St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-14
HOW II HAS FALLEN.
Even Captain Burger Finds
the Republican Party Too
Low For Him.
The Commercial Convention
Delivered Body and Boots
to Merriam.
Aid. Sanborn's Very Question
able Tribute to the Govern
or's Big Doodle.
A Strong Smell Of 1888 Per-
meates Every Corner OF
the NeWm arket.

About the only thing conspicuous at
the Newmarket yesterday morning was
the hang-dog cast of countenance worn
by the galaxy of gentlemen neatly tied
up and labeled "Merriam," who were
sent there by the Republican county
committee to hold convention and go
through the motions of electing twenty
five delegates to the state convention.
1t was about as incongruouS and unen-
thuSiastic crowd of claquenrs as ever
got together and ''resoluted." The YER
lest tvro in politics could have stood
upon the platform, and, sizing up Sam
and Will Nichols, Henry Johns, Fog
horn Reese, Wheat Inspector Clausen,
E. c. Long, II. B. Willis and E. T.
Wade, rated it Merriam aggregation.
There was conspicuous absence OF
the excitement and uncertain
ty incident to most conyen-
lions, and nothing relieved the
monotony but the fierce onslaught
against the Pioneer Press made by
Capt Joe Burger, and the tribute to
Merriam's Doodle so feelingly voiced by
Aid. Sanborn. The latter was warmly
applauded with sympathetic smack
ing of lips, but the fusilade of the erst-
while leader of kids, but now grand,
gloomy and peculiar Burger. was re-
ceived with mixed feelings. Much as
the Reese-J Johns cMartin contingent
hate this Robert street organ, they know
that it and Merriam and Doodle are one,
and their lips were padlocked. They
looked sheepish under the lash OF Bur
gers tongue, when the convention end
ed, but consoled themselves with 1.-THE
lively sense of favors to come"
A Rump Convention.
It was nearly II o'clock when suffi-
cient number of the faithful arrived.
Oil Inspector Nichols then winked to
| Chairman McMartin, and the latter
| raped the convention to order. Secre-
| tary Reese. whose elasticity was proof
| against so slight thing as crushing de-
| feat, was as large as life, and his voice
| as he read the call had the same old
| confident rasp, and he was ready to pre-
dict Merriam'S election by as many
thousands as he had promised hundreds
for Kiefer. Oil Inspector Nichols then
resumed charge of affairs and Installed
| McMartin as chairman OF the c0nVen
ton. Capt. Burger came from his place
OF concealment and had Will Nichols
made secretary. Aid. Sanborn got his
name in the proceedings by securing
the position of assistant secretary fol
Sheldon Blakeley. Janitor E. P. Wade
made the formal motion for the appoint
ment of committee on credentials, but
modestly declined to bring the state
house into greater prominence by be
coming chairman. So John Rowan wa:
made chairman, and the several com
mittees constituted as follows:
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ward, j. G. Eimquist
Second ward, Joseph Burger: Third ward
j. c. Rowan Fourth ward, G. L. Horst; Fiftl
ward, Fred Richter; Sixth ward. f. E. Chip
man; Seventh ward L. C. Long; Eight
ward, Moak; Ninth ward, William Hellmun
Tenth ward. c.. L. Sumbardo: Eleventh
ward, j. A Hunt; North st. Paul, JOSEPH
Permanent organlzation-D. F. Reese
George W. Lamb and j. d. Wilson.
Resolutions-W. II. Sanborn, w. D. Coz
nsh L. H. Oman, G. j. Lomen and ?. j
McCabe.
The list of delegates, as approved
was the same as that published in yes
terday's GLOBE. The convention ehos
the temporary as the permanent organ
iZatlOn.