St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-09
Fifth District Democratic Con-
gressionaI Committee Met
and Filled Vacancies.
The Date of the Convention
Was Left to a Commit
tee Of Five.
What the Republicans Are
Doing in the Way of Cam
psign Work.
An IPate Uncle Uses a Horse
whip on a Spoony Lover
of His Niece.

of His Niece.
Last night the Democratic congress
SIOnal committee of the Fifth district
met in ID. B. Johnson'S office In the
Guaranty Loan building. The first bus
mess of the meeting was the election of
a secretary of the committee in, place of
r. S. N. Gerry, who has removed to
Chicago. w. L. O'Brien Jr. was made
secretary OF the committee. Vacancies
i'll the composition of the committee
were filled by election, as follows:
James Gray. vice r. S. n. Gerty; b. j.
Mulloney. vice Charles Ward; Ed Ter
rill, vice Elmer Foster; S. B. Hall. vice
John l.. ByrneS. 1t had been the lnten-
ton to decide upon date for holding
the convention, but all the members of
the committee were not present. The
power to name the date OF the cOnven-
ton and primaries was left to commit
tee of five, and the following were APP
pointed as such committee: Joseph
Jepson, w. l.. O'Brien Jr., ID. B.
Johnson, Gardner Stevens and James
Gray. They will consult with all the
then call the convention. The date will
probably be before the county cOnven-
ton. The talk of holding a joint county
and congressional convention is all
mOonshine. The county convention will
be separate convention. The following
committee was named to select precinct
committees as soon as the dates of con-
ventiOn and primaries have been chosen:
James Gray. d. b. johnson. Gardner
Stevens. Paul Schmedemann, Peter ALI
derson, b. j. Mullaney and A. c. Bailey.
The convention will be held in Nor
mama hall, the use of which was ten
dered the committee by Peter Ander-
son. The convention will consist of
AIS delegates, the representation
being the same as for the two
county conventions held this year.
Each precinct, or election district
will be entitled to one delegate-a t-large,
and one delegate for each fifty votes, or
major potion of fifty, the basis of
representation being the number of
votes cast for Thomas Wilson for gov
ernor. ID. B. johnson will act as chair
man of the congressional committee in
the absence of Chairman Jepson. who
expects to be called out of town on
business.
met last evening in the Office OF l.. A.
Reed, in Temple court, to call county
nominating convention. Considerable
pressure was brought to bear upon some
of the members of the committee in the
interest of an early convention. their
choice of dates being Monday or Tues
day of next week. The early conven-
ton seekers were the candidates who
were first in the field. But they failed.
The Republican county convention will
be held two weeks from today, Aug.
%. The primaries were called for the
Saturday night preceding, Aug. 90.
The basis of representation upon which
delegates from the city will be elected
is the vote for E. Ct. Potter for mayor
two years ago, and from the country
upon the vote for Merriam in 1888. This
gives the country the best of the repre-
sentatiOn. The committee also decided
in favor of large convention. Each
district will be entitled to one delegate
for every thirty-five-or major fraction
thereof-vOteS cast for Potter in the
city and Merriam in the country in 1883.
This representation will give the city
364 delegates in the convention and the
country 81. a total of 425 delegates. The
Republicans nave hot yet decided what
hall TO use for the convention.
Two Republican worthless came home
to Minneapolis from Washington yes
terday, Senator w. ID. WashUurn and
Col. Charley ". johnson. Beg pardon,
Charley. for putting your name last,
but, really. the senator does rank
above YOU. Senator Washburn admits
that the Force bill is one of the most
potent weapons the administration has
put into the hands of the Democrats,
and admits. further, that it will serve
to keep the Southern Democrats out of
theP copies party-if they ever had any
intention of going thither. Washburn
maintains that his anti-option bill is not
dead-Only sleeping. 1t will come up at
the next session and become law, he SAYS.
Through an evening paper Col. Charley
Johnson delivers himself to the extent
of over column of solid minion, which
gives evidence Of having been written
by Charley'S own sycophanto- bombaStic
pencil. 1t is a TRADE against the Demo
cratic house of representatives. Charley
is among the dignihed senators, you
know. Singularly enough, for
such staunch Republicans, Wash
burn and Johnson both agree
that the Republicans are having
dreadful time with the bosses who were
beaten by the otficeholderS here in Min
llcdpUlfS. 1iCy ~ tdhc tilc
curse off the admission 10y asserting
that the Hill Democrats of New York
are sulking, and make weak case.
Owing to the wet weather the attend.
ance al the Young Mems Democratic
| club last night was not as large as
usual, but it was nevertheless enthusi-
| astic. The chief business considered by
| the club was OH motion by James r.
Lally to hold few platform meetings,
to be addressed by prominent speakers
of the state. President Young ap-
! pointed a committee of five to look
after this undertaking consisting of
James r. Laly, F. w. Murphy, Arthur
Keep, &. r. Smith and II. S. Mead.
F. w. Murphy addressed the club
on the tariff question. In the
course of his remarks he said:
The value of goods depends to great
extent upon the demand for them, and
| it is 10 the best interests of those who
contribute toward the production of an
article that the demand be as great as
| possible. Wages, quite as well as profits,
come out of the sale of goods. There
fore, if we have the world for our mar
ket, the demand would be greater than
that afforded by our present market,
limited as it is to the United States.
The statement made by Republican
orators that the laborer prosperS in pro-
portion as the manufacturers do is as
absurd as it is ridiculous, Tor labor and
capital are antagonistic when capital is
controlled by few protected manufact-
urers."