St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-27


mise and was accordingly not bound to OBJ
serve the terms Of one that he knew nothing
about. The fact is the polls were opened at
five and closed at half past six. Between
6 80 and O'Clock 62 votes were cast. We
had right under the call to vote till Z O'Clock,
and that is what was done. We had moth
ing to 90 with a compromise We
were then and are now, here before
the convention fighting for principle, mat
ter Of right. Mr.. Johnston declared with
considerable excitement and emotion that he
stood there for right and principle, the right
to vote. On this point he grew quite eloquent.
He declared that there were no polls. There
was no ballot box. We, the people of the
precinct, he declared had right to appoint
judges, clerks, etc., and vote. The people
did so on that occasion, and they alone he
declared, were the proper ones to be repre-
sented in the convention. This thing of de-
feating the ballot box is done all over the
United States, and there is where power and
wrong defeats principle. He wanted to
know if the people had any rights. 1t was
not matter of man but Of principle. He
declared he was not in politics, and only ap-
peared there as citizen to maintain his
rights.
General Flower, in reply declared he want
ed nothing but right, and asserted that if
the polls had been kept open it would have
made no difference. Any talk about de-
priving any one of rights was all mistake;
there was no such attempt. Had the polls
been kept open till O'Clock the result
would have been just the same.
Mr.. Johnston replied that what was still
worse, was the fact, as he had been inform
ed, that the $50 votes said to have been de-
posted before 6 80 had not been counted,
and were not counted at all. 1t was not
satisfactory nor fair to cut people off and not
allow them to vote.
Mr.. w. B. Dean, who was on the Flower
side of the controversy and one of the dele
gates admitted that the polls were closed
before they ought to have been. Still he did
not think that those who had gore there and
voted ought to be deprived of their rights
because the judges had failed to do their
duty, and closed the polls before they
ought to.
Mr.. Nash declared that the Flower party
did not count the ballots at all. They closed
up the polls just when they pleased and
threw the votes away, but after they found
out that there was to be trouble they went
and hunted up the ballots, but they did not
find them all and really guessed at the whole
matter. The whole proceedings were wrong.
1t was generally the case that people go to
their supper and then 90 over to the polls
getting there about half past six, and vote
and go home. That was what he was
b IL l.
place in his buggy and wanted to vote but
could not as the polls were closed, and it was
only half past six. There were a number of
other citizens there also who declared the
proceedings outrageous, and such as ought
not to be submitted to. They accordingly
opened the polls and kept them open until it
was time to close them at O'Clock. During
that time there were sixty-two votes cast and
every one Of them was legal, while there was
not legal vote on the other side for the
simple reason that the closing of the polls
and taking out the ballots was an illegal
act.
F. G. Ingersoll made a motion that the
Flower ticket be recognized and thedelegates
admitted.
Mr. E. S. Bean made motion that both
delegations be admitted, and this proposition
was looked upon very favorably by the whole
convention. A vote was called, but the
chair was in doubt and division was order
ed, pending which Gen. Sanborn, who is al
ways for peace and harmony, sought to pour
oil on the water, and urged admit
ting both. Finally, after some further talk
ing a vote was taken on Mr.. Beams
amendment which was lost. At last they
got down to hard pan, and voted on Inger-
SOILS motion to admit the Flower delegation,
and carried it with only one dissenting vote
in the negative-Mr Nash, ''fathful found
among the faithless.'' Thus the fellows who
go early get their votes in quickly, close up
the polls and don't let the other fellows vote,
are the ones to be recognized.
TO VOTE THE FULL VOTE.
1t was determined that where the dele
cation was not full that it should vote the
full vote.
DELEGATES TO THE DISTRICT CONVENTION.
On motion of Mr.. Lightner the chair APP
pointed a committee consisting of one from
each ward and one from the country to report
a list of 10 delegates to the district conven-
ton: First ward, Geo. R. Finch; Second,
H. B. Willis; Third, w. H. Lightner;
Fourth, f, V. Bacon; Fifth, Henry Schur-
meier; Sixth, NJ. J. Bell; from the country,
H. j. Branard
DELEGATES FOR THE STATE CONVENTION.
On motion of Mr.. Bean, the chair appoint
ed the following committee, consisting of
one from each ward, one from the country
and one at large, to select twelve delegates to
represent the county in the state convention
John B. Sanborn, E. S. Bean, R. n. McLar-
en-, NJ. D. Flower, F. w. Dayton, S. E. Fore
man, F. Driscoll; from the country, H. ].
Brainard
ANOTHER RECESS.
As soon as these two committees were ap-
pointed, the convention took recess for an
hour or more to give the committees an OPP
portunity to consider the matters before
them. The worst struggle was in the com
mittee to select delegates to the state conven-
ton. In this committee the majority was
strong in favor of Senator Sabin, as was the
whole convention, while f. Driscon was
bitterly opposed to him, and tried very
hard to put C. K. Davis at the head
of the delegation, and it is well understood
that the committee was willing to give Mr.
Davis place provided Mr.. Driscoll would
agree to support a resolution favorable to
Sabin. Mr.. Driscoll declined to accept any
conditions whatever and this was the reason
why Mr.. Davis name was left off. The
friends of Mr.. Davis in the convention were
quite outspoken in regard to the fact that
Mr.. Davis had been forced into such posi-
ton.
THE COMMITTEES FINALLY REPORT.
The following district delegates on being
reported by Mr. Willis were elected: VIM. R.
Merriam, Conrad Gotzian. Geo. c. Squires,