St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-01
ROASTING RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by the Ramsey County Demo-
cratic Club.
WISER CoUNSELs PREVAIL
A Conference of Cleveland and Thur
man Battalionss to be Held
in Few Days.

Members of the Ramsey County DEM
ocratic club held meeting last evening
at their headquarters in the Grand
opera house block. There was good
attendance, and President John Willis
occupied the chair.
The president, intr 2ducing the
business OF the meeting, said !:
"Since the last meeting of this
club the conference committee
to suggest plan for political reform
met and presented to the Ramsey
county Democratic committee a pro-
gramme which involved the demand of
no personal interest, but simply re-
form in certain methods which had
characterized primary elections. You
know the history, the lamentable his
tory, OF the acts which the county COM
mittee did in connection with that very
respectful and very proper request.
1t mas become necessary for this club,
acting in conjunction with the other or
ganized Cleveiand-Thurman battalions
OF this city, to take positive, bold
and uncompromising action in favor of
the conference. We feel assured, how
ever. that the controversy into which
we nave been carried is QUE that will
have most beneficial result. 1t NAV
involve temporary defeat, but it will re-
suit finally in the discontinue of those
secret enemies who, for the sake of
local interests, have always in times of
political emergency carried the forces
OF Democracy in state and national con-
tests
OVER TO THE ENEMY"
j. A. TIerney presented the follow
ing:
Resolved. That we indorse the regular
Democratic county convention held in this
city Saturday, the 2Sth inst, and the dele
gates to the Democratic state convention Sc
lected by that county convention.
Resolved, That we look with adherence
upon all corrupt political transactions; that
we are in accord with the best reform senti-
lments OF the day; that we condemn the
scandalous acts of the local clique known as
''the city hall gang" in connection with the
recent democratic primary elections held in
this county, and we call upon Hon. Robert
A. Smith, the highly-esteemed mayor of the
city OF st. Paul; Gen. r. W. Johnson, Charles
ii. Lienau, William Barrett and all other
good citizens to aid US in the work of local
political reform.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted. A. A. Greenhoot presented a
resolution inviting Democratic clubs of
the city to conference with the execu-
tive committee of the club upon the gem
eral subject of political reform. This
was agreed to unanimously, and the
conference will be held August at s
p. IN. Among new members elected
were W. l.. Whitmore, Judge Flandrau,
Col. ID. A. Robertson, j. p. Pond, Hon.
w. Crooks, NJ. j. Donovan and T. But
Ter. M. B. Farrell moved the reconsid-
Grafton of the first resolution. Some
gentlemen present were not in favor of
1T, and he was not satisfied that it
should go forth in its original form.
Considerable parley ensued, but after
it was stated that Col. ID. A. Robertson
desired to speak on the resolution, the
members agreed to its reconsideration.
Col. Robertson moved to strike out these
words, And we call upon Hon. r. A.
Smith, the highly esteemed mayor of
the city of st. Paul. Gen. r. w. John
son, Charles ii. Lienau, William Bar
rett."
Judge Flandrau suggested that the
words ''known as the city hall gang"
should be also eliminated from the
resolution. Both suggestions were
agreed to.
Private meetings were afterward held
of the delegation to the state conven-
ton, and of the new county committee.
ID. w. Lawler being elected permanent
chairman of the latter.