St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-08
A SMALL-FRY DAY.
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}. Greer, Of Lake City, suggested the
name of d. NJ. Brown, of Fergus
Falls. who had made strong showing
for chief clerk; Senator E. 3. CulliSter.
of Waseca, named s. Y. Morris Jr., of
Minneapolis. Two ballots were re-
CURED 10 settle the nomination i'll favor
of ID. M. Brown, OF Fergus Falls. The
first ballot stood, French, Is; jacobson,
q: Brown, -. and Morris. l. On the
second ballot Mr.. Brown had 80; Mr..
French. -, and jacobson 2.
|. For engrUSsing clerk there were
named j. E. Peterson. of Mankato; c.
A. Birch, of the Willmar Argus, aud
William GunderSOn, OF Preston. There
was but one ballot taken, which re-
suited in the election of Mr.. Peterson,
he receiving % votes: Mr.. Birch had II
and MIR. GundcrSon ).
Stiles NJ. West, of Rice county. was
elected sergeant alarms by acciama-
ton on motion of Senator A. w. Stock
ton, of Faribault.
Il. E. Barrows. of Minneapolis, was
elected second assistant secretary by
acclamatiOn
William r. Sache, of st. Paul, was
then given an reclamation nomination
| for assistant Sergeant-at-armS.
1t required three ballots 10 settle the
| nomination for sergeant Of the CALLER
les. The candidates were w. W. Tag
CART, OF Wilkin county; John I.
| Bjernes, OF Austin: Edgar Nash, of
| Minneapolis, and john f. McGlnnis, of
lie Sueur. On the first ballot Taggart
| had 3, Bjernes Il, Nash Is, McGinnis
Is and Ball |. On the second ballot
| Taggart had 2, Bjernes 9, Nash II and
| McGinujS Il. On the third ballot Capt.
Nash had q voies and was declared
elected.
1t required two ballots to select the
chaplain. The nominees were: Rev.
Robert Forbes. of Duluth; Rev. NJ. j.
BeyWater, Minneapolis, aud Rev. Israel
Bergstrom, Of Litchtield. On the first
ballot DR.. Forbes had u, Rev. Mr. Bey
water II and Rev. Mir. Bergstrom II. On
the second ballot DR.. Forbes secured "A,
and was declared elected.
For cloak room keeper there were
named Frank A. WhitlOck, OF Blue
Earth City, ana A.W. Barker, of Carver
county. The first ballot settled the
nomination in favor of Whitlock, who re-
ceiyed sc votes to for his opponent.
The names mentioned for sergeant of
the committee rooms were j. L. Get
man, Of Dodge county, and William
Bircher, of St. Paul. There was but
one ballot. which resulted in the elec-
ton of Bircher by vote of % to 10.
For file clerk the names mentioned
were George il Smith, Robert Bobleter,
of Brown county, and Henry Burkhart,
of WaDasha county. One ballot decided
the contest in favor of Henry Burkhart,
who held tile same position two years
ago. He received % votes, Bobleter Is
and Smith II.
A dOorkeeper and assistant were the
last two officers to be nominated, and
it was decided, after some discussion,
to give the first place to the one re
ceiying the highest number of votes
and make the one receiving the next
higher vote the assistant. The names
mentioned were those of Peter
Elsie, Anoka; John McGinnis, LIE
Sueur; John L. Blair, WiD0na: liver
Sorlin, Freeborn, and E. Forth, of Ohm
sted. The result was the election of
Forth as d0OrKeeper, with John Nc
Ginnis as assistant. The ballot stood:
F0rtin II. McGinnls ID, Elise Is, Surlin
II aud Blair 9.
An inquiry was then started as to the
compensation of the officers, but the
matter was left to be covered later by
resolution of the senate i'll cases where
not provided for by law.
The senators seemed 10th to make
test on the United States SenatOrship.
but feeler was thrown out by Senator
Ozmun, Of ST. Paul, which brought
several members to their feet. He
moved that committee of three be
named to have power to call any caucus
in the future. Senator Stockton and
others opposed the motion, and Senator
Ozmun said: ~ will withdraw the mo-
tion if there is objection" Chairman
Allen said: "Ihere Is objection" The
matter was then dropped.
Senator Stockton then moved that the
caucus proceed to nominate ii candidate
for president of the senate pro tenn.
Senator Sperry opposed the motion. and
stated that it would be better to wait
until later i'll the session. as had been
the custom before. He thought that near
the end of the session would be a bet
ter time, as the qualifications of
the senators could then be better de-
termined. Although 10 one said SO,
This seemed to be regarded as matter
that might lead to showing up Of SEN
timent on the United States senator
ship. vote was taken and a division
called for, which resulted In defeating
the motion by d vote of Il 10 10. This
showed that ten senators had not voted
and they were satisfied to let the matter
rest there.
The caucus seemed in hurry to adj
jourE at this point, tor fear some other
motion might be sprung which would
indicate disposition to smoke senators
out on the all-imDOrtant subject OF
whom they might favor as United
States senator.
Senotors Allen j. Greer. George L.
Barr and j. +. Wyman were banned by
the chairman to notify the senate OF the
result of the caucus.
Secretary s. A. Langum is editor of
the Preston Times. He was born on a
farm in Fillmore county, and was Sher- |
iii of the county one term. lie was |
afterwards assistant superintendent at |
the Saltwater peniientiary, and was a |
member of the house two years ago. He |
was aided in his canvass by Congress |
man TaWney, VINO Stald over To help |
him and some of his other friends along. |
Mr.. Langum is thirty-seven years old,
and is an excellent man for the place.
W. L. Allen. the assistant secretary, |
is lawyer by professionals has served |
as county attorney Of WatonWan |
county.
d, NJ. Brown. of Fergus Falls, the |
enrolling clerk. is all insurance agent. |
He has lived i'll the state twelve years, !
and has been prominent i'll local poll |
tics.
Capt. Stiles NJ. West, the sergeant-at
arms, who lives In Rice county, is all
old soldier and is hard party worker.
Capt. Edgar Nash, the gallery sergeant,
is one of The old soldiers who went TO
the relief of Fort Ridgely with Col
Sheehan, during the border outrages.
He was member of the house In 1871,
and has served as clerk of the ways and
me ans committee. He built the first
store In Duluth and was member OF
tue first council of that city. lie has
lived in this state forty years.
w. h. Sache, of st. Paul, was real
estate agent. and is an active worker i'll
local politics in this city.
: Frank A. Whittlock, Of Blue Earth
City. got the place OF cloak room keeper
the efforts OF Senator Nc
Arthur. He is an old soldier, a member
OF Suily post. q. A. K. He served in
Company q OF the Seventh Vermont
infantry.
William Bircher, the sergeant OF the
committee rooms, is under obligation to
Senator Pottgieser, of this city, for his