St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-29

The North Star Democratic
Club Launched at Minneap-
oils Without Friction.
An Executive Committee tn
Have Charge of Organic
ing State Clubs.
The Committee Enlarged to
Seventy-SiX by Amending
the Constitution.
A Committee Of Conference
With the State Central
Committee Named.

ganizatiOn at the head of which is E.
". Durant. of Saltwater. 1t was named
yesterday. The executive committee
appointed by Mr.. Durant after the
meeting held last July in Window hall,
Minneapolis, met for the first time yes
terday. The meeting was called to
meet at the Nicollet house, MinneapO-
| lis, at 1920, a. N. Of course, the
meeting did not begin until after
II. This committee is made up
of six men from each con-
gressional dissional district and six at
large, making the total membership of
the committee 48. There were but 81
of the committeeman present when Sec
rotary Moody called the roll. They
kept coming in all day, and when the
afternoon session began there were not
less than 40 of them on hand. The most
prominent absentees were Mayor Smith,
of st. Paul; John Franck, of Leroy;
| Andrew French, of Plainville; John E.
Ostrum, of Warren. These gentlemen
all sent letters explaining that they
were in the heartiest sympathy with
| the movement, and advancing all sorts
| Ol GNCUSGS u dIOIl6 lOI IIIGlI dDSCiCGs
| few minutes after II O'Clock E. w.
Duraut led the way into the ladies' Or
binary of the Nicollet, took off his hat,
threw lone lightning glance, and an
! EOunced that the meeting come to order
| 1t came without the slightest hesitancy.
| There was no Sparring for an opening or
| anything like that. Business was be-
fore the house, and those men had come
together to difpost of that business.
| Chairman Durant made little speech.
outlining the objects of the meeting.
| T borough organization of Democracy
was the one aim of the aSSemblage, as
stated by the chairman. He was glad TO
| be able to congratulate the assembled
| Democrats on the suspicious signs of
! the times. Only two of the men APP
pointed by him to serve on the commit
| tee had declined the prOtfered honor.
| He did not say who they were.
His speech over the chairman de-
| clared the meeting open for the appoint
ment of a committee on permanent or
| ganiZation. Dan Lawler heightened his
form, peered through his gOld-rlmmed
| glasses, and suggested that the chair
man appoint committee of seven, one
from each congressional district. The
suggestion was we'll taken, and the fol-
| lowing named as that committees:
Dan Aberlee, Fourth district; Joseph
| Leicht, First district; P. B. Winston, Fifth
| district; Thomas Bowen, Sixth district; f.
| NJ. Pope, Second district; c. B. Anderson,
! Third district; George G.. E. Campbell, Sew
enth district.
Aberle, the chairman explained, was
| appointed at the instance of Mr.. Law
| Ter, otherwise Mr. LAWYER would have
| been the man. That was satisfactory.
| Then the following committee was
| named to draw up constitution and
| bylaws
W. W. Mayo first; W. P Remer sixth; D
B. johnson, fifth; B. f. Vorheis, second; H.
| j. PECK, third; D. W. Lawler, fourth; Il
| Baxter, seventh.
William Pitt Murray was named as
| the st. Paul representative on the com
| mttee. but he declined in favor of Dan
Lawler. After pleasant exchange OF
! complimentary speeches, Mr.. Lawler
| consented to serve. William Pitt
| Murray bobbed up with a motion. 1t
was to the effect that committee con-
sisting of the president of the club, Mr.
| Durant, Mayor E. A. Smith and four
| others to be named by the president, be
| appointed committee TO confer with
| the state central committee on the
| needs of Democracy and the best way
to organize the state. Judge Flan-
| drau seemed to gather a wrong impress
sion from this motion. He arose to
warn the committee against making
| any factional movement. Some people
| had an idea that this organization was
| in some way antagOnistic to the state
central committee. That caused Dan
| Aberle to declare himself.
81 want this thing understood" said
! he, This cfuD must not be for fac
| ton or for man, it must be for the
party. l see four or five members of
| the Democratic state central committee
| here, and | want to say that so far as it
| has gone it is not antagonistic to the
state central committee"
Aperle's sentiments were applauded.
| Mayor Winston came forward with a
| little horn of oil. He knew that the
Minneapolis Democrats were not in the
business of stirring up factiOnal fights.
| They were united. They were not OPP
| posed to anything but RepubIicanism.
| These few remarks had a good effect.
1t was evident that there was no room
for factionaI differences in the new Or
ganization. That matter was settled at
the outset. Murray's motion was then
adopted. There was no more business
until the committees reported so every
body went to dinner.
The committee on organization was
the first to report in the afternoon.
They simply recommend that the tenn
pOrary organization be made permanent.
Tine report of the committee on constItu-
ton and bylaws came next The first
clause was the one awaited with inter-
est. 1t read:
The name of the club shall be the North
Star Democratic club. The officers of the
the club, who shall also constitute its ex-
ecutive committee. shall consist of a presi-
dent, seven vice presidents tone for each
congressional district of the state). a secre-
tary and a treasurer aud six from each con-
gressional district and six at large
The constitution as reported left the
number of executive committeeman the
same as decided at the meeting in July,
viz. six in each congressional district
and six at large. As announced in the
GLOBE several days ago, there was
feeling among the Minneapolis Demo-
Gratis that the Fifth district committee
should be larger. Joe Jepson moved that
the committee in the Fifth be increased
to ten. That raised roar from some of
the other gentlemen. The matter was
discussed in all its phases, and the
result was the adoption of an
amendment to the constitution plac-
ing the membership of the execu-
tive committee at ten in each con-
gressional district and six at large, or
seventy-six in all? Fifteen committee
members shall constitute a quorum.
Each district delegation will select the
additional four members of the district
committee, and the president will con-
firm their appointment. Each district
will also select vice president of the
general organization. This executive
committee of seventy-six men will hold
monthly meetings on the first Monday
of each month. No meeting will be
held in September, however. The first
will come on the first Monday in Octo-
har and will "a in NIiOnp1nOtIS
On William Pitt Murray'S suggestion
the president and the secretary were
ordered to prepare circular letter set
ting forth the objects and the ambitions
of the organization.
Before adjournment the president an
nounced that the committee of confer
ence with the state central committee
will be composed of President E. w.
Durant. Saltwater; Mayor 2. B. Wins
tOn MinnaaDOIiS: Mayor r. A Smith