St. Paul daily globe., 1895-01-08

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SAINT, the speaker elect, paid high
tribute to the "big- bodied. g-hearted.
big-bralned representative from the
Second district, She'll" and also to Rep
resentative Gibbs. He hoped tina. the
senatorial contest would end in such a
manner as to leave as few stings as
were left in this contest.
Representative Jones presented the
name of NJ. J. Bowling. of Renvilie
county, for chief clerk. Not speaking
for any congressional district, not for
any slate or faction, but of one of the
ablest and most popular Republicans in
the state, he nominated the popular
Renville county editor.
Bowling by Acc1amation.
No other name being presented, the
rules were suspended and Mr.. Downing
was elected by acclamation.
Nomin ations for first assistant clerk
being i'll order. Representative Scho-
field nominated Noel II. Post. Repre-
sentative Gibbs nominated J. Frank
Dean, of Owatonna. Representative
| Littleton seconded Deans nomination.
! Henry John seconded the nomination
of Post, and the roll was called, and
| Dean pulled out winner by vote of
30 to 81, Wick wire. of Duluth. receiv-
| ing votes. Dean is editor of the OWa-
| tonna Journal.
W. w. Wall, of the LaneSboro Jour-
nal, was nominated for second assistant
clerk by Representative Johuson. The
! nomination of Wall was seconded by
y,1n 81 II Il al ,f0f fiVyr
| Mikkelson nominated Bronson Strain,
] ative Feig strongly seconded Strain's
| nomination, dwelling upon the earnest
| and effective work OF Strain in former
| Republican campaigns. The result
showed the effect of Feig's eloquent
| effort. for Strain made touch down
| with 81 to his opponents "A.
Representative HartShOrn nominated
n. H. Ingersoll, of Crow Wing, for en-
crossing clerk. Mr.. IngersolI is also a
newspaper man, being publisher Of the
Brainefd Dispatch. The Seventh.
| First aud Fourth congressional districts
seconded the nomination, and the Sec
| retary was instructed to cast the unani-
nous vote for lngersoll.
For enrolling clerk Representative
Eli Warner nominated E. F. Beck, of
Ramsey, whom Mr.. Warner declared
| to be
"Red-Headed Republican"
Mr.. Boobar seconded Beck's nomi-
nation, as did several other members.
Representative Gutterson nominated
| j. D. Hall. of Manhato. Mr.. Gutterson
said he had been informed that his man
was not on the slate, but he hoped he
would be given show. His informa-
tion as to the slate was evidently cor
rect. for Beck showed him under to the
tune of II to %.
| Nominations for postmaster being
| called, Representativ Jacobson made q
cyclonic speech in favor of S. A. An
derson, the candidate of the Second
| district
Representative Llttleton. in a digni-
| fed and gallant address. placed in
domination Mrs r. w. Clifford, the
nominee of the st. Paul Press CLUB
| Representative Underwood, of Henne-
| pin, warmly seconded Mrs. Clifford.
| II. r. Turrittin, OF LIE Suenr, was
nominated. Representative Feig nomi
| mated Andrew RailSoD, who was men,
| Der of the last house from the same
district from which Mr.. Feig comes.
Fight for Postmastership.
The vote, being taken, resulted as
| follows: Ande1 son, "A; Railson, II;
Turrlttin. 80; Mrs. Clifford, 2s. No
election being bad, another vote was
| taken, with the result of 20 for Ander-
| sou, for Rallson, Sc for Turrittin, and
| 20 for Mrs. Clifford. Mrs. Hartman also
| received votes.
A third ballot followed, Mr. Rails0n
withdrawing in favor of Mrs. Clifford.
This action simplIfed the situation
somewhat, the result being as follows
! Anderson, 13; Turrittln, 80; Mrs. Cliff
ford, AZ. On the fourth ballot Mr..
| Anderson was Withdrawn by MIR. Jacob
| SOIL. ard when the vote was counted it
was found that there were more votes
J than there were members present. Sew
| eral attempts were made for COM
promise, but it was 1nally agreed to
take another ballot, which being done,
| Turrlttin was found 10 be elected by q
vote of 81 to 81.
The long struggle being over, nomi-
| nations for sergeant al arms were or
| dered. and Representative Strong NOM
! mated George F. Whitcomb. Of AIexan-
| dria, who is a brother of Doc Whit
| comb, OF St. Paul. Representative
| Douglass nominated John NJ. Bayer, of
| Clay county. Anthony Fritz. OF Wash
| ington county, was nominated by Rep
| resentative Parker: G. H. Colyer. OF
Wheaton. by Representative Bennet.
| Whitcomb received 80 votes, Bayer SO,
! Colyer 6, Fritz Is and Basil Smout 2.
! Another ballot was taken, upon which
| the vote was divided as follows: Whit
| comb 26, BaYer 50. Fritz 8.
Bayer Was Nominated
Nominations for assistant sergeant
| at-armS were called A. \. Dor nom .
| mated NJ. Il. Dixie. of Sherburne
county. Representative Maltette sec
onded for Dixie j. ". Wells, of An
Okla. who held the position two years
| ago, was nominated by Representative
| GelsSler, of Freeborn. Representative
| Lockwood seconded for Wells. G. d.
| Teas was nominated by Representative
| Hoeffkin The roll WAS called. and
| Wells started off with 43, Dixie receiv-
| ing 81 ana Teas 8. a second ballot gave
| Wells II, Dixie 40, Teas s.
| dered. the Second district presented
| Rev. Robert McCune, Dan Shells can
didate," for chaplain. Representative
| Johns seconded, aud was followed by
| several others. MIR. Underwood, of
| Hennepin, nominated Rev. Leonard T..
| Smith. of Hamline. Representative
| Robillard seconded for Mr.. Smith. All
| opposition had TO give way before
| Dan Shells Popularity.
| and during the trouble to come Rev.
| MeCune will attempt the difficult task
| of praying for the sins of omission and
commission OF Republican legislature.
| The vote stood II to ~ in his favor, one
vote being polled for a Mr.. Rogers
| presumably Z. q.
MIR. Dare moved the appointment OF
| four to act with similar committee
from the senate to call future Repub-
| lican cancuseS. The motion was amend
ed to make the number of the committee
| six instead OF four. Mr.. Johns objected,
and moved to adjourn. The motion was
| voted down, and the motion for the ap-
! pointment OF the committee was car
| ried. The chair announced that the
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