St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-14
ITS REGULARITY QUESTIONED.
DONE AT A MEETING OF THE Or
GANIZATION HELD AT THE
CLARENDON.
THE ELECTION PREPARATIONS.
Several Members Walk Out of the
Room, Claiming the Proceed
ings Were Irregular.

iii5hI at the Clarendon motel IN re-
Spouse to the following call issued by
Secretary F. S. Battley:
AT request, l hereby notify you that a
meeting or the Democratic city committee of
the city OF st, Paul will be held at the par
street, st. Paul. Mimi, at p. M, 18th of
March. You are earnestly requested to be
present. Respectfully. Fl. S. Battley,
Secretary Democratic City Committee.
Upon assembling, a glance over the
room revealed the presence of the fol-
lowing gentlemen:
&c. j. Darragh, P. D. Scannell, Ed
ward Murnane, j. H. Bell, Charles
Gerber Edward Quinlivan, L. ]. Dob
ner, Patrick Gleason, William john
son, Frank ]. Huber, A. H. Miller,
John Healy, d. L. Bell, J. A. Meyer,
M. Mullane, John J. Dwyer, Thomas
Loren. Standing in the rear Of the
room not far from the door were Pat
rick Conley. George H. Allen, o. H.
O'Neill, John e. Hearn, J. H. LOOMS
and George Mitsch.
l.. j. Dobner opened the proceed
ings with motion that P. D. Scan
nell be chosen temporary chairman.
The motion prevailed. Then Frank J.
Huber, Of the Fourth ward, and A.
II. Miller, of the EiXth ward, were
elected secretary and assistant secre-
tary. respectively. Thereupon Assist
ant Secretary Miller under direction
OF Chairman Scanned, read the fol-
lowing letters from Thomas D. O'Brien
dated May II, 1894, rseigning his mem
bership and the craftsmanship of the
city committee:
Frank S. Battley, Esq, Secretary Demo-
cratic City Committee-Dear Sir: Enclosed
find my resignation as a member of the city
committee. You will observe that I have
man. Please notify him of that fact, and
also that the committee will meet at his
CALL Very respectfully,
Thomas D. O'Brien,
| When accepted the position of chairman of
| this committee 1t was with the understand
ing that | would be at liberty to resign as
| soon as the campaign ended. I have neither
| the inclination nor the time necessary to
| take an active interest in politics. I, there
| fore, appoint l.. l.. May as temporary chair
man of the Democratic city committee until
chairman is regularly elected by you, and
hereby resign my membership on said COM
| mittee Thanking each member of the COM
mittee for the uniform kindness and consid-
| GRAFTON shown me while acting as chairman,
| Thomas D. o'Brien
E. J. Darragh then moved that the
temporary organization be made per-
manent. About this time Patrick Con
ley, George H Allen, o. H. O'Neill
George H. Mitsch departed. Mr.. Aller
remarked as he left that he did MOI
wish to be recorded as present.
Chairman Scannell replied that III
would be so recorded, nevertheless
The retirement of the six members O.
the committee left seventeen person:
present, five of whom held proxies. thu
entire committee numbering thirty
members.
Mr.. Darragh's motion to make thu
temporary organization permanent wa
carried by unanimous vote.
The secretary then read a lette
from Secretary F. S. Battley delegat
ing John Healy, of the Eighth ward
now one of the assistant building in
spectors as his proxy, inasmuch a
his (NIr Battley's) business had calle
him away from the city.
The vacancy caused by the resigna
ton of Thomas D. O'Brien was file
by the election of John J. Dwyer, O
the Seventh ward
The committee then proceeded t
transact business.
On motion .of Mr.. Darragh specie
committee of three was appointed wit
full power to call the Democratic cit
J convention at Market hall at the mos
! opportune time. The motion specific
that the chairman of the city commit
tee should be a member of the specie
, committee. Chairman Scannen al
! pointed L. J. Dobner and Frank J. HI
tee.
l The apportionment of delegates We
then considered. Mr.. Dobner called tt
attention of the committee to the ne
law regulating primary elections Whic
/ requires the holding of precinct cal
d cuses. Mr. Dobner heartily indorse
). the law as one calculated to give tt
. people a fair show. He then move
d that each precinct be entitled to OF
v delegate and an additional delegate II
each major fraction of 100 votes ca
after the first 10 votes, on the basis
the vote cast for Robert A. Smith Il
. mayor in 1894. The motion prevailed.
% Mr.. Darragh then offered motto
$ which, after some discussion, TOOK Tn
t. form: That the ward commltteemt
1t select the chairman, judges and clerl
of primaries. and certify them to Il
snecial committee of three, already a
nointed. within five days before Il
holding of the primaries, and in case
X the failure of any ward commltteem'
" ~ to do so, then the special committee
:" 70 designate the officers OF the prlm
ries This motion was earned uhai
mously. ,.a 80,
l, loot to the call of the chairman.
N some of the members of the cor
roittee who refused to take part IN q
nroceedings said after the meetll
that they would not recognize the pr
ceedings. One of them claimed tn
N the cali was only signed by eight M
j. when it required sixteen or more
or bring the committee together. L.
chairman was absent as we'll as {
es secretary, although John Healy ne
the nroxy of F. S. Battley, the seer
" tarv He claimed that there was n
a quorum present when the meetil
onened and until there was a quoru
the proxies could not be accepted n
is could those holding them be allow
a voice in the proceedings. For tn
reason he held the proceedings we
Il irregular and would not be recognlz
+ NV the members of the committee w
he were absent last night.
X Pat Conley said: 81 went up to
Clarendon to attend the meeting of
citv committee I waited there un
ng the meeting was called to order a
then left. as l failed to see enough
to the city committeeman present TO
,r business. The old ward committeem
who belonged to the committee in L
were there, but | claim that they 9
ny no longer members of the city co
=, n,ittee AS a matter of fact the co
mitteemen at large are the only les
members. According to the Han
Ter resolution adopted at the last city &C
= veption the ward committeeman mi
he elected in each odd numbered We
80 and as none were elected in 1895. thu
are no ward committeeman in
he istence now. Consequently l did !
ser see any use of remaining"
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