The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-29
REPUBLICANS WILL STAY
STATE HEADQUARTERS WILL
REMAIN IN ST. PAUL
But There Was a Lively Time Over
1t at the State Central Committee
Meeting Last EveninE-JOhn III.
Steele, of minneapolis, Was
Made Chairman, as Was Ex-
pected.

MADE chairman, as Was tx
pected.
st. Paul will hold the headquarters
Of the Republican state central COM
mittee.
1t took the committee from shortly
after until IL: 80 last night to deter
mine this, with a few other less mo-
mentous matters.
One Of these was the amount of mon
ey that should be expended in the cam
paign.
1t is said that Mr.. Eustis has an idea
that $4,000 is enough to spend. AS the
salary is $4,000 year, it is to be seen
that Mr.. EustiS Is willing to split even
with the party-workers
The session of the committee was
not entirely satisfactory to those who
were not in it. And the only ones who
were inside beside the committee were
Would-be Gov. Eustis, would-be clerk
or the supreme court again Reese, and
Would-be Supreme Court Justice Love-
ly.
All the other candidates were pres
emit Two of them had sent proxies.
The proxies did not vote.
rms was one of the causes of en-
bitterment. 1t seems that the gentle
men carrying the proxies presented
them to Mr.. Eustis before the session
pegan. They did not receive the cor
dial welcome that they had looked for.
Mr.. Eustis said that he was not aware
that the committee had expected the
presence Of the candidates. He had
been urged to be present and would
be, but no action would be taken det-
rimental to the interest Of any one.
Of course he, with all other true
Republicans, was glad to see such an
interest on the Part of the nominees.
But by this time the damage was
done
dor Of the Windsor could have had
troubles told him by the hour.
There was the utmost harmony, so
the official statement given out to the
press said. The grape vine confirmed
this. 1t said that G.. K Sharood, the
Eustis leader of the first ward in this
city, had made all the motions that
amounted to anything. He sat next to
Mr.. Eustis.
The chairman Of the committee stat
ed also that the matter Of headquarters
was left just where it had been.
There was quite little argument
over this.
Some of the st. Paul folks suggested
to the former mayor Of Minneapolis
that it might be as we'll to leave the
headquarters where they were
William Henry set his suave smile
up to No. 16, polariscope test, and it's
saccEarinity was visible two blocks
when he asked. naively:
What do you mean?"
II think" said one of the local push
ers, that the Republican voters Of St.
Paul would not like the idea of NOV
ing the headquarters. 1t might cost US
some vOtes.'
The benign Eustis frowned.
., DO you mean to say" he queried.
That the Republicanism of Ramsey
county is Of such stamp?"
And the st. Paul man, whose frank
ness could never be mistaken for
naivete, replied that Re thought it was.
1t would have been a great deal more
convenient for Mr.. Eustis to have had
the headquarters moved, but they were
rot.
The first business done. naturally,
was the selection Of a chairman in &C
c0rdance with the cut-anG-dried pro-
gramme, John H. Steele, of Mime
secretary was left to the executive
con mittee. The selection Of a treasurer
was also left to the executive commit
tee. In fact, nearly everything else
was, on the all-convincing motion Of c.
K. Sharood, left to the executive COM
mittee.
This executive committee, also &C
ccrding to the motion Of C. K. Sharood,
is to consist Of nine men, of whom
Judge Steele shall be chairman.
w. A. Funk, Of Mankato, he that
was foremost in the recent "anti-ma-
chine" (sclf-nameO convention at Man
kato, off1ciated as temporary secretary
Judge Steele. in thanking the COM
mittee for the honor conferred on him.
stated that so far as he was concern
ed the campaign would be pushed on
earnest, but on honest lines. There
would be an economic campaign, even
as the party was pledged to an eco
monte administration.
Mayor Eustis smiled approvingly on
this, but not all the Republicans pres
ent enthused.
There is something orthodox about
the Republicans. They believe pretty
faithfully in the parable Of the loaves
and fishes.
Except that they are difficult Of COM
prehepsion how SO few loaves and so
few fishes fed so many mouths.
1t was evident from the expression
on their faces that they did not know
whether William Henry could handle
the pure food distribution as we'll as
it was done eighteen centuries ago.
And after the meeting adjourned they
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they said so too, either. They told their
troubles to anybody.
Some of them intimated that while
this had always been a Republican
state naturally, they thought g. good
deal Of that was due to the noise
which liberal lubrications had made
possible in the past.
They insisted that a political ma
chine was different from other ma
chimes. The more it was fabricated
the more noise it made, and noise, they
said, was its stock in trade up to cleo
ton day.
The Eustis idea seems to be to aban-
don the band-wa gon idea and trust to
the intelligent voter to see through the
opposition and vote for Eustis
Some of the other candidates think
the populace ought to be impressed
with the fact that the entire Republi-
can ticket is going to win-whether il
is or not.
That is where the trouble is going to
be.
The other candidates are not going
to antagOnize Eustis. They are will
ing he should limit his campaign ex-
penses to $1,000. They could even toll
crate his campaign being conducted on
clean basis. That is, his campaign.
But they are not signing any bonds
with pens dipped in blood themselves.
Mr.. Steele will announce the other
members of the executive committee in
a few days.