St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-28
A SECOND WARD RUMPUS.
The Candidates Packed the Caucus an
Finally adjourned.

The Candidates Packed the Caucus and
Finally adjourned.
The Second warders were treated to a cir
Gus last evening. Robert Jamison was the
ringmaster and the clowns were myriad. II
was to have been a Republican c4ucus, but
it was not TWAS a gathering of the masses
at the Cataract engine house, and each man
tried 10 yell the lou1est. Frederick L.
| Smith, chairman of the ward com mittee,
called the gathering to order, and Robert
Jamison was placed in the chair, amid the
most tumultuous excitement. The crowd
| yelled till the racket was deafening. 1t
was with the greatest difficulty
and after continued efforts that
Mr.. Jamison made himself heard. He an
nounced that only legal voters of the ward
would be given voice and that all Demo
Gratis should be shut out He was inter
rupted By the shout, 81 can remember time
when you were d glad to get Democratic
votes" This brought down the house, and
the hurrahing was general. 1t was charged
that one or more of the many candidates had
packed the caucus. The announcement had
another demOraizing effect and for some
ten minutes each seemed to vie with the
others in loud yelling. By this
time the crowd had become so
large that the street in front was blockaded
and every window ledge, on the outside, had
its burden of excited humanity.
II. {. Benton struggled to his feet to make
| a motion. He said he assumed that each and
| every man
FAVORED FAIR PLAY,
and to insure fair play moved to postpone
the nomination until this evening, and that
five tellers be appointed for each of the three
precincts, and that precinct caucu ses be
held, the final vote to be canvassed at the en-
CINE house on Monday night "No, Nor'
yelled the crowd 'We will nominate to-
night" Then the cry for Gillette was set up.
Hear me, gentlemen" resumed Mr..
Benton, call those who do not favor fair
play will say no." and the yells of ''no"
were deafening. The chairman put the
question. The "ayes' were loud and pro-
longed, yet the ''noes'' came even louder,
but the chairman decided it was carried and
the caucus stood adjourned.
This was the signal for another outburst
Of expressions of disapproval. P. Herzog,
Jr., was at once called to the chair, and as
soon as order had been sufficiently restored
he declared himself as Gillette
man. He represented the young Repubi-
cans, and did not propose to be cheated
out of his rights as he had been for several
years. ''We wont be bulldozed this time. :"
he cried. II suggest tina: we hear from Mr.
Gillette" Mr.. Gillette then sprung to the
platform and spoke at some length, de-
nouncing the methods adopted by the oppo-
sitiou to defraud him, yet he stood willing to
MEET THEM on THEIR OWN GROUNDS,
aud appealed to his followers to attend their
respective precinct caucuses as planned by
his enemies, and carry them as by storm.
The crowd yelled their approval of
the sentiment expressed, and wanted
to take ballot. but Mr.
Gillette would not listen to the proposition
TIE enthusiastic Gillette followers, however,
were 10th to disperse and for a full half
hour kept up the din and clamor.
The following is list of the candidates
for nomination tonight: l.. s. Gillette,
John VI. Williams, James 7. Elwell, c. A.
Coe, l. A. Spear, Prof. Winchell, E. john
son and others.
The tellers appointed by Chairman John
son are:
First Prec!nct-Fred Barrows, George A.
Wheaton, Philip Herzog, Jr., George VIII
son and T. ". Lund.
Second Precinct-E. VI. johnson, George
Church, s. II. Baker, S. H. Van Cleye and
J. II. Gilmore
Third Precinct H. A Holmes, jeremiah
Spear, F. L. Straw, c. C. Jones and c, a.
French.