St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14
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employee who simply worked for his daily
bread. The chair asked Mr.. Uric 10 con-
fine his remarks to his own candidacy. and
the gentleman spoke briefly upon the need
of reducing the bonded Indebtedness. c. II.
Baxter said he didn't believe he was
eligible as a workingman'S candidate
as ne had noticed that the Knights of La
Dor excluded lawyers. and class them with
saloonkeepers and gamblers. He, however,
had few wolds for those
WHO MIGHT BE NOMINATED.
Gigantic corporations have been oppreSS-
ing the city and the representatives of the
people should see that no more exclusive
franchises are granted. The speaker then
scared eloQuently, quoting from Childe
Harold, and then compared the
stone-arch bridge to the Bridge
of Signs. He forgot himself
and Inadvertently addressed his auditors as
gentlemen of the jury" the mistake Great
ing audible smiles.
At this point w. A. Sexton stated that
he understood Aid. Hashow was present
and had something to say as to the manner
in which he had been approached by an
alleged friend of labor. who offered to
throw" the workingmans candidate for a
delegation in favor Of a certain candidate
for mayor. Mr.. HashOw was called for,
and coming forward spoke as follows:
SERIOUS CHARGE.
81 dislike to make this statement. l
never thought that the representative Of the
wOrkingmen would ever betray his cause as
the man OF whom l am about to speak
was here at the meeting two weeks ago
when X. 4. Shadrick made a speech in
favor of Thomas McVeigh as the working
mans candidate for alderman. Three or
four days afterwards he came to me on
Washington avenue south. between Third
and Fourth avenues, and asked me what my
prospects were. l answered that thought
l had good show, and was going 10 stand
on my record. He said i'm effect, If you
Will do me favor I'll get McVeigh out Of
the way for you provided you will get the
kind of a delegation l want for mayor 1
asked him who he was supporting and he
said Morse told him I'd have nothing
do with him, as l was
Doc Ames man, and should give him my
entire support. L have Understood that
Shadrick denies that this conversation
ever took place, and so l have gone before
a notary public and have sworn 10 the facts
as l have related them"
Here Mr.. HashOw read his affidavit, and
stepped down. At this point some one
in the crowd moved to adjourn.
Mr.. Sexton said it was out of
order, as his motion to proceed
to a formal ballot was still in order. The
chair declared a motion to adjourn always
in order, and proceeded to put the question,
and declared it carried, although
owing to the hub-bub it was
not plain that his decision was
correct. Mr.. Sexton then jumped on
chair and said; THAT meetings over-I
l.
meeting. Who'll you have for chairman?'
favor" called Mr. Sexton, and
that he was elected. There were shouts of
laughter at this novel proceeding. Some
objected and were told TO leave. Adjourn
ment was again moved, and division of
the house resulted in the negative. \. L.
Beden was elected secretary, and it was de-
cided to have another informal ballot.
Messrs. Hanson, Church and Clark were
appointed tellers. Mr.. Clark vehemently
declined saying that the meeting was
disgrace, and that the action
of the caucus could bind no one.
The ballot. however. proceeded and resulted
as follows: GeSsaman, 76; Mills, 81; Eber-
hard. 53: Baxter. 10; Hashow, 9; scatter
ing 9. Total number of votes. 205. 1t was
next decided that formal ballot be taken
and the voting be confined to Gessaman,
Mills and Eberhard. Because of certain
indications that the ballot box had been
stuffed. those voting were required to de-
post in the presidents hat. This ballot
stood.
Gessaman, 81; Mills, AZ; Eberhardt. AZ.
George Helm moved to make the nomination
of Gessaman unanimous, but his motion was
drowned by calls for adjournment.