St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-11
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IMPOR-
TUNES HIM TO ACCEPT.
THE MAY0RALTY NOMINATION.
MEN FROM EVERY WARD DECLARE
HIM TO BE THEIR FIRST
CHOICE.
HE PROMISES TO ANSWER TODAY,
The Circular of the Young ReDuh.
hcans OF the First Ward
Causes Comment.

Hon. o. o. Cullen was last evening CON-
fronted with situation such as man is
rarely II ever, placed in. The executive COM
mlttee OF the Democratic party, consisting of
1our men from each ward, met at head
quarters in the Globe building, with ]. r.
Stryker in the chair. There was very
/ large attendance of members of the COM
rnittee and interested Democrats who had
been invited to be present.
When the meeting was called to order an
Eighth ward delegate opened a discussion ON
the mayoralty question. He was followed
| by Thomas D. O'Brien, J. ]. McCafertv. G..
Quincy, j. c. Michael, P. D. McHugh. r. 7
Schurmeier, D. Buckley, William FoeIsep.
John L. Townley, William A. Davern. and
IN fact, men from every ward Without ex
! cepRion they pronounced for Mr.. Cullen as
'ieii cholce Tor mayor, and urged in the
strongest language that not only the DEM
ocracy of ST. Paul, but hundreds of Repub-
means, demand that he become a candidate
for mayor
MI. cullen, who had been invited, several
times tried to leave the room. but the com
m1tteemen would not allow him to do so
FINALLY, when motion was put EXPRESSING
the sense of the meeting that o. O. Cullen
should allow the committee to present hts
name to the convention, every man in tbe
room rose up and voted aye with three
ringing cheers for the man they so ferventlv
desired to honor.
Mr cullen was deeply moved when called
1or to express himself. He said: "since
| dropping out Of politics, I have desired n
remain out. Only once have sought office
OF my own volition, and then only when an
attempt was made to treat me uniustIv In
every other instance my party practicsiIv.
forced me to run. When l wrote NV letter
| OF last November, declining to be a candidate
! 1or mayor it was done because did
not want to deceive the public or the Demo-
crauc party, by letting my friends work in
my pehalr' and then at the last moment re-
1use to run. l was earnest in nv intention
and also in my last statement to the nanars
"a! name continues to be connected with the
once, however, much to my regret 7 would
oe mace OF stone did not keenly feel the
klnd words spoken tonight Still I feel NV
stfehgth with the voters is exaggerated In
! the council myq sole endeayor was to do tba
! best thing possible for the city. and to win
! the confidence Of my fellow citizens. Now
| "" "'h me lo make a great sacrifce-hoW
great is known to but few, would mncb
| prefer you would decide on another candi-
! date, Cand Mr.. Cullen spoke very highly of
! DR.. Rudolph Schiffman) I have NOT tho
| heart to say no to you tonight, but l may feel
| compelled to do so later on. I hope YOU
| VIII consider other candidates. Next to the
! city OF St Paul, which has been by home for
! forty years, the Democratic party holds its
place in my heart. 1 can only say now that
L will give you my final answer tomorrow
An ovation greeted Mr.. Cullen's remarks.
and Chairman Stryker assured him that
every Democrat feels confident of his ability
| to sweep the city.
Mr.. Cullen replied that he would give the
matter very careful consideration before re-
! plying to the request of the committee
Suggestions were then called for as to as
semblymen and aldermen. The following
names were proposed: For assemblymen,
Louis BetE, Cornelius Quincy, H. ]. Strouse,
bergh, L. ]. Dobner, John E. Stryker John
B. Trudeau, j. F. Franzen, A. ]. Birming-
ham. These will be presented to the
vention, with Others to choose FROM
For aldermen, Second ward Patrick Kelly
| Jr.; Third Joseph Ehrmanntraut; Fourth,
Frank G: Brady; Fifth, o. w. Rohland;
| Sixth, John F. Krieger; Seventh Kenneth
| Clark; Eighth and Ninth, unnamed; Tenth,
Alex Adams; Eleventh, left open.
John Wagner was indorsed for city treas
urer, and there was some discussion of can
| dlQateS 10r c0mptrOller ana lne minor OF
fees, but no definite action was taken.
Following are the names of the gentlemen
composing the executive committee:
Second Ward-J. F. Franzen, II. Caldwell
P. Kelly Jr., William Golden.
Third Ward-E. ]. Darragh, c. Quincy, E.
| ]. Schurmeier, T. Flanagan.
Fourth Ward-J. OBrien, NJ. Qugey, j.
! B. Covington John B. Pewters.
Fifth Ward-Charles Mcdonald Chris Dor
niden George Reddington. Peter Van Hoeven
Sixth Ward-Tom Tierney, Eugene Melady
| NJ Moriarity, ]. c. Mccarthy
Seventh Ward-John E. stryker, t: D.
o,Brien; Pierce Butler; George ,,I.11I Lambert
sen, ]. J. Ryder, George NJ. Umland.
Ninth Ward-Dr. E. H. Buckley Jr., D. j.
! Sullivan Jr.. Ed Quinlivan.
/ Eleventh Ward-William A. Davern, John
/ A. Hartigan, P J. Gleason, N. Baker.
| The most general subject of discussion yes
| terday among Republicans was the revolt of
the young Republicans. Authorship of the
circular printed in the G l o b ascribed
to various gentlemen, but from the best in
! formation obtainable Magnus Norman is the
gentleman who wrote it. Mr.. Norman and
| his associates are reported to sbe in deadly
earnest in their move to secure division OF
the spoils, which seems to be their sole OBJ
ject. The present movement, of which the
circular is the first tangible invitation, is
| hardly we'll enough organized to win at this
time, but in the fall campaign the "strong,
brave young men" expect to have mortal
cinch on the First ward organization.
Senator T. D. Sheehan was not willing to
say much about the circular, further than
that the boys claim to have 700 members
on their rolls. He said he could not very
| we'll indorse the language used, but there is
no question that the sentiment represented
| in the circular does exist among the younger
| element and must be reckoned with.
Will H. Farnham, secretary Of Capt Cas-
ties committee was very chary of expressing
an opinion, owing to his delicate position
close to leading candidate; but member
| of the Castle executive committee said en-
| phatically that the First ward men must not
| expect to ignore the Seventh any more than
the Seventh can ignore the First. These
| two are the strong Republican wards" he
said, eand they must give and take if they
are to make their influence felt" Then he
| uncovered another source OF trouble unwit-
| tingly, by saying: 'The promises alleged to
have been made to Dorans friends by Castle
are all bosh. There has been no promise
made that has been violated by Capt. Castle.
Mr.. Doran's friends have no real cause for
complaint on that score" But they were
complaining yesterday, and very bitterly too.
When the final test comes today they will
give evidence Of their complaints by theI