The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-05-24
A SPECIAL SESSION
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE TO
MEET JUNE q TO ENACT A
DIRECT PRIMARY LAW.
T. ROOSEVELT WINS OUT.
States Republicans Declare for Col
onel First, Last and All Time
CaswelI National Com
mitteeman.

Minneapolis. Governor A. o.
Eberhart has decided to call a special
session of the legislature, to meet in
st. Paul on June 4. The purpose of
the special session as outlined by Gov
ernor Eberhart is to enact a state
wide primary for the election of state
officers, the enactment of a stringent
corrupt practices act and q new re-
apportionment exc
The governors action opens up all
the measures that were fought out in
the last legislature, makes reappor-
tionment again a possibility and gives
an opportunity for those who have
been preaching doctrines of reform
to make good.
Mhrs Follows Convention.
The move of the governor followed
the action of the state convention
in Minneapolis. That convention was
organized by men who were known
to be opposed to the candidacy of the
governor and whom the governors
friends accuse of having tried to put
the governor in a hole.
The convention adopted a resolu-
ton recommending that the state cen
trail committee arrange for direct
primary for the Office of governor.
The resolution did not include other
state offices.
The governor had opposed previous
efforts to bring about an extra session
on the ground that there was no gen.
eral demand for it.
The governor has always maintain
ed he would welcome primary on his
own candidacy and urged his friends
to secure the passage of such law
in the last legislature, even up to the
time it was lost in the senate in the
closing hours of that session, when
mistake in reading the vote, lost
the measure which really had major
ity of supporters in both houses.
Roosevelt Gets Delegates.
Minnesota Republicans declared
themselves in favor of the candidacy
of Theodore Roosevelt for the presi-
dency. In state convention in which
Roosevelt adherents were overwhelm-
ingiy in the majority, SO far as in
stsucted delegates were concerned,
but in a gathering which split widely
on the subject of definition of Pro-
gressive principles. Roosevelt dele
gates to the national convention were
elected and instructions were given to
those delegates to be for Roosevelt,
first, last and all the time.
Delegates at Large: M. d. Purdy,
Minneapolis; ]. F. jacobson, Madi-
son; A. L. Hanson, Ada; Moses E.
Clapp, ST. Paul; A. j. Larson, Duluth !;
e. X. Roverud, Houston county.
Alternates at Large: A. F. Char
est, Clay county; w. w. Rich, st.
Paul; c. r. Waterbury, Minneapolis;
A. r. Colburn, International Falls;
J. j. Rachac, Faribault; William o.
Brien, Eden Valley.
Presidential Electors: E. H. Smith,
First district; l.. c. Churchill, Sec
ond district; c. A. Roger, Third dis
trict; George Thompson, Fourth dis
trict; H. v. Jones, Fifth district; E.
e. McCrea, Sixth district; A. V.
Rieke, Seventh district; John Rund-
quist, Eighth district; w. A. Marin,
Ninth district.
Electors at Large: J. w. Wright,
Litchfield; E. G. Hage, New Ulm; w.
H. Putnam, Red Wing.
Senator Haytraft was chairman,
and ]. A. Caswell, clerk of the SUI
preme court was elected national COM
mitteeman.