St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-06
CONVENTION WRANGLING.

The nomination of George d. Emery
for one of the judges of the municipal
court, is said to have been brought
about by the lawyers who practice in
the municipal court. and who have be-
come disguised by the weak, wavering
and vacillating course pursued by Judge
Bailey. Clerk of Court Davenport said
yesterdays 81 felt absolutely sure that
Bailey would not be renOminated, for l
have heard nearly every lawyer in the
city say something about the nomination
of judges for the municipal court, and
the only ones who ever favored his re-
nomination were lawyers who have
never practiced before him and knew
nothing about him as ajudge. NOw,I con-
slider Bailey fine fellow and a gentle
man, but as judge he is not to be COM
pared with Mahoney."
Eddie G. Potter, dealer in onions
and sauer kraut, who succeeded in get
ting the Republican nomination for
alderman of the Fourth ward for the
short term, had quite a change of heart
after the caucus in his precinct was
held. Before the caucus was held he
demanded the nomination for the long
term. and said he would take nothing
else, but after it was over and he found
that he had only succeeded in pulling
through in his own precinct by the mar
row margin of 4 votes, although nearly
100 votes were vast, he came to the con-
clusiOn that to get the nomination for
the short term was about as much as a
man Of his caliber could expect.
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One of Capt. Babb's political mana
gers, in talking about the defeat of
Blethen at the late city convention,
said: Il consider that Capt. Babb owes
his nomination to some Of the slickest
political work that has ever been car
ried through in any convention in this
county, unless it was in the district
convention which nominated Gilfiilan
for congress in 1884. Now, the plan we
adopted to defeat Blethen was sug-
gested by Pillsbury, and was as follows:
The Babb men who were managing the
primaries were to report majority of
the delegates elected as being in favor of
Blethen. and in this way Blethen, who
has plenty of money, and who is also a
great hustler, was kept from playing
the Bill Merriam act,' and buying up a
sufficient number of the dele
gates to secure his nomination.
Then Dave Clough was worked as the
possible dark horse candidate, and told
that his only hope was in preventing
either Blethen or BOardman from get
ting too many votes, and when the pro-
per time arrived all three factions would
combine on him. Every part of this
plan as laid out, was carried through
without the least bit of trouble, and con-
sequently the nomination was secured
for our man."
George S. Grimes. the Republican
nominee for justice of the peace, says
that he has just as much right to seek a
nomination from the Republicans as has
Gen. J. NJ. Underwood or Willie J. War
rem, and that he has never done one
half as much to injure the Republican
party as has either of the two gentle
men just named.
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Jim Eye is very much grieved because
so many men have been nominated Oh
the Republican ticket for no other
reason than because they are members
of the G. A. r. Probably it might be
well to suggest to Jim that if he would
would be one less.