The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-01-12
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ST. PAUL LETTER

the political control of Minnesota, it
might be said, is now on. The open
ing gun was fired last week when G.
R. Adams, CHAPMAN of the Republi-
can State Central Committee, issued
a call for meeting of that organiza-
ton to be held the first week in Feb
uary. At this meeting plans will be
formulated for the Republican State
Convention which will be held in the
twin cities in Marchhh and the dele
gate caucuses and county conventions
which will proceed the big meet. The
caucuses and conventions will be the
first held under the new political con-
vention act passed by the last legis-
lature and naturally considerable in
terest attaches to the preliminaries.
So far the Democratic leaders have
not indicated what the Unterrifed
will do in the matter of a state con-
vention. This uncertainty likewise
includes the Townley forces and the
Prohibition party, better known as
! the National Party. With two of
Minnesota's leading Republicans bat
Ting for United States Senator and
the threatened injection of a third in
to the contest for secretary of state,
the big meet should have more or less
of the old time color, but if any one
has in mind a battle royal, he is due
to be disappointed. AS the dope runs,
the state convention is going to be
! pretty much of a ratification and the
present Republican state administra-
ton will be the beneficiary. AS to
the Democrats, their one problem is
the necessary official timber. Can
didates who can make a showing are
sadly lacking and the draft may have
to, be resorted to. All in all, it is a
peculiar situation and the chief task
of those in charge will be the instill-
ing of pep into the workers. How
ever, the Republican gathering will
be historic one. 1t will be the first
under the new convention law; candi-
dates endorsed by it will be so indi-
Gated on the primary ballot and the
platform adopted will be one of per-
Torrance and not evasion. Every Re-
publican candidate will be pledged to
carrying out of the same. Chairman
Adams promises that the big meet
will be record breaker and he gen
orally delivers.
The contest for Republican con-
Vantion endorsement for United
States Senator took on added interest
with the arrival home for the holt
days of Senator Frank B. Kellogg,
the chief aspirant. Senator Kellogg
at once went into conference with his
managers, and it is presumed that the
details of the coming campaign were
fully gone over. Reviewing the con-
test to date, one is rather impressed
| by the activity of Judge Hallam of
the State Supreme Court, who
though he has not made any public
I statement that he would like to sue
coed Senator Kellogg, is yet at the
same time about as busy in that re-
spect as an out and-out candidate
could be. He is certainly not over
looking any bets and time off from
his court duties finds him up to his
arm pits in an effort to make the
senatorial grade. He is very likable
and has host of friends, but as
those who know the game view it,
the majority of his well wishers are
of the kind to whom a convention
scramble is more or less distasteful.
Senator Kellogg is serving his first
term and his stewardship isshis chief
bid for Reimbursement. Political
conventions of the past have almost
Invariably honored such appeals and
there is nothing to show that the pre-
cedent will be broken this time. Quite
a few are hazarding the guess that
Judge Hallam will be on the Kellogg
band wagon before the converting of
the Republican meet. Who knows?
$50
| Under the new political convention
law delegate caucuses for the various
county conventions will fall on town