The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-22
Urinary LAW
APPRECIATED
PEOPLE SHOW THEIR INTEREST IN
PAisTf TICKETS.
Nomination by Direct Vote Is Popu-
lar-Votcrs Do Not Stop Aftea.
Naming Head Of Ticket Heavy
Registration in All Parts OF the
city.

Ii The test of the new law last Tuesday
demonstrated that nomination by direct
vote is popular and a success. The people
of the city showed their readiness to as
sist in the selection of their party candi-
dates. There We're IS, 1888 votes cast Tues
day at the primary election in 112 of the
ia precincts of the city. The returns from
the Ninth precinct of the Eighth and
Thirteenth Of the Sixth wards were
locked up by the judges before the totals
We're copied. and will not be made public
until the ballot boxes are opened by the
canvassing board. The total vote cast at
the election two years ago was q. S57 and
the total registered on the first day of
registration was S,S75. n -'~.E&.3 -, $50
During the previous compaigns but a
small fraction of the voters in each pre-
cinct participated in the primaries held
for the purpose of selecting delegates to
the city conventions. Not infrequently
the Democratic primaries were so infor-
NAL that not even was the formalityHs of
halloting observed. The delegates decided
upon by the party leaders received Gre
dentials from the precinct organization
and went to the convention to represent
the party voters in the precinct. r. -
1t was seldom, under the old system,
that the ante-convention activity involved
more than the head of the ticket and the
aldermen of the ward. The delegates to
lile conventions Ildu llLIle lued concern
ing the makeup Of the assembly ticket
or who were to be selected for the various
other offices other than that of mayor.
The voters had almost. no voice in the
selection Of candidates for the assembly
who were not infrequently put no party
tickets because they happened to live in
Il portion of the city which had not Sc
cured any of the more desirable plums.
Assembly Ticket. ...... ..' E..
The OpODle demonstrate cd Tuesday that
they are not only interested in the can
didates for mayor, but in all of the others
on their party tickets. While the cam
paiSn was made by the candidates who
desired nominations for the Office of
mayor, and the partisans of the two
Democratic candidates were extremely
bitter in their sentiments towards each
other, yet the voters in both parties APP
parently carried their animosity beyond
the head of the ticket Assemblyman
Wheeler who leads the list of Republican
assembly candidates, received 4,4S6 votes,
or 1883 votes more than f. B.. Doran,
who, in a list of six candidates, received
the party nomination for the Office of
mayor. Out of the list of twenty-one as
sembly candidates one of the nine
selected received the Endorsement of less
than 5000 Of the S,514 Republican voters
The Tact that the people voted for the
men whom they believe to be the best
lueIl lOI the places IS Illustrated IN the
selection of the two assembly tickets.
Whatever else may have been their mo-
tives. the Democratic voters were influ-
enced by none Of the considerations
which were thought so important in the
days Of the old-fashioned conventions
Voters from the First, Second, Eighth,
Ninth and other wards joined with those
of St. Anthony Hill in selecting four
residents of the Seventh ward for places
on the Democratic assembly ticket. The
Republicans named two men from the
First ward and two from the Third ward
in their list. of assembly candidates.
The heavy voting was not confined to