Daily globe., 1883-08-17
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.

''The Old Guard Come to the Front. and
the Gallant Gen. McLaren Gets There
Promises of Loyalty to the Ticket.
Two O'Clock yesterday afternoon, at the
Merchants hotel, was the time and place
designated for the first meeting of the
Republican state central committee. Gen,
McLaren was on deck early and extended
greetings as members of the committee
and other active Republicans dropped
in. He appeared to shave a
hen on" as it were, and was not entirely
certain as to the coming hatch. 1t was
fifteen or twenty minutes after two o'clock
when Gen. McLaren piloted the crowd up
to Room A. on the next floor above the
Office. There was quite an official gather
ing and among those who joined the GLOBE
representative in "Room 4" were Gov.
Hubbard, Secretary of State Won Baum
bach, State Auditor Braden, Insurance
Commissioner McGill, State Treasurer
Kittleson, Clerk of the Court Nichols,
Railroad Commissioner Baker, Steamboat
Inspector Flower, .. s. Marshal Denny,
and OIL Inspector Castle. When this
official crowd, and such strag-
CLING members of the commit
tee as could be found had
gathered in room 4" Gen. McLaren an
nounced that being the member of the
committee at large, he had called the
committee together without any authority.
and ne appeared to want to be forgiven
for having done so. Gen. Flower helped
him out by moving that Gen. McLaren
be made chairman of the committee pro
tenn. This prevailed and then some one
nominated Gen. Flower for secretary.
whicn made everything lovely. A roll call
was then made and r. n. McLaren, A. K.
Finseth, E. S. Corser, M. D. Flower,
Sam Nichols (proxy for Thomas
Simpson,, j. G. Nelson, VIM.
Thomas, w. W. Braden (proxy
for G. II. Conkey, A. R. McGin (proxy for
j. P. Arnott). Il. G. Kendall also tele-
graphed his proxy to General Flower.
When the roll call had been made up
Mr.. Corser arose and moved that
the temporary officers be made
the permanent ones. This was a
center shot, and the motion was promptly
put and pronounced carried.
Gen. McLaren arose to return thanks.
There had been more or less feeling
that the committee would not be eff
cient, but he wished to disclaim any
lukewarmness on his part. He could not
feel greater interest if every man on the
ticket had been his personal choice. 1t
was the Republican party which was to
be sustained and not the individual. and he
should do all in his power for the success
of the ticket.
Gen. Flower endorsed Gen. McLaren's
response as his own.
All had gone well up to this point. The
GLOBE was the only morning paper repre-
sented and it's presence was having
a soothing effect. Unfortunately, how
ever representative of the Pioneer Press
came in at this stage of the game
and upon seeing him Gen. McLaren an
nounced that during the remainder of the
meeting it would be private and requested
the reporters to withdraw. In order to re-
move the P. P. incubus the GLOBE repre-
sentative withdrew and the subsequent
proceedings were fiat and stale. The only
item of moment was the appointment of the
following executive committee:
Gen. R. n. McLaren, chairman ex-oficio.
M. D. Flower, secretary ex-oficio.
A. c. Finseth, E. s. Corser, ]. G. Nelso n
D. L. Howe and VIM. Thomas.
Prince Hohenloe, Count Glerchen Lord
Labam and Lord Elphinstone are guests of
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