Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-07-11
STATE CAPITOL NOTES.
st. paul. Mimi. July 10. 1919 :,

&c., st. Paul.. Ju1y3EAVs - 80
~ recent statement In Opposition
ia the ratification Of the league q "a "a.
lions covenant, Senator Brandegee:, .m ~
n,1blican, from Connecticut. sala oai E =:
country has ag, had i tsrf inndRependence sec
nrs1 20 Ming It's constitutions; tnlr9e'
on nos.arv;ng the union under It's con cons,
tuition. We are now conf to 'nroceeded
fourth tnfo rs the public that he o0 W0sadt
' 10 the Republican party tn Crisis: the
i Il stands for this f1rstn Of the cow
SUPPORT By the ;ea Kepu Of Gnaaions have
no ao W. scene at the times o. t W heen
~ three crisises> he Wou u,,a IF them
"agin" each AN; ana >e Of our reactionary
friends. 49, =,
There is more or ae ing the, selec-
among H t,ea;r state ticket in 1920 Inc
t res1t in 1918 was not at al n1ntWith
aging to the D ems 4hat their candidate
standlnga r 1mv Was third in the race:
f4r 1 g3f;e emre that without the ln?eceiaE3n n
af II the third ticket they e;aso unof FOR gov,
would have n cari1SE M for some other
egmGf and p1 their ticket There are
Democrats, Of course &c. w " SQUARE deal
the party did der nGt in Ell the history Of the
Ir 9in -" 1--we the labor people recelVeu
q q mich recognition as they nave s;g 9un
ing the administration VI ,nfortunate
WiisU ,,nfair that labor does not rec1Gi-
,,i1e this and, to the extent OF lts dGli
ity. cooperate With r. the if PITY IT Is Hoped
has has do nats n So labor will see where 1t
has nae mistakes in the past ana -, IN II
the future win 2oReratdGi xn wsia to
fRaifii1 a ~ Of it's reasonable demands;
Au W. Democrats of Minnesota are rlc u
in gubernatorial material :oof Sh !" can !.
be deemed advisable to se1gct vho has
d ddda m iIt service, it will have
Galaxy from which to choose. e,,.ae W1,l
mention just a few Of them: hem! e9 reionel
Major Major " A. Iee Ma'Mi minneapolis; Captain
george or Ne =; Moorhead; Major Q; A.
Duane. St. Peter; Major Arth4r Nelson On
F Paui! These are only few Of the lead.
ing Democrats of the, state + Who W sSad
into the service and, and d Mar
themselyes in TIE W " select Some one
other than a military man, we nave
Edward 1ndrehus, Foley; S Samuel RED ID
Howard Everett, St. Paul; and Judge
Stanton, Bemidji. No party can show
a larger list Of high-class material dqr
this position than can the Democrats
Some of the Republican political
managers are waking up to the. fact
that Minnesota has no legal machinery
for the selection of delegates to- ma
tional conventions in 1920. 1t seems to
me that this situation should have
been impressed upon them during the
last session of the legislature. because
every one knew that all laws referring
to that; subject had been. repealed. It
probably is true that should delegates
be selected by the various parties to
their respective conventions without
due provision of law, they would be
seated--but the, absence of legal
methods for such selection is fraught
with possibilities of complications. For
instance, any body of men might char
acterize themselves as Democrats or
Republicans and call conventions to Sc
lect delegates. Without a law to reg
H ;I this matter, the dominant faction
delegation which it could use to the
best advantage in the nomination of it's
candidate. This could not be done
where state law ,prescri bes the method
OF procedure and sees to it that such
procedure is enforced in the selection
of delegates 1t is very probable that
a special session Of the legislature will
be called to supply the omission in this
respect at the last legislative session.
DEMOS.