St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-06
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deeds halls from Grant county, Wisconsin.
Thirty-five years ago he came with his father.
G. W. II. Bell to what is now west st. Paul.
He was steamboat clerk and captain for eight
years on the river and when West st. Paul
was a separate municipality was postmaster
under Lincoln and Grant. In 1871 he re-
moved to Charleston, w. Va, where
he resided eight years serving
several terms in the city council.
For the succeeding oyears he was clerk
in the treasury de- .ment, being employed
in the treasurer's once. He was afterward
appointed superintendent of Indian supplies
for the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies
| in Dakota. In 1882 he returned to West ST.
| Paul. and has since been engaged in mere an
| tile business for several years, but is now IN
| real estate. He was candidate for the same
office two years ago, but was defeated in the
convention.
w. A. Nichols, nominee for clerk of the
court, was born IN Maiden, Mass, Dec. 25,
| 1854, and came with his father to Minnesota
the following year, settling in Olmsted county,
where he lived on a farm for fourteen
years and received common school
education. He removed to Alexandria in
1870, and was there employed tor a time in
| the county auditors Office In 1872 he re-
moved to Fergus Falls and helped build the
first houses in the town. In 1875 he was
deputy register of deeds in Otter Tail county,
and when his father Sam Nichols was elected
| clerk of the supreme court in lS76,removed TO
| THIS city ana mas ever SluCe Dcol MS Idtucr
deputy. He was married in 1876 and is
resident of the Fifth ward.
| Everybody knows J. j. Egan, who has al
| ready served three terms as county attorney,
| to which office he was elected by the Dem
| ocratS. That he has filed the Office so salts
| factorily as to receive the unanimous indorse-
ment of the Republican convention is record
| that needs no comment. The judge said last
| night that he couldn't help it; the Repub-
licans could nominate him if they saw fit, and
| he was powerleSS unless an injunction was
served. He was still Democrat. he said.
| W. T. Burr, commonly known as Judge
Burr, the nominee for probate judge, is al
ready well known, having served as munich
| pal Judge from 1880 to 1885. He is native
of Ohio, and entered the war ut II, serving
| until its close. He was two years in the post
| office Of the national house of representatives
| and eight years in the revenue service. He
| came to St. Paul in 1877 and has practiced
| law here ever since, serving as judge as al
ready menti toned, and being defeated in 1885
1 for that Office by Judge Cory.
There was al unsuccessful effort to leave
| the coron ership without nomination, but
| Tim Reardon wanted DIR. J. c. Markoe nomi-
| mated, and Capt. Bulge calling DR.. Markoe
| q Democrat, knocked him out completely.
| There were several nominations and rising
vote taken for DR.. Carruthers and DR.. j. l..
| Nelson, went for the latter by big majority.
All the Seventh ward people stood up for DR..
! Carruthers An attempt to have Coroner
| Gu inn Endorsed was dropped prematurely.
| C.. A. Sandstrom is native of Sweden,
came to this country when child and lived
| in Brooklyn, n. Y, until last January. Heis
! a bright, active young man, familiar with
| both the Swedish and English languages, but
has not lived in St. Paul long enough to have
| his name in the directory, or else it was left
| out by mistake.
| CJames H. Burns, a writer on o weekly
paper. said he was Knight of Labor, and
was going to run the Knights of Labor over
| to McGin, that he had them whore he wanted
| them. and any man who said be sold his intu-
! ence to McGill was a..
! The idea of Burns icing nominated for
| county auditor when he had opposed the in
| dorsement of John B. Gilfllan was not favor
| ably regarded. He said he controlled the
workingmen, but his hair was parted in the
| middle.
Yes" said Charley Capel, before the for
| NAL ballot was announced. Its all up now;
Richter is nominated. One of ReichOw'S men
voted for Richter. The understanding was
that gReichow was to throw over TO Chapel.
| If that had been done Chapel would have got
| ~ votes-enough and one more.
CA Sandstrom was all broken up over
| his nomination, and said that Furthermore,
| can say nothing further, buta will say.
| like the distinguished gentleman nominated
| for lieutenant governor, i thank you, gentle
| men, from the innermost recesses of my in
| nermOst heart
! T. 7. FauntlerOy, said in seconding
| George Hazards nomination for clerk of the
| district court, that eff any man came from
all over the country, Hazard did. He would
make q superb clerk, and superb candi-
| date"
| Its the hurrahs of use which carry the
| electioGI" She ted Mr.. Reece as his eyes
| flashed, his bosom swelled and his voice
| shosA the while he dlscoursed upon the in-
| huehce of his candidate over the labor element.
The committee representing the labor Or
| CARNATIONS came and glanced at the conven-
| ton, saw it would have no show and then left.
| After they had left George Z. SqulreS wanted
a motion carried to nave them heard.
NJ ]. Bell kicked because the Office of sheriff
headed the list of offices in the call. He
wanted the Office of treasurer to head the list
| and the next 10 be register of deeds. Mr..
Newell made a tedious explanation.
S. A. Phillips-You fellows can go aroun
and make your fun, but L schemed around
until o'clock this morning, until l got my
| credentials all right-got EN- where can put
| my finger on en-, too.
NJ. ]. Bell, accepting his nomination for
register of deeds, said he could feel some con-
ISOLATION for the other candidates, who. as the
| phrase went ''got left, for three years ago
| he ..got left himself
| During recess q heap of canvassing was
| going on and things assumed an appearance
| similar TO the preliminary caucusing in the
| Merchants hotel just before the state con-
vention.
A. G. Foster inspired George G. Squires to
| leave vacancy IL the Twenty seventh dis
trict Mr.. Foster knows that his partner, Mr..
| Griggs. will be renominated and reelected.
Neither George G.. SQuireS, Hiram Z.
Stevens nor e. P. Wade would serve on the
| committee Oh credentials. The chair wanted
| to make Stevens chairman.
Among the names mentioned as likely to
| 49,
ton FORTH treasurship are o. o. Cullen and
| William Lee
Capt. Buyer interrupted the reading of the
| call to find out whether his precinct was in
cluded. He was too previous and Newell shut
| him off abruptly.
J. G. Pyle looked innocent and new in the
| business, but ne made a scholarly speech
when he proposed Mr.. Teeple for county
| commissioner.
| Judge James Schooumaker. E. 2. Wade
! Richard Lehman, G. A. Severance, j. E. Os-
borne. N. ]. Ness and j. II. Gardner, all got
| in as proxies
George c. squires tried to get the working
men to come before the convention, and
made motion to that effect, but they would
not.
L. T. Fauutleroy took seat up near the
| stage so that he could catch the chairmans
eye when he desired to make an Grafton.
RATS! Rats! Rats!'' yelled several work
ingmen when Johnston's Gililan resolution
| was dropped into the convention.
E. g. Rogers spoke frequently, and re-
deemed the convention from suspicion that
| it possessed no eloquence.
Robert McMenemy, 1868 Mississippi street
for Gods sake, boys, where do we Ameri-
cans come in?
C. H. williams is mentioned as possible
candidate for register of deeds by the
Democrats.
D. T. Reece-J. H. Burns carries the labor
vote in his breeches pocket and can sweep
the county.
The Graphic company has issued large
picture of Mayor Ames, which is quite a work
of art.
Chairman Ingersoll chewed the stump of a
mild-looking cigar throughout the proceed
ings.
Most of the Young Mems Republican club
stood up for ]. H. Burns for temporary chair
man.
At one time it was thought that the conven-
no hold sidewalk hpnW