St. Paul daily globe., 1894-09-02
BIG REPUBLICAN ROW.
E. G. Rogers and Other 4s ad-
ers Resign From the
Committees.
PERMANENT JOBS DON'T GO.
Z0llman and Stevens May
Find Themselves In the
Soup.
CHAPEL WILL NOT GIVE IN.
Republicans Preparing to
Throw Out Sop to Country
Editors.

The Republican county committee
and the candidates for Office in that
party had set.to yesterday afternoon
over the manner OF holding the pri
marles for the county convention. There
was sufficient pressure brought to bear
TO cause the committee to recede from
the precinct primary plan. 1t was
noised abroad that the committee would
call the convention TO nominate county
officers, and this brought out about
fifty of the principal candidates for
county offices. A large number of
them insisted on dropping the plan chat
was designed to give F. c. Stevens and
f. w. Zollman permanent jobs as presl-
dent and secretary Of the Tammany
hall organization, and leave no chance
for any one to be nominated for
county office unless he had plenty Of
money to spend. The committee was
unwilling to surrender, and proposed
compromise which amounts to holding
number of election places in the wards
and dividing them into districts from
which the delegates should be selected.
This plan was not agreed to by all the
candidates. Another plan was. sug-
gested by them of having the
delegates selected by wards, and
only few voting places fixed
for each ward. This fight. how
ever. was gone over at meeting of
the city committee. which was held at 2
o'clock. E. &. Rogers became so dis
gusted with the persistence of the meet
ing that he resigned as member. He
resigned from the county committee
that met shortly after O'Clock. 1t was
given out that the cause of his resigna-
ton was that he is candidate for Office,
but the same reason did no: cause other
members of both committees to resign.
The story told as to the reason will not
wash with any one who hears Mr.. Rog-
ers talk OH the subject for single mo-
ment. The fact is that nearly all of the
candidates were so much out of humor
yesterday at the action Of the commit
tee that 1t looked very dark about the
quarters.
The fight was renewed in the meeting
of the county committee in executive
session, a portion of whom had gotten
enough of the precinct primaries by
actual observation, and were further
convinced when some Of the good Re.
publicans brought forward proof that
ballot boxes had been stuffed at the
resent precinct primaries when there
was not even a contest. 1t was also
shown that no primaries were held at
some of the precincts and that delegates
were written up afterwards. In one
case single judge was all that turned
up at one voting place. He elected with
his own vote set of delegates and re-
turned them to the convention. The
representatives of the Third. Fourth
and Fifth wards insisted that precinct
primaries should not be held there. The
committee wrangled over the matter in
secret session for about two hours,
while about 100 candidates waited OH
the outside. The latter supposed the
matter had been settled at an earlier
conference and that the precinct plan
had been abandoned. They were wait
ing to learn what date had been fixed
for the convention. Their surprise can
only be guessed when it was announced
thub thO COulihiStCO hou o0JOuIuCu kOL q
week without having been able to agree
upon anything definite.
There were a number of proxies for
he meeting. E. E. Mcdonald held the
proxy OF Harry Franklin, the secretary,
and was given his duties to perform.
F. 3. Doran had the proxy of Charles
A. Sherman. with no limit of time; F.
S. Bryant was proxy for L. R. Palmer;
Mr.. Sumbardo for Ben Dixon, and E.
G. Wade for F. L. McGhee.
Mr.. Rogers. after rendering bis resig.
nation as member of the city COM
mittee, and placing q like paper in the
hands of member Of the county COM
mittee, that candidate for recognition
at the hands of the Republican party
walked proudly away from the scene
and set his lips firmly as if struggling
to control his temper. Sheriff Chapel
seemed to be the only candidate who
stuck out for precinct primaries. Any
| others favoring the plan were classed as