St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-09

purpose of organizing Young Mems
Republican club materialized at the
chamber of commerce last night. There
was good attendance, though gray
hairs were quite noticeable in the gath.
Hering, and no limit of age was fixed on
| membership. The meeting was called
ste order about $50 o'clock, and
e. P. Crosby nominated Moses E. Clamp
for temporary chairman. The election
was made unanimous, aud the ''gen-
eral" took the chair in Storm of ap-
'plause. A motion was made to appoint
"a committee on constitution and by
laws, which was carried, the chair sub
sequently appointing Carl Taylor. III. E.
2 Hall, K. Noyes and George l.. Squires
1t was decided to appoint "a committee
of three to secure hall for the next
meeting, which is to be held within one
week. The proceedings were so tame
UP to this point that there seemed to be
danger that the whole audience would
go to sleep, when some one moved that
Gen. Clapp be authorized to electrify
the crowd. Without putting the motion
the tall jack pine from Otter Tail
cleared his throat and turned loose.
= His address had no bearing whatever
on the local situation, with which he
appears not to be very familiar, but he
found several openings for an upper
cut at the national administration.
His address was well received, and
when he had taken his seat he saw Col.
j. Ham Davidson in the rear of the hall.
Tue colonel responded to call which
was almost tantamount to a nomination
for mayor, and Ill one Of his best efforts.
though substantially the same as the
one he has been delivering for several
years, he entertained his audience for
almost an hour. He presented series
of statistics supported by some of his
loftiest flights OF fancy, and painted
picture of the Arcadia into which st.
Paul would be transformed if the Re-
puDlicanS were given one more guess.
Modesty forbade his being explicit rela-
tive to the best guess.
Edwin A. Jaggard had promised to
come but wasn't there, while Assembly
man Lightner was there, though he
hadn't promised to come. MIR. Lightner
accordingly responded to all Invitation
and modeStly admitted that the body OF
which he was member had complied
with the provisions of the Bell charter.
and paid the SS50,000 of matured liablli-
ties, though he declared they could nave
found way to get abound il if they had
tried.
The hour was late by this time, and
Gen. Mark D. Flower declined to speak
at any great length, though given an
opportunity to do so. He is favorable
10 McGill, and evidently does not favor
the candidacy Of Col. j. Ham Davidson.
He thought the Republicans had great
chance" and left the impression Oh
his hearers that he felt that they were
taking good many chances i'll the COM
ing campaign.
There had been some expectation
that the evening would develop some
announcement Of candidates. and it had
even been intimated that Gen. Clapp
would be sprung. but the enthusiasm
which greeted Col. Davidson evidently
made the friends of other candidates
satisfied to get along without naming
any one lest j. Ham should be the man.
Most of the audience was from the Sew
enth ward. and they behaved themselves
III. very decorous and becoming man
ner, as silk stockings should, there
being at times strong tendency to turn
the thing into whist party or GRO
clieting bee. A number of the members
adjourned TO the Minnesota club after
the meeting,