St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-16
DR.. Denton Chosen as the Cold Water
Candidate for Congress in the Fourth
District.
Mrs. Renshaw Who Suddenly Disappeared
From Her Home Returns After an
Extensive Trip.
The Eight-Hour and Anti Contract
Resolution Defeated by the
Water Board.
Postmaster Ankeny Hears From Gen.
Vilas--Max Segelbaum Acquitted
by the Court.
CALLED FOR CONGRESS.
DIR. Denton of minneapolis Nam.
by the ProhibitioniStS.

DR.. Denton of minneapolis Named
by the Prohibitionists.
1t required just one hour for the dele
gates to the Fourth district Prohibition
convention, twenty-eight in number, to as
semble in Harrison hall yesterday and NOM
mate Dr. L. W. Denton of Minneapolis.
There are ten counties in the Fourth dis
trict, but through a blunder claiming to
have been committed in the statute, the
counties of Pine, Knaabec and Sherburne
were omitted from the call and only Anoka,
ChisagO, Hennepin, 1Santi, Ramsey, Wash
ington and Wright were included. Only
four counties were represented when Chair
man j. 7. James raped for order. DR.. j.
n. Henry of Hennepin and George f.
Wells of Ramsey were respectively chosen
for chairman and secretary and this organ
ization was made permanent. The repre-
sentation by counties, with the number to
which each is entitled, was as follows:
Hennepln, 81 Delegates-W. w. Satterlee,
L. W. Denton, ]. 7. James, S. B. Williams,
r. p. Lupton, A S. Milestone, c. D. Pills
bury, W. P. Chase, NJ. D. Cone, c. w. Gordon,
]. N. Henry, S. w. Ser, R. H. Hasty. J. A.
Temple, w. NJ Lawrence and ]. P. Pinkham.
Ramsey, 6 Delegates-A. d. Dawson, A. u.
Drew, a. B. Quick, E. NJ. Dennis, 6. I. Wells
and J. w. Henderson.
Anoko, Delegates-J. NJ. Douglass, John
Goss, George w. Kelsey, j. S. Lawson, G. a.
Clarke.
Washington, Delegates-Rev. NJ. Gill,
Samuel Furber, J. P. Furber, w. 7. Boutwell,
and T. S. Nash.
a spirited discussion took place over the
propriety of allowing those present to cast
the full vote and a negative decision was
reached. Delegates were as excited and
earnest over the matter as though rival cap-
aidates were bitterly pushing their claims.
A new central committee was appointed,
each county having its member, as follows:
Anol1a, George a. Clarke; Chisago, blank;
HennepIn, J. Z. james; Isanti, blank; Kama
bee, blank; Pine, blank; Ramsey, Willis NJ.
Hatch; Sherburne, Rev. NJ H. Tarbox; Wash
Ington, T. S. Nash; Wright, DR.. NJ. II.
Knowles.
The committee was Authorized to fill the
vacancies and instructed to begin a vigor-
Dus campaign.
Calls for nominations for candidate for
congress from the Fourth district were made
and without oral nominations an informal
ballot was taken, with the following result:
Whole number of votes cast. %; of which
W. P. Chase and J. L. James received l
each, a. S. Milestone 2, G. Z. Hatch 8
and L. w. Denton 81. On NJ. D. Cones
motion the informal ballot was made for
nous choice of the convention and its can
didate for congress. Called out to make a
speech, DR.. Denton said the choice was not
a fortunate one, as he had less time in
which to make the canvass than others;
however, he accepted the honor with thanks
and thought it came from the backbone OF
the Fourth district. He was satisfied the
greatest question before congress was that
Of labor. Strikes and boycotts afforded no
permanent relief and only legislation could
bring about abiding satisfaction. He rec
commended the limiting Of imported labor;
increasing the army and navy to give en-
ployment to idle labor: increasing the
amount of public works and improvement.
for the same purposes, taxing the rich for
the money, abandon the contract-labor sys-
tenn, letting the money go out to honest la
Dor Instead of a few sharks, and finally, a
consistent financial policy. He declared
the Prohibition party was the party of la
Dor, and if labor knew where its interests
lie it would turn out a d elect the nominee
Of this convention. His remarks were
greeted with applause, and at their conclu-
sion the convention adjourned.
The new central committee held an in
formal meeting and adjourned until July
Ri, when it will meet and name the full
committee.