St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-26
CAVITY WOULD NOT DO
So Yesterdays Conference
Resulted in Nothing But
Talk.
Judge Smith May Be Sacri-
feed Because Of Canty's
Selfishness.
Further Proceedings in the
$4,000 Libel Suit Against
Fanny Davenport.
Big Crowds the Rule at the
Big Crowds the Rule at the
Expo--Stempf's Chorus
Again To-Day.

The much-talked-of and long-looked-
for conference between the Democratic
and Republican judicial committees
ehas come and gone. The judiciary
question stands just where the far
seeing men of both parties expected to
see it stop. The conference resulted in
nothing. The judiciary nominations.
instead of being settled outside of pol
tiles, will have to be made IN purely
political conventions, and all the dis
agreeabilities which surround a political
fight will be thrown into the
contest over the district Judge
ships. All considerations which
appeal to the minds of thinking men in
question involving iudgeships have
been thrown aside. Mad revelry in po-
litical mire is in store for the men who
aspire to judicial dignity, who desire to
hold offices which have no political
weight whatever, and who wish to eX-
ercise duties into which considerations
of politics never will, or at least never
should, enter. AS every honest, ear
nest, intelligent man believes, the judi
clary should be kept out of politics.
There never can he a pure judiciory
until it is made non-partisan and re-
moved as far as possible from the I'M
clean precincts of purely partisan poll
tics.
The Democratic judicial committee of
Hennepin county met yesterday after
noon in DR.. AmeS' office. A ballot was
taken for the first name to be presented
to the conference, and Judge Seagrave
Smith was unanimously selected. Bal
lOting for the second name continued
until the members of the committee had
voted seven times, when Thomas CAVITY
was chosen as the second name. he re-
celving IL votes, Brooks and Ankeny
scattered between Canty, Brooks, An
keny, Davenport and Pond. The
committee then adjourned to the
Office of the park board. where the Re
publican committee was waiting, they
having decided to present the names of
Judges Hooker and Young. The two
committees then went into conference.
DR.. Ames being elected chairman. Gov.
PillSbury spoke for the Republicans.
He said that the Republicans were
agreed to nominate the judges now Oh
the bench, and they would agree to
enter into joint ballot for the
fourth candidate, he to be Democrat.
DR.. Ames objected to this. He said:
LET the Republicans select two men
as we have selected two, and let that be
the ticket" Considerable sparring was
INDUCED in, but both parties refused to
bulge from their positions. Judge
Koon addressed the Joint conference.
He trusted that politics would not enter
into the decision arrived at. He favored
Judge Young. DIR. Ames followed in
the same line, with the exception that
he opposed the nomination of Judge
Young.
Here the Republicans worked clever
dodge on the Democrats, which those
astute politicians seemed never to sus-
pect. 1t was proposed to ballot on
Judge Young and Judge Smith, with
the understanding that the action would
not be binding unless the remaining
candidates could be agreed upon. Both
were Endorsed without objection. Then
DR.. Ames, who acted both as spokes-
man for the Democrats and chairman of
the conference. stated that his commit
Mildly, very mildly, Mr.. Pillsbury re-
marked that there were objections to
MIR. CAVITY which his committee could
not overlook, and suggested that the
Democrats propose some other man.
1--WE object to Judge Young; with
draw his name and we will withdraw
Canty'S," interpoSed Ames, not with a,
by any means, conciliatory or diplo-
matte air and intonation.
1--WE don't understand that your COM
mittee opposes Young; we haven't
heard that it does,'' replied Mr.. Pills.
bury. He was right. For hadn't the
Democrats fallen into the trap and in
dorsed Young? Consequently the Re-
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on. But they could not agree, SO the
uation.
The division was but of short dura-
ton, DIR. Ames announcing, on the re-
converting of the conference, that his
committee had decided to stand by
Canty. Withdraw either Hooker or
Young and we will withdraw Canty,''
was the ultimatum which showed that it
was not objection to either Young or
Hooker that prompted that announce
ment, but determination to stand by
CAVITY. More discussion followed, Moon,
Pillsbury and Harrison speaking for the
Republicans and Ames for the Demo-
Gratis. 1t must be remarked that the doc
tors attitude and languagewere not at all
in cOnSonance with au amiable con-
that of Dictator Reed in the house of
representatives. George Jacoby moved
that the two names accepted, Young and
Smith. be allowed TO stand, and that
the other candidates be left to fight it
out in the conventions and at the polls.
Judge KOOn moved to amen by calling
for ballot on the name of Frank G.
Brooks. Isaac McNair seconded the
amendment, but DIR. Ames declared the
amendment out of order, and re-
fused to put it to vote. Ex-Gov.
Pillsbury pleaded tor a vote, but he
availed not. II. f. Brown moved to adj
iourn. with disgust in his tone. but
withdrew the motion on request OF
Judge Koon, who proceeded to plead
for compromise. He stated that the Re
publican committee, understanding that
Brooks was the second choice OF the
| Democrats, had unanimously voted to
| accept him, and hoped that some def.
mite action would be taken. r. P.
| Russell. who was Brooks
man, suggested another conference
| of the Democratic committee, Ames
| still refusing to put Rooms amendment
| The consultation of the Democrats re.
| suited as befOre-no other man than
| Canty would be put forward by them
That. of course, settled it, and the con.
| ference was over. The Democrats went
back to DR.. Ames' Office, decided te
nominate straight ticket and adjourned
subject to the call of the chairman
The district judicial committee will be
asked to call a convention. The Repub
lican committee decided upon practi
calIy the same plan. Many of the Re
| publican committee are known to favor
the nomination of Judge Smith. witt
three Republicans. Whether they viii
| do it only time can tell. Thus ended
| the conference.
Whether the action of the Democratic
judicial committee yesterday repre-
scented the Democratic party is an oper
question. The committee was Cant!
committee and stood by its man cour
ageously. Whether they acted in &C
cordance with the best interests of tht
party may be doubted. The GLOBE ha
never taken sides in this Judiciary con
troversy beyond urging that a non
partisan ticket be placed in the field
and such a result could have beef
| reached Yesterday, and the failure to d,