The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
On This
Occasion
Just few thoughts by the Editor on things
Material and Immaterial.

The machinery of the Republican
State Convention has been oiled 10
smoothness for the gathering Of Sat-
urdav. The eighth district delegates
were also present and most effectively
flattened by the steam roller that
held the road to Che exclusion OF all
other methods proposed. However,
we will say that the eighth district
delegates were ladies and gentlemen
throughout toe convention and put
across R. ". Hitch :0Gk Of HlbSmg as
the district delegate at LARGE cy
sticking 20 their knitting and keep
ing out of the Squabl.le which Lhleat-
ened and gath :red several Times In
order to get even with the 100 dele
gates from the north end for putting
over a Hoover delegate the steam roll
Ter later tied his hands by passing
resolution instructing delegates to
vota ICr LnWden for president.
The resolution committee were so
intent on getting an alright LoWden
delegation that they forgot 10 men :
ton the ST. Lawrence Tidewater pro-
ject although being very voluble Tor
the Mississippi River waterway. Now,
after seeing what was done or left
undone, the committee has come to
the front with a statement saying that
the resolution on the waterway had
been written but had become lost in
the shuttle. About the time the COM
mittee on resolutions were wrangllng
about what was what in committee
rooms where they had submerged
without a prospect Of ever coming to
the surface, some one with sadly
perverted sense of humor displayed
a streamer from the balcony with
"t'eu with Backus" on it. The BAN
ner was promptly removed but the
damage had been done. Those VINO
saw it characterized it as punk poll
tics.
Much anti-BackuS sentiment was
manifest in the convention and at
one time it appeared as if Backus
and not the matter of electing dele
gates to the National Convention was
the business on hand. Lieutenant
Governor w. l. Nolan was chosen
chairman of the convention. AS a
presiding officer, Mr. Nolan cannot
be improved upon. He is a speaker OF
force and a parlimentarian par eX-
cellence. During the noon recess, the
Hennepin delegation, or some OF
them, conceived the brilliant idea of
deposing the chairman but the senti-
ment in favor of Nolan was almost
unanimous in the other delegations
and he was allowed to continue, much
to the good of the convention. The
anti-Nolan scrap started when the
chairman named the members of the
nominating committee and the claim
was put forth that Mr.. Backus had
handed in the lists of the favored
ones the day before.
The Hennepin delegation had come
to the convention 1876 strong for Hoov
er and with the eighth district bunch
formed a Hoover delegation which
had 303 votes to start with. Both dele
cations palyed ball bat were called
out by the umpireS. 1ven Bowen, who
was in charge of the Hoover cam
paign in the state was not slow in
his statements nor sparing in his
remarks about the influence at the
convention. Early in the beginning
Hennepin and st. Louis County had
been told to go chase themselves or
words to that effect. Hennepin was
sore and their soreness was manifest
on the floor. The st. Louis delegation
was also sore but kept their mouth
closed. The Lowden supporters up to
noon decided not to concede any,
thing. However, after lunch the
Lowden floor leaders decided that the
eighth district delegate should go on
the slate but Hennepin county was
left in the cold.