The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-23
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN MEETING
DEVELOPS A STRONG ANTI
CHAPEL FEELING.
CHARGES MADE IN THE FIRST
ARE SPRUNG AGAIN, BUT IN A
DIFFERENT AND UNEXPECTED
WAY.
DEMANDS FOR INVESTIGATION.
Arc Opposed by Col. Samuel L0ven-
stein-Meeting Broke Up in
Row.

The Third Ward Republican club
held meeting at Fifth and Rosabel
streets last evening, and, for a meet
ing at which there were only about
fifty present, it was probably as hot a
session as ever was held outside of a
24-foot ring
The cause of the trouble was the
same thing that created the sensation
in the First ward meeting Wednesday
night Everything was going on swim
mingly. G. A. baltimore, who wants
to get into the legislature, spoke brief
ly giving the Republican chances for
success, and an enthusiastic candidate
for court commissioner predicted Re-
publican success in this county by a
majority of 10000. Some one reminded
him that there were only about $4,000
voters in the county, and he conceded
that perhaps he was too sanguine.
But the real life did not come until
G. W. Tuck, a modest and unassuming
citizen, rose and inquired into the truth
of the reports circulated in the First
ward meeting concerning the thJds
by which Charles Chapel vas alleged
to have secured his nomination for
sheriff. For his part he had no rea-
NNON~S
man, butcher for a grocery firm, he
said, who had been told by a friend
that he received $50 for voting for
Chapel in the convention, and had
shown him the money
This made the Third warders hot.
They knew, or at least believed, that
their influence in the convention had
been an important factor in effecting
tIa
were somewhat wrought up over it.
Two or three spoke in favor of heroic
treatment Of this corrupt practice
Finally one man, who was, perhaps
uneducated in the ways Of practical
politics, moved that a committee be
appointed to investigate this charge.
Sam Lowenstein, tactful veteran that
he is spoke in opposition to the motion.
He hoped it would not pass. 1t would
be an insult to Charley Chapel. He
hoped the matter would not be men
tened outside of the club. anyway
that it would not reach the ears of.
NIP Chapel, that the republicans Of
tie Third ward had SO little confidence
III him. He did not think the action
should be taken. He himself knew that
Mr.. Chapel had loaned a personal
friend of his $50 and he also thought
Mr.. Chapel might have given some of
Fis; friends So or So around to set them
UP to the boys. He might even have
loaned another $50 to some personal
friend, but he did not believe that his
nomination was secured as had been
charged
Deputy Sheriff Green and another
Green were there, and so was Ralph
O'Hara, who is managing the cam
paign of DR.. J. Cyclist Nelson, the
Republican candidate for coroner.
Harsh words were used in speaking of
the G O e, which seemed to be par
ticularly unpopular for printing a full
report of the First ward meeting. A
lot OF them wanted to sidetrack the
appointment Of a committee, but the
meeting had a large faction which
insisted on investigating. Tuck in
sisted that his friend, the butcher.
would render the committee every as
slstance, and the opponents Of Chapel
would not listen to the proposition to
XIII the committee. The meeting final
ly broke I'D. in a wrangle without any
committee having been adopted, but
hot until fully half the members pres
ent had declared that they would not
vote for Chapel unless he cleared NJ
the scandal which Judge Sehoonmaker
{ nd other Republicans had sprung
The feeling last night was Indicative
cl large vote for Wagner from the
members of the Republican partx in
the Third ward.