St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-15
ELEVEN BALLOTS TAKEN.
SOME SORE DELEGATIONS.

SOME SORE DELEGATIONS.
Mr.. Eddy Makes a classical"
Speeeh--Addresses by the
Defeated.
Special to the Globe.
FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, Aug. 1.-THE
Republican congressional convention of
the Seventh district nominated F. NJ.
Eddy, of Glenwood, Pope county, on
the eleventh ballot this evening. The
last ballot stood: Eddy 81, Steenerson
81, Crossfeld 10, Feig is. The conven-
ton was called to order at II o'clock
this morning at the opera house of Fer
gus Falls, which was filled with specta-
tors and delegates. The latter had
their seats properly labeled by counties.
Chairman Bronson Strain called the
convention to order and read the call.
Judge j. p. Williams, of this city, was
named as temporory chairman, as had
been agreed beforehand by the opposing
candidates. W. j. Pinney, of Kandi-
yohi, was made temporary secretary.
There was some squabbling over the
appointment of committees, but finally
1t was arranged to make the committees
on credentials and resolutions consist
of one member from each county, each
delegation to name its own men. The
committees thus named were as fol-
lows:
The Committees.
Credentials-J. H. Smith, Becker; ].
L. Erickson, Big Stone; l.. A. HuntOon,
Clay; Frank Johnson, Douglas; K. K.
Fuglie, Grant; Prof. A. w. Strand,
kandiyohl; P. Lund, Kittson: q. A.
AuDol, Marshall; l.. E. Norby, Norman; :;
W. A. Osborne, Otter Tail; Louis Ell
lington, Polk; c. p. Reever, Pope; j.
r. HOlton, Stevens; f. NJ. Thornton.
Swift; w. Il. Carter, Traverse; James
G. Wood, Wilkin.
Becker; a. P. = Jackson. 2%.'' '1r; Big
Stone; L. Osborne, Clay; c. j. Gun
derson, Douglass; Ole .. Canestorp,
Grant: s. NJ. Sivertson, kandiyohi; w :.
II. Douglas, Kittson: ii. w. Brown,
Marshall: ii. A. Sorley, Norman; G..
d. Wright, Otter Tail; A. A. Miller,
Polk; NJ. A. " alton. Pope; George E.
Darling, Stevens; 5. ii. hudson, Swift {;
q. L. jackson, Traverse; Z. Ballantyne,
Wilkin.
Smaller Committees
were appointed on permanent organiZa-
tion and on order of business. The
convention then adjourned to o'clock
this afternoon. The afternoon sessio n
opened with the report of the committee
on credentials, showing 1S6 delegates
and proxies present. The committee
on permanent organization reported in
favor of making the temporary Organi-
cation permanent. The committee on
rules made report giving the order of
business, adopting the rule of voting
by counties and recommending that the
district committee be made up of one
member from each county of
the district, each delegation to
select its own member. The
resolutions congratulated the conven-
tIon on the promising outlook for Re-
publican success, favored the principle
of the protective tariff, held every dol
lar issued by the government to be as
good as every other dollar. favored as
large use OF silver as consistent with
the parity or value, declared against
mOnOmetallism, indorsed the labor and
arbitration plans of the last Republican
state platform, favored postal savings
banks, indorsed the state administra.
tion and declared Gov. Nelson wholly
worthy of continued confidence. The
resolutions were adopted unanimously.
The Roll Call of Counties
for the nomination of candidates fol-
lowed. j. Porter, of Kandiyohi, nom
mated Henry Feig; G. c. Hought OF
Otter Tail, nominated \. L. Lund; A
a. Miller, of Polk, nominated Havol
Steenerson. seconded by Marshal
county, and c. p. Reeves, of Pope coun
ty, made the best speech of the after
noon in nominating f. NJ Eddy, oil
GlenwOOd. Several counties seconded
Eddy's name. Ed Young. of Swift
nominated a. S. Crossfield, of Traverse
county. The first ballo: resulted
Eddy, "A; Steenerson, 43; Crossfield
81; Lund, 27; Feig, II; Comstock, IS
Eleven of these were from Becker
county. Kittson, Marshall, Norman
and Polk furnished Steenerson's
strength. Eddy got Douglas, Pope
Stevens and Swift. Crossfield took Big
Stone, Grant and Traverse. Feie
polled KandlYOhi alone. Lund go
Otter Talrs twenty-three and the rest
of the counties divided their strength
The balloting proceeded till 6 O'Clock
with insignificant changes, except on
the eighth ballot, when Eddy, annie
great cheering, jumped to sixty-four
nnety-four being required to nominate
but he fell back to forty-slx on the nintl
ballot There were no importan
changes among the counties during thi:
time, most of them voting solidly fol
the men to whom they first gave theil
ballots. The exceptions were Becker
Clay, Grant and Stevens, which played
the part of free lances, and skippeC
about among the candidates like a lo
OF bees seeking honey. After the
ninth ballot the convention took a
recess till O'clock The nintt
ballot resulted, Eddy 46. Stenerson 4G
Lund 36, Crossfield 90, Feig 90, Com
stock 9. Nobody had nominated Com.
stock, but he had votes on every ballot
The Evening Session.
The convention rPassembled at
o'clock. Spectators packed the hall AM
indulged in tremendous cheering on th
slightest provocation. The tenth halio
showed few changes from the nintl
ballot, taken just before adjournment
though several caucuses of delegate