St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-04
ST. PAUL NEWS.
THE G; 0. P.
They Hold Their Primary Meetings
and Send Delegates to To-day's
Convention.
Cornish Cleans the Deck in the Fourth
Ward in Spite of the Fire in
the Rear.


They were fairly and in some cases quite largely
attended. The only thing which they seemed to
really settle were the nominations OF
Fred Richter for sheriff, and W. d.
Cornish for the legislature. 1t was
supposed that W. X. Merriam would be candi-
date for the legislature from the Second and
Sixth wards, but he concluded to go to Europe
instead. The following is the work in detail:
FIRST WARD, FIRST PRECINCT.
In this precinct the GLOBE found about fifteen
persons congregated at the Rosabel street engine
house and two tickets for delegates in the field.
Just why there were two tickets in the field no
one seemed to know. They were both said to
favor Gotzan for the legislature and Richter for
sheriff. j. II. Murphy, P. Lunberg and Henry
Habighorst were defeated and 7. Wilson, d.
Herzog and e. Cronstadt elected. Only about
fifty votes were polled.
In the other precincts of the ward there were
no contests and the delegates chosen are given IN
the list below.
SECOND WARD, FIRST PRECINCT.
In the First precinct of the Second ward there
were two sets of delegates in the field and the
contest was pretty animated. The favorite
ticket was for Geo. W. Lamson for the legisla-
ture and Richter for sheriff. the delegates
the printed slips being Geo. john
son, Thomas jefferson and James Hofbeck.
The opposition ticket was independent, or rather
AlulDB 10 peat LdilsOu, anu Oh lulo dICOuht II
tactily understood to favor NJ. j. Bell, of the
Sixth ward. The candidates were j. Ii. Burns,
j. S. Maloney and NJ. j. Lang. The
colored residents OF the Second
ward were out in full force and
by the sharp watch kept on the ballot box they
evidently intended to see fair play, and conse
quently there was very little knocking out
attempted. Several unsuccessful attempts were
made to boost Bell but they proved
a3ortive. The judges occupied the sher-
IFS Office in the jail building
ana the FOUNDERS were excluded from the sacred
precincts to their great disgust. After the polls
had closed il became evident that the Bell ticket
had received a bad black eye. and the count was
interrupted ny several breaks on the part of the
judges. The count stood 210 for the Lamson
ticket against ninety for the opposition, and on
seeing the returns Mr. Maloney, one of the
judges, folded his ears aud gave the rest of the
gang The slip without signing the tally sheet
N n. Lamson went for the truant and he kindly
consented to supply the omission. In the Sec
ond precinct there was but one ticket and NO con-
test whatever.
THIRD WARD, FIRST PRECINCT.
In this ward the primaries passed off quietly,
and what at first seemed to be a disturbing ele
ment simmered down into a feeling of unity,
the close being very much like a love feast. The
judges we're A. L. Perkins and C. N. Bell, Mr..
c. II. Slocum acting as clerk.
The bone of contention at the start was the
placing of II. u. Willis on the anti Richter
ticket, the straight out and out Lightner and
Richter ticket being composed of August Ham
mer, c. n. Bell, Henry Justus and Ii. n. Elmer,
About the time the polls were thrown
open it transpired that Mr.. Elmer was absent
from the city. and, that on leaving, he had re-
quested that il chosen as delegate the place be
filed by ii. b. Willis as his proxy. This simpli-
fed matters, and, after paaver, Mr..
Willis consented to be taken into camp.
The bone of contention having been conciated,
things went serenely u summer day.
The ticket went through by large majority w.
l.. Nichols, G. j. Berryill, and a. l.. Perkins.
OF the opposition ticket, and who ran in both the
first and third precincts of the ward, being left
out in the cold.
THIRD WARD, SECOND PRECINCT.
There was a funny outcome in this precinct.
A printed ticket was put out bearing the names
L. Z. Mabon. Joseph Hahn and julius Schneider.
Gen. McLaren lives in that precinct and looks
out for fair play for the grand old party. To
make sure Of "fair play he took Mr.. Hahns
name OFF he ticket and substituted mis- own in
stead Hahn got mad and threw away his tick
cts but Gen, McLaren pumped them in until
the poll closed and received thirty-eight votes,
the other delegates having fifty five.
FOURTH WARD, FIRST PRECINCT.
There no contest over the delegates from
this precinct, the ticket being for Richter for
sheriff and William Hendricks for legislature.
FOURTH WARD, SECOND PRECINCT.
The Republicans of this precinct had very
lively primary, at the engine house, corner Selby
avenue and MaCkubin street. Although there
were no sanguinary results, there were numer-
Gus ominous outbursts of temper and indications
several times pointed to Donnybrook fair
scrimmeg'. When the polls opened
large crowd had already gathered most
Of whom were active workers for either
Dean or Cornish for the legislature, candidates
for other offices being entirely lost sight Of
just inside the engine house two gentlemen sat
at a table with a cigar box in front of them with
hole in it 80 ample W dimensions that person
with evil intentions might abstract a large part o.
the contents, and through this hole the gentle
men. the judges it is presumed, pushed the bali
lots rs they were received. The primary did not
Afford the luxury of clerk. For time matters
went on in u semi serene manner about an equal
number OF votes going to each of the contestants.
Finally the number of men announcing their
residence the street car barn became so large
that suspicious OF crookedness were aroused,
and Thos Cochran, Jr., began to make
emphatic and pointed remarks the subject,
charging the Cornish men with an attempt 10
carry the precinct by unfair methods, and that
they were responsible for the presence OF these
voters from other parts of the city, whereupon
N. Bacon moved over to the immediate vein
lily of Mr.. Cochran, saying that what the latter
eaid was not true, and then the pair undertook
10 turn The primary into a miniature pandemo-
mum by word of mouth, but they were only par
TALLY successful. Two men were excluded who
claimed no other residence than the street car
barn, and after this not SO many OF the doubtful
class appeared.
After this episode the proceedings were weari-
some and monotonous and the Dean men fire.
quently consulted their watches as If to hasten
the arrival OF the hour of seven, when the gen
temen in charge of the cigar box announced that
the ''Jts was up Mr.. Cochran said TO Mr.. Fos-
ter that he conceded the election of the Cornish
ticket. hv
Bacon and Charles Marvin, showing that 256
votes had been cast 100 for the Cornish ticket
a. G.. Foster, T. " Bacon, W. II. II. Johnston,
Geo c. Squires. And 80 for the Dean ticket,
j. p Gribben.
While the count was in progress Mr.. Corning
engaged Mr.. Geo. c. Squires. ESQ. in CONVERSE
ton, commencing with the geniaI remark that he
Cforuing) hoped saturday would find the gentle
man addressed better natuged than during tia
primary. Ar. Corning was evidently anxious 10
smooth over the RECOGNIZABLE Look Out seance OF
Friday evening, but he had the pleasure OF hear
Ing himself talk, end Interested no one else.
The vic;ors received the verdict OF their sue.
cess with gentemanly qualification. and the other
slde hastily folded their tents aad stole ava. by
the pale light Of the silver mooa
FOURTH WARD, THIRD rEEc1SPr.
In this primary the GLOBE regretted 70 see the
saetics OF the southern hulldozers in the shane of
cclored ticket. The Cornish ticket was
printed on BLUSH green, or greenish blue paper
aud the Dean ticket on white. The colored
ticket named +. c. IRgorsoa, c. r. Chapel and
+. Boyer for delegates and the Dean ticket had
Gates \. johnson. F. Boyer and r. A. Kirk
Fred Wright, Herman Eenk and Aug. Lehman
Were elected judges aud they opened shop on the
sidewalk. The result was is9 votes for the
Cornish ticket to 20 Cor she Dean
TIE oraER PRECINCTS.
/. In the foar,a aud 9Th precincts there was no
contest and out one ticket