St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22
-Thos. j. McDeTmott,
Chairman.
IT. ]. Mullane,
Caorata ~

Yesterdays action in Washington
county changes somewhat the pros
pect for tomorrow's convention of the
Fourth congressional district. 1t has
been assumed that William r. Mer-
riam and J. F. Carroll, Of st. Paul
Park, would be the dictrict delegates
TO st. Louis. Mr.. Merriam has the
united support Of Ramsey county,
without respect to other issues, while
Carroll was put on as concession TO
the back counties. 1t was assumed
that he would be acceptable, but the
action of the Washington county con-
vention yesterday overturns this view.
Mr.. Carroll, far from being elected to
st. Louis, was even beaten in his own
county for the position Of delegate to
the convention here tomorrow. There
is some talk of J. H. Crandan, OF the
same county, being recommended for
the place, but the Mckinley adherents
in St. Paul give it out that he will
have to show his Mckinley coIors or he
will not go. The Davis people, on the
other hand, would like very much to
find an excuse for giving H. A. Castle
that other delegateship, and thus Mr..
Crandall's chances are minimized. Nor
does it necessarily follow that EIr. Car
roll is beaten, for he may be saved
from the wreck by judicious use of
proxies and 'infiooence." The colored
citizens want F. D. Parker placed on
the delegation.
There were some mad men in st.
Paul yesterday when the resolutions
passed at the county convention were
|. made known. All sorts of explanations
! Were made but a factor in each was
| that the manifest will of the people
had been circumvented by the shrewd-
ness of the machine politicians. This
had quite q sounding rhythm. but it
also possessed truth as we'll as poetry,
| in the minds of many. One prominent
| Republican, resident of the Second
| precinct of the Ninth ward, said that
In his opinion, the Davis people had
| purposely hidden their caucuses. He
had spent an hour in a vain search for
the one in that precinct, which a young
lady at the headquarters of the state
| central committee had courteousIv but
vaguely informed him was on Waba
| Sha street somewhere Not content
with this he had canvassed all the
haunts in the precinct where politi-
clans might have the hardihood to con-
gregate; but had been unable to find
the polling place, and he was almost
as much surprised to find by the
] be, in the mornig that delegates
| had been chosen, as he was later in the
| day to find convention in Mckinley
| town declaring for Davis.
In many great tragedies there is
| vein OF comedy, and yesterdays slaugE-
| ter of the McKinleyites was not an ex-
| ceptfon. Those two Dromios Oar
Reese and Henry Johns, were in 1t. al
| though 1t was not strictly the comedy
| or errors. The amusing part Of it was
| 10 watch Oar trying to conceal his dis
| gust with the diplomatic smuggling OF
Davis sentiment into the convention.
| and Henry Johns trying to prove to
! Oar afterwards that it did not make
any difference anyway. Only those who
had experienced defeat knew how to
appreciate victory, and Henry is sure
! that the Mckinley banner will float in
triumph over the national, even
! If 1t doesn't adorn either the Fourth
| district or the Minnesota temples.
|
If Davis goes into the convention
| OF Tuesday as strong as he appeared
| last night, it is not a cinch that Nc
kinley will get the Minnesota delega-
| ton, although the little Napoleon
seems to have the advantage. Cush-
man k. has been Endorsed strongly in
Duluth, and st. Paul promises, by yes
| terday's action to cast at least 60 OF
the 70 votes for him. Other counties
here and there throughout the state
have honored him with their indorse-
ments, and he may come into the meet
ing with showing strong enough to
defeat instructions, even If he cannot
win. McKinley's victory in Minneap-
oils yesterday, with 116 votes, practi-
cally solid, gives the Ohio man a tre-
mendous leverage on the convention
however.