The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-23


That Instructions Might Be Given
to Tie Them Up.
Jud La Moure, wise man and poll
tician, philosopher who can scent a
barrel as far as the next one and see
what is being done with the contents
thereof, sat in the corridor of the
Windsor hotel last night and watched
the gathering of the Republican boost
ers. Said Jud:
who's going to be nominated?"
1T looks like Van SAINT" answered
some one.
The senator took long look around
the room and said:
I've been hereabouts for ten days.
How about Clough?"
That is all he said, but the remark
meant great deal. The governor has
protested and protested, and last night
there were primaries held in this town
that will result in the sending of a del
egation to Minneapolis that will num-
Der sixty Van SAINT men out of the
seventy five, but-there is still room
for as"but."
Eustis will be beaten. That is GER
tain. but. if it is apparent that Van
SAINT is taking any sort of chances,
then Clough will have to come to the
rescue of the party.
The push that was most concerned
In the primaries of last night and
which will take part in the convention
at Market hall this morning were not
the sort of people to enthuse for van
SAINT, unless there was distinctly some
thing more than glory in sight. They
don't know the raftsman from down
the river, and would not care II he was
never heard of again, but they were
quite enthusiastic in opposing Collins
and Eustis.
1frA do n
up the county for Van SAINT was not
as great as it might have been. The
machine leaders scared off the opposl-
ton, and there were really no con-
tests. In the Eighth ward, where the
Collins men were most numerous, there
was little fighting, for the supporters
of the governor thought it advisable to
take no chances where there was
possibility of defeat There are about
ten Collins delegates in the Elghth
ward crowd, but it was only In Billy
Johnson's precinct that it was found
necessary to attempt to beat them,
and that only because there was an
attempt made on the sovereignty of
the little chief of the ward. Mr.. john
son won out. He was among the SELF
satisfied ones about the corridors or
the Windsor.
Mr.. Johnson was not alone in his
seeming Of s=lf satisfaction. Dar
Reese looked as though he believed that
things were coming his way. They
were. He carried the town Pat with
the single exception of the Tenth pre-
cinct of the Fourth ward where he hao
put up a ticket ad left 'Shel'' B.akeley
off. Mr.. Blakeley went with a ticket
with his name at the head Of 1t and
beat the other ticket by a vote of 80 tic
81. The result didn't make much differ
ence for there was Fourth ward eau
Gus in which Mr. Klake,ey was finished
up.
Eli Warner. the engineer Of the ma
chine, was feeling very well indeed
and observed, when the precincts were
practically all in, that it was likely
there would be fourteen delegates
chosen to go to the state convention
Who would not be for Van SAINT al
Is, of course, supposing that We do not
Instruct them" Mr.. Warner was feel
ing that perhaps he had not wasted
thu last six months which he has de-
voted to the development of the ma
chine game.
Fred Schiffmann was in the push anG
as unconcS rned as though he had never
wandered from the fold. He was really
forced by his friends in the Fourth tt
take the craftsmanship of the caucu:
that was held and was put on the stat.
delegation without regard to the PRO
tests that he made. He was quite sin
cere, he insisted, in saying that he dit
not want to go.
TIE First ward was represented %.
the element that was so much in evi
dence in the Kiefer campaign and |
was given out that they would deman'
all sorts of proper recognition for tn
ward. In the first place they woul,
demand the chairma nship for J. W
Finehout. In the next place they woul
do away with the domino ton of til
fellows wha have always run the part
by demanding that no more than fiv
delegates at large be sent to the stat
convention. That is where the figh
will come this morning-if there is an.
Fort of fight in the convention.
Secretary Selb ran the official end O.
the gathering at the Windsor last nigh
and did the work with better result:
than have been obtained before H.
had framed up a plan for getting re
turns that acted like charm, and be
fore II o'clock the name of every dele
gate from all the city precincts but ter
were known.
There was but one contest reported
In the Sixth precinct of the Third ward
there was one primary held at the uSua
place and another on the sidewalk jus
outside. ]. H. Schurmeer headed tn
ticket of the ms and c. w. Millerbers
that voted upon by the outs. Each o
the leaders brought up their creden
tials to headquarters and they wer
disposed Of summary. Both delega