The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-23

De lreeiy given at the new Democratic head
quarters for this county the second floor
of the Davidson block corner of Fourth and
Jackson streets, In this city.
All Democrats will there be made welcome
by the county committee
We urgently request all of the friends of
the cause to take vigorous and decisive action
In the affairs to which we have made refer
ence. John w. Willis,
Member at Large.
Louis Betz,
Members State Central Committee.
st. Paul, Mimi; Aug. %, 1898.
A meeting Of the Republicans of the
Eighth ward was held in w. R. John
sons office last night Henry Yost
acted as chairman, and F. W. Bayer
was the acting secretary. After the
meeting had been called to order the
Hon. w. r. Johnson was introduced
and made a short address, at the con-
cluslon of which he announced him
self an avowed candidate for the Of
fee of county auditor, and said this
statement was made openly and above
board. He would be in the race. he
said, for the nomination until the close
of the convention.
After Mr.. Johnson closed, Once AL
derman kaldunski arose and presented
the following resolution:
Resolved, That we, the Eighth ward
republican BSorganizatfon, hereby in
dorse the candidacy, of our fellow citi-
zen, w. r. johnson, for the Repuh-
Ican nomination for county auditor at
the Republican county convention. to
be held Sept. % next. And, be it fur
ther
'Resolved, That we hereby pledge
ourselves to use every honorable means
to secure for him a t the convention the
said nomination.
adopted, and the chairman appointed
the following committee to see that the
same was duly published in the Third
Edition: w. r. Johnson, George Ger
Itch, Henry Yost, F. W. Bayer, Frank
Gadboys, Arthur Gains, George Schroe-
der and Charles Nitz
After the appointment of the COM
mdttee an attempt was made to bring
the name of County Attorney Ander-
son before the meeting, but a, motion
to adjourn prevailed and his name was
not mentioned for Endorsement Mr.
Johnson said last night that he is go
ing to start oaIt at once and work to
win the nomination for county audi
tor, regardless of all competitors
Fifty persons attended the meeting
OF the Ninth Ward Republican league
last evening, at Thirteenth and Canada
streets. 1t was unanimously decided
that the Ninth ward had been over
looked IN the; matter of clerkships In
the several county Offices, and to rec
tify this and secure plums for residents
of the ward, 1T was agreed that the
delegation in the coming county con-
Ventlon should vote as unit on all
questions.
Assistant City Attorney Harvey E.
Hall announced that he was a candi-
date for judge of probate and urged
that the delegation to be sent from the
ward stand by him for the nomina ton.
If this was done Mr.. Hall said he could
land the nomination. If he did not, he
would ask for nothing more for a long
time. The way to get the most jobs for
Ninth warders, Mr.. Hall said, was to
have the delegation to the county con-
vention make no pledges, but place tho
thirty-one votes in the bands of a
steering committee and allow the com
mittee to make trades with steering
committees from other wards. By do
ing this, Mr.. Hall said, he could get
the nomination for probate Judge and
as many as ten clerkships could be
secured in the county Offices.
Those present, by rising vote. in
dorsed Mr.. Halls candidacy for Judge
of probate, as we'll as that of Coroner
Nelson, for denomination to the office
he now holds.
A ballot for candidate for senator
for the district composed Of the Third.
Ninth and a part of the Eighth ward.
resulted in j.. Watson Smith receiving
forty-one votes and Edward Feldhaus-
er five.
P. D. Youngman received twenty
nine votes for representative in the
district south of the railroad tracks
and was declared indorsed for the
nomination.
Edwin Snodgrass received five votes
as the candidate for representative
north of theItracks, there being onlv
nine residents from that section pres
ent at the meeting. The Endorsement
of Mr.. Snodgrass was afterward made
unanimous
A committee Of three, consisting Of
W. B. Webster, j. Watson Smith and
John Larsen, Z was appointed to draft
suitable resolutions on the death of
Capt A. W. Bjornstad, of Company
H, Thirteenth Minnesota, who died
from injuries treeeiped at the battle of
Manila.
The Republicanslof the Second ward
meet Wednesday night to indorse can