The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-26

In convention remarkable for the
harmony displayed when the numbeIt
of candidates presented is consideredI
the Republicans Of Ramsey countM
nominated q county ticket yesterdayd
The result Of their deliberations did not
vary widely from the predictions made
ON Monday. With single exception
the candidates that were expected toi
win out were named yesterday That
exception J. w. Pinch. candidate for
county attorney, who had generally beene
considered a sure winner
The convention was unwieldy and
\ disposed to be uproarious at times tol
the evident annoyance Of the ehairman
whose voice, husky from over muchl
campaign exercise, was at times raised
in threatening protest against soma
of the delegations that persisted .irsI
making life burden to every one inl
the hail. The crowd was large. too.i
and seldom has Market hall had sol
large an audience throughout the pro-
ceedings of political meeting The
spectators overran that portion of the
hall set apart for the delegates and
made even more trouble than the ''in@
harmonious Ninth" as the chairman
was pleased to designate the squab-
blers from that section Of the city. The
Ninth ward has troubles Of its own and
attempted to drag its disputes into the
convention at every stage. One of the
delegates was willing to paralyze that
eminent and peaceful statesman, Tim
Reardon, and shook his fist under the
old mans nose, but Mr. Reardon waved
the belligerent aside and friends of the
interested parties prevented an OUT
break before the sergeant at-arns
could show his authority. This wrang-
ling in the Ninth was manifested upon
every possible occasion and finally, dur4
ing the nominating speeches for coros
ner, Mr.. Reardon took the platform
and urged the nomination Of the candi-
date from that ward as precautionary
measure. I'VE have a disturbing eles
ment in our ward" he said, "and we
need physician up there 1 am told
the candidate from the Ninth is well
versed in the dressing of broken heads
and his services will certainly be III
demand up in my neighborhood soont
The Third ward, too, made some
trouble for the chairman. because OF
the rebellious and ill-mannered YOUTH
full delegates who dared at times 10
protest against the methods Of that
eminent and worthy political leader
Col. S. Lowenstein. When the troubles
of the Ninth ward were not before tho
convention, the refractory delegates
from the Third were keeping Lowen-
stein busy making apologies for his bad
boys.
The first vote Of the convention in
which any great interest was taken
was that for sheriff. Chapel, 1t was
conceded by all save the Mabon, fol-
lowing. had enough votes to win on tho
first ballot. Col. Milham came TO the
front in Mabon's behalf during the
noon recess, offering to withdraw from
the contest If all his supporters would
vote for Mabon. But he couldn't swing
them all into line even IL Milham had
not taken this stand 1t Is claimed that
Chapel would have had more thar
enough to nominate on the first ballot,
The result showed what Chapel had
claimed all along-that he had a fol.
lowing that could not be diverted and
his strength was such that neither of
the other two candidates could have
hoped for stampede In their favor.
People who ought to know what they
are talking about, give Chapel the
credit OF having organized the strong,
est machine any Republican candi-
date ever had in Ramsey county
The action of the convention in re-
nominating Judge Otis was anticipated
and did not meet with serious oppo9
sition though there was some manf-
festation of disfavor when j. f. Mark.
ham made his splendid speech nomi-
mating Judge Otis and urging norI
partisanship in the selection of judi
cial ticket. Late though the hour wasa
and tired as the delegates were, they
we're reused by Mr.. Markham and
cheered the man as wen as the senti1
ments he uttered.
S. A. Anderson. the young man nomf4
mated for county attorney, made a good
impression on the audience. He Isl
young, as he confessed and was put
forward by his law partner, l.. TT
Chamberlain, ex-county attorney, and
now general counsel of the Northern
Pacific. J w. Pinch's failure to gee
the nomination was surprise to many
who have been given TO understand
that he was the fav0rite "machinea