St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-22
GENERAL POLITICS.
The Prohtbitionists Hold an Interest
ing Conference.
All Sorts of Political Gossip of the
State and County Campaign.

A conference of the State Central COM
mittee and the candidates of the Prohibit
ton party was held at the office of j. r.
James, the attorney, in Temple Court yes
terday, the following members of the COM
mittee being present:
Hennepin County,. T. James, G. T. Getty,
NJ. Ball, Il. P. Lupton.
Steele COunty-W. H. Dennis.
Rock County-T. B. Groat.
Cottonwood County,. N. Dyer.
Rice County-Noel Lathrop.
Mcleod County-C II. Langerson.
Washington County,. z. Furbur, proxy
for J. S. Lawson.
Otter Tail County-D. Burbank, proxy for
]. w. Earl
OF the candidates there were present J. E..
Child of Waseca candidate for governor;
Rev. james P. Pinkham OF Minneapolis, can
didate for lieutenant governor; II. w. Allen
OF Minneapolis, candidate for state auditor,
and J. Mcknight OF Lcrcy, candidate for
supreme judge. Elder ". w. Saterlee was
also present in the capacity OF spiritual adj
wiser and general manager.
Proh;biti0nists are generally great talk
ers. and the representatives of the party
yesterday proved no exception to the rule.
They talked all day, and at o'clock had
talked themselves tired, so it was decided
not to hold an evening session. but to ad-
journ the meeting at O'Clock this morning.
The meeting was all executive one, and
reporters were only able to family hear the
flow OF eloquence that was pent up in the
stGffy little Office, and only oozed out
through the cracks Of the door when Elder
Satterlee became excited and urged a
thorough and aggressive canvass: OF when
James p. Pinkham announced, in stentorian
lines, that 1.-The time for us TO strike has
foJ
lows: J. Z. James presided as chairman,
G. T. Wells as secretary. Mr.. James re-
ported. as treasurer, that during the last
campaign $511.59 had been collected, all of
which had been spent except S251. Sub
committees We're appointed as follows:
Finance-James, Lathrop and Ball.
Lecture Bureau-Denris, Getty and Bur-
bank.
Distribution of Literature-Ban, Furbur,
Dwyer, Clark and Gronb.
Address to Voters-Lathrop, Furbur and
Groat.
IN THE AFTERNOON
J. T. James was elected permanent CHAIR
man of the committee. The committee on
address reported. and it was decided to
have the address printed simultaneously in
the different parts of the state. and trans
lated into the Scandinavian and German
After some little discussion it was decided
that the executive committee OF the central
committee should be authorized to employ
such paid and volunteer speakers as the
condition of the treasury will war
rant. Upon the suggestion of Miner
Ball, it was thought best that the
country papers should be furnished
with patent intestines, made up from the
editions of the Temperance Review, and
that an effort should be made to get all the
prohibition campaign literature possible
into the columns of the local press.
DECLINED WITH THANKS.
At the state convention Judge Cochrane
of Minneapolis was nominated as one of the
candidates for supreme Judge. The judge,
it appears, did not relish the unexpected
honor. and so took the opportunity of de-
clining in the following letter. which was
read:
L. i. Wells, secretary state central COM
mittee, Prohibition party, Dear Sir: Yours
of the 18th received, inviting me to be present
on the 2lst inst. at meeting of the state
Central committee and the candidate of the
Prohibition party for the purpose of plan-
ming the approaching campaign. AS this is
the first standardization have had, tina tiny
name has been placed on your state ticket,
permit me to say that the nomination was eX-
tended to me without my knowledge or sug-
gestion and certainly surprised me in view
of the fact that l have never been identified
with the Prohibition party, but on the con-
trary have always been, and am now DEM
ocrat. While think 1 see in your party a
growing reform which it would be well for
Democrats and Republicans to recognize and
respect and am personally grateful for this
expression of confidence 1t would be unjust
to you and stutifying to myself for me to re-
main on your ticket. You will, therefore,
please accept my declinaUion of the honor in
tended by naming me as your candidate for
supreme judge. Respectfully,
J. w. CoCHRANE.
The declinatiOn was accepted without
comment and the committee was instructed
to fill the vacancy. The balance of the
afternoon was taken UP with discus
sion of
PLANS FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
The feeling was that vigorous and re-
lentless warfare for principle should be
waged, although the nominations and plat
forms of the other two parties will prob
ably have something to do with the degree
of ferocty with which it Will be carried on.
Elder Satterlees idea was that clubs should
be organized on the Wide Awake plan to
consist of both voters and non-voters who
shall be urged on to battle by the cheering
stimulus of campaign songs and speeches.
This suggestion was generally liked and
will probably be adopted. 1t was also
urged that G. F. Wells should be placed
actively in the field as an organizer That
gentleman said he would talk the matter
over with his wife, and the meeting adj
journed to this morning.
Local Political Gossip.
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