St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-19
The Harmony Conference a
Laughable Failure. as
Had Been Predicted.
Friends Of Lieut.. Gov. Ives
Submit Fair Propositions
That Fail.
Nelson Men Keep Under
Cover, and There Will Be
:. Warm Primaries.
Representative Roach De-
clines to Be a Candidate
for Governor.

The conference meeting of the Ram
sey county Republicans was not a model
of harmony, and good will. The de-
mards of the McGiIl people were the
principal bone of contention. Those de-
mands involved the surrender of the
ceunty to the gentleman from st. An
thony
While there was at least an apparent
suppositiOn on the part of the Ives peo-
pie 10 yield to the McGill people at the
outset. evidently Oh the assumption that
McGill was not likely to be candidate
in any eyent--the diplomatic methods
to use mild form of expression--of II.
i. Williams finally aroused the antipathy
of those who were Willing TO coneede
much. to McGiil OH the ground
that he is a resident OF
Ramsey county. Williams apparently
Thought he could do everything possible
to embarrasS the progress of events and
still hold what he considered to be a
'.sinch' on the situation, but subsequent
events showed that he had gone step
or two too far. For instance, he claimed
that he and his friends had no right to
commit anybody, and that therefore
they could only listen to what the. others
had to suggest and submit the result TO
Or other.
The ball opened yesterday morning at
about 10 o'clock by Gebhard Willrlch
taking the chair. Then a MeGill man
saiti that he would like TO hear from Mr..
Costello, who had not been in attend
ance at Fridays conference, as ne was
, Il strong Ives man. The newspaper
man responded by saying tnat he de-
sired to secure Ives election;
that lie was satisfied that Ives
could carry the county. but that
his friends seemed SO anxious to
promote harmony in the county he
would waive his predictions and agree,
Ill the interest of harmony, that all uR-
instructed delegation should 60 to the
convention embodying the leading rep
reSentative Republicans of the county.
: Costello was evidently satisfied that If
1t were question OF representative Re-
pubilcans Ives was winner. The meet
ing gave the amplest indication of the
correctness of his views. 1t was made
up this way. Ives was represented by
MeSsrs. OZmun, Sumbardo. Willrich and
Costello. while the great uminstructed,"
supposedly for Nelson. were composed
OF w. J. Freaney. Harris Richardson,
g. E. Keller, DIR. MacNamarra and Col.
l.istoe, the first four having personal
being Nelson Norwegian.
There was considerable ''Sparrlng for
wind'' after this. Somebody came to
the front with proposition that'it be
the sense of the meeting that in the in
terest OF harmony the delegation be di-
vlded into three parts. This was beaten.
1t was then proposed that it be agreed
that an equitable arrangement be de-
cided upon by the delegation being di-
vided into three parts. tine third part be-
ing given in recognition of the outside
candidates. including Nelson. This was
agreed to, and then the question arose
with several conferrees thought rea-
sonable proportion for 'the field"
against the two leading candidates. Ives
and McGill. There was good deal of
diplomacy wasted OH this subject, and
MIR. Williams succeeded in putting him.
self at odds and ends with almost every
body i'll the conference. He had been
travelling in a circle, always get
ting back to the position he started
from, until finally big kick" was reg
iStered all around and almost every
body's good faith was called into ques-
ton.
The thing finally resolved itself about
Thursday with the Ives people having
the whip in hand. They let the other
two elements eXpend their wrath in the
most amiable way. and wound up being
the only party who favored an unln-
Structed delegation. Both of the other
factions were apparently anxious to
secure the favor of the adherentS of the
man from st. Peter.
So far as an outsider can be permitted
to take a peep behind the curtain the
situation is this: The Ives people have
but single purpose to accomplish, the
nomination of their man for governor
The great uninStructed'' whether
voluntarily or not. ale promoting the
purposes of the machine, which are
various, extending. as may he dis
covered one of these days by tine present
senator from ST. Paul, to the senate
of the United States. The McGill
people have chestnut or two which
they are anxious to get out of the fire.
One of those is supposed to be the NOM
ination of McGill for congress-; another
the control of the county in the coming
fall campaign. There is another little
bone to be picked aud that is the nomi-
nation of Ed Rogers for congressional
honors. Latest returns indicate that
1.-The uninstructed" are engaged in try
ing to do the picking by proxy.
From present indications whatever
the result of the contest may be. the adj
herentS of Mr.. Ives, ami their candi-
date as well. may be satisfied that they
have made their fight on principle and
have yielded nothing to the eXpedi-
encies or the tricks of political warfare.
The outcome promises to be a lively all
around fight at the primaries. with the
''kid'' element promising to get into the
band wagon. There is ''stuff' on the
Nelson side of the campaign. and they
are evidently prepared to see that 1t
does not 90 to waste