The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-20
mated officially for the primary elections
r.. w. Bell,
Chairman Democratic City Committee

man Bell al his headquarters and aScer-
tain from him the correctness of the
places published in the o b e. Chair
man Sell checked up the list and then
gave it his official approval in the note
| heretofore attached. The committee talk
informally with Chairman Bell at some
length. He told the committee that II
| the places selected were Objectionable In
| any precinct, that other places procured
and designated by the committee would
receive his approval. He also said that
the missing precincts would be announced
| today.
The committee then withdrew and
drafted the following resolution which
was signed by Thomas J. McDermott,
John w. Willis, A. F. Hendrickson and
| VIM Powers. NJ. S. lamar Jr, another
member of the committee, signed the
resolution at first, but later withdrew his
name because he claimed that while per-
sonally he might subscribe to 1t he did
not want TO have it considered the Of
| 1iciaI views of the Jefferson club with
out the club being consulted. The resolu-
ton follows:
Resolved by the committee appointed by
| the executive council of the Jefferson
club to investigate the location Of pri-
! mary elections, that after careful In
vestigation we are fully satisfied with the
! action Of the Democratic city committee
In designating places for such primary
| elections as stated in the list thereof
published herewith; and we are salts,
fled that the city, committee has acted
| fairly and honorably in the premises.
There was still much dissatisfaction
among Democrats on account of the
vagueness of the location OF the places
for holding the Democratic primaries Fri
day night.
The complaints are not limited to any
one ward, but cover the city quite gen.
orally.
Some interesting primary places have
been picked out by Patrick Scannell in
| his ward, the Second. He has called the
| primary in the Second precinct at COS
East Third street, which is Henry OCon.
! nor's saloon. the primary in the Third
precinct is to be at COS East Third, across
! the street. The regularly equipped vot-
| Ing places in these precincts are both up
| on the bluff one on Hudson avenue, near
! Bates, and the other at 712 East Seventh
! street. The regularly fixed polling place
in the Fifth precinct is at 727 East Sew
enth street, which is almost exactly mid
way between the east and west ends of
| the precinct, but Mr.. Scannelrs call for
| the primaries locates the caucus in this
precinct at 10 Phalen Creek, which is al
the extreme west OF the precinct and very
| inconVenient for a large share OF the
voters.
The regular polling place in the first
T precinct of the Third ward is at Smith
| park, but the location for the primary
| Friday night is given as the Minnesota
| Home hotel and saloon at Third and
| Rosabel streets
| Tn
| there is some vagueness about the loca.
| ton, as on Tenth street between Olive
| and Pine. A report was current yester-
| day that the barn In the rear OF Dr. A.
McDonald's residence at 343 East Tenth
| street was the location intended.
For the benefit of voters in the first
precinct Of the Fourth ward, 1t may be
stated that 30S Washington street, where
| the primary is called for, is a little coal
office where murder was recently COM
mitted There is no number on the out
| Side of the building, but that Is the place
anyway.
| 1t was said yesterday that the primary
| IN the First precinct of the Ninth ward
was to be held at SO Summit avenue, and
not In Dick Bells barn, as some had sus>
pected. The notice however, merely says
Summit avenue, near Rice. harrington,
| near lglehart, in the First precinct of the
Eighth, is understood to be the residence
| OF Tom Murphy, a Bell man.
Laurel, near Dale, in the Seventh pre-
cinct of the Seventh is believed to mean
| the residence OF James II. Bell, brother
Of r. w.
The announcement that the primary for
the Eighth precinct of the Third ward
| Will be somewhere between Tenth and
Grove streets, on Canada. is considered
too vague to be Of value.
Hero pra fauy of ha f0oo
| lions:
First Ward. Fourth Precinct-Pine, be-
tween Williams and Mt Airy.
Third Ward. Third Precinct-Seventh
street, near Locust.
Fifth Precinct-Tenth street, between
| Pine and Olive.
Seventh .Precinct-The Portland, an
| apartment house block long.
Fourth Ward, Ninth Precinct-Cedar.
between Tenth and Eleventh.
Tenth Precinct-Robert. near Tenth.
! To the Editor: I deeply regret the ar
| ticle in this mornings G 0 b entitled
| Chairman Dick Bell Shows His Hand -
| 1t was, think, an uncalled for reflection
| on the Democratic city committee. and
unless 1t is disavowed by the G e
Will, l fear, cost the Democratic party
and its Populist and Silver Republican
| allies many votes at the coming city
election. There are ia polling places in
this city. and even If half dozen of
| tlESItl WSIS uOI uSSISnaL6Q as dCCuraI Sly
| as they might have been, it was the duty
| of all friends Of reform in this city to
| call the attention of the city committee
| to the errors and have them rectified
| But the article referred to, instead OF
| doing good, tends to arouse animosltiCs
and cause divisions and dissentions.
| l supported DR.. Schiffmann two years
| ago and today stand ready to work for
| Mr.. Smith, DR.. Whitcomb, Mr.. Barton,
| Judge Willis or any other good man who
| may be the nominee of the Democratic
city convention. Any one of the gentle
| mayor. But If we are going to win there
| must be union and good will And these
! attacks on the Democratic city commit
| tee seriously injure the chances of elect
Ing whoever may be nominated.
The great majority of US want change
the good Of our city and also for its effect
on the coming state and national cleo
| tionS. We don't care who is chairman
of the convention or who is nominated for
| mayor. so long as he is a good man, and
! all of the gentlemen named are good men.
1t Is well known that all persons who
live in g. precinct and who voted for Gov
Lind at the last election can get together
| organize ana elect their clerk, judges, and
other officers, and the city committee
have nothing to do with it. 1t is wholly
in the hands of the people. I hope the
| the primaries. and that We shall have q
| thoroughly representative convention.
| l also hope the G b e will correct
this mornings unfortunate article, which
| 1 am satisfied was published without the
usual consideration. =,
st. Paul, March 49,
| The attention of the city clerks Office
was called Yesterday to an evident mis-