Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-04
Clark Stands 10, Burke 16, Olivier 8,
and Casey s, With 2 Delegates
to Hear From.
AS 1T TAKES 81 VOTES TO WIN.
1t is Still Anybody's Race, and No Tell.
ing What May Happen To-Day.
HOW THE OTHER CONTESTS STAND
AS Near as They Can Be Figured,
While the Sheriffalty is an
Open Question.

Yesterday was Democratic field day
in ST. Paul. The occasion was the pri-
mary meetings to elect delegates to the
county convention which is to meet at the
old court house at 10 a. m. to-day. The
great bone of contention is the nomina
ton for sheriff, and the campaign for that
Office may be said to have been in prog
ress for a year or more. Of course
as the time for the primaries approached,
matters became warmer and last evening
they might be said to have been hot-al-
most red hot. In the scramble for sheriff,
the other Offices, including the legislature,
have been largely lost sight of and only
cut an Incidental figure. Candidates
for other offices occupied the pecu-
liar position of working in harmony with
one candidate for sheriff in one ward and
with another candidate in another ward.
The prominent candidates for sheriff are
Capt. John Clark of the police force, David
Burke, proprietor of Burke's hack line
Con. Casey, street commissioner, j. B. Oh,
ivier, abstract clerk, and Judge
Henry O'Gorman, with quite
number of dark horses who
like Barkis, are willin'. Judge O'Gorman,
however, is the prominent dark horse, the
names Of all of the others appearing as
having obtained some delegates.
The delegates are understood to
stand as follows for sheriff:
For Clark-First ward z; Second ward
Z; second and third precincts of the Fourth
ward 5. Total, 10.
For Burke-First and fourth precincts
of the Fourth ward 5; Sixth ward B; Little
Canada 8: Rose 3; Reserve .. Total, 16.
For Olivier-Third ward z; Sixth ward
2. Total 8.
For Casey-Fifth ward 8.
White Bear 3, Mounds View and Nc
Lean ., are yet to hear from.
The result transfers the contest to the
convention and it is still anybody's race
The whims or combina tions of the dele
gates when they assem- BILE this morning
will settle the much mooted question and
speculatIons are useless. The
Burke men claim that they
will make contest in the First ward on
the ground that their men were not al
lowed to vote. while the Clark men threat
en- to meet them with a contest on the
Burke delegates from the Sixth ward. The
result, as we have given it above, is the
way it was declared last night and any
successful contest of seats would change
the figures.
There are the usual charges and counter
charges of unfair voting, which always
follow heated primary meetings.
THE OTHER OFFICES.
The leading legislative contest was for
senator from the Second, Third, Fourth
and Sixth wards, the contestants being
Col. G. W. Griggs and Ansel >Oppenheim.
The Fourth ward was stand
off, Col. Griggs securing the five delegates
from the second and third precincts and
Mr.. Oppenheim the five from the first and
fourth precincts. In addition Mr.. Open
helm claims six votes from the third ward.
three from the second and five from the
sixth, making total of 10 to 10 for Col.
Griggs. Col. Griggs was not seen after
the returns came in last night,
but his friends dispute the correctness of
Mr.. Oppenheim's figures without giving
their own in detail. The best information
which the GLOBE could obtain was that
Mr.. Oppenheim had a sure majority.
though there may be a shrinkage from
the Is he claims. The only uncertainty
which seems possible is some
new combination on sheriff, as
that is the prize to which
all other officers are made subordinate.
There was also some talk of compromise
by nominating Mr.. Oppenheim for the
the senate and Col. Griggs for the house.
In the other district Col. Crooks has no
opposition for the senate, and Geo. w.
Walsh is most prominent for the house.
For auditor T. j. Kerker is supposed to
have the convention very decidedly, and
Judge McGrorty is the decided favorite
for probate judge.
Below will be found the report of tn e
primary meetings in detail:
First Wnsd.
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