St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-25

dent of the Third Ward Republican club and
the first meeting will be held in Hunts hall
on Plymouth avenue, if the hall can be Sc
cured.
ROUTINE REPORT.
Aid. W. W. Sly, acting chairman of the
central city committee, called the convention
to order at 10: Is O'Clock and read the call for
the convention. The delegates had quietly
seated themselves and prepared for business.
R. H. Leonard nominated Mr.. Sly for chair
man, which prevailed, after which A. d.
Condit was made secretary. On motion of
A. j. Wolverton a committee OF five was or
dered appointed by the chair to pass upon
credentials of the delegates. The following
were appointed: J. H. Hogan. 0. B. Skin
ner, George H. Rust, ]. c. Seeley and Peter
Mccormick. Then, on motion of ". H.
Grimshaw, recess Of "tifteen moments
was taken to permit the committee to make
up its report. The committee retired and
the convention broke into informal disorder,
while several precinct delegations retired to
as many corners to fill vacancies in their
mum bers. Finally the committee concluded
its labors and the convention called to order
TO hear the report of delegates entitled to
seats, substantially as published in SUNDAYS
GLOBE.
WANTED MORE DELEGATES.
A kick was made from the Second pre-
cinct of the Seventh ward, which was given
three delegates, asking fourth delegate and
claiming the vote of the last election entitled
it to four. The Fourth precinct of the Sixth,
which was given two, kicked for three. 1t
was stated Oh behalf of the Seventh ward,
49, i l.
had been given, cast ninety-ive less votes
than the First, to which only three delegates
had beer given. DR.. Collins, claiming to
know the call was wrong, wanted the addi-
tional delegate given, but the convention
largely refused it.
Being ready for work on motion of W. H.
Eustis, the temporary organization was made
permanent.
Byron Sutherland offered the following
resolutions:
RULES FOR CAUCUsEs.
Res0lUed, First-That all caucuses shall here
after he called and held by precincts.
Second-That the time for holding such eau
cuses shall be uniform throughout the city, and
shall be fixed by the city county committee
calling a convention.
Third-That such caucuses shall be called for
and open at 1880 o'clock of the evening for
which they are called.
Fourth-That whenever there is an issue upon
the election Of delegates to the city or county
convention, or for the purpose of selecting can
ddates for aldermen, the same shall be deter
mined by ballot.
Fifth-That at such caucuses the polls for re-
ceiving such ballots shall be open from p. N.
TO D. m, and no longer.
Sixth-That for such caucus election there
shall be appointed by the presiding officer OF
such caucus three inspectors OF election, who
shall determine upon the qualifications of the
persons offering to vote at such caucus-such in
spectors snail be chosen, one or two las the case
may bel from each Of the opposing interests
represented at such caucus.
Seventh-That in any precinct where there
shall be no regularly appointed or acting com
mittee, it shall be the duty of the chairman Of
the city or county committee which shall call the
convention for which such caucuses shall be
held, to appoint from that precinct committee
of three to call such caucus, not less than ten
d avs before the time Of holding such caucus.
DR.. Collins objected on the ground that
this convention had no control over county
conventions or even over future city con-
vcntions or caucuses. However, the mover
urged that il was only to establish a course
of procedure, and moved to refer the matter
to a committee Of nine, one from each ward
and one at large, to consider the matter,
with power to act. This prevailed, and the
committee will be appointed hereafter.
MoULTON NOMINATED.
By this time, the convention had gotten ready
for its real work, the nomination of candi-
dates. Accordingly Judge Fish took the floor
and nominated for treasurer E. H. Moulton.
w. Il. Eustis seconded the nomination, and
by a rising vote Mr.. Moulton was uuani-
mously declared the nominee OF the Republi-
can party. Cries of ''Moulton, Moulton,"
arose, but Mr.. Moulton did not, having gone
out committee Of three was ordered ap-
pointed, and Messrs. D. c. Bell, Col. Fred
Hooker and William D. Hannigan were
chosen to 20 after the nominee and bring
him in, vi CT arms, to make speech.
NoN-PARTIsAN SCHOOL BOARD.
A. VI. Reid offered a resolution looking
to the appointment of committee OF five to
confer with like committees from the Dem
ocratic and Prohibition party to select candi-
dates for the school board. ANY other rep
resentative body was included as, Mr.. Reid
explained, because the ladies were interested
in the matter. The strength of the
committee was afterward increased to
nine, one from each ward and one at large.
Several speeches were made on the motion,
a dispute arising as to whether only the Dem
ocrGtic party should be included in the pro-
posed conference, or whether it should be
left open to all representative bodies" In
the midst of the discussion J. A. Wolverton
iuteriected motion 10 include candidates
for park commissioners into the duties of the
committee, which prolonged the discussion,
because 1t was claimed that such a PROPOSE
ton would result in more or less log-roling.
By large majority the last motion was de-
feated. and before a vote was reached Mr..
Moulton was introduced and thanked the
convention for the honor conferred. THE
question recurring on the Sutherland amend
meut to strike out "other representative
bodies" it was defeated and the original mo-
ton was carried.
ENDING Up.
J. c. Seeley moved the appointment Of a
committee of nine, constituted as the first,
to confer with a similar Democratic commit
tee to select candidates for park commits
sioners. II the committee should fail TO
agree with the Democrats it was given the
power to make nominations of It's own
Adopted.
DR.. Collins moved to authorize the chair
man 10 appoint a city committee, to consist
of nine mem bers, one from each ward and
one at large. This prevailed aud the con-
veution adjourned.
NOMINATING ALDERMEN.
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