The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-06-30

counted; but no one will seek to deny
that formidable bolt was only avoid,i
ed yesterday by most strenuous ef-
forts on the part OF Republicans who
know the infiexible discipline that Isl
always applied to Republican recalci-i
trants.
Nothing was unanimous. When sud-
den silence did not prevail in the min
ority group, there was thunderous ex-
preston Of dissent. Not even thed
suspicion Of love feast crept in for
one moment. war, war. It was. all
along the line, and votes OF thanks
were omitted.
Even at the start courtesy waS
thrown to the winds.
Ii there be such thing as cruelty in
conventions 1t was exercised. 1t wasf
not refined cruelty either. The
Clough delegates first tied the Clapp1
men; then they bound them. Still they
were not satisfied but gagged thenis
BUT the resistance was desperate. The
Clapp men We're determined after they
found that they were beaten so far as
the hight on Clough was concerned. toF
prevent the convention selecting dele4
gates to the state convention who did
not hold seats in the county convens5
tlcn. This was aimed mainly at A. Cyl
Clausen. OF course they wanted to bar
Eli Warner as well. but Clausen waS
the man they wanted frozen out. Dar
Reese and Doc" Schiffmann knew this
ana on this made their fight Whed
the ngnt was all taken out of the anteS
Clough men they pleaded. The,x
begged of those who held the power to-
nave some considerati ton for the voterA
VINO had elected ITO of the delegatesa
But their only answer was a laugh OF
a motion by Ell Warner, through
Henry Automatic Johns to Law the
question on the table. The Clapp mera
went all down the line from the "E
VIII stand to please Mr. won't yoiH
let us?" but it was all of no avaiJl
Clausen was determined to break inta
the state convention, even If his neighA
bors did turn him down, and break irI
ne did with number of others whosA
constituents had determined last Saturst
day night they should remain at homsY
CONVENTION IN DETAIL.
AS soon as County Chairman Zollmarr
nad called the convention to orders
Dar +. Reese nominated Senator T. Da
Sheehan for temporary chairman. Ind
doing so he landed the senator's RepubI
ncan virtues to the skies.
Capt. Castle placed o. H. Arosin IN
nomination in the name of the Clapp
delegates and in the name of men whot
needed no tag to tell them who thew
were for; and also in the name of that
magnetic Republican orator who haf
been so wantoply abused, vlllified and
siandered while holding aloft the bans
ner of true Republicanism during tho
past four weeks
F. c. schiffmann one of the managers
or the convention, seconded Sheehan'a
nomination. M. r. Tyler performed Cd
like service for Arosin. Then the
fighting began. E. E. Mcdonald, for
the Clapp men, moved the men of both
factions in all delegations In which
there were contests be allowed half al
vote each.
Col Lowenstein made the point Of
order that the committee on credentials
alone could settle contests.
Oar Reese and Henry Johns made
speeches for Lowensteins point. Sena-
tor OZmun and Mr.. Mcdonald spoke
for the motion, maintaining that men
whose title to seats were attacked could
not legally vote. The discussion-grew
warm, and the Clapp men gave evidence
at once that they meant to contest