Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-31
REPUBLICANS ORGANIZING.

Meeting of the State Committee. nd
appointment OF District Committees
Yesterday.
1t is not necessary to remind the readers of
the GLOBE that at the last regular session of
legislature, the Republican members of that
body in the plentitude of their power and in
advance of any action by congress, divided up
the state into five congressional districts in
such manner as to secure for the Republican
pasty solid delegation in the national con-
gress regardless of the interests of the state
or even common decency. They had the power
and 1t is needless TO say they exercised it. Yes
terday the members OF the Republican State
central committee met pursuant to call, at the
law office Of ex-Gov. C. X Davis in this city
for the purpose of appointing congressional
committees for the different districts. The fact
that such a meeting was to be held, as
matter of course, called together
large crowd of would be candidates
| for congressional honors together with their
henchmen from the different districts, and the
| Merchants hotel presented the appearance Of
scenes similar to that which usually precedes
state convention or meeting of the legls-
lature.
The meeting was called for p. m. but it
was fully half hour after that time before
| tuo iutluDcIS were cdlleu W OTQtr Will OK UOVs
Davis as chairman and Capt. H. A. Castle as
secretary. A call of the roll showed that all
the members OF the committee were present,
with the exception Of Hon. G. Lawrence of
| Wabashaw.
Some little time was spent in talking over
preliminary matters such as to the number of
members of which the different committees
should be composed etc. when on motion
of Capt. Castle it was decided that each
| oh ;,k <Ho, ~oiv,
members, one from each state senatorial dis.
trict, and where there were not nine districts,
the Others were to be appointed at large, and
that the members of tbs central committee
present should nominate the members OF the
committee subject to the approval of the
meeting.
This mode of procedure having been
adopted, the balance of the proceedings was
machine work and resulted in the selection of
the following committees:
! FIRST DISTRICT.
| D. A. Morrison, Rochester, chairman; VIM.
Potter, Houston; Clark Chambers, Owatonna;
Henry Christopherson, Lanesboro; L. G. Mel.
son, Kasson; E. B. Jordan, Winona; J. G..
Lawrence, Wabashaw; w. w. johnson, AL
bert Lea; c. D. Belden, Austin.
SECOND DISTRICT.
E. P. Freeman, Mankato, chairman; G. W.
Thompson, Wells; W. G. Ward, Waseca; G. G
Case, LIE sueur; W. L. Coughlin, Nicollet; J
P. Kirby, sibley; John Swensou, Yellow
Medicine; Col. Pfander, Brown; Daniel Shell
Mobiles; Alex Fiddes, Jackson; B. G.. Yates,
Watonwan and Cottonw God.
THIRD DISTRICT.
VIM. Wilson, Scott, chairman; Marcus
johnson, Kandiyohi; J. c. Hill, Chippewa
81. Gronerud, Renville; G. H. Strobeck
Meeker; s. P. Jennison and J. A. Thacher,
Goodhue; L. Nutting, Rice; Charles Halgren
Carver; Charles A. Baker, Dakota; Liberty
Hall, Mcleod.
| FOURTH DISTRICT.
&C. II. Petit, Hennepin, chairman; Samuel
Hill, Hennepin; James Mccain, Anoka q
A. Castle and R. Blakely, Ramsey; E. D. Tay.
lor, Washington; Frank Fl. Pratt, Chisago
E. W. Cults, Wright; W. II. Houlton, Sher
burne.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
George II. johnson, of Becker, chairman;
G. B. Sleeper, Crow Wing; II. G. Kendall, St.
Louis; L. K. Aaker, Douglass; E. E. Corlies,
Otter Tail; 8. G.. Comstock, Clay, A. Barto,
Stearns; F. G. Tuttle, Big Stone; Paul Sletter,
Polk.
The appointment of the above committee
gives u ouSuG IuutA VI WidG VIC Icoulb Vi Tic
action of the different districts will be in con-
veption which the GLOBE gives as follows:
First District-In this district the contest
will be between Dunnell and Judge Start.
Second District-In this district Hon. j. B.
Wakefield will have walk away.
Third District-Every indication points to-
ward Strait receiving the nomination al
though Hon. j. A. Thacker may contest his
right to have the many pledges of former
| years redeemed.
Fourth District-Bill Washburn-lower
than Fletcher, General Sanborn and others
that the people of the district do not want, are
| the candidates.
Fifth District-In this district nearly every
Republican is candidate, but it is generally
conceded that the contest will be narrowed
down to Senator McCrea, Lieut.. Gov. Gilman
and Knute Nelson, with the chances largely
in favor of McCrea.