Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-04-30
The Peoples Convention.--The Mayor,
Treasurer, and Comptroller NOmina-

The Peoples ConventiOn.--The Mayor,
Treasurer, and Comptroller NOmina.
tfOns.
The Peoples Convention placed in nomina-
ton yesterday for city officers, ticket COM
posed of three amongst the very best men
in St. Paul for the several offices for which
they have been respectively named.
The candidate for Mayor is HENRY j. HORN,
ESQ.,, the gentlemen who for two years past
has served the public so well and so faithful
ly in the capacity of City Attorney. Having
revised the present Code of City Ordinances;
having drawn up and we'll considered every
line of the present City Charter; having been
entrusted with the care of the city interests
on various mooted and disputed points; we
do not exaggerate when we say that he is bet
ter qualified in accurate knowledge of the
city's affairs and the city's business than it is
possible for any other man to be without serv-
ing the apprenticeship that he has in such
matters. And then, withal he is man of
high honor, pleasant manners, unimpeacha-
BILE integrity, and moral conduct; which, with
his business qualifications for the office, must
give him a preference with the thinking and
responsible portion of the community, supe-
rior to that which any rival candidate can
probably excite in their minds. A Douglas
Democrat in politics, his known moderation as
a partizan gives him an additional advantage
before the conservative element of our popu-
lation, who are disposed to overlook the
National and State views entertained by a
candidate for a municipal Office, when those
views are not obtrusive, nor used to pervert
the administration of his Office to forward parti-
zan ends. Against using his Office, if elected,
in any shape or manner with a partizan bias,
Mr.. HORN is emphatically committed, as he is
not less emphatically to preserve the purity of
the ballot-box in st. Paul from those assaults |
upon its integrity by double and fraudulent
voting which past elections have so often |
been our burning disgrace. We commend Mr.. |
HoKN's manly letter to the attention of our
readers, and felicitate them on the success of |
the Peoples Convention in securing so excel |
lent and strong name as that of Mayor HORN
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to head the ticket of capable men, whom the
People on Wednesday named as candidates |
ior aldermen in opposition to the Irish nom-
inees.
On the nomineefor City Treasurer, DANIEL
RoHRER, it is needless for us to comment at
much length. Since the organization of the
City Of st. Paul. he has been the faithful
guardian of her strong box-hundreds of |
thousands of dollars having passed through |
his hands during the six years of his
incumbency-and not one dollar has stuck |
to his palm of all that sum, that did not .hon-
esty belong to him for his services. Amidst
SO much detection of public men in situations
OF nnanc'ai trust all over the country, this
TACT is.no small.testimony to MI. RoHRrs,s mer.
its. True, it may be said that he did No mor.
than his duty; but to do that faithf,,lv .na
intelfgently, amidst temptation and un;ysrs.1
laxity of public morals, is no slight recon-.
mendation to Mr.. RoHRER, as it is to everv
other faithful public officer, in these desener.
ate latter days. And then, the prompt bus.
ness character Of Mr.. RoHRER-his large ex.