The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
REPUBLICANS CLASH
IN EIGHTH WARD
Legislative Candidates Refuse
to Stand for Endorsement
of Rival

1tHlH, IHlrleenln ana FOurteentn pre-
cincts of the Eighth ward, gathered at
Tschidas hall, corner of Lafond and
Arundel streets, last night Endorsed the
candidacy of Alvin ]. Rowe, Lake Como
and Phalen, as their candidate for the
Republican nomination to the lower
house Of the legislature from the Thir-
ty-seventh district.
incidentally, Louis Normandin-who
was candidate two years ago, but
failed to arrive-in high dudgeon de-
clared the meeting a fixed job for Rowe
and left the hall after insisting that he
would remain candidate. Henry
Stebbing, a dairyman living on Lake
Como avenue, also announced that he
ination despite the action of the Tschi-
da hall meeting
The meeting also Endorsed C. J. Ber-
ryhill, resident of the Tenth ward,
after pledging him, along with Rowe,
to legislation looking to a change in the
apportionment of the Eighth ward dis
trict.
George Gerlich almost created riot
by charging that Peter Zimmerman,
whom Matt Bantz defeated for alder
man in the Eighth ward last spring,
had accused him of permitting Dem
ocratic judge of election in the Four
teenth precinct of the ward to mark
his ballot for BantZ. Gerlich, in thun-
derous tones, denied the accusation and
he had the Democratic judge, Frank
Uhlmann, there to substantiate his de-
NAL. William J. Pomplun, the chair,
entertained motion that Gerlich was
out of order, and the disputants con-
tlnued their arraignment of each other
on the first floor of Tschida's large
building where there were refreshments
soothing to heated discussions
There were about twenty-five men
present when Peter Zimmerman,
chairman Of the organization, called
the meeting to order, and Pomplun
was called to the chair. Owing to q
ruling by the county attorney, the two
members of the Thirty-sevent dis
trict, which includes the Seventh.
Eighth. Tenth, Thirteenth and Four
teenth precincts of the Eighth ward,
the Tenth and Eleventh wards and
White Bear and Rose towns and
White Bear village, must run at large
through the district, instead of being
confined to two districts within the
legislative district, and the purpose of
the meeting was to unite the strength
of the Republican voters in the Eighth
ward precincts on candidate.
Stebbins Far Behind
Rowe and Stebbing were nominated
by friends, and the ballot gave the
former Is to the 2 cast for Stebbing.
with two ballots on which impartial
ha1 ff1., I, L.
candidates. Normandin, who ran two
years ago and was defeated, an
nounced that he would not be bound
by the result of the ballot and would
continue to be candidate until all
the cows same home in the Eighth.
Stebbing refused to participate in
the meeting and said he would be the
help of the Tschida hall Shouters
'"The committee issuing the circular
calling the meeting made the move
entirely in the interest of Rowe he
said, "and I could have packed the
meeting and carried the day, but I
don't need to do it. My friends will
see to it that I am nominated. I
have strength in the Eighth ward
and have nearly everything in the
country districts
Rowe, who is gardener, pledged
himself to an amendment to the APP
portionment law returning the Third
and Fourth precincts to the Eighth
ward district.
s'If I am the lucky chicken that
gets elected" he said, 81 pledge my
self to bring back them missing pre-
cincts to the Eighth ward. We want
our old district back again.
William Marquardt spoke earnestly
of the loss of the two precincts and of
their unfortunate situation in being
tied up to the Seventh ward for legis-
lative purposes. On his motion the
meeting Endorsed Berryhiu upon a
promise eXacted of him that he would
strive to redeem the two Eighth ward
precincts from the Seventh ward. 1t
was not hard to get Berryhill to prom
Use.
Il lived in the Seventh ward for
eighteen years." he said, but I have
seen the error of my ways and if I can
do anything to help other people to es
cape from the Seventh I will be only
too glad to assist anybody else to make
good their escape"
1--WE have been having Republicans
from other wards come here for years
to tell us what to do said Marquardt,
"but now that Berryhill has left the
Seventh 1 believe him and will trust
him.
Geriich to the Front
The meeting was about to adjourn
when big George Gerlich almost
brought about riot.
when men come here and state how
much they have worked for the party
1 think 1 can state with any of them, -
he shouted, land then to be thrown out
as liar and by man who I have
helped fairly and honestly it Is more
than 1 can stand. Zimmerman has
stated that l took Democratic judge
into the booth with me to mark my
ballot. 1t is lie and can prove by
the judge himself that it isn't so.'
Gerlich was for making q genuine
Republican harmony speech when he
was interrupted by man out of touch
with the strenuous president, who rails
ed the point of order against the abus-
ed Gerlich. Others tried to speak, in
Guiding Frank Uhlman, the Demo
cratic judge accused OF guiding Ger
lich's hand election day. Uhlman Of
fered to knock TIE top of the head
off anybody who proposed to substan-
tiate the charge against Gerlich, but
Rowe, having secured the coveted in
dorsement of the meeting, moved to
adjourn, and the chairman put the mo-
ton without delay.
Zimmerman, who is small man.
later denied that he had circulated the
story about Gerlich. He said it was
ward gossip. but he had declined to be-
lieves that friend of Col. Andrew r
Kiefer would permit. himself to De
guided by a, Democratic judge.
Thomas Fulton, of White Bear Lake
who has served as one of the house
members from the Thirty-seventh dis
trict, 1t is said, will also be candi-
date for the Republican nomination