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

Ross Clarke. of the Fourth ward. The
| nomination was generally seconded
| throughout the hall.
1t looked like the enthusiasm had
stunned the Ames supporters, as his
| name was not mentioned until the vote
wes about to be taken, when e. o..
zimmerman, Of the First ward, pro-
| posed his name. G. w. Horn seconded
! the nomination
The Second ward gave Ames twenty
eight votes and the Sixth helped along
| with tWenty-eight, but this was prac-
tically his only strength, as nearly all
Of the other wards cast most of their
| votes for Irish, who received 257, while
Ames got but ninety eight
Upon motion OF F. E. Baker, of the
Fourth ward, the nomination Of Mr..
| Irish was made unanimous, when Mr..
| Irish briefly addressed his thanks to
| the convention.
!. For the nomination for register Of
| deeds there was little opposition to e.
| G. Krahmer, though the Second ward,
through S. D. Downs, nominated Will
| liam Dinsmore, of the Second ward.
| The First ward gave MIR. Dinsmore
! twelve votes, Rose Town two, while he
| received those Of his own ward, thirty
two in number, but the total Of forty
eight was his entire strength, and Mr..
krahmer was nominated by 3O7 votes,
afterWard being unanimously declared
the choice of the convention.
| Deep humiliation was in store for
| County Attorney Anderson, in his am
! bition to secure a second nomination
| for the office he holds. When his name
was mentioned by Harvey Mills, at the
! conclusion of an extended eulogy,
! Kisses and cries of derision arose III
every part OF the hall. Chairman
| George tried to quell the outburst, but
! it continued for several seconds.
-Four other candidates beside Mr..
| Anderson wanted the county attorney
nomination. Horace e. Bigelow was
! placed before the convention by Ber-
nard zimmerman and c. Il. Meyer, of
the First ward, nominated Elmer E.
Mcdonald, of the Sixth ward. The
name of j. w. Pinch was presented by
j. F. Hilscher, of the Eleventh ward,
| and A. =. SWanStrom nominated Oscar
Hallam.
BigelOw showed the greatest strength
| down the line of the wards, but the
large field split out the votes so that
| a selection seemed improbable on the
| first ballot, until the country districts
were called. when they sOlidly cast
nineteen votes for the Fifth ward can
didate, giving him ISL. which insured
his choice. Mcdonald got fifty-One,
Hallam>sixty- three, Pinch twentythre
and Anderson twentythree.
In the fight for judge Of probate
| spirited contest u6NCIODSu dIllOIIS seven
! candidates, which neceSsitated three
! ballots to settle. The first nominee
| was Cyrus J. Thompson, Of the Fifth
ward named by Bernard zimmerman.
George c. Squires, of the Seventh
ward, nominated James E. Trask, of
| the same bailiWick.
| The nomination of J. r. Blackwell
was by a Tenth ward delegate,
To nominate e. w. Bazille, Custodian
| Gerlich, of the court house, took the
floor, intending to make an extended
speech. The convention heard Mr.. Ba-
zille's name with evident pleasure and
then proceeded to howl Gerlich to his
seat.
Delegate Greer, Of the Ninth ward
| placed Harvey E. Hall in nomination.
S. c. Olmstead, of the First ward,
received a nomination, as did also S. l..
Howell Of the Seventh ward.
On the first ballot the votes were
scattered, and there was 10 choice,
and after the result had been an
nounced the name of Mr.. Thompson
was withdrawn. Bazille had the larg-
| est vote 140, and Trask, who ran Sec
| ond, had "a, and Hall 70.
On the second ballot Bazille increased
his lead to 146, while Trask received
! III, and Hall 80.
the third ballot Hall withdrew and ask
ed his constituents to vote for Trask.
| The result of this request was only
| partly successful, as Trask received
/ 147 votes, but Bazille won out with 201
| votes, and was declared the nominee
! of the convention.
When the nominations for abstract
clerk were called for the convention
considered the nomination a cOnsola-
| ton event, and five candidates were
placed before the convention, thus scat
tering the votes and necessitating two
ballots.
The decisive ballot narrowed down
to three candidates-D. MichaUd, G. w.
| Gray and George Watson having with
| drew. The vote stood: John H.
| Schultz, Of White Bear, 1872; F. L.
! Breen, 100, and w. S. Brill, of the Tenth
ward, 3D. The election Of Mr.. Schultz
was made unanimous.
| Coroner Nelson won out on the first
ballot, receiving 1913 votes, while DR.. a.
! w. Whitney, of the First ward, receiv-
ed ia, and DR.. B. ]. Hawkins, Of the
Sixth ward, secured 40. Nelson's nom
ination was made unanimous.
There were three candidates for coun-
| ty surveyor. Gates A. Johnson Jr., who
is at the front, in the engineer corps,
was nominated in ringing and pa
triotic speech by a delegate who ex-
| poets to get a job in the office. The
! other nominations were J. H. Arm
| strong, of the Seventh ward, and F. 3.
| Burgess. 1t required only one ballot
| to settle the thing, Johnson getting 205
Armstrong 129, and Burgess 3.
A committee of one from each ward
| and two from the country was named
! by the districts to present to the con-
| Vention the names of six county COM
missioners, four from the city and two
from the country. The committee with
j. r. Blackwell as chairman, was COM
posed Of the following:
First ward-O. H Nelson,
Second ward-E. o: Zimmerman.
Third ward-Daniel Twiss.
Fourth ward-F. c. Schiffmann.
Fifth ward-C. R. Palmer
Sixth ward-E. R. Bryant
Seventh ward-B. F. Wright
Eighth ward-A. Gaines Jr.
Ninth ward-C. S. Benson.
Tenth ward-J. R. Blackwell
Eleventh ward-A. c. Anderson.
Country-Robert Bishop and John Schroer
The nomination of Thomas Mont
gOmery, of Rose Town, for county
| superintendent Of schools, was made
by exclamation.
| The committee appointed to report as
| to the nominations for county commits
! siOners submitted the names of w. B.
| Webster, Of the Ninth ward; E. B.
Lott, of the Fourth ward; David Gray
| Of the Second ward, and H r. Har-
| dick, Of the Seventh ward. as the nom
! ipees from the city, and A. P. Wright
and James Powers from the country
! district
Park Commissioner Godfrey, from
! the Sixth ward was on his feet a mo-
ment after the report of the committee
! had been read and moved that the name
| of Paul Quehl, Of the Sixth ward. be
substituted for that Of W. B. Webster