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

Will 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-
llminary 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
| ganizations last night the power to
| formulate an agreement for united ac-
| ton. They signed a protocol, as 1t
| were, and they will confirm 1t in peace
convention next Tuesday night. The
| peace commission consists Of Chair
man ToWnley, of the Democratic coun-
! ty committee; DR.. Slegler, of the Pop
ultst 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-
tions 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
n OAi
| 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 at the
| W1ndsor-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-
littcal foes, who have given 1t 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 axtrem-
| 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
II they made q reasonable proposition.
| The proposals were reasonable
enough every way, and they had no
difficulty in getting together. The only
point upon which there was any differ
ence Of opinion at all had nothing to do
with the coalition, and involved the
{, involved the question of which party
would have the legal right to go on the
state ticket without petition. That
called forth some discussion but it was
referred to the proper authorities, and
| will be acted upon after due tnvestiga-
tion.
COMPROMISE MEASURE.
AS strictly compromise measure Mr..
Paradis was made chairman Of the
meeting and ]. H. Bell secretary of the
| neeing. There were present as mem
bers of the county committee and by
invitation: John l.. Townley. r. r.
| Kane, ]. E. Hearn, D. F. PEBBLES, J. B.
Covington, Ed Dahl, e. j. Darragh, DR..
Stone, Hermann Oppenheim, j. E. Stry-
ker and others, and Of the Populist
| committee, besides the chairman, F. H
Clarke, James Cormican, J. c. Beatty,
A. Girard, D. J. Leary, Ed Christie
| pherson and several others, while the
Bell committee was represented by the
chairman and P. D. Scannell. J. H. Bell
~ o1a A
Connell William O'BTien, Leo Cormick
T. J. Brady and half dozen others.
The meeting was executive. The dis
cussion was opened by Mr.. Townley,
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'Brlen, 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 Cf the various parties
to their respective organizations re-
garding complete union. The chairman
will formulte proclamation which Will
carry suggestions, which will be Of
ficially adopted by the various parties,
unison. The chairman will inset at the
Windsor next Tuesday night, and it is
likely that before the announcement is
! made to the parties, arrangements will
be made by them for 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 ii is not
known in the least how 1t 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
mfttee made arrangements with Col.
Allen, Of the Merchants hotel, yester-
day, for rooms for headquarters of the
committee during the campaign. Sec
retary Rosing will be on hand, and the
rooms will be open in time for fair
week visitors.
JEFFERSON CLUB MEETING.
The Jefferson club will hold its 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 1t. 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