The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-22
SIDE LIGHTS OF THE FRAY.
Fourth Ward Developed More Bit

ter Feeling Than Elsewhere.
The Fourth ward Republicans, and
particularly the ones in the Sixth pre-
cinct of that ward, had a merry time
of it at the primaries.
Long before 5 O'Clock the hall of the
armory building on Sixth street was
filled with a bowling, struggling mob
of ward heelers, and when the hour for
the opening Of the primary arrived pan
Genonium reigned. 'tt .z-'
The Kieferverein contingent was the
| more numerous, and they also could
shout the loudest Mayor Kiefer had
issued orders to the police, and two pa
trOlmen in uniform and a detective was
on hand to prevent any assaults with
dangerous weapons. No blows were
struck but the adherents of the grand
cid party INDUCED in repartee and cpl
thets too vile for publication.
1t took fifteen minutes for the loud
mouthed heelers to howl themselves
hCarse, and then an attempt was made
to elect a chairman for the primary.
A. e. Donaldson was nominated and
the friends Of>the nominee declare that
he was duly elected, but as he was sup
posed to be in the interests of Hitler
Horton for senator and Maj. Libbey for
sheriff, the crowd would not have it.
Michael O'Keefe was chosen as the
Pottgieser- candidate, and elected
with bowls. Mr.. O'Keefe and a couple
of clerks took possession of the hall on
the lower floor and a couple of cigar
boxes being produced, the receiving Of
ballots commenced. s-
The HortOn-Libby detection ad-
journed to a room on the second floor,
and with another set of cigar boxes
opened for business. The Pottgieser-
Irish crowd had the best of the game,
as those who were not advised as to the
Of min rfa etc
The result of the ballOting on the
lower floor gave the POttgieser-
delegates 40 votes, while the delegates
on the Horton ticket received but Is,
and the Libbey delegate ticket 43 votes.
At the upstairs primary, presided
over by A. E. Donaldson, the delegates
on the HortOn-Libbey ticket secured 46
votes, and four were cast for the Pott-
gieser-Irish delegates. A. E. Donald
son, who is a member of the Repub-
lican city committee, said the action of
the primary presided over by O'Keefe
was illegal, and the delegates elected
would be turned down by the conVen-
tons, both legislative and county.
Mr. O'Keefe declined to talk, but said
the clerks of the primary over which he
presided was perfectly regular, and
list of the names and addresses of all
those who voted had been kept.
The primary in the Third precinct of the
Fourth ward was rather exciting at the start,
but in this, as in the Sixth precinct, the
Edde f6r tb was too FoRs at least
organization was carried by the friends of
Pottgieser and Irish.
Party lines were not drawn at all in this
and other precincts of the Fourth ward, and
| men who have for years been prominent in
| Democratic ward politics were doing what
plugging, for the candidates for legislative
| and county offices.
The ones certainly elected last night were
| the four bartenders at the Windsor bar. The
| crowd five deep at the bar, and the
| thirst of candidates delegates and the usual
gang of hangers-on was something alarming.
| =
| The First ward delegation to the county
| convention held a meeting at Sjoberg's hail
and took two ballots for county treasurer.
| Johnson and Mobe5g 6. On the second bal
| lot there were 43 delegates present and At
votes were cast, Lindahl receiving 49, Arosin
| IL, Johnson Ii and Moberg g. The meeting
| fight will be carried into the convention.
Lindahl claimed last night that he had %
out of the At delegates, and Johnson claims
10 az. {
The Fifth ward delegation held caucus
| and decided to vote as unit for Jaggard
| torney. "a
There are four contests to be brought be-
fore the convention. In the Sixth and
Eleventh precincts of the Fourth ward two
| caucuses were he'd. and both delegations
claim to be the right one. In the Second
precinct of the Third ward there were also
| two primaries. Andrew Holm and J. G.
Reichardt head the opposing delegations In
| the Third precinct of the Fifth ward there
were two tickets, and G. d. Parker. who
was on both, is the only one of the three
who will be seated without a contest
| 1t was suggested last evening that the
contests be settled by the county and city
committee without bringing the matter be-
| gued would prevent lot of squabbing be-
fore the committee on credentials, and also
give every one much better show, as the
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