Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-29
And the P. P. is Incontinently Kicked
Out Of Camp.
HUBBARD WINS GovERNORSHIP.
Marshall and Greenleaf Clark Among
the Defeated Victims.
A JOLLY JUBILEE LAST NIGHT.
In Which the VictOrs Basted Their
Opponents.
Refare the Contention.

The spacious lobby of the Merchants note
was filled from an early hour yesterday morn
ing, with delegates to the Republican state
conyert ton, candidates, friends of candidates
and curious spectators. The gathering was
for two hours, as usual on such occasions, II
apparent confusion, with the regular button
hole brigade working at cross purposes, ano
many of the delegates as well as outsiders, un'
certain of the strength of any candidate. bul
about 10 O'Clock it was whispered about that
the Hubbard leaders had completed combin-
alton at which they had been laboring ever
since the delegates began to come in, and that
they were now so confident OF success that
they were about to hold caucus to choose
temporary and permanent officers, select COM
mittees and decide upon the order OF nomina-
tions, Soon after this was confirmed by a
general movement of known supporters OF
Hubbard toward the ladies' ordinary on the
second floor, with Capt. 81. A. Castle mar
shallipg the procession. Then public an
nouneement of the caucus was made and all
friends of Gen. Hubbard were invited to at
tend it.
THIS HUBBARD CAUCUS
was unique affair. 1t wasiopen to reporters
and to the public and there was no conceal
msnt of its objects. The old guard of the Re-
publican party of this state would not have
done this. They would not even have trusted
their own followers with knowledge OF the
bargains they had made.
The caucus was organized by electing s. P.
Jennison chairman and w. j. Munroe secre-
tary, and the chairman then stated that the
object of the caucus was to arrange for organ
izing the convention and selecting the COM
mittees, and he suggested that the caucus pro-
ceed to name the committees. This was done,
but these committees we're subsequently
changed in private consultations after the eau
Gus adjourned, 30 that as appointed In the
convention they are only in small part the
same.
Then the real object of the caucus was
brought up by Gen. Jennison, who stated
ethat the friends of Gen. Hubbard were willing
to concede an associate justice to Hennepln
county, but in return asked the Hennepin del
egates to support Hubbard for governor.
With that understanding he moved that The
caucus support Judge Vanderberg for associate
Justice. After some remarks from other dele
gates Capt. Sheehan called for some pledge
from the Hennepin delegation before the eau
Gus was committed to. .Vanderberg upon which
Major Camp, of Hennepjn, said that although
he could not pledge all the delegation, he
would promise 1t would go
for Hubbard by large majority. The major
then went on to urge the claims of Judge
Vanderberg aud Hennepin county to the effect
that Minneapolis should have as many Offices
as ST.. Paul. AT conclusion of the majors
convincing argument Gen. Jennison's motion
was adopted by rising vote of the meeting.
Then Gen. Jennison stated that motion
would be made in the convention to change
the order of candidates, as named in the call,
SO as to nominate first the supreme judges.
He desired all the friends of Hubbard to vote
against the motion. An informal under
standing that the motion should be voted
down appeared to be reached, after some talk,
and then the caucus adjourned.
DOWN IN THE LOBBY.
While the Hubbard caucus was in progress
up stairs, there were not many delegates left,
but these by comparison of votes soon arrived
at the conclusion that the Hubbard men had
made upa full slate and expected to carry it
through. By the time the coucus adjourned
the names on the slate were pretty we'll known
and the friends of candidates not in the list
set to work diligently trying to break the
slate. So far as appeared at the time little
was done that way except for Hahn, candi-
date for attorney general against Fayette
Marsh, the slate candidate-numbers of per-
sonal pledges being secured for him.