The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-31
DEMOCRATS N UNISON
THERE WAS Net nIscopD.NT
NOTE IN Yesterdays COUNTY
CONVENTION
PEOPLES PARTN IS SPLIT
There Were Two Conventions yes-
terday Afternoon Ia Adjoining
Rooms at assembly Halls
Factions VIII Fight.

- NESSSlkHOiy HILLS
Factions VIII Fight.
Harmony and unaninfty of sentiment
marked the convention yesterday morn
ing OF the Democratic precinct delegates
to choose delegates to-, the approaching
state and congressional conventions.
! Another noteworthy feature Of the gath
! er1ng was the fact that the proneness
| to long talks to no particular end, which
| is popularity considered to be an newt
| able element Of all Democratic conven-
tons. was conspicuous by its absence,
the only speech being one of no great
length made by Humphrey Barton.
| The convention was called to order
| in Assembly hall. about 10:30, by Chair
man Humphrey Barton, of the city and
| county organization. The Democratic
party, he said, approached the coming
| election under extraordinarily favorable
conditions AT the last election 1t was
| divided into four factions, and was in
| the minority. Now those four factions
had been modified and united into one
harmonious Democratic party, well or
/ Son1zeds determined, and confident of
success. The Republican party, locally,
| he said, had receded. from all Of its for
! rner principles. The Republicans had
| claimed that the Democrats. when In Of
/ flee. had spent too much money on the
| schools and the Improvement of the
streets and the city generally-in fact,
they were avowedly against local ex-
pansfon, go to speak-but now they had
| so far changed their views as to favor
expansion, and even imperialism, and
| wanted to take possession Of the Philip
pines and give them a government which
would not suit them or US either. This
was direct reputation Of the formerly
aVoWed principles Of the Republicans,
Imperialism without patriotism
Mr. Barton closed his address in words
substantially follows: 'But, my
friends we are here not to make speech
es, but to appoints delegates to the state
and congressional convention who will
ably discharge their duty and will work
to see that the Democratic party meets
with the success whichI am sure 1t will.
1 am confident that we will re-elect John
Lind, the best governor that Minnesot a
has ever had, and now we must also see
TO 1t that we elect a Democratic
legislature to help him. Ramsey county
must also, on the night of Nov 6, show
a majority for W. j. Bryan"
AT the close of Mr.. Bartons remarks.
Mr.. Louis Betz, of the Second ward, nom
mated for temporary chairman c.. T.
| Hunt, present alderman Of the Eleventh
ward, but Mr.. Hunt explained that he
was not a delegate to the convention.
| Mr. Betz himself was then nominated
by reclamation. He was introduced by
nrtn
elected city comptroller at the spring
election, but magnanimous1y gave up
| the office when he found how badly Mr..
McCardy wanted to keep It, Frank w.
Baer, Of the Sixth ward, was chosen sec
rotary by reclamation.
Chairman -Betz inquired If there were
any contests as to delegates. and, none
being reported. the list published in the
Daily Clio g Of yesterday was read.
and with a few slight changes was
adopted without the appointment of a
committee on credentials. The name of
James Wood was substituted for that of
j. Ryan as delegate from the seventh
precinct OF the Fourth ward, and Mic
Rauen and P. E. Murphy were accred-
tied from the first precinct of the
Eighth ward, instead Of those published
in the Clio b e.
The Seventh ward delegation. whose
names were not published, consisted OF
George c. Lambert, first precinct; Rob
ert Barr and M. Doran Jr., second; o.
E. Constans and w F. Constans, fourth;
III. Barton, fifth; D. Aberle and James
Nugent, seventh; J. I. Farley, eighth;
o. H. O'NeilI, ninth. On motion of D.
Aberle, the temporary organization was
made permanent.
G. ]. Buell. then moved the appointment
Of a committee, to consist Of one mem
Der from each ward and one from the
| ,oI0 s-oIr, a.
go to the state convention, each ward
delegation to choose its own member of
the committee. On motion of Capt.
Wood Of the Fourth ward, it was de-
termined that the ninety-f1ve delegates
to the congressional convention should
be selected at the same time, and the
committee was Increased to two from
each ward. The committee, when ap-
pointed, was as follows:
First Ward-James Fallows. Mike Null
I lane.
Second ward-T. P. Mcclure. H. Koer-
ner.
Third ward-F, A. Barbeau. George
Fourth ward-A. D. Mcleod. O. B.
Robertson
Fifth Ward-M. ]. Mcmahon. R. I. Hol-
aI SIKH Ward-A, L Graves. A P. Hen
seventh ward-Dan Aberle. O. H.
Eighth Ward-w. B. Hennessy, Frank
| Bailey.
Ninth ward-Ed ouinlivan, A. L. wag-
ner.
Tenth ward-C. A. Fleming, c. ].
| Buell..
Eleventh ward-J D. Ratterman, W. B.
| Haw1ey.
Country-G. H Ruff. c. F. Mccarron.
While that committee was at work the
chair suggested the appointment of
| committee on resolutions, and on mo-
ton of Capt. Wood the chair was en-
! powered to appoint such committee to
consist of one member from each ward,
and one from the country Following is
the committee as named:
81. H. Blinn, First ward; James Far