St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-08
THE PRIMARIES.
No One Can Tell How the Delegates VIII
Vote.

There did not seem to be much enthusiasm
In regard to Yesterdays Democratic prima
ries. Although there are individual prefer
ences as to candidates, it seemed to be the
general feeling that the combined wisdom
of the convention was to be
relied upon to nominate the best
men. Members of each delegation were
asked last night for whom they intended &c
vote for mayor, butmost of them were non
committal, for the reason, probably, that oul
few of them are committed to any candidate.
So that as the delegations go up to the con-
vention, they are not only unpledged 10 tneil
constituency, but most OF them open
to receive almost any reasonable proposltlon
looking toward the good OF the party. VI
course, the wiseacres are very Tree Win tnelr
predictions, the number not being lew VINO
insist that there are enough delegates opposed
to O'Brien to beat him in the convention.
But, on the other hand, his supporters pro-
TESS great confidence, and claim
A DECISIVE VICTORY
for their candidate. For an opposing candi-
date. since r. A Smiths persistent and de-
cided refusal to run, Hon. Edmund Rice is
mucb talked of. His friends have tele-
graphed to him to know whether he
would accept the nomination. The only
replv received was that he would be home
Yesterday. AS he did not return, and as 1t
does not appear that he has sent any further
word about il his friends claim that he would
accent the nominate if rendered. BuG, in
fact. there has been no authentic public an
nouncement from any person that he Is
candidate In the face of these facts no re-
liable prediction of the action Of the conven-
ton can be made.
While the mayoralty is the absorbing topic
of interest, it is to be borne in mind that the
convention has other officers to nominate,
including a municipal judge, two justices OF
the peace and two constables. VI
these the aforementioned Office is
the most important, and three
candidates loom prominently before the pub
lie, Wood, Nelson and Cory; and each will
have his friends in the convention.
IN THE DIFFERENT WARDS
one would hardly have supposed that prima-
ries were going on, so quiet was the scene at
zach place. In the First ward the First dis
trict reports an anti-O'Brien dele
cation. In the Second district a
good deal of interest settled in the
nomination for alderman, John Dowlan
getting all but few of the votes. In the
Second ward there was little contest, the
Second district delegation being pronounced
antl-O'Brien.
The Third ward sends eight delegates,
among whom are some known to be strong
anti-O'Brien men. Whether these votes will
Dverbalance those Of an opposite view in the
delegation remains to be seen. There were
Dnly 157 votes in the Second district,
and no opposition. Crawford Livingston
and r. G. Mackey were nominated
school inspector and alderman respectively.
Not much of interest is to be told of down
TO the Fifth ward, where in the second pre-
einct there were two tickets in the field, but
zach was headed by DR.. r. Schiffmann for
alderman. Over 500 ballots were cast for
the successful ticket. The election of this
ticket is considered triumph for the young
Democracy. The opposition had for dele
gates the names Of j. G. Geary, William
Hammond and John Leonard.
In the Sixth ward the main interest CEN
tered in the selection of aldermen who can
show the most aggression in pushing for
ward the improvements the citizens of that
ward need. Joseph Minea carried off the
prize in the First and IL. r. Bryant in the
Second district
All the districts where aldermen are to be
eral which are to send new school inspectors
to the board, nominations for these offices
were not made. As far as the aldermanic
and school inspectors tickets were put up
they are indicated below. The following are
the delegates to the convention:
FIRST WARD.
First District
George II. Allen, Edward Shurmeier
Martin Tracey.
Second District
Andrew Delaney, George W. Turner,
=. O'Brien, John +. Geehan,
s. b. Falstad.
SECOND WARD,
First District
r. T. o'Connor, R. c. Glenn,
Jacob Heck, George Heegel
Joseph Ellis, w. IL. Griffin.
Second District
John W. Willis, L. W. Bazille,
j. II. Gieske.
THIRD WARD.
First District
II. P. Hall, H. II. Fuller.
Il. Snyder, George J. Mitsch,
j. b. Olivier, j. ID. Wood,
G. T. Mcnamara, Joseph Rouleau.
Second District
MI. o'Connor. William F. Bremen,
L, L. German.
First District
Patrick Egan, Nick Hardy,
Barney Ryan, Charles Ringwald,
p. H Thornton, Thomas Powers,
Frank Warverka, John Herman,
James Healy.
Second District
G. W. Griggs, J. G. oLeary.
Third District
H. H. Miller, P. Keigher,
Frank Labsrge, Joseph Matz,
Thomas Stoddard, Joe Heller,
+. II. Geldermann, IL. II. Athey.
FIFTH WARD.
First District
Steve Murphy, Henry o'Connor,
Sever Robinson, Andrew B. Brown.
Second District
Patrick Kelly, Jr, William C. Mulligan,
p. Dawson, NJ. Anderson.
Third District
William Hatfield, H. Brand.
William Ewald, James Claffey.
Sixth WARD.
First District
c, II. Lienau, Thomas Tracey,
Thomas Gallagher.
Second District
P. r. Mcdonald, James Allie,
John G.. Baasen, Andrew Schletz
SEVENTH WARD.
D. A J. Baker,c John Leonard
THE kLDERNASIC CANDIDATES.
John Dowlan, the nominee in the First
ward, is an old resident of the city, and has
been a member Of the council for good
many years. He is a working alderman,
hardly ever absent from the meetings and
attends committee meetings with As much
regularity as any one in the council. BE is
q very conservative member, especially when
any money is TO be spent, and can always be
relied on to look sharply after the city's
finances.
The candidate in the Second ward, c. Il.
Petsch, is the ticket agent of the Omaha