St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-12

submitted was distasteful and ill-advised. He
desired the success of the party and for the
benefit Of the candidates such a load should
be taken off their shoulders
Excitement was now running mountain high
and DR.. Smith was in fearful state of mind
between Indignation and desire to control
his feelings.
Delegates Berryhill and Graves, of the Sew
enth, protested that for the convention to do
as proposed would be suicidal. They held, too
that motion to reconsider could not properly
be entertained.
The chair differed from the gentlemen, and
thought the convention could reconsider any
thing This ruling was appealed from, but
the chair was sustained
Carl Taylor said it would be useless to refer
the resolutions back. They had been care
fully considered and would not be changed.
Dr. Smith moved to lay the motion to re-
consider on the table, and then even the SEM
blance Of order was momentarily lost
Mr. Thorpe, of the Fifth, saw there was no
use in concealing the fact that the whisky
clause meant danger.
On the vote, the chair ruled that Smiths
motion had prevailed.
Col. Lowenstein demanded a division and a
roll call. but before that was reached the
Peoples church pastor had taken the plat
form to say: eve must pause on the brink
of great event in the history of the Repub-
lican party in st. Paul. l am surprised that
astute politicians should throw into this con-
venton in its closing moments firebrand to
spoil the harmony and disrupt their party
What might have been wise this morning is
suicidal this afternoon. Every mayor takes an
oath to enforce the law. Will you vote to turn
down that oath of Office? Now, late in the
afternoon, are we to heed the advice that
would be given by anarchists? There is not
a word in that resolution against the liquor
traffic or against saloonkeepers You may
vote it down; but if so the issue cannot be
buried. 1t is a burning question in every
ward, in every Christian home and in every
church, Protestant and Catholic in the city.
To do what is proposed Will snatch the lau-
rels of victory away from the grasp of
great party"
This speech was impressvely delivered and
evoked cheers. Even Slunkey Norton, who
had injected a motion to strike out the dan
gerous clause, withdrew his motion.
However, on the vote, the minister's mo-
ton to Lay Lowenstein's motion on the
table was lost by decisive vote.
The resolutions, as printed, were then, on
motion, read, clause by clause. The first
and second were adopted. That relating to
the new library was ruthlessly sacrificed in
an endeavor to conceal the vindictiveness Of
Mr.. Chamberlain and Ninth ward delegate
made speeches, in which they asserted with
high assumption Of political virtue that it
was in no sense a partisan question and
should not be mentioned In a political plat
form. The lesser lights took the cue, and
the vote to strike out was unanimous.
Gloom, despair and disaster were in the
air, when suddenly L. T. Chamberlain sprang
UP with fiery declaration that the Republi-
can party favors the enforcement of all law.
He therefore moved to strike off the last
four words Of the resolution. Chamberlain
was really magnificent in his mock heroics
and was hailed as a savior.
The Seventh ward people satisfied their con-
sciences by asking that the word "all'' be
inserted before law, and DR.. Smith then saw
that was all he could get and took it.
Markham took up the bluff Chamberlain
had started and said they were on the right
track. at last, In pledging the enforcement of
all laws.
But the result Of the unwelcome scrap will
show itself most significantly on election
day, beyond question. The temperance men
were Disguised and the saloon men did not
attempt to conceal their suspicious
Everybody was ready and willing to Quit
after the happy (O settlement of this fight.
but scramblers for the minor Offices kept the
convention in session until half-past in the
evening