The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
PRIMARIES
DID NOT SETTLE anything
The Three Candidates for Mayor Will Be Well
Represented in Todays Convention
According to Returns.
Some Coarse Work at Certain Precincts Where
the Bell Men Were Determined to Win
in Any Way Open to Them.

The nominations to be made by the
Democratic convention today depend
| largely on the position to be taken by r.
w. Bell, chairman Of the city committee
If Mr.. Bell uses his position and the
machine which he has back of him in
an arbitrary way, then the slate which
he selected six weeks ago will possibly
be put through. On the face of the
/ primary returns the anti-Bell delegates
| We're chosen in all of the precincts in
which there was any contest Some Of
the work done at the primaries by the
Bell adherents was very coarse.
| In the third precinct of the Fourth
ward the place for holding the primary
was changed short time before the
| time for opening the polls from 80 Wa
basha to $50 Minnesota street. but even
with this advantage the anti-Bell ticket
won out.
On the face of things it is difficult to
say who will have a majority of the
delegates 1t depends on how many OF
there are enough of the HeaIeys and
| Armstrong; nobody will have a say. In
the event that the committee on creden-
tials reports only those delegates who
have been selected by the machine as
entitled to seats then the slate prepared
whatever that is-will so through. 1t
was stated last evening that this was
! the intention, but the charge was denied
by Mr.. Bell, who declared the convention
would decide for the men of its choice
without being in any way hampered.
The contest for city treasurer nomina-
ton has simmered down between Otto
Bremen and P. j. Metzdorf. Bremer is
the Bell. candidate. For comptroller, the
nominal ton is between Anthony Yoerg
and J. E. Ekman, although dark horse
may be sprung. Mr.. Yoerg declares
that whether he will accept the nomina-
tion depends on who is named to head
the ticket. For assemblyman, the First
ward will present the name of Thomas
Lorden, the Sixth, John G. Warden
Other nominees will be j. J. Parker,
Louis Betz, d. F. PEBBLES, II. G. Haas,
Lou Wilkes, F. A. Pike and E. F. Ber-
| risford. AS with the nominations for
| the head of the ticket the assembly list
! is likely to be materially changed, all
! depending on the course taken by the
machine in the preliminary work of the
! convention.
| For ward aldermen William Johnson
/ is to be the nominee in the First ward,
| P. D .Scannell can probably have the
nomination from the Second. Andrew
Dahlquist and c. j. Hendy are likely
candidates in the Third. J. b. Cow
ington claims the delegation from the
Fourth ward, but James r. Hickey is
considered as the man who will probably
get 1t. In the Fifth it looks like Otto
Rohland
The Sixth ward delegates have declared
for NJ J. Moriarty. In the Eighth
Matt Bantz will have no opposition and
the same is true as to E. L.. Murphy
in the Ninth and L. J. Dobner in the
Tenth. Candidates for the Seventh are
not numerous. For justices of the peace
and constables there are as many can>
didates as there are wards. The con-
vention will be called to order at 10
o'clock in Sherman hall.
MAY BE TROUBLE.
There, however, may be more trouble
In the convention today than there was
at the primaries yesterday, for while the
work was allowed to go uninterrupted
at the primaries, it may be challenged
today. When Sheriff Wagner went to
the Third precinct of the Fourth ward
yesterday and found Armstrong on deck
and some Republicans in the office talk
ing tickets his first impulse was to get
out warrants for the bunch. The law
specified o'clock as the time for OPEN
ing the polls, and the fact that fifteen
minutes before the time found the polls
open was evidence enough to show the
law was being ignored and the people
who had violated it open to arrest But
the sheriff decided to take the other
course. He may yet find use for war
| rants.
In the Ninth ward some work was so
coarse that action may be taken In
Aid. Murphys precinct, for instance,
among the judges was James Brady. lie
was sworn in as such and served, sign
ing the credentials, which showed that
Il. Rehm, who was on both tickets, had
secured 81 votes, e. l.. Murphy 81 B.
/ Mertens &c. Haggi IA and Langum II.
Some time later Brady filled out a GER
1 tifcate of election, declaring Rehm,
Haggi and Langum as the delegates.
This he signed as clerk, position he did
not hold Aid Murphy said last even
ing he proposed to have a number of
| arrests made today if any attempt was
made to push the alleged fraud to a
| conclusion.
In the Thirteenth of the Ninth, it is
alleged, that credentials were forged
which gave Flaherty the place, while