St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-27
PERFECT MANAGEMENT.
F1etcher's Nomination Drama
Had Been Carefully Rehearsed.

Fifth district Republicans seemed in
hurry to have their little congressional con-
showed up at Harmonic promptly. 1t was
but few minutes after 10 O'Clock
when Robert Jamison blew the whistle
for the ascension of the curtain. 1t
assembled and Frank NJ. .Nye was chosen
stage manager by reclamation. Mr.. Nye is q
stickler for the observance of the customs of
the political stage, SO he began his
reign with a harangue, devoted almost en-
tirely TO congralulating Hennepin county
upon having attained the dignity of being
separate congressional district. That done,
T. S. Dickey and c. j. Minor, respectively
candidates for city, comptroller and
county auditor, subject to the de-
they say on their business cards, were
elected as prompters, called by courtesy Sec
retaries. Doc Brazie had the first speech
After it the usual committees were APP
pointed. No contests were reported by the
credentials committee. The committee on
resolutions reported this platform, as a bit of
by-play, platform that shows a striking
tendency toward Democracy. barring the
first sentence or so:
The Republicans of the Fifth congressional
district of Minnesota, in convention assem-
bled, renew their pledge of fealty to the
principles of the national Republican party,
as declared by the Minneapolis convention
and guarantee united and hearty sup
port of the candidates of that conven-
ton. We rejoice that the time approaches
when Hennepin county will no longer be
msrepresented in congress by one who after
election no longer knows the geographical
location of our chief city, and that he will
soon give place TO one of our own citizens
who will devote his energies to the upbuild-
Ing of our district and to such measures as
will be for the prosperity of all our citizens
We especially urge the adoption by the
national congress of legislation for tn e
property, lives and righ's of those least able
to protect themselves, both in the North and
in the South; of laws forbldding the labors
Of children and tenement-house labor; of
more stringent legislation to abolish trusts
and monopolles aud of laws effectually pro-
hibiting the immigration of paupers crimi-
nails and contract labor.
We believe that the laws should be en-
forced by the legally constituted agents of
the law: no private armies should be allowed
to exist within the United States.
The fat parts III this drama fell to Capt
S. P. Snicer, r. g. Evans and William Henry
Eustis. Snider nominated Loren Fletcher
for congressman in speech that
was remarkable only for filings at
81. Paul. incidentally he mentioned that
Loren Fletcher should be nominated because
he was an old settler Bob Evans look al
most the same line as did Snider although
the author of the play had given him lines
swelling with more rhetoric. William
Henry Eustis followed. and he in turn
| raped St. Paul. The speeches over,
FLETCHER was nominate by ACCLAIM alton
While he was being hunted up motion was
| adopted pledging the congressional conven-
| ton to the support of C. X. Davis as his own
| successor in the senate, and the chairman was
| empowered to appoint congressional com
mittee of seven. BY this time Fletcher had
| been found He made stereotyped speech
| thanking everybody for nominating him be.
| cause he was an old settler. Then the cur
| tam was rung down. They called it adjourn
ment sine die.