-
| cratic candidate for the presidency, he
openly declared that our tariff system
| is as Ubiquitous as was the farming out
| of taxes in France prior to the French
| revolution.
While maintaining the tariff prin
| ciple in it's integrity, the republican
! party of Minnesota is firmly committed
! to the proposition that a revision of the
present schedules shall now be made.
| Our present democratic governor,
| smarting under what he deems an UNI
| democratic decision recently made by
. init tod tot
| declares for state rights as against the
| general government. Singularly. too, he
Travelled to the historic battlefield OF
| Shiloh. from which he makes his proc
| battlefields upon which the old doctrine
| of state rights was thought to have
been successfully buried, and II forty
| five years later it is to be cxhumed
our governor should visit the remains
| No part is or can be, greater than the
| sum of all the parts.
our beloved President, now volun-
| tarily declining q renewal of his high
| office. has inspired republican sentiment
| through the breadth of the land and
| commanded the confidence and respect
! of all parties. 1t is no longer a matter
of prophecy to declare that his sue
| cessor will be his grand coadjut5r. our
present Secretary of War, William II.
| Taft
| After the appointment of committees
| the convention was turned over 10 the
| permanent organization, with H. +. BLOW
| er of st. Cloud as chairman.
Tariff Revision Provokes Applause.
The first demonstration of enthusiasm
during the speech of Mr. Snlder tCoh
Mace when lie declared that the repop-
lican party was committed to the doctrine
| that n revision of the tariff should now
be made.
| Again the delegates applauded when he
said that the republican party was united
| in the support of the policy that pubic
! service corporations should be controlled,
| but that such corporations should not De
| wronged.
| The delegates also showed their ap-
proyaI of his declaration for the suprem-
| acy of the national government over state
| government.
| Chairman Brewers Address.
Permanent Chairman Brewer on being
| introduced to the convention said:
I'm all my political life l have never
before seen the assembling of a con-
vention where with one voice they stand
for one man, and that man is the match
less Secretary of War. William H. Taft.
There is one concrete proposition that
| the people of this state stand for. Min
nesota asks at the hands of republican
| Congress a reasonable revision Oh tHe
| tariff. If we cannot get it at the hands
| of the friends of the tariff, l fear Tor
what we can expect from it's enemies
| I'VE also stand for the progressive ten
denotes of the administration of Theodore
| Roosevelt. Minnesota wants as stand
| ard bearer a man who will not only
| stand for these policies. but will also
! carry them to the ultimate destiny
that the people expect
Parsons Surprises Convention.
AS soon as he had finished his speech.
which lasted about fifteen minutes, Chair
man Brewer was authorized to appoint
| committee on resolutions, TO be composed
of one delegate from each Of the nine con-
| gressional districts.
| w b. Parsons of WinOna surprised the
convention by withdrawing from the race
for delegate large and moving that the
| four other candidates be chosen by ac-
/ clamation After several hearty speeches
/ the motion was carried by rising vote.
| The delegates at large are: Frank b. kel-
logg of ST Paul. Walter w. Heffelfinger
of Minneapolis Il. b. Hawkins of Biwa-
blk and Frank h. Putnam of Blue Earth
! The committee on resolutions, with M
/ d. Mum of St. Paul as chairman, was
then appointed and withdrew to draft the
plat form.