St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-24
SNYDER STILL ON TOP.
The Committee Confirms the Early
Corners Call.
REPUBLICAN CIRCUS ON DIT.
War Raging Over the County Attorney
ship---Pr0f. Warren's Own
Platform.

Yesterday forenoon Sam Snider said
all the Republican committees were
against him, and that the county COM
mittee, which was appointed by Col.
Fred Hooker at the dictation of
Fletcher, was of course against him.
But if the county committee was against
him at the time he was talking, it ap-
pears that by some means it was
suddenly changed into Snider COM
mittee before o'clock yesterday after
noon, for at its meeting yesterday he
appeared to own eight out of the thir-
teen members composing the commit
tee. This committee was called for the
purpose of fixing an apportionment and
agreeing on the number of delegates to
be elected to the county convention to
be held Sept. IA, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the congressional
convention; the committee having got
into such muSS over calling the pri-
marles two weeks before the time of
holding the convention, at their meet
ing last Saturday, that they forgot all
about the apportionment and adjourned
without making one. This omis-
sion was taken advantage of
by the Snider men to get
the whole committee together for the
purpose of indorsing by a majority of
the committee the snap judgment mo-
ton which was adopted at their last
meeting by five of the nine members
of the committee who were then pres
eHt, by which the primaries were called
for August 80, the question hav-
ing arisen whether a motion
adopted by less than majority
OF the whole committee was bind
ing. This second meeting was called
for yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock,
and long before that time had arrived
all the members were present, either in
person or by proxy, except A. Z. Allen,
the member from the Seventh ward,
and the man who made this now famous
caucus motion at the meeting last Sat
urday. Chairman Davenport did not
consider it safe to call the meeting to
order without Allen, and so after waiting
awhile messenger was sent after him.
In the meantime Frank b. Hart, super
intendent of the Snider campaign, cir
culated among the members of the COM
mittee and finally. after having quite
confab with George S. Boyd, one of the
committee, who was very much in favor
of changing the date of the caucuses
from Aug. 80 to Sept. s, he took
him aside and had a long con-
versation with him about the matter,
but utterly failed. however, to convert
him. Finally, after Allen arrived,
Chairman Davenport called the commit
tee into the back room and stood at the
door as the committee filed into the
room, and prevented the reporters from
entering. The reporters made grand
kick against this action of the officiOuS
chairman, and Freeman p. Lane
made motion that the re-
porters be admitted, which motion
was adopted by reclamation.
The newspaper men then filed tri-
umphantly past the discounted chair
man and took possession of the small
table in the center of the room, which
had been provided for the use of the
secretary. Col. Davenport then stated
that the members of the committee have
come to him since the meeting held last
Saturday and stated to him that they
misunderstood the motion for which they
voted. and supposed that theywere voting
to have the caucuSeS called September
instead of August 80; he would there
fore like to have them given chance to
change their vote. He then sat down
and the members of the committee
stared at each other for the space of
about a minute without saying word.
The members who had been so anxious
to change their vote had evidently been
converted, for they had nothing to say.
Finally A. j. Hit, who voted against
the motion at the last meeting, moved
to reconsider the caucus motion,
''You did not vote for it," exclaimed
Freeman Lane.
sit has been stated that | voted for
it, answered Hit, with smile.
81 move to table it, then,'' said Lane.
Thurman seconded the motion made
by Lane, and the motion was tabled by
the following vote.
Ayes-Lane, Jamison, Thurman, AL
len, Thompson, Wilson and Aamondt
Nays-Geesaman, Boyd. Marchant, Hit
and Brazie, proxie for A. j. Smith. 1t
was then shown that every man who
voted for the motion at the last meeting
was still in favor of it, and that Thur
man, the cOlored member, who had
voted against it, had become converted.
The same apportionment as that adopt
ed for the state convention was then
adopted, and the committee went into
executive session to consider the pay
ment of some old bills against the COM
mittee.