St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-03
AFTER THE BALLOT BATTLE
Important Changes in the Estimates OF
Strength.
MGILL is NOT so STRONG.
The Merriam Men More Hopeful
Scheffer's Campaign---Notes
Of the Fight.


maries Saturday night, put a slightly
changed aspect upon the face of the re-
turns. 1t is certain, for one thing, that
the figure given for McGill is entirely
too large, and the governor will do well
if he comes into the convention to-day
with half that number. The reason for
this is evident. The fight, in many
precincts, was simply struggle
to beat Scheffer. and Merriam and Nc
Gill men combined to accomplish this
end. For purposes of convenience. the
ticket was denOminated McGill ticket,
and when the result was reported it was
said the McGill ticket was elected. In
the Fourth and Fifth wards particularly
this was true, and it is now developed
that half of the delegates from
those wards are not McGill men, though
how they may turn up to-day is another
matter. The McGill workers were
about among them to-day, and sudden
conversions will surprise no one. Gov.
McGill was in the city yesterday, and
was met by Loren Fletcher, who took
him home. A caucus of the McGill
men was held and course of procedure
to-day decided upon.
As the McGill vote goes down the
Merriam vote comes up, and it is alto
gether probable that he will show up,
to-day, with as great, if not greater,
force of delegates than McGill. The
relative strength of the two candidates,
at the beginning, will determine the
result between them, the stronger
getting all of the delegates on the fence.
Merriam has not as many fine workers
on his behalf as McGill, and this may
tell against him.
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The Scheffer strength has dwindled
out revising the returns, though his
friends still claim more than is allowed
him. No authoritative statement could
be obtained, as the Nicollet house quar-
tiers have been al andoned and the lead
ers have disappeared. 1t is not
even known whether the Scheffer
strength will make any contest to-day,
though it is so far in the minority that
it would be useless. A Scheffer man
said yesterday that he knew s. +. Olsen
was not only favorable to Scheffer, but
had selected the ticket for the Seventh
precinct of the Fourth ward. He
further says that many men now cred
tied to either Merriam or McGill will
turn up for Schetfer at the right time.
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There will be PAL delegates in to-dav's
convention, and careful revision last
night divided them as they were elected
as follows:
McGill ......-.......79I Scheffer...... .....43
Merriam. 800. .......OIl
Dark Horse. .........52 Total. ...... .241
1t is highly probable, however, that
before any expression of sentiment is
obtained many of these will be changed.
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If the Scheffer movement had been
differently conducted the genial Albert
would have made a much better show
ing. By an error of judgment, the i'm
preston was permitted to get out that
Scheffer relied on Democratic support
to carry the county. This so thoroughly
aroused the antl-Scheffer and machine
elements that the result was apparent.
Scheffer would have had more delegates
had he taken no steps whatever.
The bosses were frightened almost
out of their wits and resorted TO all
sorts of tactics and questionable pro-
ceedingS. In several notorious instances
they had the primaries changed to other
than the usual hour and place to pre-
vent Scheffer carrying them. It is also
notorious that money was spent like
water, and many places, and it was not
Scheffer money either.
At some of the Republican primaries
no person was allowed to vote until he
had taken an oath that he would vote
the straight Republican ticket at the
November election without scratching
a single name. In the Fourth precinct
of the Sixth ward out of crowd
of over $50 men who were present
at the primary, but a small number
would bind themselves by such an oath,
and in consequence the Republican in
spectors, who were appointed by Ed
Davenport and Freeman p. Lane, re-
fused to allow about 200 McGill men the
privilege of voting and allowed the
Scheffer ticket to be elected bp an over
whelming majority.
Quite number of Republicans stated
last evening that Freeman Lane and
Col. Fred Hooker refused to allow them
to vote Saturday evening at the primary
held in the Second precinct of the
Fourth ward, although at the primary
held the week before in the same pre-
cinct, for the purpose of electing dele
gates to the county convention,
they say that both Lane and
Hooker urged them to attend the
primary and gave them the tickets,
which they voted. These parties nat
urally want to know if a man, in order
to belong to the Republican party, must
always vote for either Lane ana Hooker
and no one else, and if in case he does
vote for some other Republican he is to
be forthwith read ont of the party?
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1t is expected that there will be
lively row in the Republican conven-
ton, to be held to-day in Harmonic hall
for the purpose of electing delegates to
the state convention, and in order to
prevent kickers from getting any en-
enlargement from the occupants of the
gallery, doOrkeeperS have been APP
pointed, who will allow only persons
having tickets of admission to enter the
hall. The dOorkeeperS are Ed U. Gees
aman, John c. Bunnell. Horace Wood
bury and Robert McMullen.
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The rank and file of the party do not
seem to be much in love with their
colored brethren, for the McGill ticket,
which was voted for in the primary
held Saturday evening in the First pre-
cinct of the Fifth ward, was elected by
a large majority, with the exception of
j. G. Sterritt, the only colored man on
the ticket, and his name was scratched
off so many tickets that Scheffer man
was elected in his place.
The yeoman work of the force Of
state weighers and inspectors certainly
counted. They are hustlers when it
comes TO carrying caucuSes.
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Ace P. Abel was beaten in the
! Fourth precinct of the Eleventh ward
by Scheffer man, but the judge will