The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-03
AT SALTWATER SEPT. 3
CALL FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION /.
:
county Committee Will Confer WITH
other Democrats at the Swiss
casino Tomorrow Night Relative
the Holding of a Convention
Tor Hamsey-LincoIn League i'm
Hot Water.

oiu1ng of q Convention
Tor Ramsey-LincoIn Lea.u g.,
Hot Water.
Chairman ONiell. of the Democratic
congressional committee of this die
lrlct' yesterday issued the call for tbe
convention It will be held at Stiu-
water Sept. 3. There will be 1SO dele
gates In the convention, Ramsey COW
ty being entitled to 1922.
Inc call OF the convention will mark
the opening up of activity in Demo-
cratic ranks. for the issuance Of tbs
call alone has at once resulted in thsr
GAZING or a meeting that is likely 10
bring out Democrats galore.
Chairman Townley, of the county
committee, does not propose that rights
or even the wishes of any member of
the Democracy shall be disregerded T.,
the party organization this fail ana
instead Of calling a meeting of the
committee alone to call the county con
ventions, he has called a meeting of
the committee for conference with all
democrats who desire to be present
lie has given this meeting, which is to
De held tomorrow night at Swiss Ca
slno nall, the sanction of an official
CAM ana everybody who desires TO he
Heard In the organization Is expected
70 De present Mr.. Townley made this
oi1c lsao. call public yesterday:
meeting Of the members of the Ramsay
~ touhty democratic central committee is called
NJ De heid at Swiss Casino hall. corner
Thursd ana Minnesota streets st. Paul Mimi,
20 oirect the calling of the county convention
70 pc held Id, Aug. 27. 1898, at Market hal
ocratio con NE aeiiegafes to attend the Dem
MINI. on Sept. g. 1898; and also to de-,
30 MI tne time in September for the calling
sew D eoi w9ocrat1c county convention of Ram.
s sey county to nominate county officers.
Judges. members of the legislature and ali
omcers to be voted for in the ensuing eenerai
WV '''- e'e'''on' ana m1o f0r other purposes.
Chairman Ramsey County Democratic countv
Committee Oouney
There is a general disposition among
eauing democrats to have the con-
Vent1on for the nomination of candi-
dates for county offices held late-about
the middle of September Is the time
most generally favored. If the Re
pupncans call their convention. as now
proposed, about the first week in SEN
tember, the middle of that month Will
De early enough for the Democrats.
Inc matter will be fully gone into to-
morrow night and decided upon. hence
the urgency with which Mr.. Townley
insists on the presence of all Demo-
Gratis who are interested
chairman Rosing has sent out a call
Tor meeting of the executive commit
tee OF the state committee, and the
tel tomorrow at noon. The special
business before the committee will be
the location of headquarters. There IS
not likely to be any row over this. as
Chairman Rosing will favor st. Paul,
The offer of Col Welz. of the Ryan,
to provide headquarters for the com
m1ttee and rooms for the Chairman
makes the location of the headquar-
tiers here satisfactory to the executive
committee generally
The Republicans who do not happen
to belong to the fice-holding crowd
represented in the membership of the
Lincoln club were making things warm
for Billy Johnson and, the other MEM
bers who were present at the Monday
night meeting, when the committee
was appointed to get vacancy declar-
ed in the office of the water board. 1t
was not expected that the action Of
the club would be published, and no
harm would have come to the club in
case the committee could have worked
In the dark. The publication in The
G l o be upset this part of the pro-
gramme, and Johnson, as chairman of
the committee. was doing some ex-
planning yesterday. He said he did not
want the public to understand that the
club intended to do anything beyond
settling the question or whether Mai.
Bement had right to leave of abb
sence. If he did not, then the club
wanted a chance at the office.
The following is the official call:
A Democratic congressional convention for
the Fourth congressional district, of the state
OF Minnesota, will be held at the city of
saltwater. Washington county, Minnesota,
on saturday. Sept 8, 1898. at 2 o'clock in
Democratic candidate for con-
gress, to be voted for in said district at the
general election in 1898, and for the transac-
ton Of such other business as may properly
be brought before said convention.
All the counties in said congressional DIS
trict shall hold their respective conventions
for the election of delegates to said congress
sicsal convention on Saturday. Aug. "a. 1898.
The basis of representation in said conven-
ton shall be as follows
Each county in said congressional district
shall be entitled to two delegates at large
and an additional delegate for each one hun
1red votes or major fraction thereof cast for
William J: Bryan for president at the general
spective counties in said congressional dis
trict Will elect at such county conventions
the following number of delegates to said con-
gresstonal convention:
Chisago .......... 6lRamsey :. ....12a
Isanti .........." 8 Washington :. 49,. Is
hduaDec
All electors who vc.ed for William ].
Bryan for president in 1896, or who intend to
support the nominee of said congressional
are invited to participate in the
primary elections called to select delegates
20 such county conventions.
BY order of the Democratic congressional
committee. Fourth district. Minnesota.
%. He ONeil. Chairman
j. A. Meade. Secretary.
Dated Aug. 1. 1898.