St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
FIGHTING FOR SP0ILS
Republican Factions in RAM
sey Engaged in a Bitter
Contest.
The McGill Men in the Lead
and Sure to Control the
Machine.
Nelson and Searle Call on the
Great Northern Railway
Magnate.
Representative Bull. of Wright
County, Brought Forward
for Treasurer.

Lne local aQnefenIS OF eX-GOV. McSlll
and Lieut.. Gov. Ives are still quarreling
about the matter. The evening Repub-
ican organ is still greatly disturbed be-
cause the name of Mr.. McGill was not
presented TO the convention last Thurs
day. and makes this the ostensible rea-
son for charging that there was COM
bination between the McGill and Nelson
leaders locally, by the terms of which
the former were allowed to carry the
county. This deal is charged, but no
proof is given, and as a matter of fact
none can be given.
The Ramsey county delegation would
certainly have voted for Mr.. McGill had
it not been for the request of the St.
Anthony Park man to the contrary.
The evening before the convention met
the thirty delegates met and unani-
mOuSly voted to present the name of
the ex-governor, DR.. S. q. Smith being
selected to make the nominating speech.
Early the next morning Mr.. McGill,
conscious of his weakness in the state,
and understanding that the Ives dele
gates were to be thrown to Nelson in
consideration of the nomination for
secretary of state to be given Warren
u Afoo' Oiotioi vi TIC iioulOHaHI gov
ernOr, requested the Ramsey county
men not to present his name. They
still insisted, but finally yielded.
AS matter of fact, it is only fair and
just to state that the Delegates from
Ramsey county to the late convention
acted honOrably and fairly and accord
ing to their instructions throughout.
They could not present Mr.. McGill's
name as bis friends in the face of his
positive demand that they should not.
In view OF the actual facts of the case
the following from Fridays Dispatch
sounds ridiculous, to say the least:
And it may be pertinent to inquire why
Gov. McGill's name was not presented to the
convention in conformity with the resolu-
tions for which his alleged followers fought
Sc yaliantly.
Was the deal really consummated whereby
the instructed thirty were merely merged
into comp osite fgurehead in the conven-
tion glad to be accorded even the privilege
or having an opportunity to vote TO make
Knute Nelson's nomination unanimous?
1t certainly looks that way, for why. If
Gov. McGill were candidate in good faith,
did he insist on withdrawal when the en-
tire field was open for the Ramsey county
delegates to prove that they were actuated
by no ulterior motives in SO vigorously urg-
ing his candidacy? And why. if Gov. Nc
Gill were nota candidate in good faith, did
he allow his friends in Ramsey county to
uahc d lSut lOT tlc
What assurance can the organ of the
Ives boomers furnish that any different
disposition of the thirty delegates of
this county would have been made, had
they been tied up to Mr.. Ives?
Who withdrew from the race first
McGill or Ives?
This is pertinent question, and one
which the Ives men cannot an-
swer without revealing the weakness
of their case. The evening organ, in its
Mysteries over the McGill fiascO, has
asked about the nOn-appearance of the
McGill delegates from the country dis
trictS. at the same time saying nothing
about the petering out OF the Ives cam
paign: AS matter of fact, Mr.. Ives
probably had nearly hundred
delegates OH Wednesday when he with
drew, while Gov. McGill had not to ex-
ceed so OF 70. Mr.. Ives withdrew from
the field, throwing his delegates to Mel
son, and at the same time the name of
his brother went upon the slate as the
candidate to be named for secretary of
state. If Mr.. McGill and his followers
are to be dubbed towards for their ac-
ton on Wednesday morning in with
drawing from contest worse than
hopeless, what can be said of the candf=
date who withdraws as the result of
bargain?
On last Wednesday evening, when
the question of placing McGill's name
before the convention was considered
by the delegation, there was one vote
cast against it, and the man who so
voted was A. G. Clausen, chief grain in
spector, and Nelson man, who was
placed upon the delegation simply be-
cause the unit rule would prevent him
doing any damage. In view of this
state of affairs, the following from last
evenings Dispatch is amusing:
While it was not so understood by ma
jority of the delegates to the recent county
convention, it now appears that deal was
really consumated between the managers of
ex-Gov. McGil's campaign and a representa-
tive of the Nelson followers previous to hold
ing the. primaries last Saturday evening.
This will explain to great extent the sud-
den changes in the makeup of the delegate
ticket in the First, Second and Ninth wards,
and it will also explain the result of the
primary i'll the Eleventh ward. 1t will be
remembered that Col. Shandrew made state
ment to the Central McGlll club on Saturday
evening last that one of the things he could
not understand was that why, with a list
of 127 names of voters from the Eleventh
ward who were pledged to the support Of
McGill, only SO votes were received for the
McGill delegates. and the opposition polled
the unprecedented vote of 12J. No explana-
ton was attempted at that meeting. but the
appearance of the name of Grain Inspector
Clausen as one of the McGill delegates to the
state convention Immediately following that
gentleman's S aggressive campaign against the
ex-governor and in favor of an uninstructed
delegation was considered significant by sew
eral of the McGill delegates who were not on
the ground floor. 1t was also considered
strange that the delegates on the compromise
ticket from the Second ward were so jealous
in their support of the cast iron resolutions
when at least six of them had been promi-
nently identified with the instructed move
previous to the primaries.
The break in the Second ward re-
ferred to was due to the fact that the
Nelson men had nothing more to hope
for from the Ives than the McGill men,
and when they sided with the majority
it was simply for the purpose of getting
on the band wagon. There are several
aspiring statesmen in the Second ward,
who want the support of the McGiil
element in the contest over the county
OFFICES. Fred. Zollman would like to
run for county attorney, and w. l..
Ames expects to go back to the legis-
lature.
The contest that is being waged with
such bitterness inside the Republican
ranks in this county is simply contest
for the offices and the organization.
Harris Richardson, E. III. OZmun and
their followers are amateurs in politics,
but they are ambitious amateurs, and
will try to capture the convention that
will soon be called to nominate a.county
ticket But they are not sin it'' to any