Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-19
REPUBLICAN, PRTMARYES
Delegates to the County Convention r
F. .ft Morrow Chosen


F. Morrow Chosen.
The Republicans held their primary meet
ings last night to elect delegates to the
county convention to be held at II NJ. to-
morrow. There was little interest felt as
the following detailed reports show:
tafE'.ss. FIRST WARD.
This ward was, like it's name, first in the
number of votes cast. Geo. Moore, who
appears to turn up in a new ward every
election, was on hand, and with Theodore
Sander proceeded to stuff into the ballot box
all the votes they could get people to bring
IN. There seemed to be terrific contest
between Peter A. Lanberg, who keeps
dining hall, and John j. Leveras, who keeps
saloon. Lanberg was on the regular
ticket and Leveras scratched him. Lanberg
evidently hurled his dining room influence
into the ballot box, and Leveras responded
with the saloon retainers. The result was
that there were fifty votes cast, besides the
vote of Geo. Moore from the Third and
Theo. Sanders from the Fifth wards. An
effort was made to defraud Leveras
by closing the polls before o'clock, but
| some Democrats who were present exposed
the attempted fraud and Messrs Sander and
Moore were compelled to continue stufflng
the ballot box, though even then they man
aged to close two minutes before the engine
house clock struck 7. Dick Richards had
tarried too long at Leveras' and came in Just
IN time to be excluded by the arbitrary and
premature closing of the polls. 1t is proba-
Die that another detachment from the saloon
might have arrived if the clock
had struck fifteen minutes later
instead of when it did. After heather
Chinee count by Mr.. Sander, during which
there were frequent accusations of fraud, the
following ticket was declared elected:
Louis Wagner, T. l.. Schurmeier, J. P. Allen,
E. NJ. johnson, P. A. Lanberg. -: -" ,
It was announced that Lanberg had 81
and Leveras 10 votes, though if Leveras
should insist on recount he will find ample
grounds for contesting the election.
SECOND WARD.
In the Second ward the canvass was mum.
erically next to nothing. Six votes were
cast, and the interest was at zero. The fol-
lowing delegates were elected;
Russell Blakeley. w, B. Dean, w. P. Jewett.
W. Weis, H. T. Hickman.
THIRD wA6D.
The election of delegates from the Third
ward took place at city hall. and no interest
was manifested in the voting. Eleven stall
warts materialized, resulting in the polling of
eleven votes.
The following ticket was unanimously
elected:
r. q. Wiley, A. Hammer, J. G. Haupt, J. C.
Bettingen, Charles N. Bell, T. P. Wilson.
FOURTH WARD.
Little or no interest was evinced here. A
few votes, in all 81, we're scatteringly put in
the same cigar box used by the Democrats
the day before, and at o'clock Messrs. P.
Thauwald and j. Picha, the judges, declared
! the following, the only ones voted for, duly
| elected:
| G. K. Davis, W. Il. Mead, 81. Stillwell, A.
| Menzies, P. Taauwald, J. Picha j. G. Fleischer,
| W. Kohlman.
The primary in the Fifth ward was ex-
eeedingly tame, passing off without a
notable incident. The following ticket re-
oeived eleven votes, and, as there was no
opposition, the delegates were declared
unanimously elected:
| John L. Merriam, Martin Nelson, 81. M
Smyth, P: A. Monten, H. B. Willis, r. Barden.
SIXTH WARD.
There was no caucus held in this ward
George Watson and G. Heimbach assembled
and unanimously declared the following
delegates elected:
Geo. Watson. Octave Savard, G. Heimbach,
F. NJ. Goss.