New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-28
Convention Only Partial.

determined to hold some sort of con-
vention in March or April
Convention Only Partial.
Chaffed about their sudden conversion,
the leaders, declare that it is only partial,
that they propose to get together only
to formulate platform and declare the
position Of the party with regard to the
war and national issues generally, and
to take definite party stand with re-
lation to state affairs.
There is something familiar about
their statement that it will be repres-
entative gathering of the rank and file Of
the party. That sounds like a phrase
from one of the old Keynote speeches.
But there is no cant about the phrase
this time.
Those who utter it realize that no
other kind of a convention would be
worth while. The sole argument that
carries any weight for convention is
that. it would be better for the repres-
entatives Of the party as a whole t.
formulate the platform in advance of
the primaries than to have the party
issues defined by the candidates alone
after they have been nominated. There
is no talk now of indorsing candidates.
Those seeking the favor of the party at
the primaries would be expected to
stand upon the platform adopted at the
convention.
Inspired at Loyalty Meeting.
The Loyalty meeting in st. Paul in
spired the convention talk. Not that
there was any great amount of political
talk at that meeting. Never in the
history of the state probably was there
$50 little discussion of party politics as
there was at that meeting. g
But the men who attended found it
good to get together again, and remarked
on the resemblance to the old conven-
ton days. The more they talked about
it, the more they thought it would be
good to meet oftener. This naturally
led to discussion of political conventions.
The Democrats, the Prohibitionists
and the Nonpartisan league had already
planned state conventions long before
the Loyalty meeting was organized.
Only the Republicans had no such plan.
| Spurred by Democrats.
+ Convention talk among the Republic
ans was stimulated by knowledge OF
what the Democrats have accomplished
in the way Of organization in the past
six or eight months. Men from all parts
of the state commented on it and this
led the Republicans to the discovery
that they had been caught mapping
again, and that unless they wake up and
hustle their 1913 cake will be dough.
Republicans who talk of state con-
vention declare that the party will sup
port the national administration in all
OF its war measures, and those who take
an active part in National politics say
there will be no attempt to wrest control
of the national House of Representatives
from the Democrats next year.
On the other hand, they declare they
have no intention of turning the state
administration over to the Democrats,
and that it is high time the Republicans
were getting together for the next cam
paign. The state COMMITTEES viii get
busy Immediately after the frsf Of the
year organizing for the campaign, and
q state conference or convention would
follow naturally when that work ii done.
Frankinson Second Choice.
Gay G. Huntley Of tie Hill City News
declares that he Is. friendly to Governor
Bmnquist. and believes that he should
be given another term. hut that Il there
should be change he u einnplhialt iesIly
lin flavor Of eleettiing Lieut. enant oysfnodf
Thomas Frankniison Is B,,falqultt,s s sS
cessor.