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more than $50 properly accredited dele
gates. while the Day following. on the
other hand. assert that they have fully
twO-thirds of the convention. You
pays your money and you takes your
choice" The fact is that all of
the delegates will not arrive
until tomorrow, and until they do
an exact estimate of the strength can
not be made. Many of them hold
proxies and may therefore knock all pre-
conceived estimates in the head. Each
side, of course. claims everything, but
Judging from the numbers around the
respective headquarters of the delegates
already here, the bitterest feeling is dis
played upon both sides. and all hope of
harmony has now gone TO the winds.
Everybody is preparing for
A REGULAR DAKOTA FIGHT.
regardless OF consequences. and the ar
dor with which they have gone into it
NAV be inferred from the fact that some
delegates have come 1.200 miles at their
own expense. 20 attend the convention.
Magnificent, these Dakota distances.
The most important man in the fight
is Judge Bangs. chairman of the
territorial central committee. Upon
him depends everything. and in
him the Day forces nut their
hopes Of victory. There is no longer
any question that Bangs is a Day man.
The Church people found that out con-
cluSiVely this morning. Treasurer
LaWler proposed TO him that if he would
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STILL COUNTING.
The Result Of Yesterdays
Election in st. Paul Not
Yet Known,
Only About One-Half Of the
Precincts Having Been
Counted Up.
Results From The Returns Of
the Nineteen Precincts
Completed.
Republicans Have Elected
Aldermen in st Least Three
of the Wards.
The Vote Polled Was Lighter
Than the Registration
Indicated.
Scenes and Incidents About
the Polling Places Dur
Scenes and Incidents About
the Polling Places Dur
ing the Day.

Returns from the polling places re-
ceived at the GLOBE office up to 4:30
o'clock this morning were meager. At
that hour the judges were counting in
eighteen of the thirty-seven precincts Of
the city, and in most instances those
were the precincts where the heaviest
vote is naturally expected. Complete
returns are in from the Seventh, Tenth
and Eleventh wards. These are all Re-
publican strongholds. and the results are
what was expected. In the Seventh
Sanborn is elected, without opposition.
In the Tenth, where candidates were
so thick, r. V. Pratt laid out
his opponents with but a small ma
iority. Sullivan in the Eleventh was
also elected over Baker.
In the Third ward Conley, the Demo-
cratic candidate, is elected, an unofficial
count of the missing precinct in that
ward giving him plurality of about
100. In the Fourth. p. L. Kavanagh.
the Democratic candidate, is also elect
ct, though at one precinct the vote was
not all counted at the hour above
named. None of the precincts i'll the
Fifth were in. In the Sixth it
was pretty sure thing for
Melady, the Democratic candidate.
But one precinct was completed
in the Eighth ward, and there Weber,
the Republican candidate, had good
lead. The ward is Republican one.
Nothing was completed in the Ninth,
but unofficial counts gave Mr.. Gehan.
Democrat, a clean plurality over
Schneider. Republican.
OF the aldermen at large. the leaders
were Bickel. 4,77O votes; Cullen, 4, 407;
Hamm, 4O47; Yoerg, 1851; Pugh,
1906; Ninea, 1867; Fisher. 3.799;
Dion, 5000: Ryan. 3.431; DOwlan
1854; billiard, 1888; Petsch. 2,817.
The same precincts indicate that George
Refs. for treasurer. will be elected. He
is ahead of h ticket in nearly all the
precincts. His vote was 1860, while
Thauwald, his opponent. had 2,SS3.
On these precincts john Roche, the
Republican candidate, has lead over
DAILY III most of them. His
vote in these precincts was
400, while DAILY had 3,26S.
The precincts yet to be counted are in
Democratic wards. The vote in most
of them will be heavy, and two or three
precints in the Ninth. Fifth and Sixth
wards, may change the standing of any
Of these candidates.
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delegates to the district conven-
ton. The friends of w. II. EustiS
and Carmen n. Smith, who were
both candidates for the position of dele
gate TO the Chicago convention from
tins congressional district had made the
following agreement. They were to
pool their issues. and send delegates
favorable to the election of EustiS to
the district convention, who were then
TO elect EuStis as delegate and Carmen
\. Smith as alternate. Capt. Sam p.
Snider. who is an aspirant for congress
slonal honors, was present and aided
TINS movement by advising his
friends to vote with the Eustis
men. it being generally understood
that he was to be repaid by the EuStis
and Smith men. when the convention
meets TO nominate congressman from
this district.
When the convention was called to
order the EustiS combination had the
inside track and elected their chairman
without any trouble and would have
carried through their plan, had they
used any discretion. but feeling over
confident they tried to carry through the
old ring plan of having the chairman
appoint a committee of fourteen
Eustis men to choose the thirty
seven delegates to the state
convention. and also the thirty-seven
delegates to the district convention.
The convention did not take kindly to
this plan or making a boss" of the
chairman. and allowing him to choose
the seventy-four delegates. while they,
the convention. consisting of 232 dele
gates, would sit idly in their seats like a
lot OF dummies and await his report.
The Langdon and Lowry men, who had
by bitter experience in the convention
two years ago learned the same lesson
when they had by the same tactics tried
TO elect a solid McCill delegation. lOStnO
time in taking advantage of this bad
break, made by the opposition. A mo-
ton was Immediately make to have the
committee of fourteen appOrtion the
SeYenty-1our delegates among the differ
ent wards. and allow the wards to elect
the delegates. This motion was
adopted amidst great enthusiasm. in
spite OF the opposition of the
Eiust1S combination. In consequence,
delegations are elected to both the con-
ventions who will probably smash all
the states which have been made. 1t is
the general opinion that the delegate
elected at large by the state convention
burn, while the delegate elected
by the district convention will be
either F. F. Davis, Tim Byrnes,
Ed J. Davenport or Judson n. Cross.
The members of the convention are
pleased that the members of the old
ring, who have been ruling Hennepin
county with an iron hand for years, have
at last acknowledged the Justice of al
lowing the people to elect their own del
egates. and have. by their action in yes
terday' convention, given boss rule"
in Hennepin county death blow.
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NOTE AND COMMENT.
Fact and Sentiment in Connection
With the Convention.


The convention, Republican of course.
utterly ignored the law which requires
the presiding officer of such conven-
ton to be sworn. The law is very ex-
plicit in such cases. Judge Abel
calculated when asked about this:
Condemn the lawl What right has it
to interfere with purely party matters?''
Z. a. Sumner. who was called to the
chair, was not delegate nor even an
alternate. which fact was discovered bv
the committee on credentials. George
Cooley rushed out and advised Sumner
to get a proxy, but the knight of the
sunset locks was utterly unable to find
one. until at last colored delegate IN
the Sixth came to the rescue and let
him in.
Oh! Where was Freeman then?
One futter of his old fur vest
Were worth a thousand men.
Ed Johnson had not done smiling
when he retired last night, and will
probably be more Snarling than ever at
next council meeting.
1t was noticed that nearly every Re-
publican was present and every man of
them voted for Johnson. Birds of a
feather.
Carmen Smith switched to the right
side before blow was struck.
W. <. Hicks was there, but was on
the outside, His little caucus scheme
was glittering success.
George w. Marchant and his corps of
state weighers of grain were figuring
about in lively style. Presumably they
were working for McGill.
Loren Fletcher made but one obser-
Walton and was sat down upon by the
chair.
Freeman Lane had one tilt with w.
H. EUstis. In the Fourth ward caucus
he suggested that Eustis withdraw in
favor of some Scandinavian. Eustis
! paled with anger and wanted to know
''why this man has so vindictiyely pur-
sued me-" Ed Davenport cut the Cor
| dian knot by declining and giving
| Gjertsen his place. They rewarded Ed
| by putting him on the state delegation.
! John Day Smith had it in for Freeman
Lane and opposed every thing he sug-
| gested.
Capt. Linden was slyly pushing his
| congressional boom through the con-
| vention.
Thomas Lowry is new factor in pol
! itics. but he got there with both feet,
| doing admirably for new man.
Charles p. Preston was not elected a
! delegate to yesterdays convention,
| which may account Tor the disorder
which prevailed.
Edward A. Sumner was forced TO ac-
cept proxy from delegate III order TO
! get into the convention.
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Handsome Ed Davenport nearly
ruined a souvenir cane in hammering
table to induce the delegates to assume
their places and come to something like
order. The delegates ranged them
selves into groups, with the ordinary,
everyday delegates naturally getting
into the center and the wheel horses on
the outposts. like sentinels, on the alert
and watchfully, though peacefully,
vigilant Mr.. Davenport read the call
and before the last echoes had come
back from the scenery, the battle began.
The ponderous form of Col. Fred
Hooker obscured the rear delegates as
he rose and nominated z. j. Davenport
as temporary chairman. Carmen \.
Smith paled with eagerness and he
nominated E. NJ. Johnson. and gave as
the only qualification. that ''he is solid
for Blaine, This. the first mention of
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DAKOTA REPUBLICANS.
The Conventions to Select Dele
gates to Chicago and Nominate
a Congressional Candidate.

The Conventions to Select Dele
gates TO Chicago and Nominate
a Congressional Candidate.
Special 10 the Globe.
CANTON, OAK. May 1.-The terrific
rial Republican convention for the cleo
ton of two delegates to the Chicago
convention will be held at Jamestown,
May IL. but the campaign is absolutely
devoid of interest. There are no candf-
dates yet in the field. and the James
town gathering will be purely proxy
gathering. The following county con-
ventions have thus far been called:
Turner county, at Parker. May s.
Hughes county, at Pierre. May Is.
Lincoln county, at Canton. May 5.
Minnehaha county. at Sioux Falls,
May 8.
Hyde county, at Highmore, May 5.
McCOok county, at Salem. May u.
Beadle county, at Huron, May ).
Miner county. at ForreStburg. May S.
Day county, at Webster, May II.
Moody county, at Flandrau. May u.
Hand county, at Miller. May 5,
Aurora county, at PlankintOn, May s..
Taunton county, at Taunton, Nav S.
Delegates to the jamestown conven-
ton have been elected. as follows:
Richland-R. II. Hankinson. P. J. Nc
Cumber, w. S. Lander, R. n. Ink. John
Nelson, f. L. Dwyer, Fred Falley, Z.
a. Munger, a. Staten, Frank Gray.
DELEGATE.
The congressional convention will be
held at WateTtOwn, Aug. %. But one
county convention has been called thus
early in the season. that of Turner
county, TO be held May s. 1t is now
pretty generally conceded that Judge
Clifford will receive a denomination
practically without onnoSition.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-02
IT WAS A QUIET ELECTION.
How the Voters Came to the Polls
with Their Ballots.

The great battle of ballots has been
fought, and the successful candidates
will now take their seats in the council
chamber for two years as the city IA
theirs. to control the affairs of st. Paul. 1t
was sharp battle, close battle, and de-
cidedly pitched battle. Never before in
the history of the city were so many tick
cts in the field, nor were there ever seen
so mana combinations, so many split tick
cts, and so much cutting. Withal it
was an orderly election, and the right
of the citizen to vote any ticket he chose
to was recognized without question.
The officers detailed to keep order at
the polls did their duty well. and to
them. as well as to the active workers of
both parties, in measure, is due the
credit of so much gentlemanlineSs and
high sense of honor as was manifested
in the various precincts in this city.
True, there were some exceptions, but
they were exceptions only and not the
rule. The saloons were closed with
rigid observance of the requirements Of
the law, and Liquor" accordingly, cut
no figure in the progress of the voting.
a brighter. lovelier day than that
first day of May could not have been
wished for. The sky was clear; the
air balmy and warm until little be-
fore shutdown. when a slight chill in the
air necessitated overcoats; a slight
breeze hept blowing, and the sun
beamed down cheerfully upon the war
Of tickets raging beneath.
Early in the day the candidates and
committeeman of both parties hurried
down light breakfast and made their
way quickly to the various livery
stables. 1t was good day
FOR TIE LIVERY RJTSTNFSS
and it was not long before the streets
were lively with the rapid driving of
hacks from precinct to precinct. The
ticket peddlerS were on hand early,
their OVercoat pockets bullying out with
their contents of tickets and stickers.
1t was soon apparent that about every
ticket peddler could supply the voter
with any ticket he desired, and, with
the quantity of stickers on hand, could
make any ticket everything but the
original. and this was noticeable nearly
all Overy the city until the polls closed
and the remaining tickets went high
into the air.
The voting was not heavy-that is,not
as heavy as the big registration would
have warranted the anticipation. In
stead Of the polls being blocked, the
voting wasn't quick enough to justify
| the formation CT any line leading 10 the
! ballot box. An impetus seemed to have
! been given the voting, however, about
! noon, and between the hours of II and
| 5 p. III. the voting was heavier than dur
| ing any other part of the day. The late
| rainy weather had something to do.
| probably. with the comparatively light
voting, for many wOrkingman. who
has been idle during the few wet days,
| doubtless preferred to let things take
their course at the polls while he made
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Bangs will call the convention to order.
then the name of the man whom the
territorial committee of seventy-eight.
composed mostly Of Church men. have
decided upon as a candidate for tempo
rary chairman will be presented by him
to the convention. This man will prob
ably be E. c. Kennedy. of Parker
county. Immediately the Day neil will
PROPOSE a SUBSTITUTE.
who has not vet been decided upon.
Judge Bangs will proceed TO call the
roll. He will speedily come to a county
from which a contest is said to exist.
This he will set aside and so on, every
contesting delegation being set aside.
Now the Church men claim that there
are but three counties in which contests
have legitimately occurred. But in every
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A Double Delegation to ST.
Louis the Most Probable
Outcome.
Wisconsin Democrats Hold an
Enthusiastic and Lively
Convention.
.necio, 10 he Glohe.

lpecia, 10 The Globe.
WATERFOWL. Oak. May Amy one
having doubt as to what mostly consti-
utes a monkey and parrot could OBJ
ain a practical illustration of it if he
we're at Watertown just now. Even the
traditional monkey and parrot would
De dismayed at the prospect of the lively
5crimmage which takes place here be-
ween the forces Of Gov. Church and
National Committeeman Day. The fol-
overs OF each are present in force, and
he convention which meets to-
morrow TO elect delegates to
he national convention at
St. Louis viii probably find its full
strength OF 412 members present. There
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a.more even division and seemed nearly
equally arrayed. Free Lane was
solid for Davenport, with his pre-
clnet, and W. ii. Eustis equally solid for
johnson, with his memorable delegation.
Down toward the South side. Daven-
port led decidedly, but johnson swept
the Eighth ward like a cyclone. john
son carried off the big num-
bered wards, while what little
OF the county was represented
went for Davenport. The result
was made apparent before the announce
mpnf runc nnndn nc fnIInr,--. Inl,,,rn,,
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A EUsTIs VICTORY
In EIecting Ed johnson Chair
man Over Ed Davenport.
The convention assembled at Harmo-

The convention assembled at Harmo-
MIA hall at 10 a. m. The delegates came
all at once, and left very little time
for preliminary buttOnholing. Car
men Smith, chairman of the city COM
mittee, was early on hand. and
used his best endeavOrs to have Ed
Johnson. the portly alderman from the
Second ward, chosen chairman. w. H.
Eustis was on precisely the same tack.
and smiled grimly at the proceeding of
the handsome Carmen. which was driv-
ing fish into his net. Judge Abel led
a delegation from the hub of hell, into
which Druggist Hicks forced his way by
virtue of a secret caucus which regular
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s no Disgusting the fact that it is war to
.he knife between the two factions, and
war of the bitterest kind. since neither
will be content with anything less than
he complete humiliation OF the other.
The leaders Of both sides are deter
mined and will neither offer or receive
compromises. Gov. Church is not
here, but Abe BoyntOn is in
command of his forces. assisted by
Attorney General Templeton. Treasurer
Lawler, Auditor Ward and Secretary
Quinn. Their headquarters at the
Kampeska house are constantly
.hronged. Just around the corner. at
The Grand Central hotel, NJ. Il. Day
has
ESTABLISHED HIS CAMP.
He is monarch of all he surveys. so
far as generalship is concerned. and
though he consults freely with his ad-
herents. he has no staff and admirably
keeps his own counsel. he has matured
a plan. however. of which later on TO
capture the convention, and it was men,
toned in caucus tonight. Claims as to
The relative strength of the two
factions are OF course conflicting. The
Church people claim that Day has no
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consent to effect the temporary organi-
ZatIon upon a basis of the active regular
delegates. II he would promise to decide
himself as to what would be fair and
square, they would be content to leave
the matter entirely in his hands. This he
conclusively declined 10 do. He does lot
care to take the responsibility upon
himself. This is precisely in accord
with the plans of the Day following.
Their scheme, it Is alleged is as follows:
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THE TWO DELEGATIONS.
Men to Represent Hennepin in
the Pair of Conventions.

The convention broke up into ward
caucusesu and proceeded to choose dele
gates. In many cases there was a hard
struggle. and nearly two hours passed
before the end was reached. Finally
the Fourth ward, which was the stor1ni-
est. concluded its labOrs. and the fol-
lowing were announced and approved.
and the convention adjourned:
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RINGS WITHIN RINGS.

What the Combinations Were and
How They We're Smashed-The
Results.
When the convention was called to
order yesterday the following combina-
tons were known to have been made:
The friends of r. B. Langdon were to
try and send delegates to the state con-
venti0n who would vote for Thomas
Lowry for one of the delegates at large
: to go to the convention at Chicago, and
Lowry's friends were to send Langd0n
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could not muster up a smile even when
the chair named very decidedly pro-
Eustis committee.
Il told you So" calculated Free
Lane, as he vigorously chewed up
cigar end.
Keep your pants on and we've got
emf was the advice Col. Hooker gave
to weak brother.
The chair named the following COM
mittee, which begins at the First ward
and runs through to the town: F. B.
Stoneman. d. NJ. Clough, George l..
Baker. ". II. Eustis. Robert Stratton,
John Swift, D. w. Ellis, J. d. Smith.
E. T. ComStock, Carmen n. Smith,
Lars Swenson. Ira B. Newell, A. F.
Nichols and George Wilson.
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selves.


They tried it yesterday morning, but
it was a signal failure. Freeman
P. Lane and Col. Bob Stratton did not
certainly furnish the water. but Col.
Willyum Hennery Eustis did furnish
the oil in unlimited quantity, but COM
bination was not readily effected.
Lane. who learned lesson four years
agO-that OF turning defeat into victory,
and plucking triumph like brand from
the burning-prevented the Eustis coup
d etat of having the chair name the ap-
pointing committee, Col. Stratton dong
yeOman work in this particular. The
grand result is somewhat mixed. with
both sides claiming victory. EustIs
was elected a delegate to the district
convention. which he hopes will send
him to st. Louis to sing a siren song for
Blaine. Carmen Smith was also elected
to the same convention, but the anti
Eustis crowd claims neither man can get
there. r. 3. LangdOn INDUCED IN a
good cigar when the atfray was over, and
seemed as happy as lord. while Lane
openly proclaimed the demoraliZed rout
of the EuStiS cohorts. Coroner Smith
denied that he had turned tail and
warmly asserted that he had first pro-
posed Ed johnson for chairman and that
EuStiS Joined him rather than he joined
Eustis.
As to the delegates to the state con-
ventiOn. it is expected that w. d. Wash
burn will get the support for delegate
at large. though the presence of John s.
PiIISbury and his friends on the dele
CATION would not pre-suppOse such a re-
suit. 1t seems also true that Blaine
swept everything. but there are several
pronounced anti-Blaine men on the del
egation.
1t was pronounced singular by several
that no resolutions were adopted, but
the fact is that the convention found its
hands full with the personal warfare
and did not have time to dwell OH plati-
indies
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~ a - " - - CAAAA SUI
III. Davenport SO.
The rotund alder
man of the Second
ward, his face smil-
ing and simpering
with ill-concealed de-
was brought to
the platform by
Congo II. Petit and
Emerson Cole, and
checked his grins
long enough to make
speech. He thanked
the delegates for the
honor. and in max
ing frequent allu-
siOns to spirits. al
ways good spirits.
satisfied the crowd it
was not a tpmOer-
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and he made a request which
brought E. a. Sumner and his
resonant bass to the platform. and
retired Mr.. Davenport and his sweet
tenor to the front seats. Eli. Hay then
secured the floor and mildly proceeded
to upset the idea of a fight. There is
no contest here between Blaine and
anti-Blaine. . he said. Il second the
nomination of E. J. Davenport be-
cause he is for Blaine There was
faint ripple of applause again and
Eustis, Lane, Ace Abel and several
other statesmen rose to the occasion at
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the great Florentine.
was received with wild
applause. Willyum
Hennery Eustis sec
onded the nomination
of Johnson, and said he
land all of us know his
heart is true to Blaine.
and it is in the right
place. Things began
to get very numerous
for Mr.. DayeDport
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voters had not dis
covered. Fred Lane
and ol.Fred Hooker
headed the anti-Eus-
tbs or prO-LangdOn
forces. and made up
in persuasive elo-
quence what they
lacked in votes. Bob
Stratton. Ed Sumner
and other war horses
were in the thick of
the fray and partici-
pated in nearly every