Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-29

clamatiOn.
Judge Brown moved to add the name OF
! Greeneaf Clark. Lost.
Mr.. JennisOn moved to add the name OF
Judge Vanderburgh.
Great confusion ensued in the midst OF which
Mr.. Driscoll loudly protested against being
,, deprived of the privilege OF ballot. Mr..
| Jennison withdrew his motion and Judge
Whitehall and Dickinson were nominated by
acclamation. .-.s
Amid great excitement the ballot for the
third Judge proceeded. When the votes were
cast. There were loud calls Of fraud and
ballot-box stu fling. A call for the resnlt was
made, when it was found that Judge Wander
burgh had received 219 aud Judge Clark ~.
On motion of Mr.. Driscoll the nomination
of Judge Vanderburgh was made unanimous.
STATE CENTRAL coMMITTEE.
During the progress of the ballot Mr.. Barto
reported the following as the members of the
State Central committee for the ensuing two
years: 5.r ~
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Chairman announced the following
committee to select state central committee:
First District-CharIes hi ], Of Goodhua
Sec md Di-trict-Msyk D. Flower, Of Ramsey.
third District E. @ g, ary, Of Wsbashsw.
Fourth district r. B. Laugdon, OF aeo nepin.
Flf b District-E. B. Parsons. Dodge
sixth Dis,rict-O. o. ich-r, Of ue Earth
Seventh District-A. Barto, OF stesrns, who 10 to
be cha rman.
E ghth D strict-Fred Summer, Of Mcleod.
Ninth strict david Beason, Of Brown.
Terth District-J. D. Farmer, Of FIJI more.
Eleventh District-Paul g. Sletton, Of Polk.
Twelfth district e Lindberg. Of Meeker.
At Large-Aldrew McCrea, Of Otter Tall
The committee after short conference an.
nounced the following as the committee:
First District-J. A. Thacber, Of Goodhue.
Second District II. A. G stle, Of Ramsey.
THIRD District-J. q Lawrence, of wsbsshaw.
Fourth District-O II Pettit Of Hennepin.
Fifth District-D. 0. Brewer, Of Dodge.
Sixth District B. wakea, Id, Of Fariban't
seventh District-L. " Collins, Of Stearns.
Eighth District-Andrew Hopper, Of Mcleod
Ninth District-O. 8. Keishus, Of Renaine.
Tenth Disrtct-H. g. Day. Of Fillmore
Eleventh District-0eorge Il Johnston,of Becker.
Twelfth District-F. E. Bissen. Of Meeker.
At Lsrge-C. K. Dsvis, of Ramsey.
The report was adopted, but many wry faces
were seen in various parts OF the hall.
SUPREME COURT CLERK.
Mr.. McCrea named Samuel II. Nichols for
clerk of the supreme court, and alluded in
terms of praise to his past faithful service in
that Office.
Mr.. Brown nominated Mr.. j. G. Hill, of
Chippewa. He stated that he had been an as
sociate of Garfield's during the war, and
few days before the assassination of the presi-
dent had received a notification Of his ap-
pointment as secretary of New Mexico. The
presidents death would deprive him OF this
Office. He spoke in terms Of eulogy OF the
merits of Mr.. Hill, and thought it was time
for change. aa set
Mr.. Camp was also in favor of rotation in
Office and favored Mr.. Hill.
Mr.. Rice, from the raging Watonwan, urged
tho otion of Geo I0hnat0n. Of hta
own county, and delivered one of his charac-
teristlcally grandiloquent speeches in his sup
port. The informal ballot resulted:
Whole number of votes cast. t............. 1895
Necessary to choice. ..14o
}. G. Hill lll...................... ..l24
s. 81. Nichols. ........... .lIS
Geo. T. Johnston. 10
When the drst formal ballot was in progress
Mr.. Rice withdrew the name of Mr.. Johnston
and urged his supporters to vote for Mr..
Nichols.
When the result was declared it was an
nounced the tellers had found two ballots
together, and, in accordance with custom, had
thrown them out. The vote was given as
follows:
Whole number of votes cast. 1856
Necessary to a choice. .144
s. IL. Nichols. ............ $50
y. y. hui. .".. -. III
Mr.. Yale protested that the Ceilers nad no
right to throw out votes. -gl
By common consent third ballot was en-
tered upon. During its progress there was
excited discussion on the floor, and before the
votes had been counted Mr.. JennisOn mounted
a chair. and demanded that the tellers inform
the convention for whom the duplicates had
been cast. He was willing to take every fair
advantage in politics, but wouldn't steal.
Besides, the ticket must be above suspicion Of
unfairness.
Mr.. Camp seconded the demand.
The tellers didn't want to tell, but they
finally told that it had been cast for Mr..
Nichols.
Mr. Camp then demanded that Mr.. Nichols
should be declared the nominee of the conven-
ton, which was done after scene of inextri-
cable confusion, during which there were ex-
plantations and counter-explanatiOn by the
score.
Mr.. Jennison offered the following resolu-
tion, which was adopted:
Gen. 8. P. Jennison offered and Capt. Rus.
sell Blakely seconded the following resolution,
which was adopted: Il
Resolued, That the convention recognize the pre-
eminent services which have been rendered to tue
party f.I the rast six years by Hon. q" W. Johson,
Xs member Of the state central committee. He has
performed duiiee fairly, unseldshy and well, AID
we commend him to higher rewards than he has yet
received.
Mr.. Blakeley moved that the future basis of
representation be one delegate from each
county, and one for each 500 Republican votes.
Lost, and the convention adjourned.