The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-20
HE ALMOST SHE'D TEARS.
/. a. NOraandin Says. Convention
Did N0t Appreciate His Worth.

J.. a. NOrsaandin Says Convention
Did Not Appreciate His Worth.
Thirty-third District Joseph A. Jack
son, FIRST ward W. w. Dunn, Second
ward
Thirty-fourth Dfatr'e t-Andrew Holm.
Ninth wards. lying south of center line
of ST. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
railway. Walter Nelson. Eighth and
NHth MaTsf n9b g1o Of rPilway
Fifth ward; c. S Sherman. Sixth ward.
Thirty-sixth District-F NJ. CatliE,
Fourth ward; Rukard Hurd Seventh
ward.
Thirty seventh Distr'c t-Alvin Roe, part
OF Eighth ward, west of Western avenue
and north eff University. w. w. Rich,
Tenth ward, Eleventh ward and coun-
try.
The Republican legislative county con-
vention last night WITS, in some respects,
a ludicrous affair. The great show of
the evening was the t,speechifyin' of L.
a. Normardin Of the Eighth ward and
the Thirty-saventh district.
Alvin Roe and &@Normand:n had both
been placed in Nomination by their
friends. When the vote was taken Roe
got IL and Normandin 4. Normandin
voted fer himself, Qaces district had
been caucus the whole evening trying
to arrive at some decision. When the
and stir no decision reached, Normandin
took advantage of the opportunity to say
what he thought about the result of the
vote in his district. He spoke as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen of the Convention-I am
real sorry that you have selected the man
you have in my district 1 think it is
a shame. Previous to this convention
was promised faithfully that everyone
would vote for me-. You don't t. realize
what a mistake you have made. l tell
you right here, and I don't care who
hears it, you have nominated the wrong
man. He has no mora chance of being
elected than the man in the moon. If
you had put me in tnere, L would have
carried the ticket
Another thing, by losing me, you have
lost a vote for 4S1ute Nelson. Oh. am
sorry! 1t was all a sad mistake. Never
theless,I shall work for the party to the
best Of my ability
He said considerable. more but it was
all in the same strain.
The only contest of the evening was
in the Thirty-fourth district, in the poc-
ton of the Eighth and Ninth wards ly-
ing south of the center line of the St
Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway
AS f0rg as the convention was In
session the delegations were caucusing
Three ballots were taken with no re-
suits. u. j. harrington L. j. Wild, c.
H Oace and r. J. Eubank were the men
fighting for place. All the strength was
fnaNy turned over to Oaee and he won
out.
The other nominations were as fol-
lows:
First ward Joseph A. jackson; Second
ward, w w. Dunn, Joel e. Gregory be-
ing defeated; Third ward, Andrew Holm:
Fourth ward, f. NJ. Catiin; Fifth ward
Peter Thauwald; Sixth ward, Chas. s.
Sherman; Seventh wagd, Rukard Hurd ;
Eighth and Ninth wards, north of rail-
way, Walter Nelson; part of Eighth ward
west OF western avenue, Alvin Roe;
Tenth and Eleventh wards and country
W. w. Rich.
The committee on credentials was dis
pensed with during the evening and alb
sences arranged for by proxies
A motion that it was the sense OF
the convention that every nominee cast
his vote for Knute Nelson was carried.
A motion also prevailed that the chair
man OF the county convention be enpow-
cred to appoint men to fill vacancies on
legislative ticket.
Another resolution praising Knute Nei-
son and pledging him support was also
carried. 1t was introduced by S. ].
Picha.
f. c. Schiffman was chairman of the
convention and r. c. Wallace and Chas.
Wood, secretaries.