St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-07
Third Ward.
FIRST PRECINCT.

In the First precinct OF the Third ward
the caucus was held at the armory on Sixth
street. This being II. II. Fuller's stamp
ing ground, there were many rumors
as to schemes put up by the ''antis" to send
delegation headed by Fuller from this
precinct. The Kelly crowd concluded the
occasion was just as good time to knock
Fuller out as any other, and accordingly
made arrangements for the work. Shortly
before 5 o'clock George j. Mitsch and Louis
Fischer, Jr., the judges, both credited with
being Fuller men, took possession of the
room in which the balloting was to be car
ried on and locked the door. The room
was on the first floor and window opening
on Sixth street was where the votes were
to be received. Ex-Ald. Thomas Grace
and J. J. Ahern, representing the Kelly
ticket, demanded admittance to the room
in order, as they explain ed, to see that the
balIot-boX was not stuffed by the Fullerites.
No attention was paid to their demands
and the twain decided the best thing would
be to get in, and were accordingly boosted
through the window by enthusiastic back
erS. Louis Fischer, Jr., one of the Judges.
who it is claimed is Republican and had
no business to be appointed judge at a
Democratic caucus, became mitfed at the
proceedings and, refusing to act as judge,
left the building. He was followed by
Fuller Edgar Snyder and other adherents.
The FulleriteS were peddling tickets headed
For Governor, A. A. AmeS," under which
were the following names: II. II. Fuller.
Andrew Lauer, John s. erode, Conrad
Stautz, E. Snyder, G. w. Walsh, q. B..
Mitsch, l.. D. Phillips.
Between the time the polls opened and
when Fuller and his aides left, a few votes
had been cast for the Fuller delegates, but
from that time up to 6:55 o'clock, when
balloting closed, the Fuller tickets were
very scarce. The voting was lively and
hacks and wagons brought to the caucus
voters by the score. Several of those who
were on the Fuller ticket as delegates
claimed there were many illegal votes cast
and that number of Minneapolis
FOUNDERS were voting. This was denied by
the Judge and those who were watching
the vote The result was announced by
George j. Mitsch. who signed the necessary
paper, which shows $50 votes for the Kelly
ticket and IA for the Fuller ticket The
delegates elected were: n. Pottgeiser,
Joseph ROleau, Frank CaSserly. Thee
JAMS, Thomas P. Grace, a. W. Wentink,
NJ. J. Cummings, A. Ronald.
SECOND PRECINCT.
The mud was pretty well trampled in the
vicinity Of the barn at $50 Mactin street,
used for the caucus of the Second precinct
OF the Third ward. AS everywhere else,
there were two tickets green and white,
the former having the words: For gov
ernor, A. A. Ames." Matt Breen, the
contractor. Capt. NJ. j. O'ConnOr,
j. j. Kennedy, ex-Policeman William
Bremen a workingman named GrOgan
and some others were working hard for the
Kelly and Doran (the white) ticket, and
Robert g. Mackay, John G. Hanley and
John P. O'Neil. a plasterer who lives on
| Atwater street, were holding Fuller tickets.
| O'Neil's having Becker'S name scratched
for j. j. Kennedy. who was delegate on
the white ticket and who said he was a
straight Out-and-Out AmeS man. as did also
| Bremen. A plaSterer named Neary had a
uble-seated spring wagon and brought
| quite number Of wOrkingmen to the eau
Gus to vote the Fuller ticket. At the ballot
box it was very hot and it required a po-
| lice officer to keep away the challengerS,
who were constantly wrangling. Every
mans vote was challenged, yet
number of Republicans voted.
| When the voting was closed. there was a
| jangle about whetheri it was z o'clock or not.
some declaring that five minutes voting
time remained. and others that it was five
minutes after o'clock. The count showed
that ninety straight Fuller tickets were de-
posted and fOrty-nine Kelly tickets.
| Eleven Fuller tickets were scratched for j.
J. Kennedy. Becker's name suffering, and
four Kelly tickets were altered, Bremers
name three times and Kennedy's once, Civ
ing vote for each of the Fuller delegates
and leaving one scratch without substi-
| tute Besides Bremen and Kennedy,
Clerk R. l.. German, of the board of public
works, was named on the Kelly ticket.
The delegates elected were r. G.. Mackay,
the real estate man, John G. Hanley. of the
Hanley-Nelson Lime company, and Bern
hard Becker, Rice street saloonkeeper,
and the vote was Mackay 102. Hanley 1O2,
Becker 81, against VIM. Bremen SO, J. j.
Kennedy GO, and r. l.. German So. This
was claimed as Fuller victory, both con-
tending tickets claiming to be for Ames.