The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-15

| publican ticket. One usually reliable
| authority gave it out last night that a
! total of fully 1900 votes would be
| cast at the primary election today.
The contest has been waged with
| little or no feeling, and especially is
| this true of the contest among the
| Democrats. Interest in this aspect Of
the canvass has largely centered about
! the struggle for places on the assem-
| bly,. With sixteen, candidates there
are but nine places on the ticket. and
| 1t has been a fair field and no favors.
| The Democratic organization has kept
aloof from the assembly fight and will
| be content to see the best men win.
With the Republicans all has not been
harmony, and the efforts of some of
| the privileged ones to establish a
standard up to which candidates for
| the assembly must measure has pro-
duced an ilI-feeling that will break
/ forth after today and which will re-
quire all the tact at the command of
the party leaders to prevent becoming
| something more than an incipfent in
surrection. There are twenty one can
| didates for the nine places on the Re-
| publican ticket, and there are, there
| fore, the more men to be disappointed
when the, votes are counted
There are several hot aldermanic
contests, notably in the Eighth ward,
where there are five candidates for the
Democratic nomination, and in the
! Ninth where there are three. On the
Republican side there is trouble in the
First, in the Third, where the result is
said to be in doubt, and in the Sixth,
with three candidates claiming the
plum that is all but in the grasp of
| each. The fight for the Republican
nomination for constable has develop
ed pretty contest Two of the four
candidates are to be given places on
the Republican ticket.
If the Democratic meeting in the
Sixth ward is any Indication of what
that ward will do in the primaries and
on election day, Democratic success is
assured. The Democrats of the ward
turned out en- masse last night and
filled the auditorium of Paul Martins s
opera house, South WabaSha and Col
orado street, listened to inspiring
I speeches by candidates for Democratic
nomination today. and they showed by
their enthusiasm the faith that was in
them. The speeches were brief but
concise and straight to the point. The
moral effect of a large vote on the first
primary day was dwelt upon by all the
speakers, and the sentiment prominent
in the meeting was that anything like
a full,VOte on primary day was a long
step toward victory in May. Edward
Weisenberger, chairman Of the ward
organizatio on, presided, and H. P. Hen
erickson acted as secretary. The hall
was filled with the, voters of the ward
and interest was not permitted to fag
for an instant
Judge 1T. Smith. candidate for re-
nomination and reelection as justice
t1f 4 \. N9-~kI- m
Bishop, of the comptroller's office, Pc
ter Daily, a venerable West side resi-
dent, ]. B.. Covington, Andrew Dahl.
quist, WHnn Powers and Frank Yoerg,
all candidates for the assembly, and
Representative Henry Mccall. spoke
briefly, and Aid. Moriarty concluded
the meeting by Urging his constituents
to vote for Frank Yoerg for assem-
blyman as f. B. Doran was circulat-
ing claims that he would head the Re-
publican Ticket % II saf.
ssasi~ S.tsa s4H,esA -
Caucuses in Hennepin county last
night to elect delegates to the Repub-
lican county convention this morning
selected delegates who are said to be
favorable to the naming of Heffel-
finger and Gamble as district dele
gates from the Fourth district to the
Chicago convention, The county con-
"
will be Immediately followed by the
district convention. G. A. Smith and
J. e. Byrnes are the other candidates.
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At a meeting of the Fourth Ward
Democratic organization last night, at
| headquarters in the Globe building, ].
B. sCoNington resigned as ward chair
man and James R. Hickey was elected
| to succeed him. Mr.. Covington is a
Oov do fDFz f07s ho NJ mr. no
organization adopted the following
resolution of Endorsement of his candi-
dacy:
whereas, J. B. Covington, retiring
| chairman of this organization, has served
| the same WE'LL truly and. faithfully
! throughout many stormy campaigns, and
| was ever at the front leading OUT forces
| into the thick of the battle, never weaken
| ing or showing dismay at the temporary
| victory of the enemy but as a true Dem
ocrat, at every opportunity reopened the
| battle and led US on to more than one
victory, and,
whereas. Said ]. B. Covington has fled
| for theT nomination of aSSemblyman for
| the city, now, therefore, be it
| Resolved, That Wee most sincerely thank
| the said Covington for the time and SER
| vices he has sgiyen this organization and
| his party, and we hereby pladge ourselves,
| individually and collectively, to- use our
| best endeavors to secure his nomination
tomorrow and his triumphant election on
| May 8.
The ward organization also indorsed
| the candidacy of Fred Chinneaux, a
| candidate for the assembly.
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! Charges and counter-charges are
| made in the Republican camp of bad
| faith in the matter of the agreement
| between the candidates for governor
| to keep, hands off the state delegate
convention to be held at Minneapolis
on Thursday. The Dunn men openly
| charge the Collins men with going
behind the agreement not to interfere
with the control of the Minneapolis
convention, and are somewhat bitter
| of r. G. Dunns Republican friends
yesterday said:
1t appears that the Collins forces, in
| ing that the whole state is for Dunn,
have concocted scheme to secure dele
| gates favorable to Collins to the first state
convention, which is to select delegates
| to the Republican national convention.
| They evidently hope in this wise to Sc
cure a little prestige for their wavering
cause, as the first Republican state con-
| yention has no connection whatever with
| the gubernatorial nomination. The Dunn
! forces have been making no efforts to
| that body. The people have some rights
| left independent of the politician. This
| work is in accord with the announcement
of Jim" Martin, as follows, when he
said:
II will reach as far for help in a politi-
| cal contest as any man have the pleasure
| of knowing"
Jim evidently sees the need of ..help. :,
and consequently is reaching for the
first state convention, which has no bear