The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-26

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 25.-Edward G..
Webster was nominated for mayor this
morning on the second ballot by the
Republican city convention. The fea
ture of the convention was the stub
born resistance put up by the Crocker
and Pratt forces. This is evident from
the small number Of votes which
changed from one candidate to the
other. Webster, in the second ballot,
gained in every ward but three, held
his own in two of those and lost in
but one, and in no instance did his
loss or gain exceed four votes. He
owes his success in part to the CrocEer
men. for that gentleman, notwithstand-
ing that a proportion Of his adherentS
preferred Pratt to Webster, himself
kept in the fight. There had been some
talk of his withdrawal during the Sec
ond ballot, and he had one Of his sup
porters arise and announce positively
that his name would not be withdrawn
under any circumstances.
Chairman Clayton Cooley, of the city
committee, called the convention to or
der at Normanna hall and presided un-
til his successor could be elected. Fred
Wright, who, with W. P. Roberts, con-
Quoted the fight for the Pratt forces,
nominated the latter for chairman,
asking the Pratt and Crocter delegates
to vote for him, while the Webster men
put Fred Snyder forward On the bal
lot Snyder won by 246 votes, against
222 for Roberts. For secretaries. Fred
SqUyeT, Prof. J. n. Greer and Francis
RergStrOm were named. These officers
afterwards were made permanent.
Committees on credentials and reso-
1utiOns were appointed, and when the
list Of delegates had been fixed the
convention proceeded to business. 1t
was decided that there should be no
nominating speeches and that the vote
should be by precincts. This met with
great opposition from John Swift and
some of the labor men, who insisted
that the vote be by ballot, that COM
mon sense and good Judgment might
pick the right man for the nomination.
1t was almost Immediately after this
that the voting for the mayoralty was
taken up. There were numerous ques-
tionS arising over absent delegates, and
number of interrutions, but none Of
them Of moment. On one or two oc-
casiOns the chair had to appeal to the
house to be sustained. These ballots
was as follows:
Webster =. .227 Crocker :. ........ 45
Pratt ............zOl
On the second ballot which was or
dered as soon as the result Of the first
was announced. Mr. Webster was
nominated by the following vote:
Webster .....242l lCrocker :. .......... 80
Pratt =. =. .195
AT 80 the convention took a recess
for an hour. The first business of the
afternoon session was to name comp
troller from the field of thirteen candi-
dates. Three ballots We're taken, and
on the last Joshua Rogers was chosen
the vote standing 329 for him and 127
for Nimrock.
c. s. Hubert was nominated by ac-
clamation to succeed himself as city
treasurer.
Nominations for the park, library and
school boards were delegated to three
committees Of fifteen each, to be named
by the chair.
The platform adopted was a declara-
tion against dishonesty in public Office,
and the promise made that the effort
of the party would be toward the end
of more economical government and a
Tightening Of the burdens of the tax
payers. An important plank in the
platform adopted was that demanding
a reform of the primaries along the
lines Of the DAY plan" Sections re-
lating to public bathing houses, public
play grounds for children, the freer
use Of parks by the people, and the
right Of wheelmen to a share Of the
public Improvement money were all
greeted with loud applause. The plat
form was adopted as presented.
The nominees OF the various aldermanic
conventions were as follows: Firs. ward
Roman Alexander; Second ward. E. C. Chat
fed; Third ward H. N. Leighton; Fourth
ward A. E. Merrill Fifth ward. D. P Jones:
Sixth ward. DR.. w. H. Hanseom; Seventh
ward, F. G. Main Eighth ward. Alexander
McCune; Ninth ward. Charles E. Brown
Tenth ward, John Sibley; Eleventh ward, C.
o. Peterson; Twelfth ward W. H. Thurston
Thirteenth ward, DR.. o. p. Sutherland.
Justices Of the peace names are: S. ].
Beards.ee. W. A. Quick and c. E. Bond.