Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-12

Day.
The Ramsey county Republican con vention,
held yesterday forenoon, to elect delegates to
the Fourth district congressional convention.
commenced business with the decorum and
solemnity of an orthodox Quaker meeting,
and ended up in crow and rumpus'' that
would have passed muster as the genuine
thing any time for the last four weeks in the
Fifth district.
The convention was called TO meet at the
old court house at II o'clock a. IA, but at
that hour not more than dozen persons
were in attendance. After waiting until Ills
the attendance had been increased TO 34-dsle-
gates, spectators and all-aud II. w. Foote
called the convention to order, reading the
call under which the convention was con-
vened.
At the conclusion of the reading, r. n. Nc
LaIen nominated A X. MrGill for temporary
chairman, the convention endorsing the NOM
ination unanimously. In accepting the caair
Mr.. McGill said that all formalltes would be
dispensed with and that the convention would
proceed to business.
Gen. Mark Flower nominated Mr.. Foote
for secretary, but the gentl nan declined the
honor, and the election was conferred upon
Mr.. G. f. Dana.
r. Barden moved the appointment of CON-
mittee of credentials, one from each ward of
the city, and one from the county ST large.
Carried.
The chair, after selecting the city members,
asked Tor the name Of some country delegate,
when it transpired the county was entirely
unrepresented. The chair then announced
the committee as follows: II. Habighorst,
Fred. Richter. John Cathcart, j. P. Jacobson,
r. Barden and A. SchumaD.
No. ohcar ha
turned and reported the following as entitled
to seats in the convention:
First Ward. p. Allen, Fl. Habighorst, J.
j. Leverass, G. P. Barnard, r. A. Becker, Nels
Swanstrom, H. E. Minor, G. NJ. Lund.
Second Ward-Fred. Richter, Chas. F. Dana
Reuben Cluett, j. X. Hilyard, P. C. Haas,
Marshall Sherman.
Third Ward-J. II. Stewart, +. Wiley, Henry
Schneider, A. r. McGill, John Cathcart, r. n
McLaren, John Schiller.
Fourth Ward-George Benz, c. N. Bell, Pc
ter Thauwald, Fl. w. Foote, s. Newell, M. D.
Flower, William A. Nichols, c. G. Congdon,
J. P. jacobson, W. D. Cornish, Charles Chap
pell.
w. Hackett, w. L. Burr, John Espy, A. r.
Kiefer, WIN. Lindeke, c. N. Bell, H. Stocker-
strein, Martin Nelson.
Sixth Ward-J. A. McConkey, Abraham
Schuman, George Fertig.
Report adopted.
On motion, the temporary organization
was made permanent.
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES.
Mr.. G. P. Barnard moved the appointment
of committee of one from each ward 10
select delegates TO the congressional conyen-
ton.
Mr.. K. Barden thought the committee
ought to be larger, as the duty il had to per-
form was most important.
Mr.. Foote moved to have it consist of three
from each ward.
Gen. Flower opposed the amendment,
because it would make the committee cum
bersome, and further, because such commit
tee could not be made up from the attendance.
The amendment was voted down, the orig
iual motion adopted, and the chair appointed
the committee as follows: G. p Barnard
Fred Richter, j. H. Stewart, Stanford Newell,
Martin Nelson, and ]. A. Conkey.
The committee after an absence of twelve
minutes returned a1d reported tine following
names selected for delegates: j. Fl. Stewart,
A. r. McGill, c. p. Barnard, John Leverass,
Fred Richter, r. n. McLaren, Peter Thum-
valid, Martin Nelson, Stanford Newell, j. X.
Hoffman, j. P. Jacobson, Sam H. Nichols,
NJ. ID. Flower, J. A. Conkey.
Report adopted.
Personal LIBERTY.
Mr.. A. r. Kiefer offered the following reso
luton:
"Resoiued, That the delegates are hereby re.
quested to vote against any measure that may
be offered at the meeting Of the district con-
vention, July 10Th next, that may be cal
culated to infringe in any. way upon the per-
sonal liberty of any one."
In support of the resolution he said it had
been offered in perfect good faith, and because
he believed it vital to the future of
the Republican party that it should
question. The temperance question was to
be forced upon the Congressional convention
this fall, and unless the Republicans had the
nerve to put the stamp of condemnation upon
it the Democrats would profit by it, as they
were doing elsewhere.
Mr.. Barden could see nothing wrong in the
resolution. Temperance was not political
be made to thrust it upon the Republican
party of the district this fall
Mr.. Conkey thought the resolution had no
place in county convention. If proper any,
where it was only in State convention.
Mr.. Foote argued that the question
ought to be met right now. The Republi.
cans were going to have a hard fight this
fall and it would not do to drive from its sup
port the large following who insisted upon an
unqualified recognition of the principle en-
bodied in the resolution. The question of
temperance was, he said, purely local mat.
ter and had nothing to do with great national
parties, and he wanted to see the Republicans
of this state, in all their conventions, county,
district and state, place themselves squarely In
that doctrine.
TAT the request of Gen. Flower the resolu.
ton was read again
Stanford Newell thought it was hardly the
thing to do for a convention called to elect
delegates to a congressional conven-
ton, to take such stand as proposed. But
he believed in the declarations OF the resolu.
ton, and under the circumstances should vote
for it.
R. Barden said there was no doubt there
were going to be temperance cranks in
the congressional convention, and they might
SIS well be sat down upon at once, as to wait
The Republican party was party OF liberty.
1t hsd stood the test upon that principle for
Twenty-Five years, and he hoped to see it con-
tinued III power until the personal liberty of
every citizen was guaranteed, including his
right TO cast free and untram-
neled ballot IN all parts of the country.
There ives g little fire in Mr.. Barden's re-
MARKS, and for The first time the small con.
tingent present were sufficiently enthused to
indulge in faint clapping of hands
The resolution was then put TO a vote and it
was adopted, more than one half the conven-
ti0n of thirty four refraining from voting,
however.