St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-09
At the Idoa of a Scheme in the Con.
vention Date.
CAPT. SNIDER'S FRIENDS HOT
The Lively Row in The Republican
District Coulmittee--WIiat
Is Said.


that meeting, it will have legal
force and can take action to suit
itself. The situation is this: Capt.
Snider and his friends wanted the COM
mittee called and the date of the con-
ventiOn fixed. Chairman Preston de-
clined to do SO, on the ground that there
customary for the party in power to
not meet with the views of
the others and a call was
issued, signed by six of the nine
committeeman, summoning the COM
mittee to meet at the Nicollet house at
2 p. N. to-day, and as Chairman Preston
still refused to make the call, it was
published. In the meantime, Chairman
Preston issued a call for August 16, and
there the matter rests. That much
appears on the surface, but little
deeper is quite Interesting state OF
affairs. AS it stands, Capt. Snider
is the only candidate in the field, as
Judge Rea, through his position i'll the
G. A. r., is necessarily barred out until
his term as commander expires, in the
early p3rt of next month. 1t seems to
be taken for granted that he will then
be an active candidate, but he has never
so intimated. Indeed, if Judge Rea has
been correctly quoted, he cannot honor
ably become a candidate. In the
Minneapolis Tribune of Feb. %, last, he
says most positively: II will not be a
candidate, during 1888, for public Office"
In spite of this. there is disposition, If
not positive intention, on the part OF
his friends, to push him forword and 1t
seems reasonably clear that the con
vention is only delayed to enable
him to clear himself of his entang-
ling G. A. r. alliances and come out
sqarely as a candidate. 1t is evident
that the committee itself is not party
to any such scheme, but the authority
of the committee is in the hands OF
Loren Fletcher, and it is the current
talk that the willy Loren will WELD
it to the disadvantage. if not de-
struction. of Capt. Snider. The
handsome captain and the Little Viii
lain are pretty good strangers, and the
latter has several times remarked that
it would do no harm to have the former
buv little political experience at the
EXPENSE of a liberal tapping OF his big
barrel. G. P. Preston is close friend
of Fletcher's. and was OutspOken in his
support of him, falling in with Clough
when Loren withdrew. Now that
Clough is out of the field Preston is for
v.
entire Fletcher following.
Capt. Snider is candidate for con-
gress. He makes the race at the sollcl-
tation of friends, among whom were
Frank F. Davis, spoken of as possible
dark horse, but who has placed himself
in such position that he cannot honor
ably desert Snider. The latter said he
would not antagoniZe Judge Rea, and
before he concluded. to run, his
friends found from Rea that he was
literally and absolutely not candidate.
When the committee met in the spring
it was decided best to have late con-
vention; but when first Fletcher and
then Clough dropped out, it was held
by Snider's friends that he was the only
candidate and there was no necessity
for DELAY. They hold Judge Rea to his
word, that he ''will not be candidate
in 1885, and this view j. B. Hart and
A. Fl. Hall set about getting the com
mittee together. They secured the
names of w. P. Chase, Anoka: John
Shaleen. Isanti: S. E. Olsen, Henne-
pin: Sam Nichols. Ramsey; J. n.
Stacey, Wright. and Charles Boo, Wash
ington. to call for this afternoon, and,
with six of the nine committeeman,
went to Preston with the result given.
81 am not to be bulldoZed," ferO-
ciouSly remarked Mr.. Preston to the
GLoBE yesterday morning, as he coolly
clipped away at coupons. This thing
is all regular. If Judge Rea wants to
be candidate ] believe in giving him
chance. that's all. What's the use shut
ting him Out?'
mo scheme in this?'
''None at all. The call they brought
in had six names to it. but [ saw two of
these men and they agreed to the meet
ing on the 10Th, and that gives US ma
ioritv of the committee"
Everybody calls this a Fletcher
scheme to down Snider. Col. Preston"
was suggested.
"Oh. balls" calculated the chairman.
s'That's all CANNON. What harm can
this delay do? The Snider men say Rea
will not be Il candidate, and if he is not
Snider will have walk-away, and de-
Law will do no harm. If they are
wrong. and Rea will be a candidate. he
ought to have some show. Besides, it's
always customary to allow the party in
power to hold their convention first"
Capt. S. P. Snider sat in his office in
the Lumber exchange and talked pleas
antly and blandly. "You know as much
of the affair as | do" he said. 1--WE
saw no necessity. under the ciIcum-
stances. of a late convention, and wanted
it called sooner than was originally in
tended Mr.. Preston refused to do this.
If a majority of the committee meet
tomorrow l presume their action will
be legal, but do not know what the
rule is in such cases."
''Is this move aimed at yOu?"
81 don't see why it should be. | have
fought nobody. 1t was positively stated
that Judge Rea was not to be a candi-
date before | consented to make the
canvass. But l am Republican and
will support the nominee of the con-
yention."
But while the genial captain is cheer
full and sunny tempered, his friends are
not disposed to take it so pleasantly,
and there is a promise of music yet.