Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-01-06


each claiming the plum, and when the
session opened Tuesday each was as
confident as ever regarding the out
come. Gordon had a known backing
of sixty-three, but Flowers was un.
willing to make public the names on
his list.$#While the principle scram.
BILE for jobs is in the senate. where
two factions are fighting for the mas:
terry, the house is by no means free
from trouble of this kind. Several
weeks will likely be necessary to
make atheNdistribution. In the house
ten of the positions: like clerk and
serge ant,of-a arms, are elective and the
plan up to the time Of converting was
to apportion them by districts Not
IA years has the number Of. All licants-
for the humid ed s5jor more Jobs at the
command Of thesst Wo houses, been 80
p|ms. y ~
Asyou probably know the old guard
In the, senate fell by the wayside in
the recent election and this fact has
made the apportioning of the usual
jobs rather difficult. In the old days
only those in the combine wene favor
ed, but there is no combine now and
this has led several to- propose the
creation of one with the few old sem
ators remaining and the old house:
members elected to the senate this,
year. This would provide the neces-.
sary majority for the controlling of
the patronage. but when the upper
body met Tuesday a faction headed
by Senator Sageng of Otter Tail coun.
ty gave it out cold that they would
fight the proposition to the bitter end:
The scheme for the control of the
patronage is backed by Senator Sui
livan of Saltwater and Senator Wise
of LIE Sueur county. There are about
fifty Jobs at the command Of the sen
ate and the majority of them a@e
quite desirable. ~ r i.
f. The proposed rehabilitation of tie
Republican: party in Minnesota was
responsible for a large gathering Of
the faithful in St Paul and il plans
outlined are carried out a big Repub-
Hcan rally will be held either in Min
neapolis or; st, Paul some time next
July. 1t will be in the nature Of a
cOnventiOn and it is possible that
candidates for state offices will be en-.
dorsed and a platform adopted. While
the old guard was heavily in evidence
still there were many present inter
ested in the return Of the state G. O.
| p. to its old form and as result Of
their efforts an organization to be
Known as the Republican League OF
Minnesota was perfected. w p.
Verify Of Vad ena, who I'D issued the
call for the meeting, was named ss,s
Its first president, Organizers n we're
selected for each county. 81
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# One significant feature Of the gath
Iterin'g was the unanimous opinion that
.|sifs the Repllbl can party Isl to gain
control in n innesota the statute books
must be rid without delay of a num-
lber of primary and elect on .ssfads.';s,
l.products Of the last two legislatures.
The direct primary la w and the men
4 .parti lures Of the same ~
goronsl 4 aassailed 32sIt was pointed
sout that both had we'll nigh put TIC
i party out st business In Minnesota;
That bills for The zeal Of bot 1
the substitution of a legalized conv
] ton will u be offered at the present SEES
. ~;
sion Of the Leg allure IS certain, But
that they will pas hard kelly
4 The Demo atie ernb ers . have
profited by# direct p,rinla r.yand the IS
Enonpa tisaI. Y,fz1Will
not permit III and there sis a possibf
i itYss that Il he IL peal the was
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he
peraoer
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