St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29
AN EXCELLENT TICKET.
The Washington County Democrats
Nominate Ticket
Hon. z. W. Durant Unanimously
Nominated for senator.

The Washington county Democratic con-
yention to nominate candidates for senator,
representatives and county officers. held at
the court house Yesterday, was the largest
and most enthusiastic convention ever held
in Washington county. The ticket Is an
excellent one and will undoubtedly be
elected. The selection was precisely as pre-
dicted in the GLOBE yesterday. livery
district in the county was fully represented
and everything passed OF like eloek-Work;
James S. OBrien acted as chairman ana
r. NJ. Anderson secretary. Inc coinuil'
tee on credentials consisted OF W. . Con-
rad. chairman, William fowler. hH@hl
Nav. William Stark, F. Z. Ford NJ 0nep-
ard and Samuel Burke ana reporteu .u0
following delegates entitled 10 seats III ''e
convention:
afto, Auc,,st Stereman. Michael Machey.
Rovtown~J ]. Griffin, b. E. Meigs, Samuel
Burkleo and Thomas Nolan o,
CotraUe Groye-William Fowler. ten votes
Denmark-James Shear6r, j. H. Home
Forest Lake.. B. Smith, two votes;
Grgnt-M. A. Stow aud James crowley
TaIeIaDd-A. Ounce and c. IL. Pratt.
Marine-C.A A. Rutherford and James Grand
strandt.
Newport-T. c. Ford, two votes.
Oakdale-W. II. Stark, William Armstrong;
NJ. Malone.
Oneka-Joseph Lutz, J. P. Hatch.
Town of Standardization Douglas, Jonn
Kitty ST.. and Patrick Whalen. AZ
Woodbury-John Murphy, IL. }. Crane NJ
Egan, ntoCor+bv
Jobn TXons NJ. Gillespie, Robert Malloy'
lanes Foley. NJ Shortall, T. G. Kitty, Fetzen-
dine JoseDh Wolf, Joseph Muller, ~
Shepard. and D. Tozer; second ward H. NJ.
Anderson. J. S. O'Brien, Dr. Nolgnt; james
Fitzgerald. NJ. Moffatt, H. Lehman, Villain
Nav James Baron, proxy for D Mathe"s'
Third ward, W. S. Conrad, Emil hru@tr'
James Kitty. C. H. Cari NJ. w. Murray
Martin Thon. and John j. Stinson.
The committee on permanent organlza-
tion consisted of John Mccarthy, Thomas
Nolan. David TOZer. John Kitty and August
Stegeman. After the appointment o. thiS
committee was made the nomination - %
candidates began. For senator hon L. W.
Durant was nominated by acclamatioh'
For county aud tor no nomination was
made. and the present Republican lllcun-
hent " c. Masterman. was Endorsed on
Doo+ion of John Mccarthy. For clerk OF
the court the name of A. Frederick was
nraspntpd by w. S. Conrad and that OF
Thomas Nolan by Andrew Mackey. In
fhe informal ballot 50 votes were
cast 36 for Frederick and 20 for
Nolan. The formal ballot re-
shifted in the nomination of Frederick.
nv vote of 81 to Il. The nomination was
made unanimous. For county treasurer
John F. Burke was nominated by acclama-
tion- For register of deeds, Walter Il.
I ehmicl1e the present incumbent, was
nominated without opposition. FOR county
attorney. there were two candidates, Ira w.
Castle and c. P. Gregory, The ballot re-
suited in the nomination OF Castle pS
vote of 81 to %. The nomination OF Mt
Castle was made unanimous. For SntTI1'
NJ. Gillespie presented the name Oh john
Mccarthy. simply as joke. Mr.. NECTAR
tbv arose and declined. and moved that the
nreSent incumbent, Charles HoicomDe, De
Endorsed. The vote on indOrsing MI Hol-
eonlbe resulted "a yeas and IA nays, and
the matter was recOnSldered anu
finally left to the county committee.
For iudge of probate Rudolph Lehmcke
was nominated For county surveyor,
Nvron Shepard. the present incumbent
was nominated unanimously. For court
commissioner Mr.. Thompson was noml-
mated unanimously. For coroner, Dr. j.
c. Rhodes was presented by James Baron,
who received a unanimous nomination.
For school superintendent, L. L. James,
the present incumbent, was nominated
unanimously. After the nomination OF l.
p. James for school superintendent the COLI
vention took recess of five minutes to
allow the delegates from the different dis
tricts to select candidates for representa-
lives and commissioners. When the con-
vention was called to order the Southern
district delegates and the First and Second
ward delegates. through their chairman, re-
nortpd that the nominations would be left
in the hands of the delegates, who would
meet and nominate men SUBJECT 10
the call of the chairman. The Third ward
delegates. through their chairman, reported
that they would meet for the purpose next
Monday night. The Fourth district re-
ported the nomination of Thomas Kitty
for commissioner. The chairman OF the
convention was instructed to appoint a
county committee. The resolution from
the Farmers alliance was adopted.
Speeches were made by E. W. Durant,
John F. Burke, 1. W. Castle and j. n.
Castle. all predicting that Ames and the
whole ticket would get majority III the
county.