The Princeton union., 1922-04-06
REPUBLICANS IN
D0RSE KELLOGG
Kellogg Sweeps Convention; Receives
ISL of 1,07S Votes; Strong
Support From Country.
EASY VICTORY FOR RINES
Grace Kaercher of Ortonville Wins in
Hot Contest for Clerk of
Supreme Court.

Gus gathering. The big fight was Of
course on the senatorship but even be-
fore the convention assembled Kel-
logg's victory was being freely pre-
dicted. Hallam men had succeeded in
making quite a stir in Ramsey county
but their strength seemed to practi-
cally begin and end there. Leach had
been chosen as the favorite son Of
Hennepin county but from the very
beginning of the contest he was a
forlorn hope. The leaders in Henne-
pin county realized this and vote by
ballot by the delegates of that county
gave Kellogg 95 of the 168 votes.
There was no opposition to j. A. 0.
Preus for governor, Louis L. Collins
for lieutenant governor, Mike Holm
for secretary of state, Ray Chase for
state auditor or Clifford L. Hilton for
attorney general.
Henry Rines had some opposition
from w. c. Briggs. Thomas Gerling
seconded Briggs nomination and Hen
nepin county gave him unanimous
vote. Both Ramsey and st. Louis also
gave Briggs fair vote but in the
rural districts, the smaller cities and
villages, Rines held the lead.
When the roll was called on the
candidates for senator and the votes
for Kellogg commenced to roll in, it
was evident that the rural districts of
the state were giving him splendid
support. Hennepin's contribution of
95 votes helped considerably although
Kellogg did not really need them.
Good old St. Louis, who is nearly al
ways found on the right side, cast her
60 votes solid for Kellogg. Then fol-
lowed Stearns with her 21 delegates
to one Of whom, Ripley Brewer, had
been given the honor of placing Kel-
logg's name before the convention.
While not wishing to take any of the
glory Of the victory from the junior
senator's supporters in the three large
counties, Hennepin, Ramsey and St.
Louis, it is a significant fact that he
could have carried the convention
without single vote from one of these
counties. Kellogg was the choice of
the country, and the rural districts had
the strength to put him over despite
all opposition from the large cities.
The hottest fight of the convention
was on the clerk of the supreme
court. It was late in the afternoon
when the various candidates for this
office were nominated, seven in all.
Disorder prevailed throughout the
hall and it was almost impossible for
the delegates seated at some distance
from the presiding officer to hear the
votes announced. But few counties
cast a solid vote, some Of them with
six delegates splitting their vote
among four candidates. On the first
ballot Miss Grace Kaercher of Orton-
vile was in the lead with 280 votes
with Miss Eloise Callahan of St. Paul
with 260 woes and George Stowe of
Wadena with 276 votes as close Sec
onds. On the second ballot Hennepin
gave Miss Kaercher a solid vote and
then some of Miss Callahan's suppor-
ters who strongly favored having at
least one woman on the ticket threw
their votes to the Ortonville candidate.
One factor which was influential in
bringing victory to Miss Kaercher was
the sentiment that the cities had been
given their share of offices and it was
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