St. Paul daily globe., 1888-09-19
TAKEN BY MIR, SN!DER
The Gentleman Hon. Edmund
Rice Will Beat for Con-
gress This Fall.
Rea Gets Ramsey Solid and
Scattering Votes From
Other Counties.
A Platform Based on the
Shaky State and National
Platforms.
Hon. Thomas Wilson Anxious
to Meet Mr.. Dunnell in
Joint Debate.


pulled out of the Minneapolis union sta
ton at S:35 yesterday morning con-
tanned about $50 delegates and politi-
clans bound for AnOka, to attend the
Fourth congressional district Repub-
lican convention. When Fifth avenue
north was reached, the engine ran OFF an
open switch, which delayed the train
about two hours, which vexatious delay
gave the delegates a chance to work on
all their surplus enthusiasm be-
fore the city of AnOka was
reached. After arriving at the
AnOka station, which is about mile
from the city hall, where the conven-
ton was held, the delegates and their
friends who accompanied them formed
in line, and, headed by Major General
J. NJ. Underwood, who acted as major
for band consisting of two drums and
a fife, and accompanied by "Whisper-
| ing Shaw" who carried a large Ameri-
can flag, marched to the city hall.
THE CONVENTION PROCEEDS.
At precisely IL o'clock the convention
was called to order by g. L. PTeston,s
| chairman of the congressional commit
| tee, when Albert II. Hall i'll neat little
| speech placed.in nomination y. L.. Cut
| Ter, of Anoka, for temporary chairman
No other nomination being MADE, MI.
| Cutler was elected by acclamaTlon. IL.
| l.. Parker. of ChiSagO county, was then
| elected secretary by acclamation, and
A. p. Abel, of Hennepin, and
| o. l.. Billings, of Wright, were
appointed assistant secretaries. On
| the motion of A. Ii. Hall, Off
| Hennepin, that the chairman appoint
| committee on credentials, consisting OF
one delegate from each county in the
district, the following committee was.
| appointed: Hennepin, A. IL: hall;
Ramsey, ID. Aberle; Anoka, Ralph Nc
Kenzie; Washington, b. G. Merry;
w. b. Davee; Wright, {. ii. Eose;
Pine, j. G. Netzer; ChisagO. +. IL.
Folsom, and Isanti, Daniel Ander-
son. On motion of f. B. Snyder,
| of Hennepin, committee oil
credentials, consisting of one membeyA
| from each county and one member az
large, was appointed, as follows: +. B$
SNYDER. at large; Hennepin, f. b. Hart;
Wright, G. NJ. Buck; Ramsey, G. w.
Slayton; Washington, }. A. WestDy;
Kanabec, d. W, Anderson; lsanti,
Daniel Anderson: Pine, George Dore-
mus; AnOka, a. ii. Fitch; Sherburne,
l1.
On motion of ID. Abere, of Ramsey,
that a committee of three ON permanent
organization be appointed, the chairman
named ID. Aberle, of Ramsey; G. f.
Peasley, of ChisagO, and Frank Grygla,
of Hennepin, as the committee. An adj
iournment was then taken until 2:30 to
allow the delegates to get their dinner.
When the convention reaSSembled at
2:30 the committee on credentials re
ported that there were no conteStlng
delegations and that the ninety-nlne
delegates who were entitled to seats III
the convention were all present, either
on permanent organization reported !
the temporary organization as the per-
manent one, and the committee on reso-
lutions reported the following reSolu-
tionS:
THE PLATFORM. .
The Republicans of the Fourth congress
ional district of Minnesota, in convention
assembled, hereby express their approba-
ton Of and confidence in the principles of
the Republican party, as expressed in its
national and state platforms and to. pledge
to Harrison and Morton, its national stand
ard bearers, as also TO our stale ticket and
the nominee of this convention, our loyal
support and hearty cooperation through the
canvass and at the polls.
We hereby express our firm conviction that
sofa is away from home, when in the Demo
cratic camp, and that it is Republican and
rightfully belongs to that party.
We believe in guarding the rights OF Amer
lean labor ana securing 10 it such remunera-
ton as shall enable every man to have and
maintain a home, educate his children, dis.
charge his duties and bear the responsibilities
of a citizen.
government to care and provide for all dis
abled and needy Union soldier veterans, by
appropriate pension acts.
HART'S BLOODY SHIRT.
A motion was then adopted to pro-
ceed to place in nomination candidates |
for congress, and under this motion
Frank B. Hart got the floor and launch |
ed out into campaign speech, in which |
he said that the dividing line betwee1 |
the Republicans and Democrats was
the Mason and Dixon line, and COM |
pared the growth of Minnesota with |
that of South Carolina. He said that |
Minnesota was but three years |
of age when the war broke out,
while South Carolina was nearly ,
seventy, and yet Minnesota has
to-day population larger than
South Carolina. and has wealth enough |
to buy the whole state of South Caro-
lima, and then have money to spare. He
said he gave this comparison to show
how a state which was Republican i'm
proved, and how state that was Dem
Ocratic stood still, but he forgot to state
why the Republican states of Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont failed to
improve like Minnesota. He then
switched off Oh the bloody shirt racket,
and flaunted that ensanguined emblem
until even the members of the G. A. R.,
who were present, were surfeited, and
finally he got back to the
nomination of a candidate for con-
gress. and presented Capt. Samuel p.
Snider to the convention, as candidate |
for the nomination for congress. l.. |.
ID. Dent, of Chisago county, seconded
the nomination, and said that he had
made arrangements with the Lutheran
ministers of his county to have the
nominee of the convention endorsed by
the Prohibition party, in case it was
Capt. Snider.
SCHEFFER NONfINATES REA
John P. Rea was then placed in nom-
ination by Albert Scheffer, of Ramsey,
who said that he knew that Rea had mol
show to get the nomination, but that he
wanted to show the Republican press
that the Scheffer men were not Demo-
Gratis, as they had been called, but good
reliable Republicans who always stuck
by their friends, when they were true
Republicans, and in order to give the
twenty Republican delegates from RAM
sey county who were sitting in the con-
vention chance to vote for that brave
soldier and statesman, who had occu-
pied with honor the highest Office in