St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-25

MIR. DORAN
to enter Ramsey county politics. One
of the regular Ramsey county commits
tee said to the GLOBE:
1--WE have heard in various quarters
that since we have not recognized these
ward clubs that they will hold an inde-
pendent county convention of their own
and send a delegation to the state con-
ventiOn which Mr.. DOran will have the
committee on credentials recognize. Ii
this is to be done the regular delegation
will make direct appeal to the fair
play spirit of the convention. We adj
nit Mr.. Doran's right to boom any cam
didate he chooses to, but we protest
against his forcing any county or dele
CATION to go his way.
The fight promises togo into the state
convention, not as an attack ON Eugene
Wilson, although many Democrats do
not regard him as the strongest man,
but as direct resistance to any inter-
ference on the part of Mr.. Doran in the
progress of county conventions. The
issue, stated as bold-facedly as it can be
and secured from authentic sources by
the GLOBE, is that the friends of Ames,
Scheffer or new candidate are on one
side against the apparent attempt on
the other of Mr.. Doran to shut them out
of the state convention.
A spirited meeting was held in the
Grand block last night, being the adj
Journed conference of the executive
committee of the Ramsey County Demo.
cratic club, with delegations from other
local clubs of the city. There was not
however, a very large attendance of
members of clubs, for about twenty.
five sympatizers with the Democratic
county committee and quite number OF
well-known local Republicans were
noticeable. Among the Republicans
who enjoyed the proceedings were Ell
mer E. Mcdonald, the chairman of the
spring Republican city convention;
Darius +. Reece and others equally
conspicuous.
AS was anticipated, the conference
lndulged in protest against the
action of the Democratic county com.
mittee for ignoring the recommends
tions of the conference. Col. Crooks;
chairman of the committee appointed to
present the recommendations, submitted
report to the effect that the recOm-
mendations had been stated to the county,
committee, but that the committee had
refused to give their consideration. He
made brief speech, regretting that the
time had come when the county COM
mittee would refuse to accord an inter-
view with the representatives of $500
members of its own party. He was sur
priSed that instead of being very
pleasant pilgrimage" it turned out to
be very unsatisfactory affair.
Judge d. d. Williams made strong
argument against the action of the COM
haI Vrby
letter was read, which stated that the
committee had deemed the law of 1881
sufficient and concluded to follow It.
Mr.. Williams went back into an
ciont history, but could not find a
time when the right of petition had
been refused. He spoke against the
short notice allowed for the calling of,
the primaries. He gave Messrs. Olivier,
Ives, Kenney and James King, of the
county committee, credit for voting for
the consideration of the recommends
tions. "Let the Democratic clubs of the
city, let the Democratic people," he said,
put forward ticket and vote for it, and
insist upon fair count. I'll assure you
that there will be changes in that CAM
mittee after the next convention. When
they get above hearing petitions from
the Democrats OF Ramsey county, they
get above their stations"
This was the tenor of all the speeches
made against the committee. c. Tyson
Butcher took another view of the mat
ter, however. He thought the county.
committee was the proper representa-,
tive in power of the Democratic partvI
in this county, and that its power was
vested in it by right of its appointment
by the county convention, and that no
infant club had right to dictate to itII
Chairman of the Conference James
Middleton also spoke against the ac-
ton of the committee, believing that il
might, at least, have granted the repre-
sentatives of the conference an iuter&
view. but he recommended that the ac-
ton be viewed in more charitable
light, and that the club set to work to
make the best of it.
DR.. Markoe defended the committee
and advised harmony and strong pull
together for the success of the Demo-
cratic party. !!
Judge E. HI. Wood defended the com.
mittee, and, at his suggestion, the vote
carrying the motion to continue the
committee, which had been taken when
Col. Crooks first made his report. was
reconSidered. and the committee was
discharged.
Mr. LOomis stated that number of
Democrats of this city were pledged to
go down to the Third district conven-
tion at Red Wing and give the nominee
Judge John l.. MacDonald-a big Ova-
ton. Ex-senator o. M. Hall, of Red
Wing, he said, had promised to make
things comfortable for the boys while
there. The conference recommended
that big delegation should go from ST..
Paul at about S1.65. Trouble broke out
again in the conference when Sec
retary Greenhoot offered a resolu-
ton that the chair be empowered
to appoint committees to make up pri-
mary tickets in the different wards,
where there were no local clubs, and
that the local ward clubs place tickets
in the fields in wards where they ex-
listed. This was carried, the chair
preventing any discussion until the
affirmative vote was announced.
Members of last nights meeting who
were interviewed were non-committal
on the subject of the alleged anti-KellY
and Doran attitude OF the county COM
mittee, and all said they were for har-
mOny. Pat Egan made characteristic
speech, in which he intimated that the
club was all organization of ''soie-
heads" and he wanted to know if it
would 'allow good Democrats to join
lt.'
George Allen, secretary of the county
committee, was seen last night. He
said there was no "Fullerism" about
the action of the committee was
simply carrying out the custom, and
doing the same as Messrs. Kelly and
Doran had done.