The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26
PUT DARIUS IN A BOTTLE.
SUPREME COURT CLERK DARE
NOT PEEP FOR VAN
day That He Would Help Himself
If He Kept His Hands Out of the
CubernatGrinI Pot Douglas
Wants Houpt to Caucus With
Him.

perature.
George Thompson went out to baat Clcugl' )
nominee for the ofice that he now occupies.
Mr.. Thompson went into the fight because it
had been said by Eli Warner that he could
deliver the Dispatch for the machine. lie
prCfessed no other reason, for he had been
hand in glove with the administration in
cutting up the state.
During the past week there was, one day,
a meeting in the Dispatch Office that was
afforded by Mr.. Thompson, Thomas Lowry,
William Henry Eus is and Harris Richardson.
There might have teen others but these Were
there in any event. And they fixed job and
left it TO Mr. Thompson to bring it off.
As asCirect result OF that me tirg there we. Q
letters sent out from the Dispatch office to
twelve prominent members OF the Ramsey
county delegation to the state convention.
They were asked to meet with Mr.. Ihomp-o l
at the Dispatch office at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. 1t was originally intended that the
letter should only go to enc member of each
Wa I'd delegation, but there were other names
added
They al put in appearance for the SAX }
Of being in at anything in the way OF a
row. but they must have had some sort of
conference before they arrived
Whom Mr.. Thompson put his best box of
cigars on his desk and asked them to help
themselves yesterday morning, there were
present Messrs. c. X. SharoCd, Hal Sund-
representative of Harris Richardson; Frank
Griggs, Aid ron. hover. w. R. Johnson, Ed
ward Feldhauser, Mayor, Kiefer, Percy God
frey, Dan Logan" Vandiyer, Hal Black and
Mi. Thompson. And they hal a love feast.
Mr.: Thompson pointed to the necessity for
all the boys getting together, and they COM
pared notes.
When it was all over Mr.. Thompson ask d
them if it would rot be well to have larger
meeting of the delegates to the convention
and settle the matter finally. This would
he # ho Wa
to have some more spec -fic arTarg 5ment made.
! They all agreed with one voice, and it was
provided that there should be a large meet
ing at the rooms CT the Lincoln ciuo at 2 3
in the afternoon.
With this assurance Mr.. Thompson went off
and wrote piece to put in his paper and
he put the same in the paper announcir g
that Ramsey county was in the Eusits col
umn, and that Eustis had within ten votes
of enough to nominate.
AS soon as the morning meeting was over
there was a rush the part OF some Of
those who had been present to set themSelve
right Within ten minutes Of the adjourn
ment there was a session in the governors
Office and it was given cut that scme ng
should be done ct once The governor would
see to it if he was to be bsald thus. He
he hoped several other things. if this coUa y
would not go into the convention as it
he used Wade. In fact he abused Wade.
and that persons dignity has net been so
ruffied in years as it was whtn he was
chased cut on errands that might as well
| have been performed by Bigue or some o.her
| cheap and insignificant person. CIV. c -oGg /
| did not stand upon ceremony. He act9d as
| he might have acted if the logs had jammed
at the Windsor hotel within fifteen min
utes of the adjournment of the meet ng a. d
! inside OF half hour the reports that W r.
] brought to him and First Mate Van S mt
made them smile.
In the meantime the gang had been at
work. Word was sent out that it would be
necessary to gather in force at the Endico-t.
| and to be there sure. and it was all r gnt
| before O'clock and the governor and his
urderstudy fairly glcated they thought
| Of what going to be done to Mr. Thcmp-
son and Mr.. Eustis.
l. Ats2:30 there were forty-one people in the
| rooms of the Lincoln club. There Were a
but all those who were there were all right
from the Van SAINT point of view: All of
| those who had been in the morning were
present nearly all. There werethree or four
| who had bethought themselves that perhaps
! it would not be as well to invite the enmiEy
of the Eustis people. and they stayed away
! and Hitler Horton was named for the chair
manship. Hr. Horton is pretty wise himself
and he said that it would be impossible for
| him TO accept, it was a matter of lie and
Ge2th-his being at his Office during tie after
noon. Then they picked out W. J.>Dona-
hover. Mr.. Donahower accepted and apps r
emily took an oath to himself that he would
use his position to maintain silence, and, he
never emitted a sound during the session ex-
| cept to put motions.
tive of Harris R. Richardson agsin. Outside
| George Thompson was cooling his heels on
the tesse!ated marble floor, ard swearing
earnestly and soulfuly to himself and for
| the benefit of his right bower, Col Vandiver.
! Mr. Ingersol thought it would only be fair
| to ask Mr.. Thompson into the meeting. Til y
took to the proposition gleefully. 1t would
| be so much nicer to have him there in per-
son and to do him good while they were at
it: He was invited in. So was Col. Vandiver.
the floor. He made talk.
| 1T will be necessary for US to get to-
gether," he said: This county is in a 20
! sition to name the next governor. There is
| no use of throwing the strength Of the county
away. Let us show the people of the state
that we are right and send this delegation
over for Eustis."
He said much of the same SORT but he said
it ten words at time, for the mob inter-
rupted and made remarks that were neither
| parliamentary nor germane.
The ar was full of motions of every kind
! from propositions to adjourn to resolutions
binding the delegates to vote sor Eustis or
Van SAINT according to the notions Of the
makers Of the offerings. Sam Lowenstein
raised up the voice that has stirred the
Third SO often and tried to make himself
ed to adjourn the meeting bar Res se's
| friends got together and howled for an adj
journment; Col Vandiver reproached tie
morning with trickery
After wrangle in which nothing but per-
! sonalities and reproaches could be heard, and
! which lasted an hour and half Fred Ineer.
| soil got the eye and ear of the chairman and
moved that the meeting instruct for Eustis
First ward man moved that the motion be
| laid the table, and Frank Griggs followed
| this UP with a motion to call a full meeting
| of the delegation for Monday evening at the
Windsor hotel. The chair declined to nut
| any of the motions unless order was restored
| but he was wasting his breath, and order was
| not restored in the least.
| Mr.. Donahower finally made himself heard
| sufficiently to proclaim that the motion be.
fore the house was to lay the original motion
| On the table. Before he could put the. mo-
ton there were four other motions made for
| an adjournment, and Mr.. Thompson was on 8
| chair vociferaring something about ingrati.
| tude and treachery. After two hours of tni:
| sort of thing the chair put a motion to ad.
| journ and declared it carried, there beins
| about five votes in the negative
Each side claims the victory but it is sale
that the Eusts people declared themselye.
| openly that unless Oar Reese kept out of tn,
governorship fight, he would find he had beer
playing with hot powder, and he might Sc,
his chances for nomination 60 down before 8
combination Of Eustis and Berg strength witt
nomination for clerk of the supreme cour
from one of the back counties of the frs
district where Van SAINT never was any tot
| popular, and where his support is now luke
warm at hest.
Dan Shell was up from Worthington an
Senator Collester. from Waseca. Both o
them were standing very pat on the uusstio
OF row and would not admit that there wa
one.
evening. He had kept aloof from the roy
| ali day. and was not mixing I'M with th