St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-27
Democrats Endorsed.
Using an Emergency.

The Republicans having come to tull
recognition of the fact that that they can
not win on a square partisan basis, have
turned to the laboling man and are holding
out their arms in an appealing way and
pleading to be taken in. Heretofore they
have been wonderfully independent OF the
honest laborers. and certain portion of
the Republican city committee in their eX-
ecutive session Thursday night deplored
the fact that they must clasp hands with
the labOring element, but their objections
were overruled by Others, who argued that
the Republican party, to ''Dust the
city hall gang" must ally them
selves with the X. of l.. or there
was no hope for them, and they went
to work to perfect that scheme The
laboring men have not forgotten, probably,
the time. hardly two years ago, when they
offered their services to the Republican
party. and were refused with sheer.
Now" as Adjutant General MacCarthy
saws. 1.-THE labOring man has become a
power and, as a necessity. we will recog-
niZe him." and c. n. Bell says, sit is
power. but don't favor surrendering to it
one ota." The majority will surrender to
ii. however. and will indOrse Maj. Newson
for city treasurer in the convention.
At least this is the prediction of the large
majority of Republicans. The Republicans
were not very enthusiastic over the primar-
les. and virtually let more than one of them
90 by default, which only intimates that
they will make aldermanic nominations in
The convention to-day. The Republican
party seems to be absolutely at sea and UNI
able to pull itself together, and their action
at the convention to-day is looked
forward to with considerable interest.
This campaign seems to be marked by pecu'
liar turns and surprising results. Alder
man Long in the Democratic caucus was
unanimously nominated, and in the Re
publican primary yesterday he was beaten
by a majority of 1876. 1t is said that this
fight in the Seventh ward is virtually a
struggle between Merriam Park and Ham,
line. A. ID. Robbins, the successful man
on the Republican ticket, lately moved
down from Minneapolis, and is the man
who fought strongly against the
annexation of that district to st. Paul.
In the First district of the Second ward the
Republicans used the name of Robert
Hardy to catch colored votes and IL. b.
Willis, who has been recognized as
LEADING REPUBLICAN
who managed w. r. Merriam's campaign
! last spring, headed a trio for delegates,
whose names were printed on yellow bal
lots. The names were E. S. Thompson and
Harry Bryan. Bryan is colored gentle
man. and although Hardy's name did not
appear on the ticket it was given out that
he was to be nominated for alderman in the
convention to-day The scheme didn't
work, however, as the colored friends of
"Dick" O'Connor got up a ticket and beat
the Willis ticket siXty-four votes. Billy
Wilson heads the list of delegates on the
O'Connor ticket, and the delegation will go
into the convention to-day and demand
recognition. as there can be no denial
made that they are Republicans.
In the Third district of the Fourth ward
John It. Clayborn is in feverish state of
mind. and swears that he will throw his
c0lors to the breeze and declare war.
He claims that lie was placed upon
the ticket among the delegates
from that district and that late yesterday
afternoon +. IngerSoll changed his mind
and took his name off the ticket. Clay
born says that Fred Parker had hand in
the shift and claims that he played
THE SAME TRICK
on G. E. Allen last spring, and he goes
further and says if Parker is re-appointed
OH the city committee it will
settle it with the colored people
and Republicans in ST. Paul.
The fact that the Republicans refused to
put up their candidates yesterday in all the
wards, proves that they are weak-baeked
and afraid TO move until they catch the cue
from the labOring men, whom they have
decided to follow, and it is probable that
nominations will be made to-day in the
convention by the delegates representing
the laboring men, and the tottering Repub-
licans will fall meekly in and walk in their
footsteps. There is nothing i'm the wind to
give the Democrats any uneasiness, yet they
do not lie idly on their oars, but are alive
to every turn that the enemy may make
The Democrats are in good condition to
come out of the contest with victory perched
on their banners, and they should strive to
thwart any scheme or conniyance that is
put into play to defeat them. The pros
poets now are that they will make clean
sweep one week from to-day.