St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-09

Ramsey county; C. A. Pigeon, of
Wright county; G. P. Holcomb. the
present incumbent. of Washington
county; j. l.. HELM, the present deputy;
.. b. Gould. of Winona; j. McCullum,
of Big Stone county: NJ. F. Schwartz. Of
Dodge county; j. ID. Jones. of Todd
county; M. j. Bowling. of RenvilIe
county.
Judges of the Supreme Court-Judge
James Gillian, of st. Paul, the pres
ent chief justice; Judge Start, of koch-
associate justice. of Stearns county. and
Judge Powers, of yellow Medicine
county.
Ex-Gov. Barto. of Sank Center; Bob
Evans, of Hennepin. and Nate Kings
ley, OF Warner county, are candidates
for chairman of the convention.
Iams BiXby will expect TO succeed
himself as chairman of the central
committee. He is a baker by trade, and
thinks he can bake the ticket this time
good and plenty.
Ex-Cengressman Roswell E. Horr. of
Michigan, who writes hot Republican
stuff for the New York Tribune. is ex-
pected to be. present and deliver a
narangue to the assembled convention
wnlie the committee on credentials is at
work during the morning of the con-
vention.
Mayor G.. II. Strobeck, of Litchfield, is
mere at the head of his delegation, and
Is working for August L. Koerner's
nomination as treasurer.
Judge Fleming.of Crow Wing county.
and LIS. Briggs. of Princeton. the clerk
of the district court, will have charge of
Bob Dunn's headquarters.
Lemuel P. Hunt has been in the city
since Saturday. Asked for his view Of
1he situation last night, he said he made
no claim as to the number of votes, but
he expects to get the nomination as
auditor. He spoke of the conditions as
being favorable.
Robert G. Dunn divides his time be-
tween his headquarters in the Windsor
and the Merchants. He said last night
tnat he expects to be nominated for au-
dltor. lie put some faith in the fact
that he has the same rooms In the Mer-
chants (parlors E and F. which were
occupied by c. K. Davis in his late CAM
palgn. he said that his chances are
very favorable. He has about 1876 in
structed delegates. and in case he gets
a good share Of the Hennepin delega-
ton believes he will be nominated on
the first or second ballot.
August I. Koerner, of Meeker coun-
ty. was at his headquarters i'm the Wind
Sor yesterday. He was chairman of the
railroad committee in the last legislat-
ure. He has five or six counties in
structed tor him for treasurer.
Oar f. Reese mingled with the dele.
gates last evening. He is not discour-
aged over the fact that there are eight
other candidates for clerk of the su-
preme court. He declared that he
would be nominated beyond question.
and would shout his shibboleth all over
the state during the campaign.
The trains today and tomorrow will
bring in the delegates by the hundred.
1t Will be the largest convention ever
held i'll the history of the state. Here
tofore 400 OF 500 delegates have been
considered a large convention, but this
time there are 1,017, and it requires 500
votes to nominate. Hence when cam
Gidate has 100 or 200 delegates he does
not necessarily have any sinch.
The convention is so large and there
are so many candidates that it is almost
certain to last two days.
The Ramsey county delegation will
meet at their headquarters in the Wind
sor MOTEL for consultation.
The officers Of the Republican Press
league will meet at the Windsor tomor-
row night.