St. Paul daily globe., 1894-08-17
DEMOCRATS CAUCUS.
Possible Results Of the
County and Congress
Sional Primaries.
ERICKSON AND REA
Are the Contestants for the
Position Now Held by
Loren Fletcher.
FLOUR CITY NEWS BUDGET.
Sensational Suit--The WayZa.
ia Villagers Against
Railroads.

in the Third and First wards, which
embrace the Twenty ninth legislative
district. La these two wards considera
ble strife was evinced. and in one or
two instances the caucuses were not
held in manner entirely decorous.
The congressional convention will oc-
cur today, and until then it will be diff
cult 10 say who will be the nominee for
congress.
The fight IS on between Judge Rea
and o. J. Erickson. Until few days
ago neither of these gentlemen conSid
cred himself q candidate, but friends
insisted, and so of course there was
nothing left to do but to run. The East
side, from the return of last nights
primaries, appears to be rather in favor
of Judge Rea, though it would seem
that, taking the city as whole, o. L.
Erickson has the advantage. He was
indorsed to very large extent. One
thing that VIII operate in his favor Is
the understanding that his nomination
will be indorsed by the Populists.
The delegates elected last night are
favorable to man for Judge Brooks for
one of the places on the judicial ticket.
He will lead off, there is no doubt of that.
Next 10 him come Weed Munro. Judge
Manoney and Ben Davenport. The
Second and Ninth wards are in favor of
Messrs. Davenport and Mahoney above
every other candidate. and if Hen
nepin county is allowed the priv
ilege Of selecting all of the
four Judges itsis more than likely that
the four mentioned will be the nomi-
nees. In the event the country is al
lowed one. Mr.. Wendell, of Buffalo, is
said to be the strongest Candidate.
Judge Ueland was mentioned last night,
and one or two delegations were in
structed for him. but he is out of the
city, and it is understood that he has
withdrawn from the contest.
The contest for sheriff. if there be
any when the convention is called Sat-
urday, will he between Alonzo Phillip
and Malt Walsh. The outlook last
night, however. was that Mr.. Phillips
had carried everything. Several pre-
cincts in the Sixth ward were instructed
for Matt Walsh and none other, but
in the main Phillips had the plum.
There was but little contest, if any,
over the other county Offices.
t. j. Buxton will undoubtedly be NOM
mated by the convention by acclama-
tion. There are two candidates for the
position of auditor-G Gorge Ledger
wood and Henry Oswald. The former
appears to be in the lead. Julius Helm
rich is mentioned again for register of
deeds. Jacob Stoft was supposed to
be candidate, but last night he de-
clared that he did not want the nomina-
ton. He is after the senatorship from
the Thirty-third district, and last night
the delegates from there declared for
him.
Max Robb has apparently no opposi-
ton for county attorney. Frank l. ARIA
bee was mentioned, but yesterday he
stated that he did not care to run.
Several precincts from theT bird ward
came instructed for him, but they Will
no doubt shift to the side of Mr.. Robb.
Drs. Byrnes and Hunter are spoken of
as candidates for the position of coroner,
with the odds in favor of DR.. Byrnes.
The county surveyor may be Jim Egan
again and the county superintendent OF
schools no doubt the present incum-
bont. Prof Lewis.
In the First and Third wards there
was nothing thought of but the sena-
tOrial and representative fight. In the
Third the Tammany braves made an
effort to down j. L. Kiichli for the SEN
ate, but failed to capture anything
amounting to anything. Two sets of
delegates were chosen in the Thirteenth
precinct. 1t looks as though Kiichli
should win today easily, though there is
no telling what the Tammany delegates
may devise before the convention is
called. The First ward people are in
favor of him, and that counts for good
deal.
| In the First ward there was vigor-
GUS struggle for the Endorsement for the
house. The three candidates were
| MeSSrs. Strong, MCGOWAN and O'Reilly.
There is bitter fight between the two
latter gentlemen, and it may result in
Mr.. Strong's nomination. In the Ninth
precinct of the ward a row came
very nearly being brought on
This was Strong's precinct, but the
McGOwan men got in there and
performed something in the line
Of "packlng." Otto Grethen epdeav.
ored to create disturbance. but luck.
lily anything positively disgracefuI was
averted. Strong managed, IN spite ot
all, to walk away with the precincts
delegates. There will be not contest
in the convention.
In the Thirty-second district P. B.
Winston was a strong favorite for mem.
ber of the house. In TACT, no other can
didate was mentioned. Who will rur
for senator is not known, j. w. Law
renee declaring that he will have none
of it.
In the Thlrty-frst district Henry
Morse, it is understood, has declined {
run for senator, and last night S. R
| Child was mentioned as possible mar
10 run against E. j. Potter 1t is thought
that Mr.. Potter will be an easy man tC
beat. In the Thirtieth district Senator
Mcmillan is wanted, and in the Thirty
third Jacob Stoft is the man who viii
be chosen.
Returns from the primaries were re
ceIved at the rooms of the Hennepir
Democratic league, New York Life
building. The rooms were crowded
with politicians, and some very inter
eSting discussions took place.
Apropos of the fight in the ThirC
ward, T.W. Sullivan, treasurer of Tam
many, downed Henry Oswald in favo
of J. Kilchli. Oswald is one of Tam
many's executive committee.