The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-24
GOVERNOR is TO CALL
SPECIAL; DA E JUNE 4

! ST Paul, May 1T--FOllOWlng the
passage of the resolution in the Re-
publican convention asking the state
! central committee to provide for a
| gubernatorial preference primary Gov.
! ernor Eberhart said that he will issue
| call for special session of the legis-
F, lature June to consider the enact,
ment of statewide primary law for
the nomination of all off cials, for the
passage of a stringent and effective
| corrupt practices act and a reappor.
sionment law
Governor Eberhart's statement, in
part, follows:
II shall call the Legislature to meet
in extra session on June 4 next. This
will give the Legislature ample time
to pass primary law before the date
fixed for the state convention, If nee
essary the state central committee
can meet and rescind the call for the
|. convention so as to leave the 1egis.
lature unembarrassed.
80 far as my candidacy for gov
ernOr is concerned | will be glad to
submit it to the direct action of the
people,"
minneapolis, May l7,-Roosevelr
men held absolute sway in the Repub-
lican delegate convention in the Min
neapolis armory, beat down the efforts
of the La Toilette delegates to start a
second choice movement for the Wis
consin senator and to insert La Fol-
lette policies in the resolutions and
elected six delegates at large to go
to the national convention at Chicago
under binding Instructions to fight for
the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt
to the last ditch
The delegates at large are Moses
E. Clapp, st. Paul; Milton d. Purdy,
Minneapolis; j. F. Jacobson, Madison;
e. X. Roverud, Houston counsy, o. j..
Larson, Duluth; A. l.. Hanson, Ada.
Frank B. Kellogg, Republican ma
tiOnal committeeman, will be succeed
ed by l. A. Caswell clerk of the SUI
preme court and state Roosevelt man.
ager. Caswell's name was the only
one presented to the convention and
he was unanimously elected.
Strong resolutions, that endorsed
Colonel Roosevelt and progressive
principles, took fling at the state Re-
publican central comittee for it's OPP
position to presidential primaries and
termed this opposition 1.-THE oppression
of bossism."
Want Primary for Governor
A recommendation to the state Gen.
trail committee that Republican voters
be permitted to express their choice
for governor at the coming primaries
was recognized by the delegates as a.
aligning himself with the Taft element
and refusing to call special session
Of the legislature to enact presi.
Dental primary law. ........ .....
There was scarcely a noticeable
hitch in the program mapped out by
|. A. Caswell and other Roosevelt
leaders. Taft delegates played no
part in the convention. The one real
fight on the floor was on resolutions.
Here a handful of La Toilette dele
gates attempted to obtain Instructions
for delegates to vote for their leader
in case Roosevelt's nomination is an
impossibility.
Frank Knox, vice chairman of the
Republican national committee, who
came to Minneapolis to head off La
Toilette sentiment, engineered the
move that killed off the attempt for
La Toilette second choice instructions.
At his request the second choice plank
was first singled out for attack.
Roosevelt orators pointed out that
such instructions would be an admis.
sion OF the weakness of their candi-
date. Before La Toilette men could
recover the second choice plank was
beaten on the floor by an overwhelm-
ing vote.
Declarations for the initiative and
referendum and recall and several 9TH
er recognized La Toilette policies
Jared a little better, but went down
to defeat by close margin. On roll
call the motion to incorporate them
in the resolutions was defeated by
vote of 606 to Ats.
The resolutions presented by the
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