Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-03
FIFTH ward DEMOCRATS.

on Boiling in Which the "GlObe" Comes
in forl Animalversion.
In pursuance of the announcement in
the GLOBE of yesterday, a meeting of
working" Democrats of the Fifth ward
was held last evening at No. engine
house, for general consultation and
the mapping out of work to
be done to Offset and
overcome the effects of the Window Wash
burn ''bar'T' which is being so freely used
in St. Paul at this time.
The meeting, while not large
in numbers, the capacity of the meeting
place preventing such a result was an
exceedingly lively one, and the result, can
not be otherwise than BENEFICIAL, to the
Democratic cause in this senatorial dis
trict.
The meeting was organized by calling
Hon. J. j. Egan, county attorney, to the
chair, who,i lin responding to the honor cor
ferred, made an eloquent and forcible ap-
peal in behalf of DR.. A. A. Ames, the
Democratic nominee for congress in the
district. and also the legislative and coun-
ty ticket of the party, laying special stress
upon the Importance to the Democrats
as political organization. and the best
interests of the capital city, of the election
OF Col. Crooks 10 the senate.
This latter portion of Mr.. Egan's re-
marks resulted in bringing out Mr.. Tim.
Kelly. a delegate to the convention which
placed our present Legislative and county
ticket in nomination, who claimed
to have been greatly wronged
by an article in yesterday mornings
GLOBE, the author of which he pretended
to be anxious to meet. The author
not responding, at his request the paper
was produced and the objectional para
graph read as follows:
Following reports from representa-
tives of the various voting precincts. All
OF an exceedingly cheerful character, except as
to the Fifth ward entire, and the second pre-
cinct of the First ward. In these election pre-
clncts the reports to the effect that not only
hitherto pronounced Democrats, but actually
members OF the convention making the nonina-
tons, were openly working against Col. Crooks
for the senate and Henry O'Gorman for sheriff.
The reports confirmed the street ruinors that
the -Washburn barrel had been thrown
wide open, and was doing its accustomed work
or the surface. Special details OF workers
were made to look after these precincts, and
both are to be thoroughly canvassed, and a
record is to be made up for future use of those
playing false at this time. 1t was announced
that a meeting of the working committee of the
Fifth ward would be held at No. 4 engine house
this evening. and the club voted that as many
members as possible should be present to join in
the consultation, and in mapping out individual
work to offset the ''bar'l'' of the opposition
AS will be seen Mr.. Kelly's name is not
mentioned, but for some reason he gave it
personal application, an application that
he proceeded to justify by stating that he
was a supporter of G. D. Gill
Ian in opposition to his own nom
inee for the senate, but denying most
emphatically that he was opposing Henry
OGorman for sheriff.
This brought out Col. Crooks, who spoke
at some length defining his position and
explaining his candidacy, in which he
stated, that Mr.. Gilfillan had given him
(Crooks) his word that he would not be
a candidate for the senate i'll opposition
to him. He was the nominee of the Dem
ocratic party, he said, not at his own wish,
and in opposition to his personal interests,
which would suffer by an election. He did
not seek the nomination in any way, did
not ask single person to support him, but
having been honored with the nomi-
nation he should put forth every effort to
secure an election, and he claimed, as he
had right to claim the support of all who
claimed to be or wished to
be known as Democrats. If
elected he should do all he could to
prevent the return of William
Window, who had always been an enemy
of st. Paul, to the U. S. senate. On the
other hand, Mr.. Gilfllan, if elected, as he
had personally acknowledged to him
(Crooks) would be obliged to support
Window as he was running upon that issue.
Continuing, and addressing his remarks
Crooks said that with him per-
sonal preferences and differences
ended when his party, in due form, set up
the names of its standard bearers. Before
the late convention he was an earnest sup
porter of David Burke for sheriff, but now
he was an O'Gorman man, the convention
having named him for that Office.
He was for the Democratic
party. first, last and all the
time. He had been Democrat before the
late war, during the war, and ever since,
and he expected to die one. He had
always been true to its principles and
its nominees, and he believed he could truth
fully say faithful to every trust
eonfded by the party to his hands,
and he therefore had right
to claim the support of every Democrat in
this contest, not for himself personally,
but as he represented the party. The pres
emit Legislative campaign Is, he said, by far
the most important in the history of the
state. Though the Republicans were in
large majority in the state, no
one could tell which party
would control the next legis-
lature, which would have the choosing of
y. S. senator'to succeed Window. The
Republican partysis divided into factions
in every part of the state. He had just
returned from the Fifth district, and owing
to the discussions there, owing to the Kin,
dred-Nelson fight, the Democrats were
certain to make large legislative gains,
and similar gains could be reasonably
looked for in other portions of the state.
With such an outlook, and interests of such
vital importance at stake, as well to the
city as the party, no Democrat could af-
ford, upon purely personal grounds, to