The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-30

Egan and Cory were declared the
nominees. of thee convention. e"s.
Judge Cory was escorted to the plat
form. He said he stood squarely by
the platform of the national and county
convention The Republicans he said,
by their system of bulldozing the votes
of labor. were debaSing the money as
well as the people of the country
County commissioners were nomi-
mated as follows: Thomas J. O'Leary,
of the Fifth ward; Joseph smith, Oh
the Sixth ward; William Johnson,
First ward; A F. Manke, Eighth ward J;
P. J. Gleason, Eleventh ward; Louis
Pawn. Eighth ward; Peter Mcdonald,
Second ward; George H. Allen, Seventh
ward: William Brown, Fifth ward.
MeSsrs. Smith, Gleason, Mcdonald and
Allen having received the largest num-
her OF votes were declared the noml-
nees of the convention. County mem
bers named from the First and Second
districts respectively were G. +. Nc
Carron and Charles Leip.
A P. Hendrickson, of Rose Town,
was nominated by the county dele
gates for superintendent Of schools and
the nomination ratified by the conven-
ton.
The report of the Populist conference
committee was submitted by j. G..
Hanley, who presented the names of
the nominees of that body for notifica-
ton by the Democrats. This was done
by the adoption of the resolution passed
by the Populists, which appears in the
report of the convention held by that
body.
The wards reported legislative can
didates, which were Endorsed by the
convention as follows:
Third Ward-W. A. Van Slyke.
Fourth Ward-John Z. Hearn.
Seventh Ward-C. w. Gordon. sf~
Eighth Ward-Thomas +. Martin.
Ninth Ward-Dr. E. w. Buckley.
Tenth and Eleventh Wards and Country
Districts-S. r. Murray, of North st. Paul.
The selection of Martin in the Eighth
ward was attended by the bitterest
fight of the day. All day long the del
egates from that ward had been quar-
reling. There were as many factions
as there were candidates. and race diff
ferences cut quite a figure as Well.
Martin, who had been a candidate for
auditor was out in the cold when the
conference committee conceded that
office to the Populists. His friends,
who long since offered to support him
for the legislature, Immediately began
a canvass Of the delegation, much to
the chagrin of the friends of TT.
McDermott who,- but for Martins can
didacy, would probably have carried
the day for their man. When the dele
cation withdrew to ballot for the leg
islative candidate it was generally be
lieved that McDermott would have an
easy victory. When the delegation re-
ported there was surprise that Martin
should have received eighteen of thirty
two votes, the other candidates receiv-
ing only handful each. A poll Of the
ward was demanded, as it was asserted
that although the ballot was in favor
of Martin it was an informal ballot and
that friends of other candidates had
voted for Martin on the first ballot out
of compliment to him. The Wrapgle
lasted for several minutes. Martin,
though not delegate, was permitted
to address the convention. He de-
clared he was not afraid of another
ballot and said he had been honestly
supported by his friends in the caucus.
He paid his respects to McDermott,
who he said, had threatened not to
support him (Martin). He was not sur
prised, as 1T was not the first time he
had known McDermott to bolt the
Democratic ticket. elimination and
recrimination passed back and forth
and the chair seemed disposed to let
the delegates fight Ii out Finally u
poll of the ward was taken. McDer-
mott and Ellis withdrew from the race
and Martin and finland were voted for.
The effort to defeat Martin was unsuc-
cessful the vote standing 10 to IL.
A resolution was adopted authoriz-
ing the chair to appoint a committee of
five to select delegates to the congress
sional convention which will be held
Oct. II. The following, introduced by
T. d. O'Brien, was adopted:
Resolved, That the chairman Of this con-
vention be authorized to appoint a county
committee consisting of one member from
each ward three from the county, and seven
members at large, and that such committee
be and is hereby authorized to fill all vacan-
cies upon the ticket. now or hereafter occur
ring. +
2. d. Scannel1 offered as a substitute
a resolution providing for new system
of county organization, similar to the
organization Of the Republicans. 1t
was voted down.
This concluded the business of the
session A vote of thanks was rendered
Chairman O'Brien and the convention
adjourned inst as the citv hail clock