St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-13


Gov. Merriam spoke for the Ramsey
delegation when anything important
was said.
Fred Dalscoll smoked good cigars and
thought.
+. c. Stevens made one motion.
The convention drank ice water out
OF wooden pals.
If Gen. Jnnnison contempiates going
to congress, he should brush up on elo-
cutlon and get the fog horn out of his
and talk to the trees with pebbles in
his mouth.
good many inquired if Bob Evans
mad lost his grip, when he said he had
10 tears to shed. Bob used to be kind
OF teary i'll the old days, you know
Secretary Feig has magnificent voice
for reading clerk. but calling the roll of
counties on so many ballots nearly wore
it out.
Mayor Eustis got off his triple-plate,
delegates to call at Minneapolis.
Hon. j. A. Tawney talked so often he
looked bit tired at midnight.
jacobson. of Lac Qui Parle, is a
screamer. There is not a shorthand
man who could report him, and he
didn't fairly let himself loose, either.
Elmer Adams was alert that no tricks
Should be played upon travellers. He
made motion to that effect.
While Dakota county delegate went
outside to breathe some scamp stole his
proxy and voted for the other man. The
chairman let him correct his vote, and
lad it counted.
Hennepin county held little conven-
ton OF its own on each ballot. 1t took
lots of tlue, anu the convention had to
wait and wait.
Chairman Langdon. of the Hennepin
delegation, needed bracer. He is an
elegant gentleman. but his lungs were
not equal to The occasion.
Roswell &. Horr said he was so full
hours. He looked it.
There was no one taking subscriptions
for the New York Tribune. Editor
Thompson, of the zone loyal metropol-
itan Republican daily of the North
west" looked out for that.
The boys who passed about with
lemonade for sale had poor success S. 1t
wasn't red enough.
The chairman had the biggest gavel
that has ever been built. But he is a
big man, and made the strokes sound
like thunder.
lie the Hon. Mr.. 1owne wishes to APP
pear in good form when he goes to con.
gress, he should reform his habit of
keeping bis hands in his pantaloonS
pockets when he makes a speech.
The convention was long on noise, but
short OH good speakers, 1t was often
remarked that if it had been a Demo
cratic convention some real good oratory
would have been heard
Gene Hay gave the convention an
object lesson OH cZarism and Reeds
rules and all that sort of thing, when he
trapped the delegates with his three
minute speech rule. My but how mad
it made the orators to be choked off by
calls of thine" before they had really
begun. Rules are rules, and it had to
be done. The big, good-natured chair
man counted quorum on 'em, every
time. and seemed quite to enjoy it.
Some folks will know more another
time.
Gov.Nelson don't often write speech.
He is quite happy eXtempore speaker,
but this time he took no chances, put on
his spectacles and read his thoughtfuily
prepared typewriter acceptance adj
dress i'll SuDdued monotone.
The sergeant-at-arms let every one
come in aud roam around with the dele
gates. When rebuked by big man
wearing saffron-colored badge, the
little custodian of the reserved seats
said he could't help it. Then he went
out and wept.
When Sam Iverson's champion said
his protege was born in Minnesota, the
announcement was fatal. Sam is a
splendid fellow, but he made the mis-
take OF his life in not being born some
where else.
Every delegate had GLOBE to read,
and appreciated Democratic enterprise,
which furnished the Republican con-
ventlon with ready reference list of
delegates, sketches of candidates and
the news of the day. b ut then, the
leading newspaper of Minnesota and
the most popular journal Of the Conven-
ton City is ever thus courteous to the
distinguished guests who are attracted
to and entertained by the metropolis of
the Northwest. The chairman of the
convention paid the GLOBE delicate
compliment in his opening remarks,
showing himself to be a broad man, who
knows good thing when he sees it.
particularly as The GLOBE had saved
him the labor of preparing speech by
anticipating the remarks he ought to
make.
AS the roll OF counties was called on
the ballots. Hennepin and Ramsey
wanted to be passed temporarily. but
the country boys were onto them, and
wouldn't have it.. 60 the big counties
had to remain in the line and tote fair
with the rest.
Col. Bobleter was conspicuous by his
absence. showing that the Pioneer Press
did him an injustice by intimating that
after four terms as state treasurer he
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