St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-29
STUFFED The BOXES.
Republican Primaries Create
the Inevitable DiScord and
Wrangling.
Serious Charges Preferred
Against the Party Pledged
to Publication.
Young Men Forge to the Front
and Crowd Out Their
Elders.
County Politics From This
Time Forward Will Be
Decidedly Hot.
- WANT TO LEGIsLATE.
Seven Stalwarts Selected in RAM
sey County.
j. G. ELMQUIST,
w. f. BICkEL, JR

L. {. STEVENS.
Democratic politicians rested on their
oars yesterday and formally turned the
city over to their Republican brethren
to allow them an unlimited opportunity
to partake of their love feast. But Gu
pid was most effectually routed at an
early stage of the game, and shortly
arter Z O'clock, the hour which had
been set for the closing of the polls.
harmony as whole was conspicuous by
its absence, and in its place might have
been heard at frequent intervals charges
and counter charges of trickery and
double dealing, while there will be at
least one eOntesting delegation to be
disposed of by the convention next Mon
day.
The Republican primaries of last
evening were held for the purpose of
nominating delegates to the legislative
convention from the Twenty-siXth and
Twenty-seYenth legislative districts.
The candidates, however, from the town.
ships of Mclean, White Bear, New
Canada, Mounds View, Rose and Re-
serve will not be chosen until this even
ing, when, in addition to the regular
county delegates. this portion of the
Twenty-sixth will also elect Legislative
delegates,
THOUGH SEPARATE BALLOT BOXES
for the two conventions will be used.
This district is entitled to three men,
beers of the legislature, and two of them
were caucused for last evening. The
Twenty-seventh district is entitled to
four members of the legislature, and is
composed of the old Second, Third,
Fourth aud Sixth wards.
About the polls quiet reigned supreme,
and while there was fairly large vote
polled, but little interest was seemingly
taken in the result. A few stragglers
gathered about the polling places. One
or two faithful adherents stood around
TO see that all were supplied with
tickets who desired them. A small
boy or two and an occasional policeman
enliYened the scene, and at the eX-
piration of all hour a minority of those
about the polls went directly home,
while a majority adjourned to the
nearest place of public and fashionable
resort, and informally canvaSSed the
situation.
These were contests. however, and
where there was more than one ticket
in the field the immediate vicinity of
the polling place became more ami
mated. The ticket-hawkers were more
urgent in their impOrtuning, and the
anxious candidates stood around the
polls and directed their henchmen in
their efforts to
PROTECT THEIR OWN INTERESTS.
The most serious contest of the even
ing occurred in the First precinct of
the Fourth ward. There were two
tickets in the zelda the Labor friends
of ames A. johnson were on hand at
an early hour to see that their candidate
was treated fairly. But as soon as Aid.
Book arrived he took possession of the
ballot box and would not allow it to be
examined, When the polls closed Can
didate johnson and his friends were
permitted to enter the room, the box
was opened, and Chris. Blakely. one
of the defeated johnson delegates,
AYERS that twenty-five tickets for q. Y.
Warren were lying crisp and
methOrlically arranged in the bot
tom of the box. And Johnson
thereupOn made a vigorous objection
to counting of these votes. They were
ILIOM OuI. liC NlCC DlCSl-
dent of the cigarmakerS' union, how
ever, had taken his stand Immediately
without the window and observed that
there were but 22S votes cast. As the
vote, when counted, aggregated 81, the
labor men made a vigorous kick, and
one and all declared that, inasmuch as
the Republicans claimed to be the
champions of the
PURITY OF THE BALLOT BOX.
it was, to say the least, mysterious that
there should be discrepancy of eighty
nine votes, even after the twenty-five
which had been objected 10 were cast
aside. A conteSting delegation will be
sent to the convention, and the commit
tee on credentials will have load upon
their shoulders if the labor candidates
delegates are not granted seats in the
convention. Aid. Book was bitterly re-
preached on all sides for his partisan
conduct, and was the target for many
uneomplimentary remarks after the
primary was over.