The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-15

Realty to BE RevaIued.
ner, of the Seventh ward, contended that
the Seventh ward should do the same as
| numerous changes had been made in that
| ward, but as nc objections had been mad
! at the time of the roll call, he was too
! late with his objection
| John Finehout, of Ramsey, had the tenn
| porary organization made permanent, and
| then Gen. Moses E. Clapp took the floor
| to nominate Senator II. F. Barker Of
Isanti county. as one of the two dele
| gates. Mr.. Clapp said the convention ap-
| peared to be unanimous on the PROPOSE
tion to send one Of the delegates from tn
| counties outside of Ramsey and in view
of this, and IN order to clear the air for
subsequent action, he nominated Mr. Bar
ker. There were cheers and applause from
| the Sharood contingent at this pay Of
Mr.. Clapp. In an instant f. C. Schtffmann
was on his feet, saying that he agreed
with all that Gen CIapp had said. ard.
to expedite business he moved that tho
nomination of Mr.. Barker be made by ac-
clamation.
BARKER WAS CAUTIOUS.
Mr.. Barker, called on for a speech,
thanked the convention for the honor, and
said: For fear some of you might not
know how l feel l am anxious to take
each one of you by the hand and thank
you. do not deny that l was a candi-
date, and expected to be elected Thing
| change so quickly in politics, and part C.
| ularly in st. Paul politics, that l did not
| do any hollering until I was sure l was
! out of the woods. l thank you artily
| for the honor. for l consider it an honor
| to be chosen to sit in a convention with
! the senior senator from this state, who
! is one of the ablest men in the United
! States, if not in the entire world. 1t IS
| well known today that the man who led
! the Republican party to victory in 1885,
| will again be chosen in 1909. The country
is to settle the future of Cuba, Porto Rico
| and the Philippines in the next few
| years"
Mayor Sutherland, of Cambridge, del
egate from Isanti county, surprised the
! convention by placing in nomination Fred
! c. Schiffmann, of Ramsey county, as the
second delegate. Said Mr. Sutherland:
| THE gentleman l am to nominate has
| spent his time and money from his pri-
vate funds for the success of the Re9ub-
lican party in this district and state. Four
years ago he was a member of the state
central committee when the Republican
party won such a great victory. 1 nom
mate F. c. Schiffmann, of Ramsey coun-
| ty"
Pandemonium regned for a couple OF
minutes, the Merriam followers, who had
been waiting for something of this kind,
mounting chairs and throwing their hats
in the air and shouting like madmen.
CLAPP NAMES SHAROOD.
Moses E. Clapp received applause from
the Sharood crowd when he advanced to
the front of the hall and delivered himself
as follows:
THE sudden movement of a certain ele-
ment in this convention makes my duty
p1pa a md than II igp0 q
be this morning. The withdra waIof name
which would have acted as d frebrand
in this convention clears the air, and
am glad that the name of the second has
been substituted for that of the prtnci
pal. We who came here to oppose
the nomination of the man originally in
tended have naught to say concerning the
gentleman who has been substituted and
nominated. l desire to nominate a man
who has worked for the success Of the
Republican party, and has never solicited
a nomination I take pleasure in present
ing the name of c. X. Sharood, of Ram
sey county"
The other half of the convention and au-
dience then cheered for SharOod.
TALKING ABOUT MONEY.
Oar F. Reese, seconding the nomination
of Schiffmann, said:
"I came to this convention today In
VIII lie il might act as a firebrand in the
convention is known throughout the state
and who has spent more money for the
success of the Republican party than
any other man in the state, man who
has never talked Populism, or sulked in
his tent when nominations did not suit
him. 1 found that there was opposition
to the selection of w. R. Merriam, on the
part of federal office holders, who were
interfering with the free expressions of
the voters of this district. In the inter
/ fests of harmony. and with view of ex-
tending the olive branch of peace, take
pleasure in seconding the nomination of
F. c. Schiffmann Mr.. Schiffmann has
always spent his time and money for the
Republ'can party. He was on the state
central committee four years ago when
the Republican party won such a great
victory Mr. Sharood was on the state
central committee when the Republican
party lost the state two years ago, the
first defeat the party has sustained in the
history of the state. l have Withdrawn
the name of Mr. Merriam, and ask you
all including Mr. Sharood, to vote for
Schiffmann."
CALL ON STEVENS FRIENDS.
Herchmer Johnston, of Ramsey, poured
some hot shot into Mr.. Sharood, who, he
limited, had attempted to create Opposi-
ton and defeat the nominal on Of Con-
gresham Stevens. He called on all the
friends Of Stevens to stand for Sch,ff-
mann.
F. G. Ingersoll, of Ramsey, declared:
'It is too late to swap horses" At this
statement there were groans, laughter
and cries of mo, it's not!' "The forces
here are united for c. K. Sharood One
candidate is W. R. Merriam and another
is c. X Sharood. Schifmann has for
feited his right to become a candidate"
CMore groans and sses and cries Of no
he hasn't)
George Gerlich at this stage raised him
self and his voice and announced to the
convention, This is not a Republican
convention in St Paul"
For several minutes the confusion was
so great that Mr.. Ingerson could not pro-
| ceed with his speech. Continuing, as
soon as order had been restored, he sa d:
Mr. Schiffmann had an opportunity
last Saturday at the Windsor hotel in St,
| Paul to be chosen as a delegate by this
convention, but he refused, and declared
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