St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-15
July "a, the Date Selected,
the Result Of a Com
promise. - !
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The Apportionment Will Pro-
duce a Convention Of
467 Delegates. "a. e
Doodle Bobs Up in the Sug11
gestion to Nominate q
Viva Voee. :so

on hand at the Ryan hotel meeting yes
terdav and cast his shadow over the
gathering. He "apprOached'' no dele
gate and he made no purchases, but
much to the disgust of Chairman STAN
ford Newell he persisted in being recog-
nized and his persistence was rewarded
with success; for the s'bOedle cry"
which some have persisted in laying to
the Democrats, was sprung by dele
gate representing the Eighth district-a
man about whose Republicanism there
can be no cavil-and the few remarks
he offered upon the question
made an impression upon the
members. of the committee and go
to show that the reputable Republicans
of the state will no longer sit silently
down while the nominations of their
party are auctioned off to the highest
biduer.
81 want to see our conventions adopt
the plan of voting viva voice." said
Capt Reed, of Glencoe, just before the
adjournment of the meeting of the CON-
mittee yesterday afternoon, in the midst
of a general discussion as to the proper
way of running the coming July con-
vention. This thing of voting by a
secret ballot is causing great deal of
dissatisfaction" he continued, land
| think it essential to the success
of the Republican party that
it shall be done away with. We want
it fixed SO that we can see just how
every man votes, and then we won't see
a lot of delegates coming down here
and selling themselves"
II AN with you on that" said Senator
Frank A. Day, of Fairmont. "But do
they not usually vote viva yOce?"
IF the convention wants to vote by
ballot they will do so," said Chairman
Stanford Newell, who had been look
ing as though he felt very uncomfort-
able during Capt. Reeds little speech.
THAT'S true" answered MIR. Reed,
''but the committee can make recon-
mendatiOn to the convention"
THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
Pursuant to the call issued by Chair
man Newell. of the Republican state
central committee. twelve out of nine
teen members of the committee met in
| Room K at the Ryan hotel in this city,
| and decided after a splriled debate to
| issue call for the Republican state
convention of 1890 to meet in the New
| market theater at IL O'Clock on July "a.
| Those present were Stanford Newell,
! chairman, and Fred G. Ingersoll, of Ste
Paul; c. B. buchanan, Royalton; e; G,
| Potter and Hon. d. NJ. ClOugh, of Min
neapolis; Joel P. HedtwOle. secretary.
| Mortified; E. Sevatson jackson; Col.
| w. M. Liggett. Benson; Allen
j. Greer. Wabasha; j. j. Rhodes
Hastings; D. w. Bruckort. st. Clouds
| and Senator Frank A. Day, of Fair
| mont. Four more members sent their
| prOXieS-JOel r. HeatWnle holding the
| proxies of E. A. SwanstrOm. of Duluth,
| and Il. E. Cook. of Crookston, while,
| Secretary FANS BiXby held these of
| the venerable George f. Potter. of La
| Crescent, and A. Blanchard. of New.
| Uim. After the time of holding the
convention had oeen fixed. Capt. Reed,
| of Glencoe. was admitted to represent
| Capt. KlinKert, of Arlington. at this
meeting, and Capt. Matthias Thoeny,
| who is, by the way, the cashier in
| Capt. Reeds bank at Glencoe. was
| afterwards chosen to fill the vacancy ON
| the committee from that district. Maj.
George A. Whitney, of Wadena, was
| also elected member of the committee
| to fill the vacancy created by the death
| of Hon. d. j. Knox, of Aitkin. j. w.
| REYNOLDS, OF Herman, the nineteenth
| and last member OF the committee, failed
| to materialiZe either in person or by
| proxy.
At the opening of the. secret session
! the time OF holding the convention came
up as the first topic of conversation. and
each member was requested TO give
his views on the matter. Each
one" said one who was there,
spoke particularly for the farmers,
some placing their arguments for early
| convention on the ground that II would
| be more convenient for this class of
voters. while those on the other side did
| the same thing. This thing became
rather monotonous and Alien j. Greer
! of Wabasha created little amusement
| by asking:
Chow many actual farmers are there
| on this committee?" A careful poll was
| made and the only man to set up the
claim of beng a farmer was Banker
Eric Sevatson. of Jackson, who mOdeStly
affirmed that he was granger.
"What time would you prefer.
as a farmer, to have this con-
vention. MIR. Sevatson9" asked
the Wabasha representative.
Il think the oath Of July would suit
me very well,' responded Farmer Sey-
| atSOn.
"Then [ move, said Mr.. Greer. THAT
This motion was seconded and
A BALLOT TAKEN,
which resulted as follows:
For July "a, or an earlier date-Chair-
man Stanford Newell, Senator G. B.
Buchanan, E. G. Potter, D. M. Clough.
Eric Sevatson. E. &. Ingersoll, j. j.
Rhodes and Allen j. Greer-8.
For later date-Secretary Joel P.
Heatwole, Dan w. Bruckart. Senator
Frank A. Day, Col. W. M. Liggett, and
the proxies of George F. Potter, A
| Blanchard, E. G. Swanstrom and h. f.
| Cooks.
The vote was tie. and with the I'M
derstanding that no earlier date than
| july "a was to be fixed, Secretary Tams
| BiXby, of the railway commission
changed the proxy of A. Blanchard. oil
New Ulm, from the negative to the at
firmative side of the question. In the
interests of harmony" Senator Frank
A. Day then moved to make the choice
unanimous, and it was done. SO the
| chairman said.
An adjournment was then taken un
til 2 o'clock. On reassembling al
that hour the new members oil
the committee were duly elected
ps mentioned above, and the gathering
passed on to the matter of apportionlng
the delegates to the different counties.
Some clever maneuvering then ensued
between the city and country members
over the number of delegates to be al
lowed to each county at large. Chair
man Newell wanted to allow but one
delega tie at large to each county, while
Senator Day and the other members
from the outside counties wanted two
delegates at large allowed to each
county. This latter plan would give
the country about IS votes the better OF
the Twin Cities, as they would gain but
a member each by it, while each county
in the country would gain one. After