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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
MATTsoN DOwNED.
F. B. Brown Nominated for Sec
rotary Of State.

f. B. Brown Nominated for Sec
rotary Of State.
H. w. Donaldson, of Kittson county.
nominated Col. Mattson for secretary of
state-a proposition seconded in various
parts of the hail.
S. P. Child. Of Faribault, nominated
F. B. Brown. He claimed that his
county should have some representa-
ton, while his nominee deserved recog
milton at the hands of the Republican
party. There were host of seconders.
T. F. Knappen, of Hennepin, on be-
half of that delegation, Endorsed
Browns nomination. Hennepin had
no candidates for any Office, and Mr..
Knappen declared that Southern Mime
sofa should be recognized by the NOM
nation of Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. Donaldson jumped up eXcitedly
and declared that Col. Mattson was not
Hennepin man. He had no property
in Hennepin; his property laid in the
district demanded recognition. and he
warned the convention not to ignore
their demands.
Loud misses and cries of ''Sit down!'
greeted this declaration. Mr.. Donald
son attempted to proceed, but the con-
ventiOn would not allow him, and amid
renewed Kisses he was forced to re-
sumo his seat.
An attempt was made to adjourn.
Col. Mattson's friends were fearful Of
his defeat, especially in the face of Mr..
Donaldson's bad break. But the dele
gates would have no adjournment. and
by an overwhelming vive voce vote de-
feated the adjournment move. The roll
call was taken as follows.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
MORE OR LESS STRANGE.

The census enumeration at NewtoWn,
Conn.,, shows a loss of GA since 1880.
A servant at Fall River, Mass, who
saved from her pay from one family the
sum of $1,000.
The special policemen in New York,
who for the most part are on duty in
banks and large stores, will be required
after Aug. to wear uniforms OF gray
cloth with red trimmings.
A property owner of Augusta, Me-,
is to bring suit against the city for loss
by fire, which he attributes to the in
ability of the fire department to reach
his factory through streets torn up for
sewer work.
Abraham Lincoln was arrested in
Newark, N. j., last Tuesday for drunk
enness and begging beer money ON the
street. 1t TRANSFERRED in the police court
that he was born in County Cork, Ire
land. sixty years ago, and served
through the civil war, being wounded in
three different battles. Three fingers of
one hand were shot off. Justice Rod
rigO, who is veteran, let the prisoner
loft, and babe him leave the town.
! Judge Kinyon, of Plankinton, s. D.,
lis the sole owner of a peculiar town
,tsite. Three years ago two prairie dogs
took up their abode in the judges pas
ture. Being the first he had ever seen
fhe would not allow the boys to kill them.
RThey laid out town, which has ever
since been on continual boom, and at
ia census taken the other day it was
found that the population has now
reached fully 500.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
JONES FROZEN OUT.
A Sop to Allay the Rage Of Dis
gruntIed Swedes.

A Sop to Allay the Rage Of Dis
gruntled Swedes.
The convention was becoming very
boisterous and the agents of the Flynn
Buckman-McGuire combination were
everywhere urging the nomination of
c. P. Holcombe, of Washington, for
clerk Of the supreme court, when the
chairman announced that nominations
for this Office were in order. John
Wait, of Todd county, named j. w.
Jones. This nomination was seconded
by r. ID. Russell, who, as an attorney,
mentioned the fact that Mr.. Jones, on
account of his rare qualifications for the
office and the excellent manner in
which he had conducted it, was the
choice of the lawyers of the state. He also
mentioned the fact that the judges of
the supreme court had requested his
denomination.
Darius f. Reese, lately assistant city
attorney, gained the floor, and, as usual,
commenced an offensive speech. The
judges of the supreme court, though all
but one are eminent Republicans, were
insulted and told to mind their own
and pictured how disgruntled the
PWSUIoh VOtCio VI eiiO CtutC WSiSs iiiu
said that they could be brought into
line only by the gift of this office.
Charles P. Holcombe, of Saltwater,
was thorough American, having come
to this country when only six years
of age, but yet he argued that
he was Swedish enough to capture the
votes of the people of this race for the
entire ticket.
This speech angered P. E. Brown, of
Rock county. who declared that fitness
and not nationality ought to control the
convention in a matter of this kind.
Bob Dunn, fairly choking with rage,
now gained recognition, and declared
that Jones had been a faithful official.
The convention had not raised the ma
tionality cry on Merriam, Clapp or Bob
Letter, and now was cowardly enough to
try to strike down Jones because he
was poor. 81 want to sWear-I
can't talk" said he in con-
clusion. P. E. Nelson, Scandinavian
delegate from Mobiles, got up at this
time and raised the roof when he asked
if the convention thought that the
SwedeS of the state were Republicans
only for the offices. On behalf of
southwestern Minnesota he Endorsed
Mr.. Jones' nomination. Gen. Cole next
placed P. W. Wildt in nomination and
the call of counties commenced. After
the voting had proceeded several coun-
ties, Weldt's name was withdrawn in
favor of Holcombe. The vote was:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
FLYNN is SLY.

A Combine Which Lets Mcclure
in for State Auditor.
The evening session was ruled en-
tirely by combinations and the nation
atty cry.
When the convention finally reas-
sembled at Armory hall it required con-
siderable pounding by Chairman Rice
to secure even semblance of order. and
so it was nearly, if not quite, $50
o'clock when the chair announced that
it was ready for business.
proceeded to tell the convention that
the Republican party had reached a
crisis in its history, and that if repre-
sentative from the ''Snow-elad hills of
Sweden" was not placed on the ticket
it would go to the demnitfon bow-wows.
He for one was even willing to sacrifice
his own candidate for the good of the
party-a great concession, to be sure.
considering the fact that he and Flynn
had several hours earlier made deal
with Mcclure by which the latter was
to be nominated and Flynn and Buck
man were-well. the other terms of the
deal may come out later. Buchanan
then tramped all over the Hennepin
delegation, intimating that the MEM
bers of it desired to ruin the party.
This aroused the ire of that dignified
old gentleman, G. Ell. Petit, who in
quired what had gone wrong.
II was of the idea that we had so far
nominated an excellent ticket" said he
sareastieaIly. perhaps the gentleman
will tell us what is the matter with it."
A motion was made and carried to
proceed to ballot for auditor and the
chairman declared that nominations
were in order. o. l.. Cutter, of Anoka,
was nominated by Henry Johns, of
Ramsey, seconded by A. 81. Hall, of
Hennepin, and many others. P. j. Nc
CURE, of Polk county, was named
by Andrew Evans. of Crookston. and
seconded by everybody in the Fifth dis
triet. Buchanan nominated Flynn
which met with very chilly reception
so chilly that even the astute Buck
man saw that even the dullest delegates
were onto his scheme. and he shortly
after withdrew MIR. Flynn sin the inter
ests of P. J. Mcclure" This was done
to defeat Cutter, and it accomplished its
purpose. c. A. Whited, of OImstead,
was placed in the field by Delegate
Thayer, of Fillmore, in powerful
speech, asking that the First district be
given a show, and Jergen Simmons, Of
Swift county, was also entered. This
completed the nominations, and the bal
loting commenced. Simmons was also
Withdrawn and Mcclure won by the
following vote:
P. j. Mcclure >. Observation-Disclosures. 261
y. L Cutter ---.-----10J
c. A. Whited 49, 81
The nomination of Mr.. Mcclure was
made unanimous.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
HORRORS OF A BURNING SHIP.
The Crew OF the Egypt Tell of Her
Destruction.

LONDON, July 24.-The oil steamer
Manhattan arrived at Dover to-day and
the crew OF the Egypt was landed in
boats. They were greeted by large
crowd of spectators and friends, and
the scene was an exciting one. The
stories Of the survivors of the disaster
were eagerly listened to. 1t appears
that the fire broke out at 10 o'clock on
the night of the nth. 1t was discOv-
cred by fireman in the starboard coal
bunker, who promptly gave the alarm,
and the men were ordered to the
hose and pumps. They behaved in an
orderly manner throughout the trying
blaZed fercely, and the fire continued to
spread. There seemed to be no chance
of escape. and the prospect was most
gloomy one. Many of the cattle OH
board were suffocated in the stalls.
Numbers of others were terribly burned
before breaking loose and rushing over
board. The believing of the suffering
animals was horrible. At o'clock, when
the men were nearly exhausted and the
fire had complete possession of the
steamer, the German vessel Gustav
Oscar, of Hamburg, bore down up0nthe
Egypt, and there was great rejoicing
among the hre-beSieged crew. SIX OF
the Egypts boats were lowered, and
by 8 o'clock all the crew had been
safely transferred to the Gustav Oscar,
whence they watched the burning
Egypt until noon. There should have
been eight boats on the Egypt. Some
of the crew say two boats were dam
aged by the fire, and had to be aban-
dOned, while others claim that the
steamer was two boats short. The men
had suffered terribly from smoke, heat
and Overwork before help arrived. They
are now being cared for in the comfort
able Sailors home. and will proceed to
London tomorrow When the Man.
haitian approached the Egypt she
saw the Gustav Oscar giving
signals of distress. The ninety
FIVE men taken from the Egypt
were crowded on her decks with
hardly room to stand and the vessel was
almost sinking. The Manhattan quickly
lowered her boats and transferred the
sufferers to her own deck. All the
Egypt's crew speak in high praise of
the accommodations and treatment
aboard the Manhattan. According to
the official statement in regard to the
burning of the steamer the fire origin
ated in bales of cotton over the boilers.
The fire soon damaged the pumps so as
to greatly impair their usefulness.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
THE STORY OF A DAY.

! Peter Jackson sails for Australia on Satur-
day.
Minnesota Republicans renominate Gov.
Merriam.
Semper Fidele wins the Ladies' stakes at
Hamline.
Twenty miles of railway track is washed
out near Denver.
An old will made by Andrew j. Davis in
1866 turns up at Butte.
Many Minnesotans become Chautauqua
literary circle graduates at Waseca.
The Minneapolis census conspirators are
discharged and Immediately rearrested.
The Luriines win the senior tours and the
Mnnesotas he senior doubles at Duluth. -
QOmaha, Minneapolis Denver and Kansas
City win the Western association games.
The Minneapolis Educational Endowment
association has warm time III discussing its
affairs.
Wisconsin Catholic journals take excep-
lions to Archbishop Ireland's address to the
National Educational association.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
DIG AT THE GOVERNOR.
The Convention Closes With the
Usual Motion and Cheers.

usual MOEIOn ana CneerS.
In the midst of the confusion which
followed the announcement of the
nomination of MIR. HolcOmbe, Allen j.
Greer, of Wabasha, moved that the
chair be authorized to appoint a state
central committee, to consist of one
member from each judicial district and
five at large.
The Fillmore delegation had the fol-
lowing resolution read:
Whereas By far the greater portion OF the
delegates usually chosen to represent the
people in county convention is from the
farming elemeut and
Whereas, The calling Of state convention
so early in the season as the present, being
at a time when such q class OF our citizens
can least afford 10 spare day for the attend
ance OH county conventions, called for the
purpose of eleeting delegates to the state
convention thereby imposing upon them an
expensive and unnecessary burden; therefore
be 1t
Resolved, That the Republican state cen.
trail committee be and is hereby instructed
to call the next state convention at q date
not earlier than September D.
Allen j. Greer protested that such
resolution was out of order; that the
committee having charge of calling of
the convention was competent to decide
the question. He moved the tabling of
the resolution.
The proposition received score of
secenders, and prevailed with the con-
vention.
Thanks were accorded Chairman Rice
for his conduct in the chair. Gov. Rice
responded, declaring it to have been the
most orderly convention he had at
tended for twenty years.
The convention broke up about 1890
D. m, with cheers for Coy. Rice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
.NOT GUHTY"

There was a suggestive wall decora-
ton of the convention hall yesterday.
At the time the Republican delegates
were called to order portrait of BEN
JANIIN HARRISON hung against the side
of the proscenium. while just little
further back against the wall was sus-
pended piece of stage paraphernalia
which the stage decorators had forgot
ten to remove, and which bore upon it
in big, black letters the familiar GRIM
inal court motto mot Guilty."
This latter piece of decoration was
unintentional, but none the less appro-
pirate and suggestive. 1t signifies what
every one knows to be truth, that the
Republican party is on the defensive.
Under the HARRISON administration the
party has veered around from old-time
attitude of aggression to one of apology
and explanation. The principal work
of the convention in Market hall yester-
day was to apologize for the mistaken
policy adopted by the HARRISON
regime. And from this time forth until
election day all the Republican speakers
and the whole Republican press in
Minnesota will be busy with apologies
for the MCKINLEY bill and the silver
law, and the federal elections bill; and,
in fact, for everything that has been
done under the HARRISON administra-
ton.
Mot Guilty." will be the burthen of
the campaign cry this year. A party
that starts into the campaign on the de
fensive is justly the subject of popular
suspicion. The plea Of not guilty is not
usually entered until the criminal has
been arraigned at the bar of justice. In
anticipation of this arraignment the Re-
publicans of Minnesota have made a
formal entry of the plea in advance of
the campaign. 1t is forced from their
lips by the consciousness of guilt and
the dread of punishment.
If ever party has been guilty of
betrayal of public trust and confidence
1t has been the Republican party. Gen.
COLE and his associates went about the
state two years ago telling the voters
that if the Republican party were re-
stored to power it could be relied on to
revise and reform the tariff. How has
that promise been kept? The McKIN-
LEY bill tells the tale.
Now, when the Republican leaders
are arraigned on charge of perfidy,
they plead "not guilty. and attempt to
exculpate themselves by saying that
there are two ways of revising the tariff,
one upward, the other downward. By
the MCKINLEY bill they have proceeded
to revise it on the upward scale, and
now have the effrontery to claim that
they have kept their promise to the peo-
pie.
The plea of mot guilty. will not save
them this time. The evidence is over
wnelming against them. and when the
verdict is returned at the polls in No
vember the punishment will be made
to fit the crime.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
THE MACHINE MoGUL.

The machine was we'll oiled and ran
smoothly, consequently the convention
did its business in business-like way.
The business of the convention was to
nominate the ticket that had been
slated all along, and the delegates who
had been selected with special refer
ence to this work performed their con-
tract to the letter. So far from being a
representative body the convention was
largely made up of offieeholders under
the present state administration, and of
those who have promises to be made
officeholders in case the present gov
ernor is reelected.
The only break in the slate was the
failure to get State Senator CLoUGH on
the ticket as candidate for lieutenant
governor, fact that was entirely due 10
the obstinacy of the Hennepin county
delegation in their refusal to support
any m an who was in the MERRIAM COM
bine. To have forced CLoUGH on the
convention in defiance of his own
county delegation would have been bad
politics.
1t is unnecessary to say much of the
personnel of the ticket. 1t is as re-
spectacle an outputaS could be expected
from the machine grind. The head of
the ticket has been before the public for
two years, and his official acts speak for
themselves. ''He is the flower of his
class" A polished gentleman in social
life, a money getter of the modern
type, politician of the machine school,
there is no reason to suppose that the
nominee for governor is in touch with
the common people. Nor is it Unnecessary
that he should be in order to be leader
in Republican politics. Appropriately
enough, Gov. MERRIAM was nominated
by the leading railway attorney OF the
state, and his platform was drafted by
the same skiIlful hands.
The platform is skillful expediency
dodge from beginning to end. 1t Is as
cowardly as it is insincere. 1t leaves
the two issues which are foremost in
the public mind untouched, and on all
other questions makes straddle I'M
worthy of any party asking for popular
support. 1t didn't have the moral eour-
age to either approve or assail the Nc
KINLEY bill, but undertook to play the
assassin by Stabbing it in the back with
resolution approving Mr.. BLAINE's
reciprocity notions. The supreme court
decision in the Minnesota milk case is
not referred to directly or indirectly /;
nor is this surprising, since a railway
attorney drew up the platform and the
representatives of various corporations
adopted it. The remainder of the plat
form is made up with the stereotyped
promises that have been given by Re
publican conventions for the last ten
years without the least sign yet OF their
fulfillment.
There was minority in the conven-
ton who clamored for better things
than they got, but whose voice was
stified by turn of the machine screw.
Mr.. EUsTIs' earnest and eloquent APP
peal to the delegates to lift themselves
for once out of the rut of ring politics
and to follow honest convictions was
lost upon a crowd two-thirds of whom
were men under contract to perform a
certain job. Conscience and patriotism
are in no sense elements of machine
politics,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
A SOP TO THE SWEDES.
The Defeat of Mr.. Jones Regretted
by the Legal Fraternity.

sop muSt De cast 10 The SWe0eS.
This was the howl of the Merriam
cappers from the close of the afternoon
session Of the Republican state eonven-
ton up to the commencement of the
evening session IN the armOry. 1t had
for its object the defeat OF Col.
j. d. Jones, the present efficient
clerk of the supreme court,
and it was successful, for Mr.. Jones
was defeated by vote of Psi for Charles
p. Holcomb, of Saltwater, to pol for
himself, and this, too, in spite of the
fact that all the judges of the supreme
court had united in request for Mr..
Jones' denomination, and the further
fact that it is position requiring the
services of a trained lawyer. Mr.. Jones'
long legal practice particularlyftted him
to perform the duties of the Office, and
explains why lawyers from every por-
ton of the state were found working
for his denomination. The lawyers and
the judges of the supreme court had
enough of the politician in that office
during the long regime of Sam Nichols,
when it was impossible to find it other
wise than crowded with ward polite
ians. and this was exactly why they
asked that Mr.. Jones be retained.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-25
WILL 1T EAT CROW.

If the Minneapolis Tribune is as hon
est to-day as il was yesterday, it will
repudiate botil-the ticket and the plat
form put forth by the Republican state
convention. LII word of warning to
the convention in yesterdays issue the
: Tribune said:
IT is the business Of the convention to-day
In its adoption of platform and in its selec-
ton of candidates to put the Republican
party in its best possible light before the peo-
pie of the state. If it cannot maintain its
position as an honesthearted and intelligent
party of the people it must inevitably go
down. III it plays fast and loose in its plat
form with doctrines and policies, in order to
catch all sorts and conditions of men, it will
deserve the distrust and dislike of frank,
outspoken men. Ii this Minnesota Repub-
lican convention shall be afraid as some of
its predecessors have BEEN to stand Irmly
upon the wel-eStablished doctrines OF the
national party, it will be fairly open to the
derision of its opponents.
The Australian ballot system is going to
conduee to greater independence in voting,
and the people are less reliable partisans than
formerly. The Republican majority in Min
nesota is not so certain thing that it can be
calculated upon without reference to NOM
nations or platform The Republican party
must be run in no private or clique interests
if it would hold its own in Minnesota.
The Tribune swarning was of no avail.
The convention did the very things the
Tribune urged it not to do.
1t was run in private or clique inter
estS.
1t played loose and fast in its plat
form with doctrines and policies in
order to catch all sorts and conditions of
men, and consequently deserves the
distrust ard dislike of frank, out
spoken men.
1t was afraid. as some of its prede-
. cessGrs were, to stand firmly upon the
well-estabIshed doctrines of the ma
tional Republican party.
AS matter of fact, there is no Re-
publican party in Minnesota. There is
the Democratic party, the Alliance
party, the Prohibition party, and a pri-
vate clique which has stolen the name
Republican for selfish purposes. But
there is no Republican party which
dares to stand up for Republican prin-
ciples.
Not one word was said yesterday in
the way of an Endorsement of HARRI-
SON or of the MCKINLEY bill, and not a
single commentator for the Republican
congressman who supported all the adj
ministration measures, including the
MCKINLEY bill, a federal election law,
and the restriction of silver coinage.
The private clique who are sailing under
Republican colors in this state don't
think it good politics to stand on Re-
publican platform, so they borrowed
planks from the Alliance and from the
Democrats to make boat to sail in.
There is not valid reason why Re-
publican should owe allegiance to
either the ticket or the platform put
forth by yesterdays convention. By its
cowardly evasion of declaration of
principles on the foremost issues of the
day the convention forfeited public re-
spect and popular confidence.
And if the Tribune is as honest to-day
as it was yesterday 1t will say so.