The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-09
STEVENS N No DANGER
SUCH SEEMS TO BE THE RESULT
OF LAST NIGHTS
CAUCUSES
CONVENTION VERY FORMAL
Indications Are That Today's Gath
ering VIII be a CUT
Rnd-Dried AZ
fair.

The Republicans of Ramsey county heEi
primaries last evening throughout the
county. The primaries were double-ne ad-
ed. III that two sets of delegates were Sc
iected. Ore bunch for a convention TO BE-
held. this morning. at Mozart hall, to Sc
lect seVenty-five delegates to the state
convention tosb be held al Minneapolis Nav
l6. Another fora convention to lie held
in the same bah, May u, to select seven
ty-five delegates 10 convention to be
held at Cambridge. Isanti county, May
ii, to nominate a congressman for the
Fourth congressional district, and a'so t.
select the same number Of delegates 10 4
congressional convention which viii selecI
two delegates and two alternates to rep
resent the district in the national en-
Vention at Philadelphia
There was not much enthusiasm at h
primaries; in fact, in a majority # the
precincts the judges and clerks had 10
vote for themselves in order to make a
showing on paper. In nearly all Of The
precincts the same delegates were ch So /
for both conventions.
Congressman Stevens. vino has be n
back from Washington fer the pas three
fSSAAo AAAAlio up MS ISfiNtSy udG u hSlS Aft
every precinct announcing that the le-
gates to the congressional convent II
We're instructed for his renominatfon, ami
there was but little opposition to this
plan. In the Third precinct of the III s.
ward Street Commissioner Wagn I, en-
OF the original Kiefer men, ra her ur-
prised the Stevens crowd by put ing up
strong fight. The fight was MT con-
fined alone to the ballots in the pr c'nct,
nj ti1e fart tbo,. 1
used their fists. The result waS-tf4t tn 4
kiefer ticket of five delegates was choz n
Tor the state convention 10y a VO @ of %
TO 70 -Ihe same set of delegat~S to the
congressional convention was beaten by
the same vote, the only Gre of the Kft fer
ticket getting in on the congressional e n
vention being Fred Wagner.
There was some opposition to the Sew
ems ticket in the Eighth and Sixth W ;rds.
but it was confined entirely to the
scratching from the head of the c'zet
the line announcing that the delegate ,
were instructed fer Stevens for oongses )
There was some anti-Stevens talk Ab u.
the Windsor hotel last evening, BIT It
was OF the quiet kind, and the friend. o.
stevens We're not inclined to pay much
attention to It, In fact, one Of the 7iau-
tenants OF the cong es sInan said the who'll
thlng was an attempt on the pat Of
some people to .thold up. Mr. Stevei.s fot.
a small amount of money Those hes.
acquainted with the financial affaI S Of
the present congressman laughed when
thls idea was mentioned, and n re /
that the parties who were locking for
TINS Kind of game would have tc cucss
again. Cs
Some of the 'ewisc ones" imagined tla+
they saw the fine hand of Ed Rogers b ok
OF the antf-Stevens talk but Mr.. r rs
declared that he was not guilty of an
such Job' and that the persons who were
making any such talk were crazy.
AT midnight Mr.. Stevens, after Io9Id 10
over the lists of delegates, declarrd that
ne would have more than three-fcu-: :
OF the delegates to the county convention
ana 'that he did not fear any oppos ii II.
Cen Ell Warner wanted it printed q
coming from him that! there would NOT h ,
twenty delegates in the convention on
posed to Stevens
The convention this morning to seIect
seVenty-tlve delegates to the state CON
Ventfon at Minneapolis, to be held next
tuesday will be a very informal affair.
RESOLUTIONS will be adopted declaring the
present national administration the real
thlng and urging that 1t be continued
There will be but little contest in the
state convention it being understood that
Senators Nelson and Davis will be Sc
| lected to represent the northern part of
the state and st. Paul. Thomas Lowry
will stand for Minneapolis and some
prominent Republican from the southe! n
part Of the state Will make up the quar-
tette If there is any fight at all il VIII
be on the four alternates.
The Fourth congressional convention
to select two delegates and two aIternates
to the national convention at Philadel-
phia, which will be held at Cambridge
next Monday afternoon, promises to de-
velop into quite breezy affair
The slate as at present made I'D is to
send w. r. Merriam and State Senat r
M F. Baker, of Isanti county, as the des-
egates. Some of the politicians from
ramsey county however, particularly a
number from the Seventh ward, are op-
posed to Merriam being, thus honored
and this will likely make trouble
In case there should develop opposition
to Merriam at Cambridge then the coun-
try districts outside of Ramsey COT. .tv
will be put to one side, and the best that
Senator Barker will get will be the honor
Of being one of the district alternates.
One of the Merriam supporters stated
last evening that while it would not look
well for Mr.. Merriam to come back from
Washington and ask for the honor. he
should be given the place on what he had
done for the party in the past, if for
nothing else. s'F
''Why. I remember" he continued,
''the time, and it wasn't so long ago, that
Merriam financed the whole campaign,
and even had to pay the rent for
campaign headquarters. Now there are
lot Of politicians who have never done
anything but hurrah for the party after
victory that want Merriam turned
down. If they try 1t, however, they Will
find the rank and file OF the party from
Ramsey county ready to give them a bat
tie. In the convention 1t has always
been customary to give Ramsey county
one of the congressional delegates to the
national CONVENTION. and allow the out
side counties TO take the other. Whether
this course VIII be pursued this time de-
pends altogether on how the convention