The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-05-19

dAu C4ldt is JANE Will VIII. 1CS LII
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Tonnage tax was written. into the
platform at the Republican conven-
ton last week and while Northern
Minnesota does not Like it little
bit, those active in discouraging such
an infection are not. at all discour-
aged. The convention was by no
means a; unit on the proposition as
800 votes were registered against the
plank, and they all came from South
ern Minnesota The idea seemed to
be to rape the Nonpartisan League
of some of it's political thunder and
the scheme found support to the ex-
tent of 704 votes, The Range county
will continue it's planned system of
education and there lis every reason
to believe there will be general
legislative response.
The big convention surprise was
the bolt of Julius A. Seminal of Red
wood Falls and w. F. Schilling of
Northfield, the former it might be
said is the father of the elimination
convention idea. Framed by the
interests was Schmahls excuse
while the charged injection of re-
ligion was the offering made by Mr..
Schilling. The bolt came twelve
hours in advance of the converting of
the big show and while early receipt
Of the news sent cold shiver down
the backs of those who had hoped
for harmony the spectacular retire
ment Of the tow had little effect
on the general convention plan as
mapped out by the leaders, SchmahPs
hackers were unable to deliver his
following intact to Bowling, while
at. to Shilling, the excuse offered by
him angered and the few delegates
pledged to his candidacy went to
Preus in a body. Both are threaten
ing to take their troubles to the
primaries next month, but it is be-
lived that their better Judgment will
prevail and that they will forget
the whole thing. While a decided
good bet up to three weeks ago,
Schmahl stock it could be said be-
gan to show dissolution from the
very day State Auditor Preus entered
the ring. He could see the knock
out coming and his only hope was
to carry down with him the wrecker
of his ambitions. AS to w. F. Schil-
ling, politics a la convention was
never his forte and his quick finish
came as expected. Out Of it ALL
however, loonaed either NJ J. Bowling
or possible dark horse, but they too
were unable to make the ripple On
the dark horse side Fred A. Hadley
of Winnebago, drafted for that pur,
pose by his townsmen, made the best
showing, but lred had one bit on
common sense to his credit, he never
took his candidacy seriously. He
wanted a winner and the convention
choice looked the best to him. On
the other hand, dark horses entered
by admiring friends such as J. NJ
Hackney: of. st. Paul and Judge Oscar
Hallam of the same city had decided
hopes and made a strong effort to
land. They finished miserably, like.
wise Frank Nelson an avowed candi.
date from Minneapolis. The one
other contest was that of cesretary
of state in which Mike Holm of
Roseau county prevailed. He has
strong backing from members of the
state fair board and was early picked
as a winner, though it took two bal.
lots to put it over. There were eight
candidates in the race and only two
of them, Fred Sherman of Todd coun.
ty and S. Y. Gordon of Browns Valley
gave him what might be called .