St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-27
HARMONY COMES HIGH
But the Politicians Of Still
water Do Not Seem to
Want II.
Fruitless Attempt at Fusion
Between the Municipal
Statesmen.
E. W. Durant Unanimously
Nominated by the Demo-
Gratis for Mayor.
Investigation of Steward H.
W. Knapp, Of the Roehes-
ter Asylum.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
SALTWATER, March 26.-The dele
gates chosen by Democrats ami Repub-
licans at the caucuses Thursday even
ing met in separate rooms at the city
hall this afternoon, and both parties
nominated committee OF five each to
get together for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether or not they would go
into Joint convention and nominate the
present incumbentS for the offices Of
mayor and city treasurer. The spirit of
the committees in joint assembly seemed
to be in favor of such mode Of pro-
cedure, and the committees reported to
their respective conventions that
they had agreed to hold a joint
convention. The joint conven-
tion was called, and Orris E.
Lee was chosen chairman, and w. c..
Masterman was elected secretary. So
far the convention was in perfect har-
mOnv. but when motion was made to
renominate Hon. e. w. Durant for
mayor and A. c. Hospes for treasurer.
leaving the offices of aldermen vacant
until after the convention adjourned,
a decided split ensued, and motion
was made by one of the Democratic del
egates TO adjourn. The motion was
seconded and carried. and the parties
went into separate conventions. /. Z.
Kitty was chosen chairman OF
The Democratic Convention,
and r. W. McGarry was chosen secre-
tarv. The first business to come before
the body was the nomination of a can
didate for mayor. and upon motion &.
w. Durant was nominated unanimously
by a standing vote. The chair then APP
pointed a committee of two from each
ward to decide upon candidate
for the Office of city treasurer
pointed: First ward, Joseph Wolf. j.
T. Barron; Second ward, DR.. w. e.
Voigt. Gus Sexton proxy for George
Sullivan: Third ward, NJ. w. Murray
and w. q. Bronson Jr. The committee
was instructed to decide upon nom
| inee before tomorrow morning. SeV-
eral possible candidates were spoken of.
among them James w. Foley, p. E.
Burke and John h Burke. The dele
gates from the various wards then de-
cided upon the following nominees for
aldermen: First ward, James Goo i
man: Second ward, Gus Sexton; Third
ward. j. j. StinsOn. The convention
thereupon adjourned. Orris E. Lee and
w. Q. MaSterman were continued as
chairman and secretary. respectively,
in the Republican convention. and that
| body proceeded TO business. The fol-
lowing committee of two from each
ward was appointe6 and authorized to
decide upon candidates for the offices of
Mayor and Treasurer:
First ward. Albert Drew. OTIS Staples;
Second ward, f. b. Yates, Frank Raj
ter: Third ward. E. Reed and F. L. NC
KuSick. Their appointments will prob
ably not be made until after the Aili-
ance convention is held.
The Republican nominees for alder
men from the different wards are as fol-
lows: First ward, P. n. Peterson;
Second ward, j. b. Sutton; Third ward,
II. l.. Foster. 1t is a matter of conjec-
ture as to who will be nominated by the
Republicans for the Office of mayor,
although it is conceded by some that
Fred Scott, if nominated for the position
of mayor by the Alliance, will be in
dorsed by the Republicans, providing
a. c. Hospes, their candidate for treas
urer, is in turn indOrsed by the Ali-
ance. From now on fight of no small
proportions seems to be at hand. and as
all of the parties nominated are prom
inent the fight will be an interesting
one. The only thing which brought on
the split between the Democrats and
Republicans at the joint convention
was that they could not agree upon
their nominees for aldermen.