St. Paul daily globe., 1888-09-09
READY FOR THE FRAY.

refused to allow the repeal. Stevens
leaped up, and. with strong rising in-
fiection, demanded:
THE chair refuses to allow the ap-
peal?"
Rinehart-Until a temporary chair
man is elected the chair will refuse the
appeal. The convention can then run
itself.
Stevens-Then 1 move that instead of
proxy NJ. W. Glenn take the chair.
Col Glenn arose. He faced the con-
vention and said: "When any man can
say NJ. W. Glenn has attended any eau
Gus in this county in the past two
months, then let some one throw mud
a few weeks ago, NJ. W. Glenn left the
state Of Minnesota. / want nothing but
harmony. | have pledged myself to no
man. Understanding there might be
trouble, Mr.. Ankeny has withdrawn like
a gentleman. Let harmony rule and
let us nominate the strongest ticket and
appoint the strongest county committee
we KNOW" This was greeted with ap-
plause.
A smOoth-faced delegate from the
Sixth ward nominated E. T. Baxter and
John Kelly. after calling down the ora
tors for occupying the floor continually,
seconded the nomination of Corrigan.
j. W. Wiley. of Medina. named a
county candidate for chairman, and 1t
was A. c. Bailey.
Then the music commenced. d. B..
Johnson had sharp tilt with the chair,
the latter calling down Johnson, who
began a bitter attack on the decision.
Ed A Stevens interfered to get Johnson
the floor. and Locke suggested Stevens
do JohnSon'S talking for him. Johnson
grew frey and grated at length, finally
appealing to the friends of Winston to
support Bailey and to the friends of
Baxter to withdraw him. The cOnven-
ton had been in a state of wild disorder
and each speaker was greeted by ap-
plause or other demonstration, as his
remarks struck the popular pulse. P.
3. Winston rose on chair and waved
his arm for silence. Il second the
nomination of Judge Bailey and / want
it understood | am delegate and no
mans man." The uproar was renewed
and continued until F. L. Vandusen
moved to proceed to roll call.
John II. Long got the floor and
proceeded to denOunce the assumption
of authority by which the chairman Of
the county committee made the proxy
ruling and was called down by that
Moreck wanted each precinct voter
summoned by its chairman, but Ed
Stevens wanted it done man-like and
have each delegate name his choice.
This course was adopted after another
windy war of words. Titus Mareck
was chosen provisional secretary, {. L..
Locke declining the honor proposed to
make him assistant clerk.
Il am a natural born fighter" he
said, land | want to be on the fioor'
Il am born peacemaker," said
Stevens.
Anybody who saw you the past three
days knows you are peacemaker," re-
tOrted Locke. The roll was then called
and resulted as follows: Bailey, ia;
COrrigan, 65. The announcement was
greeted with uprOariOus applause and
j. II. COTrigan was applauded as he
moved, in a neat speeee, to make the
election unanimous. lie escorted Judge
Bailey to the chair and the temporary
chairman returned thanks. Titus
Mareck wass elected temporary secre-
tary and the chair made this ammo unce-
ment:
''Ths convention means business.
You will either have TO speak out loud
or keep quiet, and when any delegate
has the floor the rest must keep their
mouths shut"
The chair was instructed to appoint
ommittees. as usual, and the following
were named:
Credentials-Solon Armstrong. A. n.
Jordan, John Norton, Matt Bredemus,
l.. Barto, John o. Larson, John Ii.
Long.
Permanent Organization-C. F. Bax-
ter, John Bruesheber, A. G. SardeSon,
J. b. McArdle, DR.. j. /. Tibbetts.
Resolutions-E. A. Stevens, J. r. Cor
rigan, T. J. Leftwich, Heaton Mclean,
John McGary.