The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-29
REPUBLICANS WILL STAY
STATE HEADQUARTERS WILL
REMAIN IN ST. PAUL
But There Was Lively Time Over
1t at the State Central Committee
Meeting Last EveninS-JOhn H.
Steele, of Minneapolis, Was
Made Chairman, rs Was Ex-
pected.

pected.
st. Paul will hold the headquarters
OF the Republican state central COM
mittee.
1t took the committee from shortly
after until 11:30 last night to deter
mine this, with a few other less mo-
mentous matters.
One of these was the amount of mon
ey that should be expended in the cam
paign.
1t is said that Mr.. Eustis has an idea
that $4,000 is enough to spend. AS the
salary is $4,000 year, it is to be seen
that Mr. Eustis is willing to split even
with the party workers.
Inc session of the committee was
not entirely satisfactory to those who
were not in it. And the only ones who
were inside beside the committee were
Would-be Gov. Eustis, would-be clerk
of the supreme court again Reese. and
would-be Supreme Court Justice Love
ly.
All the other candidates were pres
ent. Two Of them had sent proxies.
The proxies did not vote.
This was one Of the causes Of en-
oltterment. 1t seems that the gentle
men carrying the proxies presented
them to Mr.. Eustis before the session
began. They did not receive the cor
dial welcome that they had looked for
Mr.. EustlS said that he was not aware
that the committee had expected the
presence Of the candidates. He had
been urged to be present and would
be- but no action would be taken det-
rjmental to the interest Of any one.
OF course he, with all other true
Republicans, was glad to see such an
interest on the part of the nominees.
But by this time the damage was
done.
policeman CHARTERED In the CORR
dor Of the Windsor could have had
troubles told him by the hour
There was the utmost harmony, so
the official statement given out to the
press said. The grape vine confirmed
this. 1t said that G. K. Sharood, the
Eustis leader of the first ward in this
city, had made all the motions that
amounted to anything. He sat next to
Mr.. Eustis.
The chairman Of the committee stat
ed also that the matter Of headquarters
was left just where it had been.
There was quite a little argument
over this.
Some of the st. Paul folks suggested
to the former mayor Of Minneapolis
that it might be as we'll to leave the
headquarters where they were.
William Henry set his suave smile
up to No. 16, polariscope test, and its
saccfarinity was visible two blocks
when be asked, naively:
"WhaE do you mean?"
Il think" said one of the local push
ers. that the Republican voters Of st.
Paul would not like the idea of NOV
ing the headquarters. 1t might cost us
some votes.''
The benign Eustis frowned
DO you mean to say" he queried,
chat the Republicanism Of Ramsey
county is of such a stanp?'
And the st. Paul man, whose frank
ness could never be mistaken for
naivete, replied that lie thought it was.
1t would have been a great deal more
convenient for Mr.. Eusfis to have had
the headquarters moved, but they were
rot.
The first business done, naturally,
was the selection OF a chairman in &C
cordance with the cut anG-dried pro-
gramme, John H. Steele, of Mime
arolis, was chosen. The selection of
secretary was left to the executive
con mittee. The selection Of treasurer
was also left to the executive commit
tee. In fact, nearly everything else
was, on the all-convincing motion Of c.
K. SharCod, left to the executive COM
mittee.
This executive committee, also ac-
ccrding to the motion Of G. K. Sharood
is to consist Of nine men, of whom
Judge Steele shall be chairman.
w. A. Funk, Of Mankato, he that
was foremost in the recent "anti-ma-
chine" (sclf-named) convention at Man
kato, OBLIGATED as temporary secretary
Judge Steele, in thanking the COM
nlittee for the honor conferred on him.
stated that so far as he was concern
ed the campaign would be pushed on
ar,rD IN limo
would be an economic campaign, even
as the party was pledged to an eco
noInic administration.
Mayor Eustis smiled approvingly On
| this, but not all the Republicans pres
ent enthused.
There is something orthodox about
! the Republicans. They believe pretty
faithfully in the parable of the leaves
and fishes.
| Except that they are difficult of COM
prehension how so few loaves and so
| few fishes fed so many mouths.
| 1t was evident from the expression
on their faces that they did not know
whether William Henry could handle
| the pure food distribution as we'll as
it was done eighteen centuries ago.
And after the meeting adjourned they
said so. They were not particular who
| they said so too, either. They told their
| troubles to anybody.
Some of them intiTnated that while
| this had always been a Republican
state naturally, they thought good
! deal Of that was due to the noise
which liberal lubrications had made
! possible in the past.
They insisted that a political ma
chine was different from other ma
chimes. The more 1t was fabricated
the more noise it made, and noise, they
said, was its stock in trade UP to cleo
ton day.
| The Eustis idea seems to be to aban-
don the bandwa gon idea and trust to
the Intelligent voter to see through the
opposition and vote for Eustis.
Some of the other candidates think
the populace ought to be impressed
with the fact that the entire Republi-
can ticket is going to win-whether it
is or not
That is where the trouble is going to
| be.
The other candidates are not going
to antagoniZe Eustis. They are will
ing he should limit his campaign ex-
penses to $4,000. They could even toll
crate his campaign being conducted on
! a clean basis. That is, his campaign.
But they are not signing any bonds
| with pens dipped in blood themselves.
| Mr.. Steele will announce the other
| members of the executive committee in
| a few days.
Hugo Dirty Linen.
| From the New York Sun.
Hugo dirty linen has just been washed In
a Paris police court, M. Jean Charcot being
| fined $40 for slapping his brother-in-law
| NJ. Georges Hugo, in the face. It happened
| at the performance Of Victor Hugo's "La