The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-01
UNION OF ALL FACTIONS
REPUBLICANS LIKELY TO FIND
A UNITED OPPOSITION

Who Have Fought Each Other
VIII Now Turn on the Common
| Enemy-State Democratic Head
quarters to Be Opened at the
Windsor.
| 1t is now practically settled that the
opposition to the Republican ticket in
Ramsey county will be united. For
the first time in several years, a pre-
! liminary meeting Of the opposition
forces has been held without develop
ing any friction. and it is almost GER
tain that there will be but two tickets
In the field. Both factions of the De-
[ mocracy were officially represented,
and the Populists, likewise, by the
official heads of the party delegated to
| the chairmen Of their respective or
| CARNATIONS last night the power to
| formulate an agreement for united ac-
| ton. They signed a protocol as it
were, and they will confirm it in peace
| convention next Tuesday night. The
peace commission consists Of Chair
man Townley, of the Democratic coun-
| ty committee; Dr. Siegler, of the Pop
| ulist committee. and r. w. Bell, of
| the Democratic city committee, which
| conducted the Erwin campaign last
| spring.
The arrangement was arrived at
| without the usual chickering's and seek
| Ing for preference. A meeting of the
| party leaders Of the various organiza-
| lions was called for last night at the
| windsor hotel. 1t was agreed by those
| who had to do with the call of the
meeting that there was nothing to be
said about candidates nor offices, but
| that the best that could be done for
the opposition to the Republicans
| would be done.
The result Of the call was that there
| gathered last night in Parlor B at the
! Windsor-in the very room where a.
few weeks ago William Henry Eustis
| gave it out that the grafters in the Re
| publican party were due to starve this
| fall-a lot Of representatives of all
| three divisions of the opposition. For
| more than two hours the lion and the
| lamb got along together very we'll In
| deed. Men who have been bitter po-
litical foes, who have given it out that
they had much rather be with the Re-
publicans than with each other, talked
amiably over the situation, and con-
| cluded that there was nothing to be
| gained by fighting each other.
There were in the room such extrem-
lists as DR.. Stone and A. Paradis, r. w.
Bell and J. E. Stryker, F. H. Clarke
and D. F. PEBBLES, and there was P. D.
Scannell ready to agree with them all
If they made a reasonable proposition.
The proposals were reasonable
enough every way, and they had TO
difficulty in getting together. The only
point upon which there was any differ
ence OF opinton at all had nothing to dc
with the coalition, and involved the
involved the question of which party
would have the legal right to so on. the
state ticket without petition That
called forth some discussion, but 1t was
referred to the proper authorities, and
will be acted upon after due investiga-
| ton.
| COMPROMISE MEASURE.
! AS a strictly compromise measure Mr.
| Paradis was made chairman of the
| meeting and J. H. Bell secretary of the
| n2eeing. There were present as mem
bers of the county committee and by
invitation: John L. Townley, II. R.
Kane, ]. f. Hearn, D. F. PEBBLES, J. B.
Covington, Ed Dahl, E. J. Darragh, DR.
Stone, Hermann Oppenheim, ]. E. Stry-
ker and others, and Of the Populist
| committee, besides the chairman, F. II
Clarke, James Cormican, J. c. Beatty
A. Girard, D. J. Leary, Ed Christie
pherson and several others, while the
| all y
chairman and P. D. Scannell, J. H Bell
| G. Geber, George Armstrong, Duncan
! Cornell, William O'Brien, Leo Cormick
T. ]. Brady and a half dozen others.
The meeting was executive The dis
| cussion was opened by Mr.. TownIey,
who stated the objects of the meeting,
and among the speakers who urged the
necessity for united action or made
| propositions were Messrs. PEBBLES T.
r. Kane, O'Brien, Cornick and Connell.
AS a result of the deliberations the
meeting pledged its members to stand
| by an announcement that will be made
by the chairman CT the various parties
to their respective organizations re-
| garding complete union. The chairman
will formulte proclamation which will
|
ficially adopted by the various parties,
to the effect that they must work in
unison. The chairman will meet at the
| Windsor next Tuesday night, and it Is
| likely that before the announcement Is
made to the parties arrang aments will
be made by them for a division Of the
| ticket This was not touched upon last
night, but was turned? over to the
chairman. There were no claims made
to place on the ticket and it is not
known in the least how it will be di-
Iided. 1t appears to be quite certain
| that there will be no opposition to
the agreement that will be made by
the chairman.
The Democratic state central COM
mtttee made arrangements with Col.
| Allen, of the Merchants hotel, yester-
| day, for rooms for headquarters Of the
committee during the campaign. Sec
rooms will be open in time for fair
| week visitors.
! JEFFERSON CLUB MEETING.
| The jefferson club will hold it's first
formal and regular meeting in it's own
quarters next Monday night. The ex-
| ecutive council of the club has not
waited for the club to grow of itself,
but has taken to pushing It, The re-
suit is that arrangements were made
at a meeting Of the council held last
night at the Metropolitan to move into
| permanent quarters at once.
| The club will have its home IN mod