St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-09
RICE AND HARMONY
Characterized the Hennepin
County Convention.


The Hennepin county Democratic
convention, to choose ffty-nine dele
gates to represent the county in the
Fourth district convention, was held in
Harmonic hall yesterday morning and
was the shortest and sweetest on record.
1t was all one way and all for Rice
and it was so overshadOwed by
the pending noinating convention
that it was quiet to mildneSS.
Chairman Rinehart, of the county COM
mittee, called the convention to order,
read the call and the list of delegates
elect which had been certified to the
committee. S. j. Barlow nOmi-
mated Col. John H. Stevens for tempo
rary chairman, and he was unanimously
elected. The octogenarian Democrat
was greeted with applause as he reached
the platform and was introduced as 1.-The
oldest Dem ocrat in Hennepin county,"
He made neat little speech, showing
the brilliancy of Democratic prospects,
and the names Of Cleveland, Wilson and
Rice were greeted with great applause.
Arther j. Shores was elected
secretary on motion of John d. Long.
the list of delegates as read was adopt
ed. On motion of John ID. Long the
chair was instructed to appoint COM
mittee of one from each ward and two
from the county TO name fifty-nine dele
gates to represent Hennepin in the dis
trict convention. A delegate in the
rear moved to reconsider, and have each
ward and town caucus choose its pro-
portion of the delegation. The cOnven-
ton was in no mood to quarrel over any
thing, and the delegates were of one
mind in regard to the denomination of
| Edmund Rice. Still there was a good
humOred discussion over the method of
selecting delegates. Several speeches
were made in favor of allowing the
country fair proportion of the dele
gates, as the country gives round
Democratic majority. Finally. after
numerous amendments and substitutes.
the matter was temporarily tabled on
| motion Of j. w. Lawrence, and COM
mittee of one from each ward and four
from the country appointed to name
committee, which was constituted thus:
First ward, Otto Grethen; Second, F. p.
Van Valkenburg; Third, w. II. Mills;
Fourth, j. r. COrrigan; Fifth, G. NJ.
Foote; Sixth, j. McMeachen: Seventh,
John w. Gurley; Eighth, r. H. Evans;
Ninth, Jacob Kessler; Tenth, Henry
Oswald; Eleventh, A. Segman;
Twelfth, Caleb Tingley; Thirteenth,
A. S. Keyes; country, w. Morse, j. H.
McGary, Charles Ward, B. F. Christ
Itch. The temporary organization was
made permanent and the committee re-
ported the appointment by wards and
towns of the ffty-nine delegates. The
convention then went into ward and
town caucusses and reported back the
following
LIST OF DELEG ATES:
First Ward-Titus Mareck. Charles
Gluck, Gus HierhOlZer, Otto Grethen,
August Miller, Frank Lila. Second
F. p. Van Valkenburg. Phineas Nc
| Donald. Thirds. A. March, w. An
| derson, w. IL. Mills, p. F. Martin,
James Best, j. B. McArdle. Fourth
Edward Lawler, j. r. Corrigan,
J. E. Shaunessy, c. j. Buell.,
J. II. Long. G. R. Hill. Fifth
p. B. Winston, A. j. Shores, A. A.
Ames. A. J. Rosander. Sixth-L. NJ.
Rand, James McMeehen, l.. II. Tucker,
John Asplund, Fred Wettergreen, Ole
OlesOn. SEVENTH. w. Gurley, j. H.
Huntington. Eighth-Charles l.. May
ham, r. II. Evans. Ninth-Jacob Kes-
sler. Roth Erwin, Patrick Finn. Tenth
Henry Oswald, G. F. Baxter. Eleventh
l. L. Jones, II. Haven, A. Sieg-
man. Twelfth-Caleb Tingley. Thir-
/ teenth-A. s. Keyes. County
= J. T. Tibbetts, w. Morse,
j. H. Gregory, B. +. Christlieb. Charles
Ward, A. w. Shuck, NJ. Comet, Jacob
! RatZ, John Nelson, Neal McNeal, David
Marchand, Ned Egan, William McGin-
mis-. The list was adopted as read.
Capt. W. II. Mills offered resolution
commencing the course of Hon. Ed
mund Rice, and instructing the delega-
ton to vote solid for his nomination,
which was adopted with a cheer. A
motion to instruct the chair to appoint a
congressional committee of five for the
county was carried without opposition,
and the convention adjourned.