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St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
THE RING ON TOP.
The Chair VIII Name the County
Committee, as Usual.


While the tellers were out the chair
read a suggestion from the county com
mittee. as follows: "When the new
county committee is appointed or elected
choose half of it to serve two years and
half to serve four years" The object
of this is to have half of the committee
always in office and thus keep
up the organization. George Mar
chant made speech in favor of it, sug
gesting that under this plan the eX-
pense would be largely reduced. This
caught the convention in the right place
and it was adopted. Col. Hookers mo-
ton to have the committee consist of
one from each ward, three from the
country and two at large, prevailed. A
colored delegate saddled on a supple
mental motion requiring one of the two
at large to be a cOlored man, which pre-
vailed. Then the fight came on. E. ID.
jackson moved that each ward appoint
its own member of the committee. Col.
Ed Davenport opposed this vigorously,
and wanted the old precedent to be fol-
lowed; allowing the chairman to name
the committee. In nOother way, he said,
could harmony be secured. Sam Hill
took the same ground and said he knew
by experience that a committee chosen
from the floor could not pull together;
''and," he added, ''if ever we wanted
perfect harmony, we want it this fall"
E. d. Jackson replied that as Repub-
lican he did not want to see a One-man-
power-system prevail. r. L. Stillman
sided with the ring, in brief speech,
and then f. F. Davis came in on a
proxy and poured forth his eloquence
in the some direction. .JacksOns replied
again and denied the right of the chair
to appoint this committee. just as
Wells he said, ''may Grover Cleveland
appoint all the officers III the country"
''He does," echoed the crowd, and a
laugh went around. 1t was no use.
The power of the ring was too strong.
BY an overwhelming majority, the con-
vention decided to leave the appoint
ment OF the committee with the chair.
Then the chair declared itself: "Bear
with me moment" he began, and
it sounded as though he had
said: Beer with me-" Then he went
on; Il am here in no mans interest. |
belong to no clique or faction. l wear
no mans collar. In the appointment of
this committee [ will consult the candi-
dates and my choice shall be for the
best interests of the ticket and the
party" The convention applauded.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES,

Bank clearings yesterday. S41S, 512.33.
The steamer Hattie. at Lake Calhoun, sank
yesterday.
The Hotel Lafayette and the Hotel st.
Louis closed for the season yesterday.
The notorious Nellie King is at the city
hospital, recovering from an overdose Of
whisky and laudanum.
Company C. of st. Paul. will entertain
Company A, of Minneapolis two weeks
hence. The invitation will be issued to-day
The council committee on claims meets at
o'clock this afternoon, and the committee
on ways and means will meet Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Burglars are reported to be numerous in
the vicinity of Second avenue north and
Fifth street. Several residences in that To-
cality have been robbed.
By the resignation of L. W. Kinney, the
police force loses one of it's best detectives
He proved a faithful and capable officer, and
he retires with a good record.
1t now turns out that Baldwin Browns son
did not fire the rifle ball when Patrolman
Void was shot few days ago. He owned
the gun only. A number of boys were shoot
ing at target, when a dog ran across the
street. One of the boys fired at the animal,
and the bullet accidentally struck Void in
the head.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
THE POLICE COMMISSION
Manages to Transact Some Busi
ness--An Inspector Resigns.

Manages to Transact Some Bust
MESSIAH Inspector Resigns.
: AT the meeting of the police commits
sion yesterday afternoon charges were
preferred against Patrolmen John
StOvloe and A. P. johnson, of the
Southside station,by WE. .Gratz, the pro-
prietor of a boarding house. He charged
that the officers broke into his place,
giving as an excuse that they were try
ing to. arrest man and woman for
adultery. StovlOe was fined $40 and
Johnson was acquitted.
V. A. Malone made charge of using
abusive language against Patrolman
Sergt. Leonard and Patrolman McNulty
with similar otfense. The commission
found that there was nothing to sustain
any of the charges.
Police Surgeon Kelly sent in letter
stating that John NorStrOm, recently ap-
pointed to serve during the Exposition,
was totally unfit for duty. He was
therefore dropped from the roll.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals sent in a petition
asking that an officer be detailed to
help the society in Furnishing offenders.
The matter was referred to the commit
t00 ou appointments dHtt uiScipiiiio.
President Phelps wanted detail of
officers for the Mnnehaha Driving park
during the races. and similar detail
was asked for for the Knights of Pythias
parade Sept. II. Both petitions were
referred to the proper committee.
The Municipal Signal company, of
Boston, and the Brewer q Smith Visual
Signal company, of New Haven, Conn.,,
sent in letters asking for further in
formation in regard to the proposed eX-
tension of the Minneapolis alarm system.
The resignation of l.. w. Kinney as
inspector was accepted.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
THE UPPER DISTRICT.
Davenport, Lane, Hanke and Saw
age for the Legislature.

age for the Legislature.
The convention broke into senatorial
conventions. Col. Hooker was made
chairman and w. P. Roberts secretary
of the Nineteenth district convention.
A wrangle was the first thing in order,
and then George w. Savage, of Osseo,
cOuntry'S choice of candidate.
The delegates from the granger
district had caucused alone, and there
was disposition on the part of some to
rule them out on the other ballots, but
it was outvoted. No nominations were
made. but an informal ballot was taken
to show up candidates. Ed Davenport
had ST. S. E. Trussell 81. II. G. Hanke
81, +. y. Lane 81, with w. E. Steele, +.
B. Wright and Il. Demeules scattering
from 10 to Is each. The TruSsell
men tried to have the ballot
made formal, which would have nomi-
mated Davenport and Trussell, but on a
division of the house they were badly
Outvoted. A motion was then railroaded
through to vote formally for one candi-
date, which occasioned much wrangling,
as it would inevitably cause fight
OF wards, and not of men. But
it went through, and Ed Daven
port was nominated. The Trussell
men were confident their man
would come next, but when the votes
were counted Freeman p. Lane came
smiling to the front and got the nomi-
nation. With two already for the
Fourth ward. Trussell's fate was sealed.
Henry Hanke swept in as the fourth and
last nominee, getting barely the thirty
five votes necessary to a nomination.
Without giving time to the kickers to
express themselves, the convention was
adjourned. RS
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
A Sample of Methods.

Chairman Worrall got the convention
to order with commendable promptness,
and j. Il. Elwell undertook to read the
report of the committee on credentials.
but the body soon Wearied of his weak
tenor voice and requested the chair to
read it and give the back seats chance.
A perfect storm of protests, objections,
omissions and changes followed the
reading, but the only contest of merit
was from WayZata. James DOugherty
was seated by the committee, but L. L.
Favrow held the credentials. After a
wordy wal an old farmer named
Dickey, who had been chairman of the
caucus at WayZata, was called out and
gave an object lesson in Republican
caucus methods. The convention
finally refused to unseat Dougherty,
but it did not know then that the in
wardness of it was that Favrow was for
Lydiard for county commissioner:
hence the war in his favor. The report
was then adopted and the permanent
organization was completed, on motion
of E. M. Johnson, by continuing the
temporary organization.
The convention was then, at last,
READY FOR BUSINESS.
Some one yelled out, Lets do it by
acclamation!" Doe Hedderly then
moved UlldU y. ID. lerrlll De nominated
| by acclamation for clerk of the courts.
J. A. Wolverton announced that c. P.
| Preston had gracefully jumped the
track. and. there being no othelscandi-
date, Terrill was nominated. He was
called out, and in his embarrassment
said: For those who stood by me so
| Loyalty in this fight they my heartfelt
sympathy-no, l mean love-" The COLI
ventlon howled, and the captain added
For those who thought otherwise !
harbor no resentment"
H. c. TrueSdale nominated Willis A.
James for treasurer. and the nomina-
ton was made by acclamation and Mr.
James was called out. While the con
vention had its hand in it nominated L.
A. Condit for auditor.
Col. Hooker made a speech to nomi,
nate Robert Jamison for county attor,
ney. He gave him great send-off and
Mark Haynes seconded him. j. Nj.
Bearnes had withdrawn and Jamison
was nominated by acclamation. He was
all ready and standing near the stage
and made such an easy speech as would
have been expected from an attorney.
| L. Nj. Nye nominated James 81. Ego
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
RULED BY A BIG RING.
The Court House Gang Easily
Controls the Hennepin
Republicans.
Debating a Ticket Which the
Convention Is Forced
to Swallow.
The Machine to Name the
Committee---Judge Hicks
Surely Downed
A Circus Over the Naming of
the Ten Legislative
Candidates.
The Ticket.

The Ticket,
Clerk of Courts-C. B. Tirren.
Treasurer-Willis A. James.
Attorney-Robert Jamison.
Auditer-i. A. Condit
Sherlf-James III. Ege.
Supt. of Schools-H. B. Mcconnell
Surveyor. NJ. Dahl
Register of Deeds-John F. Peterson.
Judge OF Probate-F. Won Schlegel.
Court CommisSioner-Ace P. Abel.
Coroner-F. E. Tohers.
county Commissioners-First district,
George w. Coburn: Third district, NJ. W.
Nash; Fifth district, W. s. Chowen.
= Legislature, Thirtieth District-George W.
savage, b. j. Davenport. F. P. Lane, Ii. c..
Legislature. Twenty-ninth District. NJ.
Underwood, E.. G. Hay, Henry Downs, John
Day Smith, f. A. Husher. Sever Ellingsen.
The Republican county convention of
Hennepin had an all day and night
session yesterday and the ticket, as
given above, is the result. There are
other results which do not appear there,
but will be made manifest as the cam
paign progresses. 1t was, as far as the
nominations are concerned, a very
harmonious convention, for the court
house ring had set its foot upon
the necks of the delegates and
there was nothing left but to carry out
its behests. The ticket nominated was
that which was predicted in Sundays
GLOBE. 1t was medicine already pre-
pared. and the convention swallowed
it bravely. There was but one other
matter of significance in the conven-
ton, and that was the unanimity with
Judge II. G. Hicks, as a candidate to
succeed himself, was sat upon. The
convention was organized on the theory
and the fact that the chair does not
name the committee to choose judicial
conferreeS was the result only of the OBJ
lection to give one man such power,
and does not indicate any love for Judge
Hicks. In fact, the chair was certainly
glad to be relieved of the responsibility
and is glad ''the precedent" if such eX-
listed, is broken.
When the convention divided into
legislative conferences the ring rule
was relaxed, to a certain extent, and a
struggle was the result. The legisla-
tive tickets show very poor geographical
distribution, especially in the lower dis
trict, and there is very much hard feel
ing resulting. The general ticket is a
fairly good one, and the Democracy
must put forward their best men if they
would beat it.
Excepting the two disputes over the
naming of committees, the convention
was tame, even to mOnOtony. j. c..
WOrrall made an excellent chairman.
and bore with becoming fOrtitude and
Christian patience the trying situations
In which he was placed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28

for sheriff, with neat speech. James
w. Griffin nominated W. NJ. Bracket in
a word. l.. l.. Wheelock nominated
George 81. johnson. This occasioned
the first ballot of the convention, and
half an hour was consumed in deposit
ing the votes in a hat. The result was
known in advance, but The formal fig
ures were: Eye, 1S3: Bracket, ~;
Johnson, IA. j. W. Griffin, in behalf of
W1nn Bracket, moved to make the
nomination of Eye unanimous, which
was accordingly done. Eye was called
to the stage and thanked the convention
with all his heart"
For judge of probate, A. M. Scott
nominated f. Won Schlegel, who was
nominated by acclamatiOn. In making
his speech, Judge Won Schlegel got off
singular sentiment. He said those
who favored non-partisan tickets. and
they were many and respectable, wGIld
support this ticket, because it was made
up of non-partisan Republicans. This
was greeted with great laughter, and
,Hon Schlegel palpably made the hit of
the day.
w. +. Roberts nominated Robert Nc
Mullen for register of deeds, as young
Republican who never Suiks. E. NJ.
johnson named John F. Peterson, the
present Incumbent, who received sew
erTG6i seconds. The ballot resulted:
Peterson, 1856; McMullen, 4S; q. w.
Marchant, 5. The nominee started, Tor
the platform before the nomination was
made unanimous, but when that was
done, he returned thanks.
When the nomination for superin-
tendent of schools was in order. Sam
Bill moved to allow the delegates
from the country proper to make the
nomination, as the country alone
quent plea prevailed, and the country
delegates wrestled with the question.
III. E. Wilson and II. B. Mcconnell were
nominated. William j. Warren was
also nominated, while some one shrieked
out democrat. The vote resulted as
follows: Mcconnell, 25; Wilson, 4;
Warren, 8.
Meanwhile the convention proceeded
to nominate a candidate for surveyor.
L. NJ. Dahl, the present incumbent, was
without opposition nominated by accla-
nation, on motion of Col. Fred Hooker.
For coroner, w. ID. Marsden named
Dr.. J. G. Sllaro; j. w. Griffin nOminat-
ed DR.. F. E. Towers: Col. Hooker advo-
Gated DR.. d. l.. Pratt; W. F. Nye moved
DIR. ID. F. Collins, This promised the
was as follows: Skaro, IS; Collins, SO;
Towers, 73; Pratt, IA. There was no
choice, and the second ballot resulted
as follows: Collins. 81; Skaro, Sc; Tow
ers, 101. The third ballot settled it.
Towers received 140 votes to rs for Col
lins and 22 for Skaro.
Ace p. Abel was nominated by ac-
clamation for court commissioner, and
made a bright and witty speech, for
which he received a pretty posy.
For county commissioners. the cor
vention divided up, and finally reported
back the nominations as follows: First
district. George w. Coburn; Third dis
trict, NJ. w. Nash; Fifth district, w. r.
ChoWen.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
MADE A BIG HIT.
The "CorSair'' at the Grand--.
Other Amusements.

Other Amusements.
A packed house greeted Rice's "Cor-
sair'' at the Grand opera house last
night, and the burlesque went into in
slant favor. The "Corsair" belongs to
the spectacular order of burlesques, and
in it Mr.. Rice has given full scope to his
vivid Imagination. There is bewilder-
ing display of gorgeous scenery, brill
liant costumes of an abbreviated
character to suit the eXigencies
OF the weather, an aggregation
OF feminine lovelinesS displayed
which makes one tremble for what the
next scene may or may not bring forth
and withal realism that in the way of
mechanical appliances which casts in the
shade everything that has preceded it.
The Corsair is an operatic burlesque on
the order of ''AdOnis" and EVAN
gellne." The libretto is by j. Cheerer
Goodwin and the score is the joint pro-
duction of E. E. Rice and j.
J. Braham. Among the most strik-
ing numbers are song and dance
by Birbante entitled Buckets of Gore"
the duet 'Now we're going to scuttle,"
and a bacarolle, "Oh, how nice" In
the same act there is song and dance
and an AmazOnian march. The cos
eUnSo NSlO OColS tlCu DE Sdi 1iC ~. Cl IA
ins in New York after Chosemore of
London, and the stage settings are from
the brushes of I'll. l.. Reid and j. A.
thompson. Hirsh, Of New York, de-
signed the armOr. Nearly $4,000
has been expended in the pro-
duction. The colors of pink, gold
silver and nicllle made an ensemble
that cannot be described. The return
OF Fay Templeton to the scenes of her
former triumph was accompanied by
stunning display of tights. She looks as
handsome as ever, and sings in admira-
BILE voice. Fay Templeton is, without
doubt, the best buIlesQue on the Ameri-
can stage. Mr.. Morris was exception
ally clever, and made one of the hits of
the evening, while George Schiller, who
essayed the role taken by Mr.. Knight,
did admirably. The "COrsair" will run
until Thursday.
The sale of seats for Louis James and
Marie Wainwright opens to-day. The
engagement will no doubt, be very
large, as the bOXoffice has been deluged
with inquiries for seats.
Theo Hamilton is making a decided
hit as Richelieu at the Peoples. He
was called before the curtain again last
night. The matinee performance to-day
will not be shortened as matineeS some
times are, and Prof. Wolf has arranged
a new musical programme especially for
the ladies and children.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
THE LOWER DISTRICT.
Six Candidates Chosen Amid
Great Dissatisfaction. Gs

The twenty-ninth legislative conven-
ton, consisting of 131 delegates, was
organized by electing Robert Stratton
chairman and George Marchant secre-
tary. A motion was then made by A.
H. Hedderly that each delegate vote for
six candidates and the six having the
highest number of votes be declared
the nominees. This motion was
amended so that but one candidate
was voted for at time. l.. l..
Wheelock then moved that in selecting
the nominees that one be taken from
the Fifth ward, one from the Sixth
ward, one from the Seventh and Twelfth
wards, one from the Eighth and Thir-
teenth wards, one from the Eleventh
ward and one from the country. but al
though this motion was seconded by
about dozen delegates and it has al
ways been customary to SO distribute
the candidates over the district, the
chairman refused to entertain the mo-
ton.
The following persons were then
placedi in nomination: J. NJ. Underwood,
E. q. Hay. j. G. Howard, d. w. Ellis,
Henry Downs. j. d. Smith, J. n. Cross,
Alex Millar, p. Nj. Holl, J. A. Arneson,
T. A. Husher. S. Ellingson, and B. P.
Shuler, and the balloting commenced,
Seven ballots were taken and the fol-
lowing nominations were made: Fifth
ward, E. G. Hay, F. A. Husher and
Henry Downs; 1lth ward, j. M. Under
wood; Sth ward, John d. Smith and fin
ally Sever Ellingson was nominated as
the representative from the country by
acciamatiOn.
The ballots taken we're as follows:
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
ieve in giving him fair show. ZAP

plause.1
There was a great deal of confusion
about the hall and feeling ran high.
Sam Hill got the floor and made speech
IN favor of the original resolution. w. p.
ROBERTS was very hot against the reSolu-
ton and denounced it as aScheme against
Judge Hicks, whose sole qualification
seemed to be that he had been soldier.
On the soldier subject Roberts grew
very excited and dared the convention
to even think of anybody but Hicks,
threatening ali sorts of dire things.
Then the air was blue with Hicks and
anti-Hicks. E. d. jackson grated on
schemes and denounced this as one. Il
made speeches, while the body of the
howls of derision OF yells of Joy. as the
humor struck them. Finally after a
Wearying debate, the lawyers were
downed and the old soldiers were
clearly On top. The amendment pre-
vailed and the committee was ordered
elected by the voting precincts. Hav-
ing won the. victory, the Hicks men
proceeded to clinch it, DR.. Perkins in
introduced resolution instructing the
delegates to the judicial convention to
use all honorable means to secure the
nomination Of William Lochren and
Henry Il. Hicks. Frank Davis took the
floor. He was loaded with sarcasm, and
every delegate was target for his gun.
Ii his text had been equal to his elo-
quence, he would have swept the con-
vention before him, but as it was, he
roasted everybody and was roasted in
return. He denounced this resolution
as gagging and binding the delegation
and shutting out all other candidates
for Judge. How he did roast this old
soldier nonsense, as applied to the cali
Der of Judge! After several intem-
perate speeches. F. f. Davis moved to
table the resolution, and after sharp
parliamentary struggle, the obnoxious
paper took that coarse. Hicks was
dOWned again. The committee was
named and the war was over.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
CONTEAIPYIBLE TtiIEvERY.
A Man Charged with Robbing a
Contribution Box.

Michael O'Brien, young man twen-
ty-seven years of age was arraigned IN
the police court Yesterday afternoon on
a charge of robbing the contribution
box III front of the altar of st. Ann, at
the East Side French church. Rev.
Father Dagnault made the complaint,
1t seems that the box has been broken
open several times OF late, and recently
the priest arranged wires so that when
any one touched the box an alarm bell
in his room would ring. Sunday after
noon, while sitting in his room, Father
Dagnault heard the alarm bell ring.
Rushing out he saw O'Brien just leav-
ing the box, with money in his hand.
He called the police and had the fellow
put under arrest. O'Brien will have an
examination at 2 o'clock TODAY.
O'Brien is the same man who was ar
rested in st. Paul. with his wife, recent
ly, on a similar charge. The wife was
sent up Tor ninety days, while O'Brien,
who then gave the name of Charles
O'Neil, was acquitted. Both he and
his wife are expert thieves.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-28
MINNEAPOLIS.
HE DENIES 1T.
Mayor Ames Talks CandidIy of
the Anti-Catholic Move.

the Antl.CatnOl1C Move.
The announcement that an anti-Cath-
pic political club had been organized in
Minneapolis created a sensation yester-
day and was the chief subject of con-
Versation among politicians. 1t was re-
ported that Mayor Ames was identified
hies in vigorous and unmistakable
terms. Concerning his reported con-
hection with the society, he saidi
"Who is doing this business have no
means of ascertaining. The objects of
1t are apparent. l did have solid
phalanx of followers in both Henpepin
hnd Ramsey counties, and various
methods had to be taken to at
tempt to weaken my strength. This
is only one of the various means already
arranged for. The fact exists that am
not an officer or member Of this or any
anti-Catholic organization. That it eX-
lists and has large strength have fully
investigated In my official capacity.
know and have always tried to know of
all political organizations in the city
that might tend to destroy the public
peace. In my opinion the anti-Cath9llc
organizations of this city at this time
number between 1900 and $500 voters.
l do not believe them to be Orangemen,
but they are organized for the purpose
of preventing the accession to office
of more Catholics. They claim
now that more than one-half of
the public offices are filled by
the Catholics; that they constitute one
tenth of the voting population. l do
not believe that the question of quail
tication for Office should be upon the
ground that the man belongs to any
creed or sect. The Jeffersonian doctrine
of rs he competent and is he honest?"
should be the only thing required of any
public servant. l believe this to be a
political trick work by cunning and I'M
scrupulous hands in order to win from
me the backing / had at the recent con-
Vention. l mean by this the connecting
of my name with this anti-Catholic
move, because it is well known that
have many strong friends among the
Irish and other nationalities, including
many of that religious creed. l also
think the effort is apparently intended
to unite the members of the Catholic
faith against me. AS ] am not candi-
date for any Office within the gift of the
people at this election, this will all be
cleared up before the termination of the
present campaign."