St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-17

The news spread quickly. and with it
the announcement that Mr.. Carter'S
place would be filled by Chris Magee.
This proved not to be true, however,
though it is rumOred Magee will GER
talnly be named if he will accept. At
$50, when the committee reasSembled,
Mr.. Carter was not present, being
at the time in the room
occupied by Whitelaw Reid. After
Chairman Sutherland had called
the meeting to order Mr.. Clarkson arose
and made the nomination of MIR. Carter.
The nomination was warmly seconded
by Mr.. Payne and unanimously carried,
and the treasurer, Cornelius n. Bliss,
was appointed to notify Mr.. Carter of
his nomination. In accepting the posi-,
ton Mr.. Carter made brief address of
acceptance, and pledging his best eff
forts.
Carter ames the Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Clarkscn, J. f.
Burke, of Pittsburg, was appointed sec
retary pro TEN. 1t was also agreed that
the appointment of the permanent sec
retary be left to the discretion of the
chairman.
On motion of Mr. Fessenden The chair
man was authorized 10 appoint sub
committee of five, to be selected from
Republicans not Oh the committee, to
act as an advisory committee to the na-
tional executive committee. On motion
of MI. Clarkson a committee of five was
appointed by the chairman to secure
headquarters in this city. 1t was unani-
mouSly agreed to continue Mr.. Camp.
bell as a member of the executive COM
mittee. Mr. Campbell will take. charge
OF the branch headquarters at Chicago
The New Chairman.
Thomas II. Carter the newly elected
chairman, is but thirty-eight years old,
having been born in June at Furnace,
Scioto county, o.. in 1854. In 1865 he
moved to Peoria, Ill, where he lived
until 1875. when he moved to Burling:
ton. 10. He studied law in Louisville,
Ky, and Illinois, being admitted to the
bar in Nebraska, In 1882 he moved to
Helena, Mont, which is now his home
He was elected an electoral delegate
to the Fifty-frst congress, and on the
admission of Montana as state
in November, 1889. was elected
to congress as its first repre-
entative. He was renominated in 1890,
but was defeated. In March. 1891, he
was appointed by President Harrison as
United States land commissioner.
When Mr.. Carter was asked if the ac-
ceptance of the chairmanship entailed
the resignation Of his position in the
land office. he replied: ~ shall resign,
at all events.'' Chairman Carter said
that the work of the committee would
begin at once and on Monday he wOnld
announce the committees at headquar-
ters, and probably the advisory commit
tee. The selection of a secretary will
be made within week.
A Heavy Task.
In his speech of acceptance, Mr.. Car
ter said: Gentlemen of the national
committee. To plead insensibility to
the great trust which you just confided
to my care, would be to cast imputa-
ton upon your judgment. collectively
and separately. This is task of great
magnitude, amounting to little less than
a hand-t0-hand struggle with forces
fully organized to grasp the powers of
government from the Republican party.
We have passed in the history of the
world beyond the time when men have
overthroWn governments for the sake
of power. but the distance between the
time of that condition and the present
is not very great. The fact that the
struggle does not involve life and death
is only mitigation of the severity of
the contest upon which we are about to
enter From these suggestions it may
be inferred that | appreciate, in soms
degree, at least, the nature of the re-
sponsibility at hand and the character
OF the effort necessary to be put forth.
Counting Esis Chicks.
would shrink from the task as a
hopeless struggle were it not for the
Fact that about the chairman of this