St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-14
ness. On motion of Aid. Cloutier,
committee of five ON resolutions was APP
pointed,
MEN THEY COULD TRUST.
To Avoid the Trouble Last May
the l.;a.iOritY SoIidlY Rules.


TIE majority Solidly Rules.
c. c. Hashow moved the appointment
of committee of one from each ward
and two from the county to select thirty
three delegates to the state convention.
"a delegate from the country" who
proved to be T. S. Kelly, of the Eleventh
ward, moved to have each ward and the
county caucus and select delegates.
This was the signal of battle. ID. B.
Johnson said: 1.-The gage was thrown
down in the nomination for temporary
chairman and now the Wilson men,
80 to IA, undertake to work through
this plan and send two or three Wilson
men to st. Paul. They are mistaken.
This convention is unanimous for a Il.
Ames for governor, and it will see that
solid delegation for hsii.rl is sent down."
The country delegate" arose, and
With one impressive finger extended,
said: That man is dead wrong. l am
for AmeS, first, last and all the time,
and l believe in the majority ruling.
That's Democratic"
This precipitated fierce discussion,
which was participated in by over
dozen. 1t was a question whether the
convention as body and through
committee, should name the delegation
to st. Paul, or whether each ward
should be permitted to name its quote.
Titus Mareck favored the ward plan.
Z. l.. Locke said he was in favor of
fairness and took occasion to call down
a country delegate. 81 wish to say
that it matters not how man may vote
here, if he should be candidate here
after. If he is Democrat he will be
supported, no matter if he has voted for
m IN M dol
ton, think the unit rule will fix that"
u. r. Sibely-The Hon. l.. Morse
has thrown down the gauntlet and
every man has gone on record. Shall
we reverse ourselves now?
ID, B. JOhnSOn-We are here to repre-
sent our constituents and we will do it.
We will never again be placed in the
position into which we were forced by
the last delegation we sent to st. Paul.
We will follow out the precedent lead
down in every convention, and we will
send down delegation we can trust.
j. j. Byrnes-Don't let us repeat the
blunder of last May. They tried to
break the unit rule and destroy the in
StructionS of the convention. One of
them even gave the lie to the chairman
when he said they were instructed to
vote as an unit. This time, we will
send an unbroken front of men who
will fulfill their trusts.
&. Il. Locke insist on my light to
speak as we'll as ID. B. Johnson. L
know the man who made the motion.
He is L. S. Kelly and an Ames man,
and Johnson calls him Wilson man
from the country.
L. s. kelly--He lied.
LOcke-And | can remember when
ID. b. Johnson was not for AmeS or Will
son either.
The convention here became uproar-
ious, and in the midst of the confusion
the chair put the HaShow motion and
without taking the noes declared it car
rled, as it was evident large majority
favored it.
j. w. Lawrence-There is no fight
here. You gentleman have everything
your own way and can do as you please
You have the power, but we object to
this machine method. The Wilson men
made no fight. Deafening cries and
Jeers. Well, there was an organized
fight, though his friends might have
done their own work. But there is no
fight here and we will all support the
nominee. Now, in fairness, want the
amendments put.
William McArdle-I merely want to
remind Mr.. Lawrence that at the last
convention he was on the floor favOring
the very plan he now opposes. l know
it, because | favored it myself.
More rambling chin-muSic was shot
off and then the entire matter was re-
taken up, the amendments defeated and
the original motion carried. The con-
ventiOn took a recess of fifteen minutes,
during which time the chair made up
the committees.