The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-22
SOME CIVIC MATTERS
THEY CREATED CONSIDERABLE
DISCUSSION ATT THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE MEETING
RADICAL PRIMARY CHANGES
They Are Proposed In a Bill Sub
mttted by the Legislative Com
mittee, Which Would Do Away
Entirely With the Holding of
Deiesate Conventions - Water
Board Also aleTopic.

Maj Espy stirred up a lively dis
eussfon a. the chamber Of commerce
meeting yesterday with the following
resolution:
That the citizens of St. Paul are hereby
consratulated upon having complete sys-
TEN TEN OF water works, having a sufficient capa-
at present in our city, with pure spring water
entirely free from any foul or contaminating
mater at comparatively very low water
A motion to suspend rules was car
rled and the congratulations were
about to be adopted.
Thomas Cochran suggested that,
Wblle the water board was no doubt
a valuable institution and we'll con-
Quoted, the resolution was hardly In
order,
william Pitt Murray moved that the
resolution be referred to a special COM
nlttee, of which Mr.. Cochran should
be the chairman.
Mr.. Cochran responded by informing
the president thht he considered the
motion foolish and he should certainly
oecllne TO serve on any such commit
tee.
Mr. Murray's motion was voted
down and motion to lay the resolu-
ton on the table was carried
Ire report of the legislative COM
mlttee on the annual report OF the in
terstate commerce commission had
been fixed as the special order of the
oay' put the discussion of this report
was Iald over until two weeks there
pelng no demand for its Immediate
consideration.
Z. z. -Noyes read, by request, a reso-
luton which had been handed to Sec
reeafy reeat;' Iallmadge just prior to the
meeting, the rePuted author being
sam j. Johnson, of Minneapolis. This
resolution Nhs directed to Gov. Lind,
WIN view of assisting that gentle
man to appoint the right man as
successor to M. D. Kenyon, the public
examiner. The resolution made ref
efence to certain financial conditions
in the past. and desired that the new
man should possess qualifications that
would distinguish him in the faithful
nlscharge Of his important duties.
W z. Murray said that he did not
peIieVe that such a resolution ought
70 70 pe considered, 1t was improper.
he moved 10 lay it on the table.
But Mr. Chaplin interposed that such
action would hardly be courteous to
Mr.. Johnson, and therefore the resolu
tion Nhs referred to the banking and
currency committee
" hen the legislative committee was
c6Iied Tor, the chairman of the COM
mittee, Gen. Sanborn, reporred tho
draft of a bill on the primary election
law. 'i0Ai
one feature is that the primaries are
10 be held by political parties casting
1u,OOO or more votes for their card
oate Tor governor at the preceding e &C.
tiOn.
The third Tuesday preceding eie-t-
TON day is to be known as primary
|. qays Each political party is to ho,d
It's primaries on that day. and thei!
respective adherents are to vote on
candidates they desire for any respec-
! tive nomination. Citizens who do not
vote and become registered at the pri-
n&1y, will not be allowed to do so, on
! election Gay. In case of citizens be-
ing SICK or out of the city, special ar
rangements are made In respect to affi-
daNlts, etc, by which they will be en-
| abled TO cast their vote at the electf n.
The authorities ale given extended
jurisdiction over the primaries, in that
s.dtLonery VIII have TO be furnished
al the public charge
ne proposed law also provides for
oiIfcial and unofficial primaries The
| oliielaR pr4ma, its a e open all day The
CnoHlc.al primaries are held for a skort
time in the afternoon and evening.
one novel effect Of the passage of
the bill would be TO nominate thu can
didates at the primaries rather than
at the delegated convention.
The primary vote would be cas- al
rectly for the candidates, and the can
Nass of the votes would determine the
successful candidates. BY this meth
Cd of choosing the candidates much of
the machinery of the present conven
ton system would be abol shed.
Gen. SanbOrn stated that the Min
+ neapolis contingent of the joint COM
! mittee had favored the bill unanimous
I ly.
E. s. Durment and Walter Chaplin.
members of the committee, stated that
tLey had not been present at the meet
ing at which the daft of the b'll had
been approved by TIE committee e. and
that they wished to go on record as op-
posed TO certain details of the bill
1t was laid over for subsequent Dis
cuSSion.