St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22
DAVIS IS IND0RSED
UNEXPECTED RESULT IN THU
RAMSEY COUNTY REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION.
RESOLUTIONS ARE UNIQUE.
THEY MAKE M;I1INLEY sECONn
CHOICE AND ASK OHIO TO DO !
THE SAME
FOR MINNEsoTA's FLAG BEARER
McKinleyites Are Much PerpIeXetR
Over the Situation as 1t stands,
but Hopeful.

Eleven o'clock was the hour set for
the opening of the Ramsey county Re-
publican convention at Market hall,
yesterday.
At 11:30, a Clio b e reporter, drifting
in, casually asked a prominent state
official how soon they were likely to
go at it.
Don't know" he replied. They
can't do anything till the states made
up, Of course"
His words were prophetic.
They did get together, just when the
gang was ready. Scarcely had the
chairman raped for order when E. P.-
Wade, the governors messenger, nom-
mated Oar F. Reese for chairman.
1t was the sop thrown the Mckinley
men by the Davis leaders. who were
operating the machine. Mr.. Reese was
elected. He made a speech. 1t was a.,
characteristic speech The rich were
still growing richer, and the poor grow
ing poorer, and, Of course, the Demo1
cratic administration was to blame fori
this. Therefore the people were readYi
to embrace the Republican doctrine of
protection. Then Mr.. Reese mentioned
a number of gentlemen as presidential
candidates to champion this caused
He named Allison, Morton, CullOmd
Reed and Mckinley, and the two last
named were warmly applauded. Their
he mentioned Senator Davis, not so
much as a tariff apostle as a soldier,
who had gone out to defend his coun-l
try. i
But that did not make any difference. I
1t was all fixed up beforehand, and
Oars oratory was just a pastime. The
powers behind the throne had the thing
all fixed up and We're ready for the ap-'
pointment of committees. That on res
! olutions was as follows:
T. D. Sheehan. First ward; Fred w,
Zollman Second ward; Samuel Lowen-
stein, Third ward; S. C. Smith, Fourth
ward; George Warren, Fifth; c. r.
| Woods, Sixth; Harris Richardson.
| Seventh Z. L. Mahon. Eighth: Sena-
tor H. F. Stevens, Ninth; w. NJ. Lig-,
| gett, Tenth; S. Z. Howen, Eleventhr =
William Clark, country.
Henry Drake had q scheme for ap-
! portioning the delegates to the various
! wards. 1t gave the First ward 9, Sec,
| ond 6, Third 3, Fourth 6, Fifth ), Sixth
]
/ 2, Eleventh 1, country 8. Ten were at
large. Sam Lowenstein kicked. The,
| Third ward cast 765 votes and was en-
! titled to four delegates Nearly every
one in the hall had an amendment, but
! the one broached by z. Il. Mcdonald
was finally carried: 1t was as follows!
! First 10, Second 7, Third A. Fourth 2
| Fifth s, Sixth 6, Seventh 9, Eighth o.
Ninth 6, Tenth 2, Eleventh 2. country g..
! Then the wards met apart from EACH
| other, each selecting It's own delegates
| for submission to the convention. II
| took some, time, and meanwhile the res,
| olutions committee was in session. It
was good. Chosen at caucusses where
| the sentiment was nine to one for Me-
Kinley, the committee was beset by a,
| Davis influence. With a whine that
! evidently touched the tender hearts of
! the committee, it was urged that we
have given you the chairman, and we
have given you this and that and the
! other thing, now you won't deny us
| this small boon, will you?" How could
| they resist?
But it was long pull "The resolu-
tions are all right, said one member OF
| the committee, when fault was found
with them. "Of course was the reply,
you helped to draw them up" NO"
he returned, II was only on the COM
mittee." 1t was long time before the
| committee was ready 10 report. The
wards were through, and the delegates
| were kicking their heels on the floor i'm
impatience, waiting for the recalcitrant
| committee to show up. After Il bit Nj.
| ID. Mum, who had been out 10 lunch.
came in. sat around three minutes, and
Mr.. President: | move YOU that the
| committee on resolutions be directed to
report immediately" You see. Mr..
Mum had been tipped that the COM
mittee was ready. His impatience was
very transparent bluff, but il was
not strange that the chairman should
| thereupon be informed from another
source that the committee would be
ready in five minutes, just time enough