New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1922-04-05
POLITICIANS ARE
MILLING AROUND
HOLDING CONVENTIONS AND
AWFUL BUSY BUT GET
NOWHERE.
STEAM ROLLER FLATTENS OUT
FUSIONISTS AMONG THE
DEMOCRATS.

SS>1NSA'ASo
complexion of practically all of tn,
voters of the State assembled in thu
Twin Cities, Friday and Saturday O.
last week for the purpose of adopting
platforms and agreeing on a set O.
candidates to be recommended to thu
voters as the choice of their parties
at the June primaries. The Republic
can State Convention was held In the
Auditorium of St. Paul on Friday, the
Democrats convened in Minneapolis
in the West Hotel on the same day
the Nonpartisan League had their
convention in the Auditorium of tbs
Minnesota Daily Star Building, and
the Workers Political League" Con
vention was held at Richmond Halls
No Fusion Possible.
1t was understood that the farmers
and labor forces would work in har-
m0ny and it was also thought advis-
able and good stroke of politics tC
make some arrangements which would
bring about coalition of the forces
of the Democrats and the farmer-la-
Dor forces. This however did not
come to pass Dominated by the fac
ton which was opposed to fusion be-
tween democrats and liberals, the demo
cratic state convention at the West
Hotel Friday night named a complete
ticket.
Party leaders, including Judge W. L.
Comstock of Mankato, T. J. Meighan,
Erling Swenson, Edward Indrehus,
Endorsed for governor, F. H. Fox and
others pleaded for the naming of only
a partial ticket, or for action which
would have permitted the possibility
OF fusion. But a group surrounding
the platform, including John Freeman
of Olivia, T. J. McDermott, P. A. Cos
grove and W. J. Quinn of ST. Paul, be-
side others, apparently had the acting
chairman, C. M. Andrist Of Minnea-
polls, under their thumb, and under
his rulings, the convention went down
the line to the end.
Mrs. Peter OIeson, Cloquet, demo-
cratic national committeewoman from
Minnesota, was named for United
States senator; Edward Indrehus of
Foley, for governor; Miss Emily Kneu-
buhl, Minneapolis, for lieutenant gov
ernor; John Foley, Wabasha, attorney
geQeral; Claude Swanson, Fairmont,
for secretary Of state; Waiter S. Brown
Waseca; for state treasurer; John E.
Casey, Jordan, state auditor; Joseph
Kilbride, Albert Lea, railroad and ware
house commissioner, and Charles Ebel,
St. Paul, clerk of the supreme court
Rulings Bring Protests.
John Lind, pamed chairman earlier
in the day, had surrendered the gavel
to Andrist and had gone home. An
drist's rulings against motions which
would have allowed the party to ap-
point a committee to make nomina-
lions later, with the exception Of those
for the three highest Offices, senator,
governor dHu lSUGGllanJ governor, were
denounced by delegates as against all
parliamentary procedure.
care you going to allow one man
on this platform to say to this demo.
cratic convention what it shall do OF
shall not do?' asked Judge Comstock
in a final appeal tosthe convention tc
abide by the judgment of John Lind
Howard Everett, former state chair
man and national committeeman, anC
others of the fusion committee which
consulted with the liberals.
The platform, with one Or two ex
ceptions, was liberal and impassionee
speeches appealing for fusion were
made
"Are you going to allow yourselve
to be fooled again by the corrupt press
which calls the liberals of this stat
'bolshevists' and reds % asked Thoma
Quinn, 23-year-old mayor Of Faribault
eff you'll look over the list of thes
men and women in your own commu
nifty, you will find them to be honest