St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-12
Steps Being Taken to Dis
solve the Only Republican
Club in the City. ="
Charges That Some OF the
Enjoys" Are Gambling i'm
the Club Rooms. ns
All the Prominent Members
Sign a Petition for It's i,a
Wind-Up. "a
Treasurer Lamb Starts an OBJ
position Paper With Poor q ,l
Success. Il

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The Union League, the Republican
club which started out with such a
fourlsh of trumpets hardly year ago,
will soon be no more. The luxurious
and handsomely fitted quarters on the
third floor of the Endicott will, in the
course of a few days, be Quilted of all
their fine furniture, which will be dis
posed OF and the proceeds, if there are
any, divided among the members.
81 For long time, almost from the Or
ganization of the club. differences have
existed which could not be harmoniZed,
and since the late election things have
gone from bad to worse, until the only
officer who has taken an interest in the
CLUB or visited the rooms was the treas
urer. George Lamb, who is not a
very great fayorite with such men
as Fred G. Ingersoll, President
Sanborn and Secretary M. w. Fitzger-
aid. I eSterday. however, the affairs of
the club reached a climax. and two petf-
lions were started out among the men,
bers. One asked Tor winding up of
the affairs Of the club, and the other ia.
vored the maintainance of the organiza-
ton. The latter was not particularly,
popular. and, it is said. bore only
| Two signatures, when the shades of
night began to fall yesterday. Thu
first one bold enough to place himself
on record as favoring the continuance
OF the organization was George lamb.
the treasurer. The second and last was
f. nj. Kuby. who, it is charged, signed
because of his personal friendship for
MIR. Lamb.
The first petition fayoring the disSo-
luton of the club was more favorably
received, and was signed by upwards.
of 80 per cent of the members of the or
ganization up to last evening. Among
The slgners nearly all of
The Prominent Republicans
of the city. who allied themselves with
the organization one short year ago, are
to be found. Some Of the men who
think the Union league has outlived its
usefulness, young as it is, follow:
President Walter Ii. Sanborn Secretary NJ.
W. Fitzgerald, Frederick Drisco1l. George
Thompson, Hon. F. q. IngersolI, GOV. ". r.
Merriam. State Treasurer Joseph Bobletef.
Aid. ID. NJ. Sullivan, State Committeeman W3
j. Freaney. Senator Elect Hiram T. Stevens
Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court j. D.
Customs; NJ. +. Propping, Deputy State
Auditor Harry Griswold, Col. j. W. Jones.
w. P. Jewett and host OF others qnite as
prominent and influential.
But why are things thuso
The causes leading to this movement
on the part of such men as President
Sanbern, Col. Bobleter. NJ. ". Fitzgert
aid and others are not hard to divine.
When the club was organized that fac
ton of the local Republican party
known as the kids leaped to the
front, quite to the disgust of the older
and better element of the party. The
latter stood the antics of Henry Johns.
George Lamb and the balance OF
that clique for a time. and were
occasionally found attending the meet.
ingSOf the club. After election, how
ever, when there was no longer any
fear of this element at the polls, the
Sanborns, the 1ngerSollS and all the
others who signed the petition favoring
the winding up of the affairs of the
Union league, suddenly ceased visiting
the headquarters in the Endicott But
this did not affect the ''b'hoys." who if
all reports be true. have been using the
rooms of the club for
Other Than Political
| purposes. These reports reaching the
ears of the better element, decided them
to take action, and Yesterday the move
| ment was commenced which will soon
end the Union League OF st. Paul. One
of the members who fayors this diSSUlu-
ton, in speaking of the matter last
evening. said:
For some time past the rooms of the club
in the Endicott have been used for leafing
place for George Lamb, Henry Johns and
their associates. Card-playing has been their
| PRINCIPAL amusement, and they have carried
n
| the members ut the club do not care 10 IN
! dorse by remaining members of the organi-
] Zation. All the better element favor dis
| banding now, and giving up our rooms
| Two years must elapse before another cam
| paign will be fought, and so this dissolution.
| cannot damage the party. Of course mis-
! take was made at the organization of the
club. Had certain section been denied ad-
mission. presume everything would now be
| going along alright, but as Things are now.
! the only thing left for us to do,
is to wind up the affairs, Of the
club and quit. OF course this policy snoi
, favored by Lamb, Johns and that crowd
/ who are enjoying themselves at the club
| rooms, but they cannot prevent the breaking
| up OF the club. understand Lamb has got
! out an opposition petition, but it will not be
! very largely signed and you can give it out.
cold that 1t is only a matter OF a few days IN
til the Union League will be thing of the
past"
The late campaign is cutting some
though there is no doubt whatever that
the club. as originally organized, was
not likely to be very iong-lived. But
no end of
bad Feeling Was Created
by the conduct of many of the members
of the Union league in the late cam
paign. Treasurer George W. Lamb, of
the Union league, was the chairman ef
Capt. Snider'S congressional committee,
and is blamed for the large adverse
majority in Ramsey county. When he
was supposed to be fixing" Ramsey
county he is said to have been doing moth
| ing. He. as well as Henry Johns, were
| not in sympathy with the Ram
Sey county Republican committee,
and the latter even boosted
publican on the county ticket who was
successful was ''friend of the kids.n
This man was, of course, Sheriff Ed 5.
/ an. Ever since the disastrous city
campaign Of last spring the kids" have
been in bad odoT with the majority
| OF the Union league members. This
was demonstrated in the appointment
of the Republican county committee by
Hon. f. G. 1ngersoil last September,
when he quietly Sheived Johns, Lamb
Reese and all the rest Of that clique. 1t
was supposed lilab tiley were allU0WneQ
at that time, but to the intense disgust
of almost everybody Capt. Snider took
up Mr.. Lamb and made him the
chairman of the congressional commit
tee of this district, where he was ac-
cused of using his influence against the
local Republican ticket in this county.
1t is very pretty row, and when it is
over the kids" will be minus loaf
ing place." the ''other fellows" will be
on top again. and the Union leagueof
st. Paul will be thing of the past.
Considerable hard cash has been in
vested in fitting up the handsome quar-