St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-06

action of the Taylor men. who insisted
upon acting disOrderly and accusing the
Rhode faction OF acting unfairly. Mr..
Taylor made a speech In which lie
claimed that Rhode had vilifed him.
When the pOmtnee rose to make a
speech the Taylor men left the hall In
such q noisy manner that the cQnven-
ton broke up in disorder aud Mr.. Rhode
was obliged to fOregO his speech. John
a from the Ninth ward. will no doubt
receive the nomination again, and he
will have 20 difficulty in defeating thH
nominee of yesterday.
A Tenth Ward Combination.
In the Tenth ward a combination was
formed to beat John West. and it suci
ceeded. The candidates were: John
West, Sampson Parker, Benjamin
Thaxter, Martin Berglund and g. Il.
HOrgen. 1t took six ballots to decide
the nomination., SampsoH Parker being
declared the nominee. There was a lot
Of shifting around. and In tho shifts
West was lost in the shuttle. }
The Eleve ath and Twelfth.
The contest in the Eleventh ward was
a long one and a hot One Twenty ball.
lots were taken, and the wind-up of n
all was that j. w. Phillips was NOM
mated. The candidates who stuck to
each other during the twenty ballots
were j.. w. Phillips. A. Therkelson, l..
Carroll and w. X. Hicks. The latter is
the druggist who has been a candidate
for alderman from the Eleventh ward at
least half d dozen times. Each time he
has been turned down.
In the Twelfth ward there were two
nominations, one for the four.year
term and the other for the twu-year
term. +. e. Drew was nominated for
the four-year term and e. E. Dickson
for the two year term.
Thirteenth Ward Ingrates.
On Tuesday night it looked as though
Ala. Gray would succeed himself. at
least as nOmlnee: out the Thirteenth
ward people are Of a changeable nature,
and at the convention he was turned
down." The convention was held in
the residence of w. Il. Bartlett, 3G46
Blaisdell II There were but eight
delegates, and five OF these cast their
ballots for e.. l.. Fort, and the remain.
ing three for Mr.. Gray. Mr.. Fort was
very jubilant over his victory, though
III whispered. nay. spoken aloud. that
it was brought through the A. p. A.
AID. Gray is an avowad enemy of the
A. L. A.. and 1t is claimed that the
Thirteenth ward members of it planned
and brought about his defeat. He has
served the city as alderman for six
years.
The Evening Session.
The evening session was lively, there
being more scrapplng over the petty
offices than the zig ones. Fourteen
candidates struggled Tor the nomination
as special judge OF the municipal court.
w. A. Kerr, IA ~well-knowa young at
r0rney, was nominated On the third
ballot, when there was a general break.
The Justices of peace nominated we're:
North district, C.. E. Bond; south
district, AL j. Smith; east district, c. S.
Dever.
On motion of Judge Ell Torrance the
matter of nominating members of the
school and library boards was left to a
committee of sixty selected from the
various wards Of the city, the appoint
ment being equitable AMI satisfactory to
the convention. This committee will
make the nominations at some future
time. When the motion was first put
John A. Arneson created considerable
merriment by remarking that the con-
ventlon might just as well turn over the
nominations for the two boards 10 John
Goodnow and be done with it. i