St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-12
MARCHANT is CURSED
His Refusal to Call a City
Committee Meeting Breeds
Diseord.
Other DriftWood From the
River Where Booms Are
Floating.
c. E. Bradford Wants a
Search Warrant to Find
His Wife.
Legal Barriers in the Way of
the Lake Street
Bridge.

Republicans are getting into ''devil
of row" over the calling OF the city
convention. George n Marchant, the
bewiskered and bewrinkled collector of
customs at the port of Minneapolis. is
chairman of the Republican, city COM
mittee. Before the present ante-con-
vention is over Mr.. Marchant
will enjoy the additional distinc-
ton of being becursed. 1t all
comes from Mr.. Marchant's refusal
to call together the city committee for
the purpose of arranging for the city
nominating convention. A. }. Blethen.
candidate for the mayoralty nomina-
! ton. wants an early convention. Sept.
! l or Whereabouts. A. j. Boardman,
quasi-candidate for the mayoralty nomi-
nation. also wants an early convention.
George \. Marchant does not want an
early convention. six weeks is long
enough for a campaign" says Mar
chant, and he acts accordingly.
Two weeks notice before the holding
| OF the convention is enough. Hence
his refusal to give the city committee a
chance to call the convention. So far it
is table stakes" game, in which Mar
! chant has loads of chips. while the
other fellows have put all theirs up.
1t is limited, broadly. that Marchant is
holding Off to further the interests of
Aid. Lovell-tO allow Lowell to pull up
even with Biethen and Boardman. par
ticularly Blethen. Two old soldiers and
prominent Union leaguers visited
Blethen headquarters, in the Guaranty
Loan building, yesterday.
Il know why Marchant is delaying
he game" one of them said. He
knows that all the old soldiers are for
Blethen. He knows, too. that many of
the old soldiers, the hustlerS, will be
getting ready to go to the q. A. Il. en-
campment in Washington about Sep
TENDER 10. He wants to have the con
ventiOn held about Sept. 10. so the
old soldiers won't be here 10 help
Blethen."
at seems to me-" said Blethen yes
terday afternoon, ''tnat Lowell ought
to be willing to have an early conven-
ton. l don't see how it could injure
him. A man ought 10 be able 10 make
all the friends, or all the enemies, he
needs in two weeks time"
The Republican city committee is
composed of the following prominent
citiZens:"
At Large. George n. Marchant, Z.
Demeues, L. A. Nippert, John Sterrett
and }. W. Hernland; First ward, John
fleelndm: Second ward. >. i. " mite:
Third ward. Z. s. Gaylord: Fourth
ward. James MacAiUllen; Fifth ward,
0. 5. LOngum; Sixth ward, F. NJ.
Clark; Seventh ward, V. L. Coleman:
Eighth ward, II. d. Stocker; Ninth
ward, c. E. Sinclair: Tenth ward, J. d.
Woodruff; Eleventh ward. Charles
Cork; Twelfth ward, ". 3. Woodward:
Thirteenth ward. w. w. Bartlett.
Blethen's friends say that Demeules,
Sterrett and Hernland and the COM
mitteemen from the Second, Third.
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth. Tenth. Twelfth and Thirteenth
wards want an early convention. They
have positive assurance that ten of the
eighteen members OF the committee
want an early convention. If Marchant
does not come down out of the tree be-
fore long they Will load gun with a
long petition and shoot him down.