St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-12
LIN SIRAlI'S UlSIklUl.
The Republican Convention Will Not be
Held Until State Officials are
Nominated.
At a Meeting Of the Congressional Com
mittee in st. Paul it is so n
Decided.
numerous Candidates for Maj Straits
Seat are in the Field to
Stay.
Views of NJ any Prominent Politicians
Who Were in the City
Yesterday.
a Late Convention.


favor of late convention. The committee
met yesterday afternoon in room 10, at the
Merchants. There were present:
Mart Chandler, Red Wing, proxy for A X.
Finseth; Jose P.cHeatwale, Mortified, proxy
for o. F. Perkins; j. Simmons, Swift county;
A. f. Rice, Kandiyohi, proxy for Marcus
Johnson; DR.. l.. p. Dodge, Dakota county;
T. 7. Knappen, Chippewa county; William
Wilson, Shakopee, and Charles Strobeck,
Litchfield.
1t was rumored when the meeting was
called that it would be behind closed doors,
but when President Wilson raped it to
order, Mr.. Heatwole moved that the repre-
SentativeS be allowed admission. and the
motion was carried without single Objec-
ton. 1t was decidedly quiet session, free
from lengthy discussion and see-Sawing.
and the business that the committee had
blocked out was pushed through rapidly,
and an adjournment was taken in time to
allow several members to take the after
noon train for their homes. Charles
Strobeck was secretary. The question of
the date for holding the convention was
taken up, and an unanimous agreement
vsss made to hold it Oh the first Tuesday
otter the state convention, which will
probably bring it on after the 18th
of September. The reasons for hold
ing the convention late were not
given. and it was limited that the COM
mittee had quietly fixed Oh the date prior
the meeting and had simply convened for
the purpose of giving their action an air of
formality. In deciding upon the point
where the convention should be held. a
pleasant rivalry sprang up between StrO-
beck of Litchfield and Heatwole of North
field. Mr.. Strobeck spoke in behalf of the
advantages offered by the citizens of the
town that he represented in the way of
transportation, free lunches and other &C
commodatiOnS, while Mr.. HeatwOle said not |
word. but kept his weather eye upon the
men upon whom he depended for support.
The question was balloted upon, and it
looked as though
NOBODY WOULD WIN.
When at last, Oh the eighth ballot the out
ISLANDERS went over in favor of Mortified
and Mr.. ssHeatwole extended his thanks and
ordered up the cigars. Mr.. Strobeck took
his defeat good-naturedly and said that he
would win on the next turn.
The question of apportiOnment came up,
and discussion followed as to whether it
should be fixed on the basis of the vote for
governor or the Blaine vote of S4. 1t was
finally decided in favor of the latter, with
the understanding that there should be one
delegate-at-large, one for each major frac-
ton and one for every 800 votes. It was
decided to publish the call in the leading
daily Republican paper in each county in
the district.
This was the only business transacted
and the meeting adjourned.
TALKS IN THE LOBBY.
There were quite a number of repre-
Sentatives of different portions of the state
who have dipped their fingers into the
political pie floating around the rotunda of
the Merchants yesterday, and while some
OF them chose to keep their lips sealed.
others chatted very freely on the various
points of interest in the coming campaign.
Conspicuous among them was B. B. Her.
bert, the ambitious editor of the Red Wing
Advance who has announced himself as a
Republican candidate for congressional
honors through the columns of his paper.
Mr. Herbert said that he came to the city
almost by accident and knew nothing of
the meeting of the Third district committee
until he arrived here. When asked if
he had gone into the field
to stay he languishingly replied that he had,
and regarding his canvass he said that he
had been out along the line of the Hastings
u Dakota road for the purpose of sizing up
his chances and he had come back we'll
satisfied. He was cordially received by
the representative Republicans. and was
Glldt llG .SlOOu q SOOu SHOW IOc Tile
nomination. Notwithstanding the fact that
be had cast his fly for the same fish that
Ii. E. Hurd, H. r. Denny, d. S. Hall,
A. E. Rice, and NJ. S. Chandler are
angling Tor. He thought Donnelly was
setting up his pins for a seat in the legisla-
ture and he said if Donnelly was nomi-
mated ne would win without doubt as
he carries the farmers votes in his district
i'll the hollow of his hand. In regard to
Strait. he said nothing more than that he
had been nibbling at one plum for the past
thirteen years, and, in his opinion some
body else ought to be given bite.
Loren FletcherS familiar form was
noticed stretched out in big arm chair i'm
cool orner and he was drawn into con-
verSation on the situation in the Fifth dis
trict. He said that the Republicans had
taken no efinite action in that portion of
he state and the Democrats were equally
as ethargic, but signs of activity were
looked for i'll about ten days. He thought
that the Republicans would make no nom
nations against Knute Nelson, who could
not be uprooted, so firmly is he fixed
among the Scandinavians, who WELD the
controlling power in that district. There
are no prospects, he said of G. f. Kindred
coming into prominence again in connec-
ton with Fifth district politics and
he thought these men who had
aided in the defeat of Kindred now regret
ted their action, for it had taken the power
of electing man to represent them from
their hands and placed it in the possession
of the Norwegians. He didn't know
whether the Democrats would make a NOM
lnation for congressman or not. The only
man they could put up who would make
any sort of a show was r. l.. Frazer, who.
he thought would run if he was given the
nomination, notwithstanding that he had
said he would not go into the field. He
could give no idea as to who was the favor
lite with the people in his district for GOV
ernor, and, regarding the farmers, he said
they were quietly attending to their work,
and showing no signs that they were inter-
ested in political matters. II. e. Stordock
was their candidate for secretary of state.
and he thought there was no
doubt about his election. The
conversation turned OH legislative
matters, and when asked ifs. G. Comstock
would be sent back to the senate he said he
didn't think that he would Mr. Comstock
had been in the senate eleven years and
was good man in the place. He had
done great deal for the development of
the Red river valley, but there was a grow
ing feeling that he had been in the legs-
lature long enough and that someone else
should be given a chance. County Treas
urer Storla of Clay county, and BENJAMIN
Howard a young and rising lawyer in
Moorhead, are both dead and as they were
men who had the interests of Mr.. Comstock
at heart and were his most influential
friends in political circles, he thought the
chances of reelection were against him.
AS to who would probably contest Mr..
Comstock's seat in the senate, he said he
had no idea, as good timber in that dis
trict was scarce.
j. Simmons of Swift county was guarded
in his utterances, but after celebrating a
moment said that he didn't believe that the
people in his county wanted to see Strait
reelected, not from any bitterness that had
grown UP againt him but simply because he