St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-28
SAINT PAUL MATTERS.
Eighteen Young Republicans Have Hired
Hall and Will Go In for
Business.
They Discuss at Great Length Whether to
Indorse Davis, and Do Not
Do It.

Indorse Davis, and Do Not
Do It.
The Mother Thought to Have Poi
soned Her Child at White Bear,
Released.
New Police Appointments-we ST..
Paul Wants the Ice Palace
Globules.
THEY TNDORsE NOBODY.
Eighte en- Young Republicans Dis
cuss How They May Pay Rum
ming Expenses and Help C. IA.
Davis.
The headquarters of the Young Mems
Republican club at 1877 East Third street
were opened to the members and public for
the first time last evening. Considerable
expense has been gone to by the COMMITTEES
In charge, and the result is four cosy rooms
well fitted and furnished. The largest APP
partment will seat forty persons and is to
be used as the club meeting room. One of
the members explained that while it was
small it was plenty large enough, as it
was the intention to get about two
hundred select members and then
shut down on the membership.
The meeting, presided over by James
Schoonnaker, was attended by Is y. r.
and the refrain harped on by those present
from beginning to end was money, money,
money. The secretary reported Albert
Schetfer. G. K. Davis and w. r. Merriam
as having subscribed $50 each, Stanford
Newell S25. E. G. Rogers $40 and Sheriff
Richter like amount. This was consd-
cred enough TO enttle them to honorary
membership and they were unanimously
elected. The secretary thought there were
lots of people outside of the city and county
who would be willing to give money to the
club He mentioned in this connection j.
B. Gilfillan, Loren Fletcher. r. Is. Lang
don and Thomas Lowry Each
of these gentlemen, he said, had interest in
the success of the Republican party, and
he moved that a special committee be APP
pointed to touch them up for small
amounts" Another member moved to
amend by making it Large amounts; that
Messrs. Phillips and Williams be the COM
mittee to do the work, and it was so Or
dered. The important business of the
evening then came up, it being the indorse-
ment by the club of e. K. Davis as candi-
date for United States senator. Henry Johns
introduced the subject in brilliant orator
zeal effort. He said the ends and purposes
of the club were to become an active ele-
ment in the party and politics OF the state.
It's influence would not be confined to the
city of st. Paul or Ramsey county. but
would only be stopped by the boundary
lines of the state. 1t was destined to be-
come
A MIGHTY POWER
in the state and should not bind itself to
any faction, politician or statesman. Com
posed as it was of thinking young men of
the party, it would demand recognition
and yet at all times it would act independ-
ent He asked that the club indorSe c. K.
Davis for United States senator. and as
sured them they would make no mistake in
SO doing Mr.. Davis, he said, represented
the young element of the party, and he
would certainly be elected IF the pol
clans of the state did not beat him for po-
litical purposes of their own This last
statement was greeted with as loud ap-
plause as eighteen men could possibly
make. probably on account of the truthful
ness of the statement.
G. n. Akers opposed the resolution, and
said it was against the rules of the club.
He did not want to be trammeIed and did
not want the club TO be. The Endorsement
would amount to nothing from a practical
standpoint. MIR. Davis, he said. was no
spring chicken in politics. and it was not
necessary for lot of boys to get together
and indorse him. The movement for his
candidacy was spontaneous in all parts of
the state and all MI. Davis wanted was to
be let alone. If the club established the
precedent it would be bad policy and GER
tainly would not help Mr.. Davis to any
great extent.
E. S. 5N1cDermott was opposed to the
action at the present time. He wanted to
wait until the nomination for governor had
to hIr. Davis.
Akers came to the front again and said
the club had got to depend on wealthy
members Of the party for support, and if |
the Endorsement was made it might look as
though the CLUB was organized for the pur-
pose of backing Mr.. Davis. AS a cunse-
quence when the committee called on those
who in the present mixed con-
diiton of politics were not ready |
to come out boldly, it might In
terfere materially with the subscriptions.
Mr.. McDermott thought it not expedient
at this time and might iniure Mr.. Davis.
The time was coming when The club could
ind0rse Mr.. Davis and it would benefit him,
but that time was not until after the con-
yention to nominate governor had adj
iOurned.
Otto kueffner thought any club was en-
titled TO preference. and now was the
tine to indorse Mr. Davis. In the country
towns people
DID NOT KNOW
how many the club numbered and it would
have the effect Of hel ping Mr.. Davis to let
them know that the Young Mems Republi-
can club had endorsed him.
EsPreSident Schoonnaker said he person
ally was III favor of Davis but he did not
think it policy for the club to indorse him
a Ia i'm, ], Il
that the club had indolsed McGill and in
getting subscriptions he had been told by
two Gilman men he called upon that they
wanted nothing to do with such d
club and said perhaps il he called again
they might do something. After this re-
buff he was not in favor of indorsing
any candidate and did not think
it for the best policy of the club
The club expects to get its support from
politicians who may or may not be friendly
at this time to Mr.. Davis. and while he
would not oppose the motion he was not in
favor of it.
7. T. Fauntleroy said the club was a
power, and should be self-reliant 1T had
force enough and vitality enough tG sup
port itself without aid from politicians
The idea of the club being obliged to dodge
every issue because it wanted tn get sub
scriptionS from politicians was nonsense.
Davis was the man for Minnesota
There had been little engines on big tracks
at Washington too long from this
state. What was needed now was a repre-
sentative. The motion for a committee to
draw up resolutions indorsing Davis was
passed, and T. T. Faunteroy. A. l.. Phillips
and Henry Johns were appointed as the
committee. Some one suggested that AL
bert Scheffer be invited TO meet with the
club some night next week and deliver an
address. President Schoonmaker said he
had talked with Mr.. Schefer. and he knew
that gentleman would not make any pcliti-
cal speeches until after the nomjna-
ton for governor had been
made. He could tell the club
the reason why MI Scheffer would not