St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-25
STILL WATER SILHOUE7TES
Republicans Nominate a Democrat for
Municipal Judge.
SNYDER Is PERSISTENT.
He Proposes to Push the saltwater
Public Building Bill
Pickings.

The Republican city convention or
ganized at the city hall last evening by
the election of DR.. I. G. Clark as Oh air
man and Fred Swanson secretary, and
by the appointment of l.. B. Castle, j.
B. Sutton and l.. Bergeron as committee
on credentials. The committee reported
list of delegates Identical with that al
ready published. A. e. Doe offered a
resolution to the effect that as judicial
offices should be held above party
strife the convention recommend to the
voters of the city j. G. Nethaway Dem
ocrat) for judge, and l.. l.. Manwaring
Republican, for associate judge of the
municipal court. Some one wanted to
know if there was not Republican in
the city competent to fill the Office of
Judge. This suggestive question was
ignored, as was also the resolution of
Mr.. Doe, and the convention then made
straight-Out nominations of NethaWay
and Manwaring for judge and associate
respectively. The convention next took
a recess to enable the ward delegations
to consult and report their aldermanlc
nominations, which were at length made
as follows: First ward, Otis Staples;
Second ward, F. B. Yates Genomi-
nated): Third ward, n. D. hammers
for the three-year term and j. K. Carli
for the one-year term.
In a letter received yesterday by
Mayor Durant, Congressman Snider,
speaking of Stillwater's proposed pub
lie building, says: 81 will do the best l
can in the house for the Saltwater
building. You understand, of course,
that IN the United States senate bills
for public buildings are not scanned or
cut down. 1t would have been just as
easy to have passed the bill for S250,000
for Saltwater as less amount. l ex-
pect to have the st. Paul public build
days, and will then be able to give my
individual time to this as far as appro-
priations are concerned" The senate
appropriation was 100000, but Mr..
Snider explains that Under the ordin-
airy rule. that of giving city three
times the gross local postoffice revenue,
Saltwater would be entitled to an ap-
preparation of only $751; 900.
The so-called taxpayers meeting at
the opera house last evening proved to
be fiZZle of the most pronounced char
acter. 1t was largely attended. Fay
cite Marsh presided, and did good
deal of talking. but many sensible
Democrats present compelled an adj
journment to Tuesday evening. The
general impression is that this is the
last of the so-called taxpay-
ers' meetings. The Republicans
held their ward caucuSes and
elected the following delegates:
First ward, A. T. jerks, S. P. Wenner-
holm, E. Boischett, II. G. Clark, S. A.
Clewell, Rufus Golf; Second ward, Au-
gust Boren, A. E. Doe. j. II. Cockburn,
j. B. Sutton. John Booren. F. B. Yates,
H. G. Whittlesey, G. o. Lindblom, A.
W. Anderson, j. G. Nelson; Third
ward, P. d. Swanson, n. P. Staples, j.
A. Frederick, Ehler Mcclellan.
Edward Rutherford, who started last
Friday for Cincinnati with requsition
for George Irons Skies and wife, the
patent right swindlers, sends word that
he has not experienced plain sailing in
PorkOpolis. Skies proposes not only to
fight extradtion, but after the publca-
ton of the GLOBES account of the affair
there was grand rally at Cincinnati of
officers from various points of the
compass. who are after Skies on the
same charge as that pending against
him here. 1t is charged that he operated
similarly in various states. but hereto
fore managed to elude arrest.
Peter Munson was sent to the Mime
sofa prison here in September, 1888, for
a term OF four years on conviction of
criminal assault. Recently Munson's
wife. with her five children. arrived
here in destitute condition, and were
discovered by the Kings Daughters
living miserably in the basement of
house on Olive street. The youngest
child is three years old, and another has
a permanent physical infrmity. The
Kings Daughters promptly took meas
ures to relieve the family. the mother
of which seems TO be worthy and Suf-
fering woman.
j. f. Burke, chairman of the recent
Democratic convention, announces the
following Democratic city committee
for the ensuing year: Myron Shepard,
at large; j. A. O'Shaughnessy and
James Goodman. First ward: DR.. W. G.
Voigtard and Edward Donovan, Second
ward: j. j. Stinson. Martin ThOn and
S. B. Slocum, Third ward.
F. Malthe. bearing crede ntials as
of the city prison at
Christina, Norway. paid an official visit
to the Minnesota state prison yesterday
and studied the workings of the insti-
tuition. He is commissioned by his gov
eminent to examine similar penal insti-
tutions throughout thea United States.
William Corbert, of 425 North Greeley
street, carpenter, left home for st.
Paul, ostensibly to look for work, over
two weeks ago, telling his wife he
would return in few days. Since that
time rothing has been heard of him, land
his wife and five children have become
dependent upon the charity of neigh
borS.
Mrs. John B. Taft and Miss Newman.
of Saltwater, and Mrs. James Robert
sou and Rufus Gilkar, of Oak Park, left
for the East last evening by way of the
500, the two first mentioned ladies en-
route to Boston.
The boards of registration will sit to-
day in the various precincts from IL
o'clock, noon, to 9 p. M, giving the last
for registration previous to
the April elections.
TheI Cecilian quartette of Minneapo-
lis, has been engaged to give concert
at the First Presbyterian church. on the
evening of April l. for the benefit of
the organ fund.
Judge Crosby arrived from Hastings
prepared to hold a special
term of court, but no business appeared
ready for transaction.
The taxpayers or citizens meeting to
the propriety of making alder
manic nominations will meet at Opera
hail this evening.
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