St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-05

Hamm announced that the next business
in order was the election OF vice
president, whereupon Aid. YOerg was
|. placed in nomination by Aid. Gehan
and Aid. Fisher by Aid. SanbOrn. Two
ballots were taken, in which each can
didate received his party vote, when
Mr.. Fisher gave up the ghost and with
drew in favor of Mr.. Yoerg. The
clerk was instructed TO cast the
ballot for Mr.. Yoerg, and President
Hamm declared him unanimously
elected vice president. 1t was after l
o'clock this morning when this result
was announced, and over five and a half
hours had been spent in the election OF
the presiding officers. The election OF
a market master was next in order, and
Aid. Yoerg proposed in nomination the
name of A. E. Book for the position.
Aid. Kavanagh seconded the nOmina-
tiOn with eulogy of Mr.. Book as a
worthy and able young man for the pO-
sitiOn.
Aid. Fisher led off vociferously and
placed Mr.. SenkS, the present incum-
bent, in nomination This was seconded
by Aid. Sullivan. Aid. Fisher declared
that Book was an unknown, obscure
young man only in the city four and
One-half months. Proceeding to cleo
tiOn, the first and second ballots stood 8
for each of the candidates. The
third and fourth ballots were short,
one vote each and the members
leaving their desks and walking about
the room caused President Hamm to
call for order and a general seating:
The two previous ballots being declared
void, the fifth resulted in eight for each.
Aid. SanbOrn moved to adjourn. Aid.
Gehan arose and earnestly requested
that the motion be withdrawn, saying
that unless a market master was
elected at once, the present
term. The motion to adjourn, being put,
was lost-ten negatives and six in the
affirmative. The next ballot for market
master resulted in tie. Aid. Sanborn
again moved to adjourn. The roll was
called. and resulted eight to eight, and
lost. This was purely the tactics of the
Republicans-to filibuster and tire
the house. The seventh ballot
for market master again resulted
in deadlock. Again Sanborn
sprung his motion, and the chair
declared it lost. Aid. Sanborn appealed,
and the president put the vote to sus-
tain or overrule the decision of the
chair. With vote of 9 to Z the chair
was sustained. Aid. SanbOrn moved for
a recess of fifteen minutes for lunch.
This was at 12:45, and was carried. The
ire of Aid. Book was at a white heat
about this time. The obstinate
contest over the election OF
his brother was provoking, and
his cOuntenance plainly showed a de-
termination. and all that Sanborn could
do to wear the house through the night,
rof 0ovlv m
good organization of the eight aldermen
voting on the Book side of the fence.
The recess over. after hearty devour-
ing of several wagon loads OF sand
wiches and beer, President Hamm
called the house to order and the ballot
ing for market master was resumed.
The eighth ballot resulted in tie
again. Aid. SanbOrn here asked the
indulgence of the house for time to state
that to those laboring under the de-
lusion that Aid. Cullen had made any
promises to do for the Republican can
didate for president things which he
failed to do, the speaker declared that
Mr.. Cullen had made no promises but
what he had kept with Aid. SanbOrn.
Again motion to adjourn was lost.
From the thirteenth to the twenty-frst
ballot the battle waged between
Sinks and Book about evenly, and
Lux, Nelson and Witt each alternately
carrying from one to three votes. When
the 21st was announced Aid. Sanborn
moved to adjourn to Friday evening at
7:3O O'clock. This brought forth the
query from0 Aid. Gehan's quarter
whether an election at that time would
be legal or not. No one seemed to know,
and chaotic discussion resulted in the
carrying of Aid. YOerg's motion to take
a recess until Thursday evening at 7:3O.
Then the fight over the market master
will be resumed.