St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29
WATERFOWL DELEGATES.
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Church Still Leads in the Great
Scramble.

Church Still Leads in the Great
Scramble.
Specials to the Globe.
YANKToN, Oak, April %. = The
Democratic county convention was held
to-day. The meeting was not harmo-
NOUS. The friends of Day finding it
impossible to scrape up majority in
the convention put up job to contest
the delegations from the strOnghOlds of
Gov. Church, where, previous to the
time of calling the convention, there
was no possible reason for such con-
test. Finding that their delegates
would in all probability be supplanted
by the contestants undertakings of the
chairman, the Church delegates, to the
number of forty-eight, retired from the
hall to a hall across the street and
elected delegates to the Watertown
convention, comprising Otto P. Miller,
J.B. Van Vellsor, D. w. Swift, G.
Hamerster, P. Albrecht, E. M. O'Brien.
By this action it is clearly shown that
ity, they having forty-eight out of sixty
three regularly elected delegates. Res
olutions were adopted indorsing Cleve-
land and Church and protesting against
the attempt of the Republican party of
YanktOn county to control the Demo
cratic caucus and convention. The
nine Day men who remained in the
hall went through the usual convention
proceedings, admitted all contestants,
and with the aid of thirty-fve proxies
elected solid Day representation to
contest the. seats of the Churchites at
the Watertown convention. The gen.
tlemen thus selected are j. Fl. G.
Young, P. Albrecht, F. L. Van Tassel,
G. j. B. Harris, j. r. Sanborn, j. G.
McHaffie, Robert Albright. Resolu-
tons were adopted indorsing President
Cleveland's administration. @.
county sends Church delegation to the
Watertown convention. Resolutions I'M,
dorsing the national and territorial ads.
ministrations were adopted. The dele
CATION consists of d. M. Inman, A. g.
Kimball, W. w. Smith and j. j. Sloan.
ALEXANDRIA, OAK, April 2s.-The
Democratic county convention this aft
ernOon passed resolutions indOrsing
Cleveland and Church. The delegation
elected are P. f. Wyckel, M. Dunn, M.
Kryer, D. Gowne and T. j. Wilson.
ALEXANDRIA, April 2s.-The Demo-
Gratis of Hanson county met in conven-
ton this afternoon and selected P. f.
Wycklem, T. r. Wilson, D. Gaine, M.
Dunn and M. Kryes as delegates to the.
Watertown convention. The delegas
ton is solid for Church.
BISMARCK, OAK, April 2s.-The
straight out Democrats to-day elected
the following delegates to Watertown:
Hon. A. D. Gray, eX-Mayor j. P. Dunn,
w. w. Heathcote, B. A. Schwab, w. E.
Cahall, and c. ]. Hubbard. They are
instructed, but all are representative
Democrats.
REDFIELD, Oak, April 2s.-The
Sphinx county Democratic convention
met here to-day and selected seven dele
gates to Watertown, all on record as
solid anti-Church, as follows: T. j.
Walsh, T. w. Child, F. W., Kanman, j.
K. Martin, F. w. Crane, Peter ELapand
and j. G. Markham. Resolutions in
dorsing Cleveland and Church were in-
troduced, but the following offered as
substitute was carried by the cOnyen-
ton:
Resolved, That the Democrats of
Sphinx county indorse the able, conserva-
tive and patriotic administration of
Grover Cleveland, and particularly his
statesmanlike utterances upon the great
questions of revenue and civil service
reform.