St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-06
Days Delegates Can Pack
Their Grips and Come
Home.
The Pair Bearing the Church
Trademark Will Be
Seated.
The Platform Will Be a Bone
of Contest in the Com
mittee.


Special to the Globe.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 5.-The long
face which Michael Doran wore last
night has disappeared, and in its place
is physiOgnomy wreathed in smiles.
Hon. P. II. Kelly pranced around among
his colleagues of the national committee
and made his farewell as blithesome as
a boy. The other side has its turn at
gloom, and it's DOran's inning now.
All of this is because Mr.. Doran
has been elected to succeed Hon.
P. II. Kelly as member of the national
committee and Dr.. AmeS and Mayor
Smith are occupants of the cave of
gloom. When the GLOBE went to
press last night it was deemed reason
ably certain that r. A. Smith would be
the next committeeman. In fact it was
so certain that the anti-Doran element
celebrated in a quiet kind of way. The
events of this morning proved
that the eggs were laid that
way, but they were far from
being hatched. The antis were
evidently unacquainted with Hon.
P. II. Kelly. That gentleman is out of
politics, but he took just one more
whirl to keep his hand in. He was
joined by Senator o. NJ. Hall of Red
Wing, whose equal as an aStute worker
is not found from Winona to KittsOn.
they slept with several delegates,
metaphorically speaking, and the
aforesaid delegates awoke in a
changed frame of mind. The meeting
was promptly called at 9 o'clock, and
fourteen delegates with more or less
resolution stamped upon their mobile
features sat about the headquarters in
the planters. A ballot was taken, but
instead of the anticipated break they
stood for Doran and Z for Smith.
Mayor Ames and c. d. O'Brien looked
puzzled. Messrs. Doran ct al. pre-
sented faces as placid as Lake
Minnetonka in August. Ballot
followed ballot without change,
and twenty-one of them were rolled out
in monotonOuS succession. Then the
Smith men began to despair, and little
conference was held. 1t was thought
that Mayor Ludwig would come over,
but the pride of Winona had nothing to
say, and merely famed vigorously and
voted for Doran. A little break was
determined upon, and upon the twenty
second ballot one of the Smith men
went over to the Ludwigs. But it was
no go. The ballot broke the
chain, and Doran received the
necessary votes. d. R. P. Hibbs, of
Albert Lea, wears the medal as the
A ln, hn
He deserted Smith and went to Doran.
giving him eight. Smith had five and
Ludwig one. Without a word the dele
CATION took up the deadlock on the mem
Der of the committee to notify
the president of his nomination.
Last night it stood seven for
Ames and seven for Ludwig
The Smith men had agreed to withdraw
AmeS and elect Ludwig if he would vote
for Smith. 1t was understood that
Ludwig had accepted, but he had not.
However, having made the deal, the
Smith-Ames following adhered to it,,
and Ludwig was elected. There was
nothing more to do, so the delegation
adjourned and threw open the door, tell
ing the eager crowd on the outside the
result. The excisement was intense.
The delegation and its follow
ing had worked off bitter par
tisan fight, and the news was
received with mingled triumph and
curses. just as it would been in any
case. "Doran is done up, is hep" yelled
partisan. "Just wait until the cam
paign opens and you'll see who's done
up" Mayor Smith seemed the worst
disappointed man in the delegation.
but accepted the result with smile.
Mayor Ames was mad as whole colony
of hornets. Tom Ankeny felt i'm
PEELED to set up cigars on the result,
and it is understood several other
men secretly rejoiced but said
nothing. The result may be easily
explained. The Smith men were badly
Outgeneraled from the beginning. On
its merits, the delegation was tie with
several members feeling undecided how
long to stick. The Doran wing won
over votes from the opposition by iu-
dicious parceling out of the offices to be
filed. 1t corralled Ludwig the first
bump by nominating him for chairman.
and made Hibbs and StriDger solid by
placing them on the committees. 1t was