St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-21


with its noble record. and To this represent
alive body of leading and influential Re
/ publicans. During the latter half of the
convention all this formality was dropped,
and the speakers got red in the face,
bawled out uncomplinentary illusions 10
each other, hOwled. rOared and stamped
their feet. What could be more ridiculous
than II. l.. Gordon's saying that the ''Re-
| publican party represents the honesty OF
the natiOn?" or of William Henry Eustis.
after he had annoyed everybody by
the length and frequency of his
addresses. grayely stating that too much
time was being wasted. One speaker cried
out: You are rushing things too fast and.
like the old maid, you'll be willing TO take
anybody before you get through" An
other said: You will make half of us
Democrats before YOU are done. When
one orator dropped an incidental insinuatiOn
IN REGARD To ''CRooREDNEss"
another friend of purity i'm election meth
DDS pertinently asked if the aforesaid orator
did not live i'm the same ward with Gen.
Washbum and if he had not been mixed up
in little crookedness. The speakers con-
tinually spoke of I'VE should do this and
we should do that" and finally
some one arose and asked ''WhO are we?"
DO the hundred or so men in this room as
sumo TO speak for the ID. 900 voters of the
county, II so. when were we commits
stoned to represent ''them?" The way i'm
which the rights Of the county voters were
overlooked was an indication of
how little regard was paid to
any consideration OF the rank
and file of the party. One cOOl-headed in
dividual who sat in the rear of the room
would occasionally pop up and suggest that
IN in,
serted Were Il not for this gentleman's
vigilance the county would have been ig-
nOred altogether. After two hours of
quarreling the convention got back
10 the starting point and then
resolved itself into debating
society in discussing the proposed plan.
The section relating To registration was
reached, and as this is the greatest stumb-
ling block, it was wise step to call halt
and adjourn for one week, i'm order that
sufficient strength may be recuperated to
stand 60 the rest of the dose.
II. q. Evans called Ike meeting to order
about s o'clock. II. l.. Gordon nominated
Gov. J. 5. Pillsbury as chairman; 4. NJ.
Scott was elected secretary. Mr. Evans
stated the object of the meeting and his re-
marks were followed by the reading by the
secretary of the Proposed Plan at the
Organizations"
+. +. Davis for the purpose of drawing
out an expression moved the adoption of
the proposed plan as a whole.
AID. Sly moved as an amendment that
the section relating to registration should
be stricken out, and eneTgetically stated his
reasons. the principal of which was that it
would be practically DISTINGUISHING many
workingmen vino will be unable 10 register.
j. L. Wynan and w. ii. EustiS followed
i'm remarks in favor of the adoption of the
plan.
Mayor Pillsbury approved the plan with
the exception of certain sections but liked
its general features. Republicans should
vote for for their own candidates and the
Democrats for theirs. Still there was a lit
tie too much red tape and the idea of COM
pelling everybody TO register will prove an
nOying. The plan don't want To be too
cumbersome. and twenty days notice is too
long. Another matter which / desire par
ticularly to refer TO, said the mayor. is
that
AN NOT GOING
to be a candidate again Tor mayor. l have
announced this before, but nOtwithstand-
ing this 1 notice in the papers
that petitions are being circu-
here publicly to announce my firm determ-
nation not to be candidate. The mayor
here sat down and there was a moments
silence. after which the discussion OF the
proposed plan commenced again where il
had been dropped.
II. l.. Gordon hundred for n few minutes
his objections. He considered the scheme
very defective. Ii places too much power
in the hands of the precinct committee. and
gives il absolute power. so its members
can change the result if they choose To be
dishonest. ''If l was getting up a ma
chine" he said. 'lhis is just the machine |
would want" He proposed as a substitute
for the motions ana the amendments that
the matter be referred TO a committee of
seven to confer with similar committee
| from the Union league.
DR.. Collins wanted that the committee
! should consist OF three delegates from each
ward.
w. II. Eustis called to the attention Of
! the meeting that
CONSIDERABLE TIME
had been lost, and proceeded to make a
! long-winded speech.
Judge Fish then arose and very signii-
cantly said he thought speakers should not
be allowed 10 speak too often and his sug-
gestion was greeted with shouts of ap-
proval.
Aid. Sly next took the floor TO make a go
as-you-pleaSe speech in reply to some of
Gordon'S insinuations about ''crookedness -
and asked the gentleman if he didn't live in
the Fifth ward where Gen. Washburn
dwells?
E. NJ. johnson moved to lay on the tabl
all pending questions.
Judge Fish moved that the plan be
adopted with the exception of the regstra-
ton and precinct committee provisions.
Here followed a dozen indiscriminate
criticisms and opinions which took up the
next half hour, during which Judge Rea,
Aid. Sly. o. j. Evans and Prof. Tousley
made addresses.
Judge Rea finally moved to refer the
matter to a committee of five TO report at a
meeting to be held one week hence, but
afterwards changed the size of the commit
| tee to nine.
This called F. F. Davis TO his feet with a
red-hot speech, in which he said: Friends,
Republicans and counuymen,
FOR GODS SAKE
don't refer the plan over which we
have spent so much time 10 a committee
and forever blot out the little light that ap-
pears TO be dawning." His remarks were
greeted with applause, and when Judge
Rea attempted TO answer he was stopped
with cries OF question" He, however.
managed to get in a word or two to the eff
1 foot that "a UaS a crnnd Papuhlioou and a