The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-10-11
MONDAY MORNING, OCT. 6, 1856.
Democratic Nominating COnventi0ns---
Complete Triumph of the United Ma
tiOn of Ireland---.Americans Kicked
Out, Body and Breeches!

Democratic Nominating Conventions.
Complete Triumph Of the United Ma
tiOn of Ireland----Americans Kicked
Out, Body and Breeches!
Saturday was great day with the Dem
ocracy of St. Paul and Ramsey County. In
the forenoon the delegates to nominate can
didates for the Second and Third Ward and
Little Canada Legislative D strict,me at the
Court House, and put in nomination WIN.
P. Murray, of the Second Ward, Mr.. Cos
tello, of the Third, and Mr.. McBane, of Lit
tic Csnada. Mr.. Murray is we'll known to
our old settlers, but may not be to some of
those who have recently come among us.
lie is a. lawyer Of respectable talents, and
an American by birth. He has gained pop
uiarity among our Irish and French Cana
dian population by being constant attend
ant at Irish and French dances, and being
able to drink as much bad whiskey as any
of his attendant cronies. Mr.. Costello is an
Irishman with whom we have but little ac-
1uaintance, but presume he was nominated
merely because he was an Irishman. Mr.
Nc zane represents the French side of the
ticket, and has, SO far as we have ever been
able to discover, no claims whatever upon
the people of this Commercial Metropolis to
become one of their legislators. In fact, the
same may be said of the whole ticket.
Well, the nomination OF this ticket caused
some "cussing," but not half so much as the
,,-oooaI;poS xrl,;ol, Coll ;nf fbo
Ross Wilkinson, one of the disappointed,
"swore heap,"-so did his friends-and
he proceeded forthwith to take the initiatory
steps towards announcing himself as an indie
pendent candidate through the columns of
the Minnesotian.
The stirring event of the day, however,
was the County Convention in the afternoon.
The great contest was for the Comfy Treas
urership-the candidates being Robert Smith,
the present incumbent, and Alderman Nc
Grorty. The fight commenced a week pre-
vious, at the primary meetings Noses were
counted many times before going into Con-
vention, and Smith was found to be leetle
ahead. But the superior tactics of the AL
derman out-generaled h m in the Conven-
ton. Finding he could win in no other way,
the Alderman managed to have the delegates
from two or three the country precincts
elected, which being done he obtained a
clean majority. The whole thing was man.
aged in most excellent style, by McGrorty,
from the beginning. The prejudices of the
Catholic delegates were arousedagainst Smith
by bitterly denouncing him as an Odd Fellow,
which "Mother Church" regards as being
just as Objectionable in man as being a
Know Nothing. No good Roman Catholic
is allowed to vote for an Odd Fellow or a
Mason, it appears, if the heads and dignita-
ries of the church can help it. At least, we
judge so by the course that has been pur-
sued towards Mr.. Smith. In short, we think
Mr.. McGrorIy deserves the thanks of bis
party for the superior manner in which he
engineered himself on to the ticket.
To make the Irish triumph complete, John
O'Gorman was then nominated for County
Commissioners. But John was too honest
or too sharp, to allow his name upon ticket
that had been got up by any such foul means
He manfuIIy refused the nomination, ma le
as he said, by a packed Convention; shook
the communicating dust from his feet, and
departed.
Then, outside and all through the streets
and in the bar-rooms commenced the ours.
ing of the ''d-d Irish'-real Demo
cratic curses-curses by american, "Simon
pure" Democrats &C curses, loud, long and
bold, such as would have done credit to any
"dark lantern" cabal in the Union.
Well, gentlemen, all the consolation we
can give you in this, your hour of severe
trial, is that this is devouring element Of
your own creating. While we have ALWAYS
held the principle, and tried to impress il
upon you, that an American, German. o
Swede, an Englisuan, a Scotchman, or q
Norwegian is just as good as an Irishman
provided he behaves himself as well, you,
leaders have been preaching to them. at St