St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-23

One thousand dollars to keep the Pro-
hibltionists quiet.
The Prohibitionists of Ramsey county
| last evening, in mass meeting assem-
| bled, decided to put county ticket in
| the held.
| 1t required nearly four hours wrang-
| ling before this decision was reached,
! and not before some feeling was mani
| tested among the leaders of the two
factions represented.
The meeting was held in the Garfield
hall, corner of Farquier and Arcade
streets. There were over fifty Prohi-
bitionists present. At the county con-
| vention. when it was decided not to
nominate county ticket, there were
but twenty-five present The keenest
| interest was displayed in the proceed
| ings, and but for the enforcement of the
| previous question some of the speakers
would have kept the meeting going all
night. There was no end of Oratory
ready to be let loose.
ID. w. DOty. as chairman of the Ram
| sey county prohibition committee, called
| the meeting to order, and at the request
| OF those i'll attendance he presided. j.
| K. Lackey was called upon to perform
| the secretariat duties. Mr. Doty
Read X resolution
adopted by the Ramsey county prohibi-
| ton committee at a meeting which had
! Just been held. 1t ran:
We, as members of the Ramsey county Pro
| hlbltlon committee, admire the enthusiasm
and zeal of the men who prepared and pre-
| sented the petition for full county ticket
| and, while we have the utmost confidence in
| the sincerity and truthfuIness- of said petit
| ton, nevertheless in view of all the eircum-
| stances of the case and after full discussion
| OF the same. desire to express our decided con-
| y1ction that it is Very unwise to grant it at
| this late day, and that we earnestly request
| the mass meeting held at Garfield Hall this
| evening for the best interests of the party TO
| stand by the action of the county committee.
| Signed: j. W. Griggs, DR.; Frederick A.
Pike, Newton r. Frost, A. q. Drew. j. (.
| w. body John w. Rhines. Z. V. Woodward.
Not voting: j. M. Dahiby, j. L. Spieer.
Oscar Wolfe was called to the chair
! to enable Mr.. Doty to explain why the
! committee had adopted tnis resolution.
| He said the committee acknu wledged
| that mistake was made in the county
| convention, Sept. 20. deciding not to
nominate county ticket. 1t was mis-
take, and they were sorry for it. They
would never make such mistake
| again. The Republicans were saying:
For Gods sake do not put up tick
et;" while on the other hand the Demo
Gratis wanted them to do SO. The Pro-
hibition party
Did Not Exist for Either
the Republican on the Democratic party.
But they had once decided not to nomi-
| nate county ticket. and the county
committee were of opinion that, in the
| best interests of the Prohibition party,
they should abide by that action.
j. II. Dahlby ridiculed the position
taken up by the county committee. The
committee acknowledged a mistake was
made by the county convention in not
| putting up county ticket, then, IN
heavens name. why were they opposed
to rectifying that mistake? There had
offered no real reason. There was
plenty of time to nominate ticket. 1t
| was absurd to say: ave have made a
nominate ticket right away, say:
1--WE will abide by the mistake, but will
not do it again." He could not under
| stand such action. There were no
grounds for it, and ne was opposed to
| the resolution of the committee, and
hoped that the meeting would not abide
| by it.
f. a. Pike pleaded that it would be
improper to now put county ticket in
| lHG uclu. JIC llCGIy ltldI
| mistake had been made in not doing so
before. They must be more careful in
| future. But they must not now over
| rule the action of tine county convention
| and nominate ticket. 1t would be I'M
wise.
TO Nominate Ticket.
G. J. Palmer-For what purpose was
this mass meeting called?
Chairman Doty-To nominate a full
county ticket.
Oscar WoIte-That's 1t. Mr.. Wolfe
| proceeded to enlarge upon the abSurtIity
of the position taken by the county
committee. There was no reason i'll the
world why they should not nominate
a county ticket. The rank and file of
the party were so earnest that they had
petitiOned for county ticket to be
nominated. and had freely subscribed
the money requested to put the
candidates names on the ballot.
How had the county commit
tee met this spontaneous action
on the part of the Prohibitionists?
They replied: I'VE admire your hon.
esty of purpose. and we admit a mis-
take has been made in not nominating a
county ticket, but we'll never make such
another miStake.o And yet, there
was sufficient time to nominate the
county ticket, and the ten members of
the committee had resolved against it.
This was very strange so strange that
he was unable to account for it. He
strongly urged the noninetion of a
county ticket.
| Prof Drew spoke in support of the
committees resolution.
| J. A. Freese and G. j. Woolsey were
in favor of the nomination of ticket.
Rev. Freeman sided with the action
of the committee. 1t was not now ad-
visable to nominate county ticket. He
lived in the First ward, and had that
day been approached
| BY -Four Populations
urging him to use his influence against
the nomination of comfy ticket. 1t
was put before him that if the Prohibi-
| tionists abided by their decision not to