The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-20


Sheriff ........................Ph Phil G. Justus
Fourth Ward.
Register Deeds sa:o;;i w NJ NJ Fitzgerald
Attorney .....................H. Il. Bigelow
Fifth Ward.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Second Ward ..................-D. w. Gray
Fourth Ward ....................E B. Lott
Seventh Ward ............G. B. Whitehorne
Ninth Ward ................W. B. Webster
country ...--.......-.-........A "A. +. Wright
| Country ...................... James Powers
District Clerk .4;f.;:Johii II. sehnlze
Coroner .................. I'm. br. V. J. Hawkins
Judge of Probate ............ Judge BaziHe
Eignth Ward,
Ninth Ward.
Superintendent Public Instruction
Thomas Montgomery
StPau has never seen a more dead than
alive county convention that that of the
Repub.icaFs, held at the Auditorium sses-
teTday. There wasn't as much entaus-
1asm as usually develops at a nlid-weelz
prayer meeting. 1t was positively naou n
ful at times, relieved only when so.re man
who had been nomina ted got up to
thank the convention for the hoEor,
etc. 1t seemed IS if every man nom
mated WAS in the convention to see that
he didn't get the double cross They
We're afraid to trust each other or til =ir
ward delegates, although Oar REESE, VIII ,
made the State thee weeks ego, assured
each one that he could rely on the eth ~
fellows doing the square thing by him.
Even Judge BaZilie, who holds a position
to which some dignity is attached was
present as a delegate and his right bow
er, Harry SundbUrg, sat off on enc. sid e
to see that his former chief didn't get
the hinl1y dink. t was a novelty Tor the
former power in Republican local con
Ventions to be cooling his heels on the
outer edge of the funeral gathering.
After it was ali over Oar Reese the
man who gave Philip Justus bis position
| on the board OF public works and boosted
him in the shrieva3ty nomination ycster-
| day, felt he had accomplished the work
we'll Not a scratch was made on the
entire slate. The convention showed
how thoroughly Oar has the ward work
crs of Ramsey county in hand at the
present time.
The ticket was the source OF gratifca-
ton TO the Democrats, who aspire to lun
again on the opposite ticket. eff the
Democrats can not beat that ticket" re-
marked one man, then the citizens of
ST. Paul are to be pitied."
Confusion abourded at the very open
ing of the convention, which was called
to order at 1880.
following secretaries were selected: w.
F. Dunde, Second ward; James Drum
nond, Ninth ward; T. s. La France,
Sixth ward.
The following committees were then ap-
pointed: Credentials, Henry New,
chairman; resolutions, DR.. c. E. Parrott,
chairman: permanent organization, c. j.
Nelson, chairman.
At II o'clock the convention took a re-
cess.
When the convention reassembled there
We're two contests, one from the Eighth
and the other from the Eleventh. D. c.
CampbelFs delegation from the Eighth
was thrown out on account Of gross II
regularities. w. J. Sullivan, from the
Eleventh, was seated in the place OF e.
A. Paradis, non resident.
The resolutions adopted reaffirm the
state and national platforms, indorse r.
C. Stevens and Knute Nelson; indorse the
state national park, and condemn the To-
cal administration.
1t was also proposed to correct the loc-l
plan Of party organization for collabo-
ration between the city and county or
carnations. The matter was left to
be taken up by the afternoon session,
however.
After the committee on nominations for
county commissioners had been appoint
ed adjournment was taken. On reas-
| sembling it was moved by T. E, Schiff-
man than the convention then proceed to
the nomination of a county ticket.
W J. Johnson was nominated for aud
itor by acclamation.
The trouble of the day got its start
when 1t came time to nominate a treas
urer. No one could be found to make
a nomination, and a call Of the roll
was demanded for votes without formal
speeches. The First ward got into a mix
up. Arosin was turned down hard. The
vote resulted in the nomination Of Alex.
Lindall
B. f. Knauft next placed Phil g. JUS
tus in nomination for sheriff. NJ. L.
Countryman then nominated Harry HaP-
dick, and Percy l.. Godfrey M N. Goss.
Immediately a contest broke out in the
First ward. The delegates wanted to
know where they were at 4. +. Pabst
finally moved that the ward be polled,
and it was done. The result was a vic
tory for Justus, and the rest was easy
sailing.
For register of deeds NJ w. Fitzgerald
was nominated by acclamation.
w. Fl. Lightner placed H. e. Bigelow
in nomination for county attorney. I'M
meaiately Hiler H. Horton, Seventh ward,
took the floor, and big chunks of ele-
quence or vituperation filed the hall.
There has been a DEAL" he said. II
want it distinctly understood that one or
two wards cannot run this convention.
What object have you got in turning
down everybody outside of the ring?
say there's a deal on. He nominated
Herchner Johnston.
At this juncture a row was imminent.
The whole hall was a bowling mass,
and listeners began to wonder what had
dropped.
Carl Taylor took the floor and stated
that there was no overpowering demand
from the Seventh ward for Johnston.
The vote was 231 for Bigelow and 1874 for
Johnston
William Bramhall was the next to re-
ceive attention, and he made a motion
to change the regular order and have
Judges Brill and Kelly declared the nomi-
nees for judges on the district bench. 1t
was defeated
S. A. Anderson moved the nomination
Of e. w. Battle for judge Of the probate
court by reclamation He had been a
candidate himself, but had seen the hand
writing on the wall and withdrew his
name. The motion was carried.
J. w, Schulze was nominated for alb
tract clerk.
Drs. Edward H. Haas, of the Third and
v. J. Hawkins, of the Sixth, were placed
in nomination for coroner. Howard
Wheeler, In nominating Haas, said that
the doctor would be a bait for young
men, and that the party needed bait to
catch the prize The votes showed:
Hawkins, 20S; Haas, lat.
When it came to the selection Of a NOM
inee for county surveyor 1t was necessary
to take two ballots. The first ballot
resulted as follows: Peterson, 152;vJohn-
son, 124; Armstrong, 7e Second ballot:
Peterson, 203; Johnson 14S; Armstrong,
9. Most of Armstrong; votes were given
to Pedcrson.