St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-23
Five Democrats and Four Re-
publicans Put Up by the
Peoples Party.
Corn1can, Reed and Wallraff
Pull Out for Members Of
the Big Parties.
County Attorney O'Brien An
nounces He is Not a =.
Candidate.
General Roundup Of the Lo-
cal Political Outlook at
Present.

Sheriff .........-....R. W. Johnson Dem.
Register Of Deeds .........M. j. Bell. Rep.
County Attorney. Pierce Butler, Dem.
Treasurer .....r....A. z. Croonquist Rep.
Auditor ........J James II. Burns, Dem
Coroner .................. Dr. E. W. Buckley.
Judge of Probate d. W. Doty Rep.
Abstract Clerk -.... E. c. Ives Dem.
Judge of District Court. W. D. Cornish, Rep.
The Peoples party has placed the
above county ticket in the field. The
candidates are chosen from both the old
parties. and also from the vanished.
queer little cabal. the so-styled Citizens
party.
The convention was held on Seventh
street last evening, and the SEES
sion was prolonged until nearly
midnight by all sorts of novel
discussions of unusual themes.
An attempt was made to confine the
nominations strictly to avowed Popu-
lists, but it received a prodigious black
eye. The movement took shape in the
platform that the committee on resolu-
tons submitted. This report is sub
joined as specimen of unique rhet-
oric:
Whereas, 1t has come to the notice of this
convention that politicians from both the
Democratic and Republican parties have
been lobbying with individual members of
the Peoples party, and have haunted our
headquarters for weeks trying to secure
nominations from this convention. with a
view to subsequently receiving Endorsements
from the old parties: and
whereas, Such candidates have in several
instances, through their representatives,
knowing that we. as pirty, are poor, and
that 1t costs great deal of money to make
vigorous campaign, for hail rent brass bands
literature etc., offered to contribute liber-
ally to our campaign fund, if we nominated
them, and
Whereas, We are the Peoples party, fight
ing for great and living principles; there
fore. be it
Resolved, That we repudiate with scorn the
handsome brides which have been made to
US. and that we will support no man for
ONCE who does not stand squarely upon our
platform, with the exception of the judges
OF the district court and the probate court.
the county attorney, superintendent of
schools. the county coroner and the county
that the district judge be left open.
Resolved, That this convention pledges
itself to stand by the nominees of the con-
vention at the polls next November.
The Fun Begins.
Instantly upon the report being pre-
scented by DR.. Donnelly, the chairman
of the committee. James White, sprang
TO his feet to move to table the reSolu-
TONS. Confusion was visited upon
Chairman Wallratf. He held the motion
out of order, and delegate wanted to
know whether the report was really
recommended by the committee He
seemed surprised, il not actually dumb
founded, when the committee declared
that the platform was recommended.
Then enSued rambling discussion of
the most desultofy nature, but the OPP
ponentS to the resolutions were largely
in the majority, and the result was to
place them OH the table.
There were just twenty-siX delegates
to the convention, and they represented
the different ward organizations of the
party. III. A. Wallraff was cho sen tenn
porary chairman and he accepted the
honor with thanks. He extended his
remarks somewhat and asserted that
the convention would prove an impor-
tant feature inaSmuch as IL would decide
whether the Peoples party is to live or
to die. This sentiment was apparently
not especially well received by the
more Jealous opponents of lgnatius
Donnelly, but there were no retorts.
StainSlaus Donneily was nominated
for temporary secretary, but he posi-
lively declined because of the fact that
his paternal ancestor is the candidate
of the party for governor, and there
upon j. j. D0ugherty, candidate for
congress. was elected. The usual COM
mitteeS were appointed after several
collisions over parliamentary practice,
and the committee OH organization
moved to make the temporary organIza-
ton permanent, while the report of
the committee on credentials was unani-
mously adopted. seating the.twenty-siX
delegates. This committee was Pat
Clarity, a. Glaeser. G.. r. Taylor. w. j.
Gleason and {. p. Turney.
The committee on resolutions. DIR.
1gnatius Donnelly, q. II. TayIor and
Pat Clarity, submitted the foregoing re-
port, and il went on the table Oh vote
of Is to s.
James White then moved to proceed
to nominate county ticket. and this
prevailing, Louis Nash, recommended
by the Eighth ward club, was proposed
for county auditor, and then ensued
wrangle over the method of taking a
ballot, but it was ruled positively by
the chair that '.Stan'' Donnelly had
taken the correct position when he de-
clared for secret ballot. Hence it was
ruled that the convention and the re-
porterS had no right to know how a
delegate voted.
This was followed by an interesting
scrap over the appointment Of three
tellers. This finally settled, j. II.
Burns was placed in nomination by
James White for county auditor, and
the result was Is for Burns and for
Nash. Charles Passavant, w. S. Reed
and j. f. CroonGuist were named tor
county treasurer, and Croonquist'S cause
ann. A1 h, al l.
w. A.AuderSOn that he was nominated.
For sheriff George Warren was named,
| but his goose was cooked by the an
nouncement that he runs printing Of
flee, and that he employs no union press
men, and Gen. r. w. Johnson was
chosen over ". j. Freaney and Warren.
John A. Carmichael declined to &C
cept the nomination for register of
deeds, and when it was promised that
| Nj. j. Bell was seeking the nomination,
and that he had protested that he is
going to stand by the Peoples party, it
was smooth sailing for him.
ID. w. Doty'S nomination for Judge of
probate met with no opposition, and the
same may be recited of DR.. h. W.Buck-
ley's nomination for coroner, although
Dir. ID. j. Hawkins was presented. His
name was subsequently withdrawn,
when Dr.. Donnelly espoused the cause
of DR.. Buckley. 1.-The only trades and
labor man in the medical profession in
| st. Paul"
E. G. Ives had walkover for abstract
clerk as against the candidacy of q. r.
Bronson, and then Hon. John W. Willis
was treated to hot roast from the
chairman. Mr.. Willis was placed be
fore the convention for nomination for
district judge, and the chairman de-
| clared that Mr.. Willis had been ere
pudiated'' by the Ramsey county dele
CATION to the state convention, when, he
mistakenly alleged, Mr.. Willis name
came up as candidate for justice of
the supreme bench.
DR.. Donnelly was an exponent of
| Judge Cornish, and asserted that the
latter Will doubtless receive the Repub-
licau nomination. Still the doctor sug-
gested that il might be wise TO postpone
the nomination for time.
Cateehising NailraR
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