The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-25
of the party in whose interest

tnuSlasm or the party In whose interest
the meeting was called.
Mr.. Townley in his speech especially
referred to the nominees for the SUI
preme bench Of the state, scoring the
Republicans for their refusal to NOM
mate any one of the three men whose
records they should have been so proud
OF, this, too, on a purely partisan po-
litical basis.
Mr.. Kane spoke on the general situa-
ton, but particularized in the case OF
the turning down of Attorney General
Childs and called attention to the sig
nificant coincidence that many another
man had been defeated by the Repub-
Hcan party as soon as he had done
something which found favor with or
benefited the masses of the people.
After the speeches a club was organ
lied with membership of 100.
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The st. Paul Review, a staunch Re-
publican organ hitherto, does not like
the Republican county ticket and will
not have the legislative ticket at ALL
The Review voices the protests that
hundreds of individual Republicans are
making. Of the county ticket, the Re
view SAYS:
The convention which Republicans held to
pace In nomination a county ticket was
chosen in great par& by Democrats and PoPu-
lists. In many OF the precincts the disgrace
union of the local Democracy were openly AMI
fagraptly practiced. Most of the nominees
obtained their places through trades and
deals with the necessary effect thai the ticket
as whole is weak. In some instances this
is notably apparent. 1t needs no skilled
MIND to point out some of the candidates
whose political graves have been already dug
and whose obsequies viii he held in a little
more than a month
There is one distinct feature about the
work, VIII CHI evidences great shortsightednss S.
IheF6 ri
The effect Of this will become marked as the
canvass progresses, The Democrats have a
golden opportunity to recover their lost pres
tge. Whether they will embrace the chance
the work of next Tuesday will clearly show.
With the Republican ticket before them
democrats should profit by the example, and
VII be apt to choose a ticket that will make
the campaign the liVeiest in years
The most infamous trades were made with
a shamefacedness that never was exceeded by
the Democracy in It's most palmy days. I'm
ess a candidate had something to trade pH
matter if the individuals OF the d legation
mad previously pledged their votes, he was
ton whatever. Qualification for Office and
party merit were each of a secondary concern
THESE requisites in a candidate were of no
moment, and sometimes promises were not
kept. Office holders and deputies of high and
lew degree engrossed the attention of the
convention. An old party worker like Fitz-
gerald, with both qualifications and deserts
was marked for ruthless slaughter, while the
newcomer with his solid ward, but without
either received an unjust recognition. The
Republican machine is in the saddle for the
present at least. It's high-handed tactics will
be tolerated till the people tire of its engi-
neers. But it's doom will certainly come in
the same way in which the people relieved
the local Democracy of the travails of office.
Having disposed of the county ticket
it goes after the legislative nominees:
With very few exceptions the legislative
is much weaker than the county ticket. 1t Is
confidently expected that the loud acclaim of
hat tic io d
VIII carry the party to a certain victory.
Senator Sheehan was compelled to resort to
heroic measures to secure his denomination,
Dut tr1umphed over the schemes of his enc
mics. The nomination of Smith is
VIGOROUSLY weak. Not alone Is the nominee
utterly unable to warm the capacous seat of
stevens, but his defeat at the hands of Err
win Is now assured. corporation repre-
sentative may run, but he will hardly be
elected in workingmen's district. Stevens
has won through vigorous personality here
tofore, and stands out in marked contrast with
the present nominee, who has been a resi-
dent OF the city for a short time only but
has vigorously improved his opportunities In
a political way.
The annual meeting of the Silver Re-
publican club was held yesterday af-
ternoon The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year, namely,
j. M. Hawthorne, president; DR.. 0. S.
Pine, vice president; +. A. Pike, secrc-
tary and treasurer. The three officers
named and Messrs. Enoch Johnson and
William L. McGrath were appointed as
an executive committee. S. L. Pierce,
as chairman of the committee on reso-
lutions, reported, and the entire report
was ordered printed to be used as a
campaign document. On motion of P
J. Mclaughlin the executive committee
was authorized to act generally on be-
half Of the silver Republicans, and to
use their best endeavors to promote
the silver Republican policy of united
and aggressive action on behalf of ali
of the reform forces. DR.. Pine was
named for the office of coroner and the
executive committee was instructed to
present his name to the Democratic and
Populist county conventions.