St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-05
JAGGARD WAS LEFT
SLATE SMASHING, STIRS THE
SWAPPING ANTI-SNAPPERS
TO THE CENTER.
ONE BRIGGS is PRESIDENT,
Y. NJ. CENTRAL REPUBLIC
AN CLUB.
PATRICK HENRY is MURDERED
To Make Roman Holiday for a
Bright Young Republican nt
the Windsor.

ne EoUdDItIS anu
Young Mems Republican club held its
meeting at the Windsor hotel last
night. This is the club that was or
ganized as a protest against the Young
Mems Republican League club. Just
about the time it was proposed to hold
q meeting for the organization of the
league club q number of rising young
Republicans" who felt that they had
been cut out by the gods to control
the destinies of mankind, and were
therefore entitled to the privilege of
running the club, quietly issued a
call for meeting of a select few to
be held a night or two in advance, SO
as to get a cinch on the organization.
These snappers would then invite all
their beloved brethren to come in and
help push the good thing along.
But those who, according to the de-
sign of the SnapperS, were to cOnSti-
tute the rank and file of the club, got
wind of the movement, and simply
shifted their meeting a peg further
ahead, holding it one night in advance
of the time set by the snappers, and
when the latter got up next morning
and learned what had happened, they
raised the cry stop, thief they
howled against the beloved brethren
who had SO foully taken advantage of
them by holding snap meeting for
the purpose of getting control of the
organization Poor innocents! 1t
wasn't fair to do them up at their own
game. 1t was mean advantage to
take, and every one of them quoted
from his code of political ethics TO
prove it. To back up this proof an
opposition club had to be organized,
and this club was christened last night
ha Central Ran1rhlip1fl
club. The legitimates named it some
time ago, however, the Snappers' Anti
Swapping club.
The foregoing is all preliminary for
the benefit of those not familiar with
the inside history of the organization
of the Anti-snapping club. Now, for
some OF its proceedings. At the first
meeting E. A. Jaggard was chosen as
temporary chairman. In fact. it is said
on good authority that Mr.. Jaggard had
been led to join the club on the express
promise that he should be elected presi-
dent, and his election as temporary
chairman was in pursuance of this I'M
Outstanding.
But Mr.. Jagard did not happen to be
in attendance at the meeting last Ssght,
and Notwithstanding that, it had been
understood that the election of perman-
ent officers should not take place until
the next meeting. Those who were OPP
posed to the slate took advantage of his
absence and elected A. G.. Briggs preSi-
dent. Every effort was made by Mr..
Jaggard's supporters to have the cleo
ton postponed, but the others would
not have it, and the latter seemed to
have control. w. M. Higgins, who was
slated for secretary, seemed to stand in
better favor, but he did not like to go
back on the combine, SO he declined to
accept at first. He said he had reasons
for declining that were well known to
some of those present but he was not at
liberty to explain them. The G / o b e
therefore explains for him. However,
Mr.. Higgins finally yielded to the i'm
portunities of those present and accept
ed the position. r. G.. White was elect
ed treasurer.
The oppone hts of the slate wanted to
go ahead and elect the executive COM
mittee, Which is to consist Of one MEM
Der from each ward, but as there were
not enough present to fill out the COM
mittee, action had to be postponed
The next matter that presented itself
as crossroads to the contending forces
was the appointment of a committee to
confer with the other club with a view
to effecting a consolidation. Harvey
Hall was opposed to showing the white
feather for the present. He thought it
would be time enough to do that when
the failure of this club had been demon
strated. If the club was to be swal-
lowed up, the proper thing to do would
be to disband and join the other club
Harry Sundberg moved to defer &C
ton one week, but Thomas Germo want
ed the strife ended at once. In the
language of Patrick Henry he saw no
way Of looking at the future but by the
past, and judging by the past, he con-
cluded that E. c. Campbell deserved to
be called down for his iniudicious re-
marks at the previous meeting Camp
bells was a bad speech, because he had
said the members Of the other club had
no brains, and that tended to breed dis
cord among the dearly beloved breth-
len. Il know not what course others
may take concluded the speaker, ''but
as for me, give me liberty or give me
union now and forever" (Applause)
Mr.. Campbell replied to the eloquent
appeal of the previous speaker by say
ing that he had placed him Campbell
i'll false light. He had not said at the
previous meeting that the members of
the other club had no brains But an
officer of that club had been quoted as
saying that if there was to be any con-
Solidatlon, the OvertureS must all come
from the "kicke2s." Mr. Campbell said
the other club was on the defensive. II
had made the first break by calling a
snap meeting. but not all of the mem
UciS VI tIiIS ciuD were Idfn1lldf with LII
the facts.
r. a. Chinook favored immediate
steps looking toward a consolidation
1t seemed to be personal fight between
p few and should have no effect on the
action of those who We're being used as
a eatspaw. He knew the other club
would be willing to do what was right
IN erecting a consolidation
Campbell said again that his opposi-
ton 70 the other club was due to the
fact that it had called snap meeting
but ne did not say what his position
would have been had his snap meeting
come off first. Under the circumstances
he did not desire to be made a scape-
goat.
Sundherg wanted action delayed I'M
til the membership of the club was in
c,'ea sed, SO it would be on an equal
footing with it's rival. Hall said he was
sorry TO see the personal feeling that
had hacome apparent in the discussion
He had not previously realized that an
attempt was being made to use him as
a catspaw, and he did not propose tc
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