The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-23

the delegates and spectators who had
| grown tired of the proceedings of the
last half hour exhibited signs of in
| tereSt
Renv1lle Chinok, Of the Fifth ward,
nominated Edwin A. Jaggard as a
man from the Fifth ward who, II NOM
mated would receive a large vote and
who was we'll fitted for the position.
Inc wards followed the start set by
MT Chinok and IN rapid succession
seconded the nomination.
me nomination Of Mr. Jaggard was
MADE by reclamation and the nominee
being brought to the stage thanked the
convention for the great honor con-
ferred The office, he said, was one of
great responsibility and he fully re-
allzed It, If by the grace Of the Re-
| publican party the responsibility was
imposed on him he would give his best
eHorts to fill the position to the salts
FACTION of the party and the people.
John w. Lane, of the Seventh ward,
placed Gebhard Willrich in nomination,
and the various wards commenced to
| second the nomination.
M. ID. Mum, also from the Seventh
ward, had been trying to get the eye
or the chairman for some minutes, but
was unsuccessful. George Thompson,
| VINO occupied front seat on the plat
! form, however, signaled to the presid-
Ing officer and pointed out Mr. Mum,
who was advancing toward the stage.
Evidently a majority Of the delegates
knew what was coming, for as Mr..
Mum mounted a chair in front of the
| platform and commenced his talk the
rattle or the street cars and the cries
! frOm the memb Ars of the convention
prevented his voice from being heard.
When quiet had been secured Mr..
Mum, in an eloquent speech. placed
! in nomination the name IF George Ia.
Bum as a candidate for the office Of
| district judge.
He called the intelligent attention Of
the convention to the position of the
Republican party, which in the past
had always endeaVOred TO keep the
Judiciary out of politics. The conven-
ton had reached a critical point in it's
deliberations. and what was needed at
this moment was calm, cool and DELHI
| crate Judgment.
For twenty years or more the Demo-
cratic party had been in power in
Ramsey county, in fact, the county
had been up to a few years ago over
Whelmingly Democratic, but in all
these years the Democratic party had
removed from political strife the judi
ci&ry, and the bench had been divided
between the two parties.
He questioned if the Republican par
ty was less great than the Democrats
in this position. He referred to the at
titude of Lincoln and Harrison ON the
question Of keeping the judiciary out
of politics, and pointing to a very bad
picture Of the martyred president
which was used as a decoration, SAID
if the convention should insist ON NOM
mating two Republicans to the district
court bench he would almost expect
the silent lips Of the picture to speak
out.
Mr.. Mum grew eloquent and patriot
ic, and argued that party great
enough to plant the flag Of liberty on
foreign soil ought to be great enough
to follow the time-honOred custom in
this county and not make partisan
nominations for the judiciary offices.
He desired to place the name Of Judge
Bum in nomination, not because he
was a Democrat, but because he was
an able, upright and capable man for
the place, and one who ought 10 De
nominated. The failure to nominate
him by the convention would lay the
Republicans open to attacks by the
Democrats, while his nomination would
win the respect, admiration and sup
port of all citizens, irrespective OF pol
itics.
F. G. Ingersoll, Of the Seventh w1rd,
! seconded the nomination of Judge
Bum.
F. L. Griggs nominated Walter l..
Chaplin, and said, even after listening
to the eloquent speech of Mr.. Mum,
he had the temerity to offer the name OF
a Republican who had practiced law
for fifteen years. and was an able and
brilliant attorney.
Is. F. Wright, on behalf of the friends
Of Mr.. Chaplin in the Seventh ward,
seconded the nomination.
| Herchmer Johnson, of the Fourth
ward, in a short but pointed speech,
killed whatever chance Judge Bum
had Of securing the nomination. Mr.,
Johnson pointed to the record Judge
Willrich had made on the probate
bench, and held that what he had been
to this court he would be to the dis
trict bench. He did not believe in nom
mating any Democrats in a Republic
an convention. There were just as able
men in the Republican ranks as ever
came from the Democratic ranks.
If Judge Bum was the man his
friends claimed he was, he could go
before the people on his own ticket
and the voters would elect him. The
Democratic convention would meet next
week, and it was safe to say that no
Republican would be nominated in that
convention.
By the time Mr.. Johnson had con-
Guided his talk the word had been pass
ed around that it was absolutely neces-
sary that a German should be put OH
the ticket, and if Willrich was turned
down it would hurt the chances of the
| balance of the ticket This had great
weight, and the roll call showed the
following vote:
Willrich. Bum. Chapin.