Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-18

E4etcnerb convention Call Declared = ull
and Void---It is Disfegarded and Twenty
Pour Delegates are Sent to the Convention
Instead Of Twelve---Strong Threats of
Bolt-.-The Sacred Cow and Cush Davis
Join Hands Over the Bloody Chasm and
Unto to Renominate stewart---The Con-
vention Endorses DR.. stewart---Delegates
to the State Convention.
At 1890 o'clock yesterday morning. in the
old court house, Mr.. John Lesh, chairman of
the Republican county committee called to
order the Republican county convention, and
in doing 80 he confronted thirty-four faces,
not all of whom were by any means members
Of the body. After stating that the object of
she convention was the election of delegates to
represent the county in the district congress
sional convention, to be held in Minneapolis on
the 10th prox., and Of delegates to the State
convention, to be held in this city on Sept.
4, Mr.. Lesch said the first business in order
would be the selection of chairman. Upon
this, Gov. Marshall was unanimously chosen t.,
that position.
On assuming his duties, Gov. Marshall said
substantially that he thanked the convention
under circumstances of peculiar gravity. The
call for the district congressional convention,
as issued by the district committee and as it
now stood. was neither more nor less than
premeditated injustice to Ramsey county. 1t
was thereby deliberately sought to rob this
county of its Just representation in the forth
coming convention. This wrong must be
righted, and was incumbent upon the conven-
ton to protest against this I'M Justice and
fairness. An injustice to the Republicans Of
this county was an in ustice to the Republicans
Of the whole district. When, moreover, the
organization OF any party perverted
from its legitimate aims for personal
or other purposes, the mission Of that party
forever ended. He hoped. therefore, that
tho proceedings of the convention would be
marked by prudence, courage and unanimity.
MIR. w. ID. Cornish was then elected secretary.
On motion, the following committee on Gre
dentials were appointed by the chair: Gen.
sanborn H. G. Burbank, G. N. Bell, George A.
Nash and +. Richter. After retiring the COM
mittee returned and submitted the following
report, which was unanimously accepted and
adopted:
First Ward-J. B. Sanborn, Charles Eaton,
J. H. Schumacher, G. W. Carpenter, J. H.
Murphy, H. Sahlgaard Fl. f. Blodgett Geo. Il.
Finch, G. A. Hallenberg.
Second Ward-R: Blakely, II: G. Burbank,
". +. Mason, W. Weiss, Geo. s. Acker, J. K.
Hilyard, VIM. Pfander, @. 2. Mayo W. B.
Dean.
Third Ward-C. H. Bigelow, G. N. Bell. W.
d. Cornish, John Summers, Jacob Hammer,
J. A. Wheelock, r. c. Wiley, G. Passavant,
Geo. Wenz, +. Luhrson.
Fourth Ward-C. X. Davis W. II. Mead, H.
J. Horn, W. R. Marshall, Fred Richter, D. W.
lngersoll, F. Boyer, A. Yurka, W. H. Sanborn,
Fred Emnert, Geo. A. Nash, Fred Driscoll L.
u. Hughson, Louis HOFFMAN.
Fifth Ward-R. Barden, L. F. Drake A. r.
Kiefer, Martin Nelson, II. a. Castle, Horace
a1.oll ~ n
Gilfllan, j. Fl. Hullsick
Reserve Township-Adam Boland, Morris
Smith.
On motion, the following committee on reso
buttons was appointed by the chair E. f.
Drake, r. Barden, W. H. Sanborn, H. Sahl
gard and w. B. Dean.
Before the committee RETIRED Mr. Drake sad
the resolutions should be drawn with great
care. There should be no haste in the compila
ton of the resolutions, which should contain
a statement of this little affair concerning the
represen tations of Ramsey and Hennepin coun
ties IN the district convention. In short, the
resolutions should form sort of manifesto tt
be used hereafter in the convention.
Gen. Sanborn thought the delegation to bt
hereafter elected should appoint committee
OF It's own to prepare an address to the conven
ton, especially as the delegation would be pres
ent in the convention to enforce it.
The committee on resolutions then RETIRED
Capt. Castle moved that committee of sever
be appointed by the chair to nominate delegate.
to the district convention.
motion to take recess of fifteen minutes
having been lost, Capt. Castle moved that the
delegation to the district convention shoulC
consist of seventeen members, which Mr. Mash
moved to amend by making the number twenty
four. The amendment was accepted by Capt
Castle.
Gen. San born said the number Of the delega
S1on must be governed by some principle. i
was understood that this county was entitled
to thirteen delegates and Hennepin to nineteen
but, in the call, the latter had been accorded
tWenty-four. On the latter proportion, Ramsey
county would be entitled to eighteen, and hi
should like to hear why it was now proposed tt
give Ramsey county twenty-four delegates,
Mr.. G. A.. Nash explained it was necessary
because then the two counties would then b,
on an equality, and they could subsequent,
agree among themselves as to the final proper
ton of each.
Mr.. H. ]. Horne said twcnty-four had beer
suggested as the number for Ramsey county
because Hennepin county had so far acted in .
most arbitrary manner. There would be :
contest, and in that contest Ramsey count,
might as well have as many delegates as Hen
nep1n: :. Hennepin county had arbitrarily ap
sssgaRss and Rans ssSE countg b%5
the same right on the same arbitrarz
grounds to the same number. The question al
to the appointment Nould have to be settled b,
the convention, and in taat settlement Ramsey
county should not be placed at DISADVANTAGE
and should have the same number as Hennepil
county. The same course had been adoptcd
before-there precedent for the action h.
advocated-and there could be no complain
against 1T, especially as the district committee
had fixed SO arbitrarily the apportionment o
the two counties
20 plant itself firmly on principle
The true proportion between the tw,
counties was thirteen FOR Ramsey tt
nineteen for Hennepin, but the district com
mittee had arbitrarily placed it at twelve tt
twenty-four. All that Ramsey county, how
In 1873 when G. X. Davis ran for governor
Ramsey county polled for him 3,ls0 agains
1857 for him by Hennipin county, or nearl,
t tv, to one, but Hennepin county appertiones
on the principle that the delegation of til
former should be based upon the vote of 1877
anstead of 1878. Hennepin asked the sam
now.
MI Horn said that, under the existing ar
rangement, Hennepin would have the ad van
tage IN the preliminary organization and othe
matters IN the forthcoming convention
Capt Castle averred Hennepin was honestl,
entitled to six more delegates than Ramsey
mr Horn commended in reply that Ramse,
county would be justified in sending to thu
convention an equal number Of delegates witt
nennepln' Inc convention would have to de-
clde the matter-not Ramsey or Hennepin.
zen. Sanborn said it was evident the whole
matter resolved itself into matter of policy
that was all. The question was, what action
Stewart, he believed, had a fair show Of snc
cess in obtaining the nomination, and il
would be small thing to gain .
mere temporary advantage. This con.
vention wanted to go upon principle
remembering the main point was ''to carry ON