St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-27
kids" IN GOOD FORM.
They Turn Out and Nominate
Henry Johns for State
Senator.
Senator Davis Partners Took
a Hand, but They We're
Beaten.
Democratic Candidates to Be
Named in Every District
Of the City.
Congressman Dunnell's Re-
publieanism Shown Up by
a Republican.

1t is hard to keep ''kid' Republican,
like good man. down. The truth of
this was wildly realized by Lawyer
Berryhill. ''Cordie'' Severance and
Frank Kellogg at the meeting of the
Fourth. Fifth and Sixth ward delegates
to the late Republican county conven-
ton held at the Metropolitan
hotel last evening, when Henry
Johns was nominated for the
state senate. When the anti-kid
element of the party had succeeded in
keeping Johns and his friends off the
county committee they supposed that
they had the youthful and enthusiastic
leader down, but late yesterday after
noon they were surprised to learn that
there was scheme on foot to nominate
Mr.. Johns for the senate in opposition
to Hon. Charles II. Lienau.
This intelligence alarmed the law
partners of the senior Minnesota sem
at0r. and they at once set out to defeat
Mr.. Johns. Proxies of delegates were
secured for gentlemen residing in other
diStricts-a notable case of this kind
being that of G. j. Berryhill, resident
OF the Seventh ward. and an ardent sup
porter of W. B. Dean. His non-resi-
deuce in the Twenty-siXth district did
not prevent Mr.. Berryhill coming into
the convention and working against the
convention making nomination. His
plea was:
Nominate Johns and Dean will be
Defeated
Frank Kellogg and ''Cordie" Sever
ance talked in the same strain, while
some of their workers haZarded the pre-
dictiOn that Johns nomination would
defeat the entire county ticket of the
Republicans. A significant fact in re-
gard to this was found in the fact that
the opposition to Johns nomination
came almost entirely from residents of
the Seventh ward, who are in
terested in securing the cleo
ton of w. B. Dean. nearly
all of whom were ready to admit that if
the Democrats of that district NOM
mated some man like Henry Michel or
A. p. HendrickSon against MIR. Dean,
the latter's defeat would be certain.
The fight, however, was long-drawn-
out affair, the session beginning at
little before O'Clock and lasting until
nearly II. About twenty-five delegates
were present when the ball COM
menced to roll. 1t didn't take
the convention long to decide
that it was ready to nominate
a candidate for senator and the ballot
ing commenced. Johns had clear ma
JOrity at the start, the vote standing Is
for him to 10 for G. FL. Lienau. Chair
man Chapel, of the state house. ruled
that as the convention was composed of
thirty-six delegates it would require
nineteen votes to nominate. This pro-
vOked a kick from the ''kid'' leaders,
but in the end they submitted and
started out messengers for absent dele
gates. Three more were obtained after
half dozen ballots had been taken, OH
each of which Johns gained. About
1880 tWenty-eight delegates were OBJ
tanned and the last ballot stood:
Henry Johns Observation-Disclosures.
Charles III. Lienau... Observation-Disclosures. q
Blank &
The doors were thrown open and the
nominee Invited i'll to address the con-
vention. He started out by remalking
that, had the nomination been given
him unanimously he would not hesitate
to give his answer at once, but under
the circumstances he would ask day
or two to think over it. The dele
gates who voted for Mr.. Lienau
were given several home-thrusts,
while the fair-haired attorney
eXpatiated on his devotion to the prin-
ciples of the Republican party. In
closing he said that he was certain
that if the Republicans of the Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth wards hung together
this year that wonder of 1889, a KID
Republican. would he elected member
OF the state senate from Ramsey county
in the year 1890.
One of the amusing incidents of the
convention was the proxy of Karl Sim
mon, the druggist, as welded by
I ~
ward. Mr.. Simmon was one of COM
mittee that waited on Johns and offered
him the nomination. Last evening Mr..
SimmOn was ill and unable to attend,
and Mr.. Berryhill acted for him and
the friends of w. B. Dean.
Will Johns accept the nomination?
Without a doubt. Both the RepubIi-
can organs will undoubtedly open their
batteries on him without delay, but this
Will only make the headstrong and
rather courageous attorney the more
anxious to make the fight. With all mis-
faults, Johns is d hard man to drive.
1.-THE nomination of Henry Johns,
this evening. against Charley Lie
nau, breaks the last straw" remarked
well-known Democrat, last evening,
land precipitates fight in all four of
lican members of the citizens commit
tee have failed to do their duty in this
matter, aud now they must take
the consequences. The bosses of that
party thought they had an opportunity
by breaking faith with the Democrats
to gain an extra senator and one or two
representatives; now they may lose all.
l do not believe that the citi-
Zens of Ramsey county will in
dorse the work of the bosses.
The Democratic county convention did
the manly thing when it Endorsed the
Citizens senatorial ticket. That ticket
contains two Democrats and two Repub-
llcanS-a fair division to both aparties,
and especially so to the Republicans.
when the fact is considered that this is
a Democratic county"
The HOkah Sun is only one of the half
dozen Staunch Republican papers in
Houston county that are doing noble
work for Capt. HarrieS, the Democratic
nominee for congress; but the heavy
blows it is delivering at DunneIIism are
worthy of note, and their effects will be
seen in the returns from '.oid Houston
in November. In this weeks issue of
the Sun Editor Hargreaves writes the
following editorial OH the subject of
DunnelliSm:
The man that can demand the support of
his party is the man that stands by his colors.
man that you can depend on, not the men
who from personal disappointment or defeat,
sulk, sore-headed in their tent
AT the Republican convention held at
Waseca i'll 1880, Hon. W. G.. Ward, afuer a
long and hot contest and numerous ballot
ings was elected by that convention as the
standard bearer of the Republican party in
congress, for this district Whatjn this case,
did Mark II. Dunnen do. he being promin-
ent candidate in that convention? He came
out as an Independent candidate in order to
defeat the regular Republican nominee
AT Rochester. in 1882, he was again a can
didate for congressional hOnors, but was de-
feated by Hon. Milo White, fairly and
squarely. What action did he take in this
case? Come out like a man and support the
regular nominee with voice and pen? Did
he in any way advance his cause or the in
terest of the Republican party during this
campaign? Not by any manner of means
Again in 1886. at the convention convened
in Kasson, this same NJ. Fl. Dunneil was
candidate defeated, after four days SEES
sion. by Hon. John A. Lovely Now, what
did Mark Ii. do on this occasion. did he pull
off his coat and go to work with will for
hal Dan hi -