St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-21
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inc nall, the 1fOnU doors Delng
locked till 7:45. The Grimes
men tried to bride the printer
to issue counterfets, but he wouldn't
yield. and the Grimes men couldn't find
another print shop in town supplied
with the right sort of type. Every man
who came through the back door was
vouched for, and about 400 entered that
way. At 7:45 the public was admitted.
county and congressional committee,
and S. l.. Trussell, of the Republican
city committee, were present as
spectators. Louis A. Reed and
other Grimes men were there
to fight for Grimes. but they
cOuld't get hearing. 1t was an anti
Grimes meeting, and utterances from
Grimes men were greeted with cries of
Hire hall" Let Grimes speak for
himself" put him out" Call him
down" Throw him out" etc. 1t was
also the most tumultuously enthusiastic
gathering ever seen in the Eighth ward.
Those present did not cheer-they
yelled.
Gentlemen" said F. B. Lathrop, at
1857, don't spit on the floor. l suppose
this meeting can't be opened for about
three minutes yet"
The three minutes expired, and
Lathrop again raped for order.
''Gentlemen," said he, " this is
An Antf-Grfmes Meeting.
[Cheers and yelIs. We are not here to
discuss Mr.. Grimes, but to hear the re-
port of the committee and adopt, if we
see fit"
A motion to limit speeches to five min
uteS was adopted. Louis A. Reed
popped up. He announced, at the be-
ginning, that he was an anti-Grimes
man before the primaries. Then he be-
gan what. plainly, would have termin-
ated in a plea for Grimes. He was de-
clared out of order as Grimes man and
as the maker of a speech OH question
not before the house. Then the report
OF the investigating committee, ap-
pointed last week. was called for. w.
b. Chamberlain mounted the platform.
pitched his second tenor voice and read
the report, of which the following is a
synopsis:
The duty of the committee of two
from each precinct was to select clean
candidate for alderman. Melvin E.
Grimes was illegally and fraudulently
nominated for alderman against the
wishes of the voters. Grimes has mis-
represented the ward. He has been
the tool of the street railway company
career, not alone his votes for the street
railway company and his absence from
the council to avoid voting on the Rand
ordinance, has demonstrated that he is
unfit TO represent the ward. The primar-
les were packed in Grimes interest. The
street railway company gave orders
that Grimes delegates must he sent to
the convention. "Work for Grimes"
was the order. Street railway employees
were put out on half-pay to canvass the
ward for Grimes. In at least two pre-
cincts, the Third and the Sixth, the
primaries We're carried for Grimes
ffraudulently:, In the Sixth precinct at
least twelve illegal votes were cast, and
the committee has the names of the
men who cast them. The natural infer
ence is that those twelve votes were
for Grimes. Anyhow, the returns
from the Sixth precinct, which had been
carried for Grimes by only five votes,
were tainted with fraud. In the Third,
carried for Grimes by three votes. anti
Grimes men we've induced to vote a
Grimes ticket by being told that the
men whose names were Oh the ticket
were anti-Grimes men.
Grimes rs Guilty
of misrepresentation of the ward for
four years; of being the tool of the
street railway company: of being sub
servient to the liquor interests. proved
by his lodging vote on the Rand or
dinance: guilty of securing the nomna-
ton by fraud, two votes which had been
pledged against Grimes having been Sc
cured by him in the convention by the
usual method: guilty of seeking to
trade his influence in the council for
| Democratic aid at the election.
That part of the report which referred
| to Crimes now famous "cali me up"
letter to certain Democrat, which has
| already been published, was greeted
with yellS. the stamping of feet and ex-
| carnations of Call me up" Call, him
down." and Turn him down." etc
The report presented the name of
Julius +. Miner as candidate for alder
! man.
S. p. Jones jumped to his feet and
moved that the report be adopted as
read. Rev. q. l.. Morrill, got up.
ministers are sometimes previous'-
A Voice-They always are.
| The crowd yelled and Morrill, was
| "joshed." Then Morrill, moved to
| amend by adding the name of Charles
\. Hunt to the report as candidate
for alderman.
L. il. Reed again raised his voice.
He moved as substitute that the action
on the report be postponed until Mr..
Grimes Could he Heard
from. He was called to order from all
| parts of the hall. The chair ruled him
out of order. He would not admit that
he was an anti-Grimes man. Chairman
Lathrop several times announced that
| it was an anti-Grimes meeting. Grimes
men were not wanted and would not be
| listened to. Every such announcement
was greeted with wells. Squabbling
over how the vote on Morrill'S amend
| ment should be taken resulted in
| an order that the vote be by ballot, a
vote for Hunt being vote for the
| amendment and q vote for Miner a vote
| against the amendment. A board of
twelve teliers was appointed. The name
and address of every man voting was
taken, so that no Grimes men could
vote. The right to challenge supposed
Grimes men was established. SO on in
| Quiry whether Democrats would be al
lowed to vote, the chairman replied YES
if they were anti-Grlmes men. But two
classes of voters were recognized, he
said-Grimes men and anti-Grimes men,
| Then the balloting went on amidst cries
of "Call me up" etc.
1t didn't take long to count the bal
lots. The chairman's announcement
that 391 ballots were cast was greeted
| with cheers. OF the 397 ballots, 1888
were
For Julius Il. Miner.
Before the other part of the vote could
be announced Charles n. Hunt took the
platform. and. on his motion, Miners
nomination was made unanimous. Three
cheers for Hunt were given with will.
1t is but fair to say that Mr. Hunt has
done more than any other one man ia
the interest of the anti-Grimes move
| ment.
| Miner was called to the platform. He