St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-09
GENERAL ORDERS NO. III.
The Good Work Goes on Right
Merrily.

Merrily.
Now that the unit rule had been Sc
cured which bound the delegation Sc
curely, the next thing was to get the
right sort of delegation. Henry j.
Gjertsen offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That the chair appoint NOM
mating committee to consist OF fifteen mem
bers; two from the country districts, and one
from each Of the WARDS in the city, VINO snail
present to this convention a list of forty-tve
names for delegates to the state convention,
the delegates to be appointed among the
several wards and country districts IN &C
cordance with the Republican vote OF 1883
for president as near as may be.
Eli Terrence offered the following in
bungling sort Of a way that made the
-Merriamites prick up their ears:
Resolved, That a committee be selected to
consist of three delegates outside of the city
and one delegate from the Twelfth and
Thirteenth wards jointly. and one delegate
from each of the remaining wards, which
committee shall present forty-five names for
delegates to the state convention, and that In
such selection the committee shall, as nearly
as practicable, apportion such delegates
among the several wards and towns accord
members of such committee shall be selected
by the delegates from the several towns and
wards respectively.
"Is this an amendment or substi-
tute?n inquired the chairman in a which
way-will-you-take-i sort of voice.
II guess it's an amendment" fall
tered the judge.
1t wasn't necessary to tell the con-
vention that if the Gjertsen resolution
carried Fletcher would appoint sure
enough anti-Merriam delegation, and
that if the Terrence resolution was
adopted that the Second ward
would get Merriam representation on
the committee. Everybody saw the
point. The amendment was promptly
voted down; the previous question was
called for which shut off any annoying
debate, which would have exposed the
unfairness of the unit rule, and the
Gjertsen resolution went through with
three or four ''ayes" in opposition
which sounded like so many walls of
lost cause. !.
Everything was "fixed" now, and
Loren Fletcher smiled complacently as
he appointed the following committee
on nominations: First ward. John Fleet
ham: Second ward, G. A. Parker;
Third ward, G. P. Enstad; Fourth
ward, S. L. Trussell; Fifth ward. j. N.
Bearnes: Sixth ward, N. Michelet; Sew
enth ward, A. E. Allen; Eighth ward,
81. w. Foote: Ninth ward, j. w. Bra
dish; Tenth ward, Frank A. Johnson:
Eleventh ward, W. T. Elliot; Twelfth
ward, F. A. Drew; Thirteenth ward,
W. W. BARTLETT; country. j. r. Pur-
chase, Excelsior; E, A. Conover, INDIE
pendence; George N. Savage. Osseo.
The Delegation.
The committee forthwith retired to
the back room where the other jobs
had been fixed up, and in fifteen min
utes reported back the following list of
| delegates:
| First Ward-John De Laittre.
| Second Ward-J. T. Wyman, ]. G. Plum
mer F. G. BarroWs.
Third Ward-C. P. Enstad, 2. Demeules. o.
Rogness, E. o. Gaylord, Robert Pratt.
Stone A. q. Hall. W, f. Eustis, N. Il. Gjert-
'o Fifth :" MardNc. q. Petit, c. P. Lowell,
William Buffers, John Goodnow. r. B. Rus
sell, D. F. Morgan.
| lin, Robert Wishart. 81. j. Gjertsen.
Seventh Ward-James NJ. McCutcheon.
Christian Shol.
Eighth Ward-H. D. Stocker, F. C. Hart
son, 7; F; Knappen, F n Hendrix
| Hughes, E. Rhodes.
Tenth Ward-A. G. Pray.
Eleventh Ward-R. P. Thompson, Frank
Dunn, Chris Hulstad.
Twelfth and Thirteenth Wards-W. W.
| Bartlett.
Byron Henry-Hassan.
e, r. Perkins-EXcelslOr
R. N neutrality-suspicious..
j. G. Merritt-Crystal
The report was adopted and the meet
| ing adjourned after "Doc' Perkins had
| given notice that the delegation would
meet at the Union league rooms at 8
O'Clock, so it could ''post itself'' on the
situation.
At the close Loren Fletcher looked
after the retiring audience and re-
marked calmly:
81 think this is the most harmonious
convention l ever attended,"