The Saint Paul globe., 1896-07-31
LEGISLATIVE CONVENTIONS.
The Roast ON Senator Howard the
Feature of the Proceedings.

The legislative conventions of Hen
nepin county Republicans were all
held yesterday forenoon but were less
prompt than usual in completing their
nominations The following ticket is
the combined result Of their work:
Twenty ninth District-A. Dale.
Thirtieth DiStrict-F. B. Snyder, Geo. L.
Dingman.
Thirty1frst Districts. B. Lovejoy, W. T.
Coe, Simon Meyer
Cray, John F. Dahl, Hans Simonson.
Thirty third District-D. T. Davis, L. S.
Gillette.
Thirty fourth DiStrict-E. E. Smith, James
Cunningham.
While the contests in every district
were spirited, but one hot fight is re-
corded. That was in the Twenty
ninth, where A. Dale captured the
plum after a stubborn battle. There
were five entries, and the informal bal
lot showed Dale in the lead by only
one vote. Schuleman was second,
Hultkrans third, Wright fourth and
Evans fifth On the first regular bal
lot Dale, with 13 votes, led Schuleman
with u, and then Wright withdrew in
favor of Schuleman. Hultkrans final
Iy withdrew in favor of Dale, which
gave the latter the nomination on the
eleventh ballot.
In the Thirtieth district Fred B. Sny-
der and George L. Dingman were NOM
mated on the second ballot, the win
ners receiving a total of " out of 118
votes cast.
In the ensanguined Thirty-frst,
which was held in the Union league
rooms, the nomination Of Stephen B.
Lovejoy was made by acclamation.
William T. Coe was also selected for
legislative honors on the third ballot.
Goes nomination was made unanim-
Gus when his strength reached forty
votes. The naming Of the third man
for the Thirty-first engendered a pret-
ty fight between a half-doZen candi-
dates at the start. There were six men
placed in nomination, but after a bal
lot or two it was discovered that only
Henry, Meyers and Robbins were in
the race. The contest between the two
latter candidates was very sharp, Ond
for six or seven ballots they kept with
in a half-dozen votes of each other.
On the eighth. ballot, however, Meyers
received 81 votes to 90 for Robbins and
20 for Henry.
In the Thirty-second district Dr. E.
B. Zier was defeated, after lively bit
of parliamentary skirmishing. On the
first ballot Judge Hicks and w. r.
Cray won handily over the doctor by
a vote of 81 to %. The Fifth Warders
indulged in a good deal of oratory,
but apparently none of the delegates
were affected by it. AS clearly indi-
Gated by the primaries, the Sixth ward
gave John F. Dahl and Hans Simon
son everything in sight, and the work
of the two wards were then ratified.
The contest in the Thirty-third dis
trict was short, only two ballots being
necessary to determine upon two nomi-
nees from that district On the first
ballot D. T. Davis, of the Seventh
ward, had a clear majority, and his
running mate, L. S. Gillette, of Excel
sior, controlling the strength Of the
county votes of the district, came in
winner on the second ballot. The
convention was held at Sherman hall.
on Franklin avenue, and was without
exciting incident
The most sensational returns in any
of the district conventions of the day
was that in the Thirty fourth district
when resolution asking the resigna-
ton of Stephen B. Howard as the rep
resentative of that district in the SEN
ate was presented and adopted. The
resolution cited Mr.. Howard's position
In favor of free silver as antagonistic
to the Republicans of his district. and
| stated that 1t was deemed dangerous
to allow man out of harmony with
| the tenets of his party to represent
! that party in the halls of the legislat-
| ure.
| The balloting for candidates resulted
| In the denomination of E. E. Smith
representing the city's strength in the
| convention, the nomination of James
Cunningham, representing the county
| delegates