St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-29
SALTWATER SILHOUETTES
The Republican eau Crses are Gfre
ally Harmonious.
ROW IN THE SECOND WARD.
Marty and Peterson Want to DO Sheriff
THE Convention to Occur
To-day.

The Republican caucuses last even
ing were generally harmonious, except
in the Second ward, where the session
was protracted and stormy, and ended
with the most palpable evidence of bit
ter feeling on the part of the defeated
faction. The contest was between the
adhelentS of Peterson and Marty. candi-
dates for sheriff, Peterson coming out
ahead, though there is at least one
Marty mali on the ticket. In the First
ward, committee of three selected
twelve names from which six delegates
were chosen by ballot, those
elected being James Mulvey,
A. T. jerks, Otis Staples and l.. L..
Manwaring. The delegates were in
vention for j. n. Searles for state sem
The Second ward delegation was select
ed by a committee composed of r. N.
Coles, Charles Boo and j. B. Sutton,
who reported the names of John G.
Nelson, Charles Lindbloom. j. B. SUIT
ton. August Booren, r. NJ. Coles, Dr..
Philip Mueller and F. B. Yates.
In the Third ward, what is
said to be a straight Marty
delegation was chosen by vote of 81 to
GA as follows: 3. G. Merry, Josiah
Staples. A. C. Hospes. E. G. Butts, f.
l.. McKusick, j. G. Hening, Louis
Bergeron,N, hammers, Geo. o. Haskell,
Andrew Olson. Marty claims at least
sixteen and probably eighteen out of the
twenty-four delegates, and also counts
on the Lakeland delegation, Daniel
Mclean and Henry Vollmer, and Oh the
South Saltwater delegation, composed
of Antoine Deragisch, Henry Sullivan,
M. w. Hanks. The convention occurs
tomorrow. and while the Republicans
are at the court house the Democratic
congressional convention will be in SeS-
sion at the Grand opera house. Other
delegates from the country to the Re-
publican convention were elected so
far as heard from as follows: Baytown,
David Carmichael; Saltwater town, j.
E. Jackman, both claimed strongly for
Marty.
All the local railroad employees are
called to attend meeting at the union
station Monday evening for the purpose
of organizing railway employees club,
similar associations being in progress OF
organization all over the state, within
the boundaries of which there are said
to be 10000 men eligible to membership
in the organization. The prime object
of the move is to secure the repeal of
the railroad and warehouse law, by
which the railroad commissioners fix
rates. and from whose acts in that re-
Spect there is DO appeal. The members
will vote for no legislative candidate
not pledged to work for the repeal of
the law. One of the local agents said
yesterday: "Whatever cripples the
business of the companies tends to re-
duce our own pay and that of all the
employees, and we are organizing in our
own interest" Monday evenings meet
ing will be addressed by w. G. Thorpe,
of st. Paul, who is the organizer of clubs
throughout the state.
The board of managers of the reform
school at Pontiac, Ill.,, who have under
their charge in that Institution 400 boys.
made an official tour of the state prison
yesterday. These gentlemen are visit
ing various state institutions of this
character, in order to secure some light
by which they may devise some salts
factory plan for employing the boys in
the Pontiac school.
r. j. Wheeler & Co. sold 100000 feet
of logs to G. w. Robson, Dubuque, and
10000 to the East Side Lumber COM
pany yesterday. E. d. Rand, for
Carson d Rand, Burlington, has within
the last week closed deals for the pur-
chase of about 100000 feet of logs and
100000 feet of lumber.
The Glenmont left yesterday with
raft of logs from Jourdain q Mathews,
for Lairp, Norton & Co., Winona. The
Kit Carson and Louisville are expected
to arrive after lows this afternoon.
Judge Crosby was occupied yesterday
afternoon in hearing arguments in the
matter of Receiver Nelson allowing the
claim of Keator & Son against the in
solvent estate of Edwin st. John.
The Union Veterans league will meet
this evening at the Office of Mulvey &
Carmichael. instead of at F. E. joys
office, as at first announced.
The prison population yesterday was
BOG. Of these % are infirm or ill, Isl are
working for the thresher company and
126 for the state.