St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-16
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Their County Committee Has
Another Heated Wrangle
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EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD
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To Get Rid Of the KickerS
Who Are Making Life a
Burden.
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COMMITTEE FOR DARRAGH.,
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1t Will Manage His Campaign
in a Most Vigorous
Manner. )
EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD
COMMITTEE FOR DARRAGH.

MS hepuUllcan county committee
had another hippodrome meeting yes
terday afternoon, and again adjourned
for week without calling their county
convention. They are carrying out
their declared purpose of waiting
until the Democrats nominate a ticket
before placing one in the field.
Another reason given for the delay is
said to be that when the convention
shall have been called the committee Is
done, and the Lincoln club will usurp
the prerogatives of the committee, a
power that most of the members are
not willing to yield as long as there is
possibility of knocking out the ring
that came into life recently under the
name of the Lincoln club.
An open session of the committee was
held. which was attended by nearly a
hundred candidates for office, all of
whom wanted to say something about
primaries and kindred subjects. They
made good use of their time until de-
bate was shut off with a motion for
executive session.
Nj. j. Bell said that the Sixth ward
wanted precinct primaries, and so did
several more from that ward. Mr.. Will
Jams, of Ihat ward, got into a dispute
with Mr.. Bell over the assertion that
there was some disposition of few to
consolidate some precincts in the Sixth
ward.
&. j. Jubert raised his voice to high
pitch and said, 1.-The Sixth ward wants
precinct primaries. And don't you
forget it."
Another man from that ward said
that they had some precincts in which
there are only ten Republicans, but
they wanted the privilege of selecting
their judges at the polls and sending a
delegation 70 the convention.
Several others spoke up aud claimed
the right for precinct primaries in their
wards. r.
Mr.. Derringer, the Herr Most of
the League club of the Eighth ward.
made sharp speech, in which he said
that the voters of his ward demanded
precinct primaries. He handed over a
list of judges which he said the Eighth
Ward league had selected. aud said: =,
"Here is list of our judges. We de-
mand them to be selected by this COM
mittee. If they are not, we will ignore
you. and we will select judges at all the
precincts on the day of the primary
election, and send delegates to the
county convention. We will act under
the old town election law of 1879 and
SEND our own delegates to the conven-l
tion."
Mr.. Barringer, of the Eighth ward,
Informed the committee that they had
determined to have primaries in all the
precincts,and Chairman Copeland's face
got redder at the thought that rank
outsider, who has not been a Republic
an very long, should dictate to the COM
mittee. He could stand the drubbing
no longer and suggested that a motion
to 60 into executive session
would be entertained. The
motion was promptly made
and the kickers and dctators as we'll as
all candidates who are not on the COM
mittee were invited to retire. As they
went out there was considerable NUT
terlng, and they stood around in groups
and discussed the situation for the two
hours the committee remained in secret
session.
Sheriff Chapel said that he had told
the committee to fix the convention for
Monday one week, and he did not care
d when it was fixed.lor:what they
did with the primary precinct plan..
G. j.. Jubert said: 1.-THE committee
got dose this time. Maybe it will do
them some good"
John Hillyard said: "If the A. P.
AIS are going to run things l will 60
over to the Populists."
Several others made naughty remarks
about the committee and outsiders who
were there to exert their influence.
1t was nearly7 o'clock when the COM
mittee got through. The announce
ment was made that the precinct pri-
mary plan had been discussed. and 1t
was decided to hold primaries in all the
precincts. except as to the Third and
Eighth wards. In the Third ward there
will be three voting places. In the
Eighth ward the Eighth and Fourteenth
precincts will be consolidated. The
ward committee men were directed to
prepare lists of judges and select the
veting places, and report at the next
meeting of the committee on Saturday.