St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-14
FORASHORT CAMPAIGN
The Republican State Central Committee
Decides to Defer the Convention
Till Autumn.
4 Gathering f Politicians That Are Look
ing After Their Numerous Lit
tie Fences.
Lieut.. GOV. Gilman Says He Can Wait
Till Fall Before He is Nom
mated.
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Candidates Innumerable for All the
OfHceS--The Convention In s>oil
September. aii g
Politicians Gather.

Politicians Gather. 3oGi
The first impetus was given to theystate
political ball yesterday, in the meeting OIL
The Republican state committee in the par
lorS of the Merchants. The meeting was
held in the afternoon, and prior to the hour
for calling it to order the rotunda was 1uil
of politicians from various portions of the
state. standing around in lunches with their
heads extremely close together and an ami
mated expression on their faces. Capt. ID.
\. Castle was in the foreground, busily en-
gagged IN rounding up the stray cattle. and
at $50 he started upstairs, followed by
the members of the committee
and probable candidates for various
state and county offices who were anxious
TO tone up their compilations for the coming
fall Senator Buchanan of Benton county
was present, giving and taking advice with
an eauanimity that was remarkably con-
SpicuouS. He is to be in the field for the
senate again and he is training his guns on
the opposing forces in time to open the mr.
ing. II. A. Bruins of Clay county was an
apparently Indifferent observer OF affairs
and claimed that his presence was not due
to political interest. Loren Fletcher was
on deck with his placid smile and buried
himself in deep and mysterious converse
ton with Lieut.. Gov Gilman, whose
aspirations to the gubernatorial chair, it is
said, will not be ignored, especially by the
Republicans in the Fifth district. The con-
vention convened in parlor A and
as they sank into their seats, there were no
clouded brows and compressed lips to indi-
cate that diSsention was liable to show
itself in the meeting. Chairman FL. A.
Castle called the meeting to order and said
probably every member of the committee
was aware of the purpose for which the
meeting had been called, as the motive was
stated in the published call. Secretary
Espy called the roll, those members OF the
committee answering to their names and
those who held proxies presenting them.
Following is the representation:
THE COMMITTEE.
Chairman. H. \. Castle, ST. Paul; secretary,
John Espy, st. Paul; NJ. j. Daniels, Roches-
ter; Frank A. Day, Fairmont; w. ]. Ives,
Hutchinson; rCol. Joseph Bobletter, New
Ulm; Senator w. P. Sergeant, Albert Lea; E.
G.. Holmes, Detroit; c. I'll. Petit, Minneapolis:
Marcus Johnson, Atwater, proxy for c. H.
Strobeck, Litchfeld; II. L. Gordon, Minneap-
oils, proxy for Senator III. c. Waite, st. Cloud;
Joseph C. Void, Faribault, proxy for Hon.
Levi Nutting, Faribault.
The views of leading Republicans pres
ent regarding the date of holding the state
convention were called for, and II. G.
Stordock, who will make bid for the state
secretaryship. said that he ;andn't anything
to say about the action of the committee.
He had been among the farmers
in the northern portion of the state and
found that they generally favored an early
convention, or one to be held before har-
vest, some time in July. This would not
interfere with their fall work. NJ. j. Dan
iels at this point moved that the committee
go into executive session, and the motion
was seconded, but Lieut.. Gov. Gilman ell
tered the room at this juncture. and the
motion was not acted upon until his views
regarding the debate for holding the conven-
ton had been expressed. He said he had
but little to say; that any time settled upon
by the committee would suit him. 1t ap-
peared to him that the most important
point to be considered was the interest of
the party and not that of any one candi-
date. When candidate gave advice it
would naturally be biased. He had been
about the country some, but had heard 10
expressions among the farmers regarding
the matter. He thought that the COM
mittee in its good Judgment would fix upon
an appropriate time, and as a candidate he
was willing to trust the matter with them
Any time that they fixed upon would be
satisfactory to him.
MI. Daniels again urged his motion.
Senator Sergeant said he didn't see why
the work of the meeting should be done
behind closed doors as the character of any
candidate would probably not be assai1ed
and nothing done that should be kept
secret. Colonel Bobletter, thought the
committee should go into secret session as
he didn't believe it should bring its family
affairs before the public. This was all the
hot har tod IL,
vote was put, and the motion unanimously
carried and non-members of the committee
and representatives of the press were sent
out into the cold. The committee remained
i'll session about an hour and half, and
when the door of the parlOr swung open
they came out smiling and non-committal.
1t was learned that the committee had de-
cided on holding late convention, no time
being fixed upon. The date will be fixed
by the committee at their next meeting,
which will be called by the chairman not
later than Aug. Is. The convention will
probably be held between the 18th and Goth
of September. a motion was made that
the convention be held between the goth
and 2Sth of July. but was lost. The fol-
lowing resolution was presented by w. j.
Ives of Mcleod county, and adopted:
THE RESOLUTION.
Whereas, The manufacture and sale of
bogus butter to the people of our state is
not only threatening destruction to one of the
leading Industries of state, bringing
financial ruin to the dairymen and stock
growers by the use of The vile and filthy COM
pounds and acids in its manufacture, seri-
ously and dangerously threatening the health
of the consumer; therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is of vital Importance to
the dairy interests of this country, and to all
consumers of butter, that the bill now pend
lug before congress, regulating the traffic in
counterfeit butter and taxing the same 10
cents per pound, become law, and we ear
nestly request our senators and representa-
tives in congress to support said bill
Resolved, That the chairman of this con-
vention transmit copy of this resolution to
each of senators and representatives in con-
gress.
This was all that could be learned of the
transactions of the committee, and the time
of calling the next meeting could not be
learned, but it will probably be about the
middle of July.
Harmony seems to dwell in the COM
mittee, as all the members stoutly affirm
that there is no see-sawing in the ranks
The great play to be made is on the
farmers vote and the committee will do all
it can to enlist the sympathy of the farmers
alliances throughout the state. This
is quite apparent from the resolution
introduced by w. J. Ives and
in a subsequent interview he said that he
thought it big step for the Republicans to
take and one that would benefit them
greatly in the coming campaign, as the
farmers would naturally stand by those
who were apparently working for their in
terests. Mr.. Ives lives in the Third con-
gressional district and declares him& f. for
Scheffer for governor. He says the woods
are full of aspirants for congressional
honors, and named A. II. Reed of Red
Wing Mort Chandler and I,ihartu HaIl Cd