St. Paul daily globe., 1892-07-01
This Is the Task the Kids
Have Given Ramsey Re- =.
publicans, . IL.
But 1t Was Only a Clever
Move in the Interests Of ID
", %
nelson. st!
Defeat s6fsthe Ives Ca ndidate1
! for. Chairman Of the. e.i ID
=. Committee. a.
The Convention Will Be Held
Two Days Before the ,r
State Gathering.

''It is necessary for Ramsey county to
work and voteifOr the winner In the
coming state convention. We don't
want to vote for man who has no show
of winning. We should be for Ramsey
county first, and for that purpose get
on the band wagon at the start. 1t is
good politics for Ramsey county to wait
and see whom the country fayors. If
this is Nelson we should vote for him. if
Ives then take him up, and if it chances
to be McGill then let us be for him aud
for him hard. For these reasons favor
holding the convention reasonablyla late.
There is nothing improper in holding
the primaries on Saturday. July %. and
the convention Oh the following Mon
day."
So spoke the leader of the Fourth
ward Republicans, Darius F. Reese, at
the meeting of the Republican county
committee last evening. These dates
were suggested by Aid. F. G. Ingersou.
and seco nded by E. III. Ozmun and all
the members of the committee save
Attorney II. l.. Williams and NJ. j. Cos
tellO, the representatives respectively
OF the McGill 'apd Ives interests, and,
and woOlly kind, were settled upon
by vote of % ayes to noes. The
speech of Mr.. Reese reflected the views
or the Nelson men. as rule, Tor, strange
to say, this element, which has all the
offices. city aud state, seems to be afraid
to give the Republicans of RAMSEY
county chance to express themselves
until all the small balliwicks in the
Sixth and Seventh districts have been
heard from.
1t was not desire to cater to- the
country so much as the determination
to prevent McGilI or Ives securing q
send-off i'll Ramsey county that actuated
Reese, 1ngerSOli, OZmun and their sup
porters in fixing the date of the county
convention SO that only two days inter-
vene before the meeting of the state
convention.
Although some of the members of the
republican county committee were not
inclined to take Chairman LOwenStein'S
notice of the meeting. they, either
turned up at the place of meeting in
person or by proxy. and assisted in hold
ing lively meeting. The first thing. to
come before the meeting was Chairman
l0Wenstein'S statement of the situation.
AS chairman of the executive committee
ne had called the meeting. Chairman
v.
time. The :
Election Of n Chairman :
would be in order. Nominations we're
called for, and the Ives men named NJ
j. Costello. and the Nelson men +. w.
Zoliman. Mr. Lowenstein was sug-
geSted by a friend, and several other
names were mentioned. Mr.. Lowenstein
withdrew. and ballot was ordered.
which resulted as follows:
Costello. SlKiefer I
lollman, Ill Lowenstein.- Il
stevens. ]
As there was no choice the secondbal-
lot was ordered. This was a signal for
the closing upof the lines. The Nelson
and McGlll men with one exception, L.
I. Chamberlain, of the West side, voted
for MIR. Zollman, while the Ives men
stood by Costello. The result was the
election Ole MIR. Zollman by the follow
ing:
This honor, while likely to last but a
a few weeks at the farthest. was too
much for Mr.. Zollman, and he broke OEt
with speech promising that under his.
administration the interests of the Re
publican party would be duly cared
for. He 1ealized thezimportance of the
job, he said. and would endeavor to be
fair and impartial
The next question to be considered
was. OF course, the matter of issuing
the call for the county convention. Mr..
Reese favored late convention for the
reasons stated at the head of this article,
and several others followed him in ex-
pressing almost the same opinions. One
aStute member thought that as the Hen
nepln county Republicans will not meet
until July %, Ramsey county ought to
wait until that time.
10 prevent the Hennepin Repub-
licans controlling the convention we
should aim to Offset their action"
"lf that is the Object,' remarked
delegate later, ''why not hold our con-
ventiOn at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of
that day after we have learned of the
decision of the Hennepin' 'convention?''
This provoked laugh. but the time
of the convention was fixed at 10 o'clock
Monday morning. July25, the primaries
to be held between the hours of 5 and
on the previous Saturday afternoon.
When it came to this question of the
date for the primaries and the conven-
ton a. sharp difference of opinion arose
in the Ives camp. Some favored late
convention, thinking it best for their
candidate, while others favored making
A ASquare Fight
through an early convention. The Nc
Gill men were also divided, although
their leader, Ii. l.. Williams, stood for
an early date, and battled earnestly for
it. The Nelson men all favored a late
convention.
The contest opened with a motion by
F.: u. lngersoll that the primaries be
held on July 26, and the convention the
next. day. Mr.. Williams opposed this,
and offered an amendment fixing the
dates eleven days earlier. l.. Il. Cham
Derlaln moved substitute fixing tile
| primaries for the 23d and the conven-
| tion for July 25. After some discussion
| the roll was called, and the substitute
prevailed by vote of % yeas to nays.
The details of the call we're discussed
| and the chairman authorized to issue
/ the call fixing the primaries at places
| to be designated by the members of the
| committee. This ended the business,
and the meeting broke up with the Mel
| son men feeling that they had gotten
| much the best of it.
| This meeting shows that a vigorous
| fight is to be made for Ramsey county1S
delegation to the state convention, and
that the Nelson men are feeling far
| from confident. In fact, they seem to
| be depending on the action of the out
side conventions to influence the con-
svention in Ramsey. In case Ives and
| McGill carry pretty near everything
outside The Sixth and Seventh districts,
this may prove poor staff to lean
upon.
The voluntary retirement of Chairman
| Lowenstein was one of the features of
the meeting. His vote, of course, went
to Mr.. Zollman, which made the other
fellows. the Ives men, feel sad. and
| N al hof q
was due to the influence OF Henry L..
| Williams, the McGill lieutenant. One
of them in passing out of the meeting
| said.