The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-15
SHAR|N)D NAS KN|FED
FRED C. SCHIFFMANN STEALS A
MARCH ON THE FIRST
WARDER
lhBUSHED IN The Eighth
CHANGE OF -FOUR VOTES AT THE
LAST MINUTE DID THE
BUSINESS
IT CAME EASY FOR STEVENS
Congressional Convention Was as
Smooth as if Cut and
Dried for
Week.

= For Congress- Frederick C. Stevens, of
| Ramsey county.
Delegates to National Convention
Frederick c. Schffmann, of RAMSEY
| county.
II; F. Barker, of Isanti county.
| Alternates-
George H. Newberg. of Kanabec coun-
! ty.
Benjamin F. Knauft, of Ramsey county.
The above represents the result of the
two Republican conventions held at Cam
bridge, Isanti county, yesterday The
convention which nominated Congress
man Stevens was a cut and dried affair
and devoid of any interest except that
| Edward g. Rogers made the nominating
speech for Stevens. 1t was a pretty hard
! thing to ask of Mr.. Rogers, and a much
harder thing for him to do, but he played
his part in the interests of the grand
old party, and, incidentally, his own
future political ambitions
Mr.. Stevens, in a tiresome speech of
acceptance called attention to the grave
problems which, as representative of the
district in congress, he had helped TO
solve, and the future problems, which he
! and the other Republicans would have to
solve.
TO make up for the tameness of the
congressional convention, however. the
district convention to select two delegates
| and two alternates to the Republican ma
| uonal convention was as warm as could
be wished for, and considerable bad blood
was shown The speakers for F. c.
Schiffmann and c. K Sharood were
cheered and Kissed as the occasion pre-
sented itself, and the chairman of the
convention repeatedly announced that he
would resign his Office unless the dele
gates acted like gentlemen He finally
said he had accepted the honorable posl-
ton for the purpose Of presiding over a
convention, and not mob
YELLED FOR MERRIAM.
Up to noon the element headed by F.
] c. Schiffmann, Oar Reese and Eli Var
! ner were busy booming the interests of
| w. R. Merriam as the choice of the con-
vention as a delegate from Ramsey coun-
ty.
Capt. H. A Castle, who, under orders
from Senator Davis, had hied himself
frolu Washington to assist in the defeat
of Merriam, was busy on the other side.
assisted by Moses E. Clapp, F. G. Inger-
| SOIL Steve Ptcha and several others
| Schtffmann claimed that Merriam would
be selected in a jog, and had figures to
show for it, but a 1 o'clock when the
| Washington county delegation, numbering
tWenty-one, held a caucus, and decided to
! go for Sharood, the Merriam boomers
suddenly changed front, and commenced
to do what they could for Schiffmann as
the delegate.
Hard work landed the prize for Schiff-
mann, but the bad feeling which was
stirred up III accomplishing this Will not
be forgotten for many a Gay.
After it had been announced that
Schiffmann had received IS votes and
Sharood 81, and the chairman had de-
clared Schiffmann duly elected, there was
talk of fraud on the part Of the .secre-
| tary, and a deliberate changing Of the
| votes, as announced by the DELEGATIONS
MI. Sharood was prepared to push these
| assertions, but he was cooled off and de-
clared that he did not want the honor al
all, and that he had only gone into the
fent to prevent the district from sendina
! w. X. Merriam to Philadelphia
! Capt. Castle ana Moses E. Clamp ex-
pressed themselves along the same line,
but actions spoke louder than words, and
| despite the assertions of the Sharood
leaders it was plain they were very sore
| over the defeat.
WHEN THE RIOT BEGAN.
| When the district convention was called
| to order at o'clock, the rather small
court room in the village town hall was
| crowded TO suffocation.
Schiffmann was attempting to secure a
! caucus of the Ramsey delegation, when,
amid much confusion, Chairman Vanish
! of the congressional committee, called the
| delegates to order
Oar Reese, of Ramsey nominated for
| temporary chairman Z. H. Stolberg, Of
| Chisago county. 1t was supposed this
move would test the strength of the op.
| posing forces, but Harry Sundberg of
Ramsey, announced that the nomination
| of Stolberg would be satisfactory and the
election was made unanimous. There was
| some trouble in selecting a temporary
| secretary. F. C. Schiffmann was named
by George Warren, of Ramsey, but Dar
Reese. announced that Mr. Schiffmann
! would not accept. Mr.. Schiffmann cor
| roberated this second later, and placed
! in nomination Harry A. Sundberg The
honor was declined by Sundberg and also
by Mayor Sutherland, of Cambridge, who
was also mentioned.
John F. Selb, of Ramsey county, was
! this point that the refusal of the Sharooo
! following to place one of their men as
! secretary of the convention may have
had a deal to do with the defeat of Mr.
| Sharood
| F. G. Ingersoll, of Ramsey, had passed
a resolution that the list of delegates as
published in the newspapers last Sattlr-
| day be adopted with the addition of the
names of those from counties other than
| Ramsey.
The roll call of counties was proceeded
with and the total number of delegates
entitled to seats and votes announced as
129, divided. as follows:
Chisago, Is; Isanti, II; Kanabec, Z; Ram
sey, rs; Washington, q.
TROUBLE IN THE EIGHTH.
There was some dispute over a change
in the delegates in the Eighth ward of
Ramsey county. When the roll was call
ed Fred Parker announced that c. F. Ar
roll had been given the seat In place of
w. R. Johnson, who was absent. George
| Gerlich objected that the ward had held
no caucus. Chairman Stolberg decided
| that the ward should caucus on its dele
| gates and ordered the delegates to with
| draw and settle the difficulty. Eli War