Daily globe., 1879-05-01
CITY POLITICS..
Tracy Metcalf Consents to BE the Repub-
lican Victim.

Tracy MetCHl VOub0uCe tO 1S0 tAAo ANOPuOs
lican Victim.
The Republican city committee got to-
gether yesterday at O'Clock and settled the
question as to who should-not should 80
much as would-be their candidate for
mayor. During the interval from the ad-
journment on the previous day and the re-
assembling of the committee. the eligibility
of everybody or anybody was dis
cussed. The discussion shaped itself
to the selection of T. M. Metcalf, ESQ.,, of
the Fifth ward. So when the committee got
together at Mr.. Barden's Office, Messrs. Bar
den, Moore, Mead, Smyth, Bell and two or
three others being present, Mr.. T. NJ. Met
calf was officially selected.
The honor conferred was duly conveyed
to him-but he had been apprised of it be-
fore the official thing was done, so as to see
if he'd accept-and he made answer, accept
ing the candidacy in the following letter:
ST. PAUL, April 30, 1879.
Messrs. Geo. w. Moore, Z. Barden, W. d.
Mead, R. @. Wiley, J. J. Mccarthy, Il. M .
Smyth and others, city Republican commit
tee:
Gentlemen-Acknowle as I do the
many tokens of confidence and esteem of
which have been the recipient during the
past twenty-f five years at the hands of the peo-
pie of this city, it is impossible that should
not regard their wishes expressed by you as
command.
Without permitting myself therefore to
question or debate the wisdom of your choice
the coming election, I simply say that con-
sent to fill the gap made by the declination of
my esteemed friend, General Averill.
By the action of both political parties and
especially by the far-sighted sagacity of our
business men irrespective Of politics, the cred
it of our city has been raised to a point equal
to that of the nation, and our taxes have been
reduced almost to insignifcance.
There let both remain forever as monuments
of our future greatness and buried folly.
As private citizen I have labored with
others to accomplish these results, at once SO
gratifying and SO necessary, and you may be
we'll assured that individually or officially,
shall never swerve hairs breadth from an
| unselfsh devotion to the interest-not of one
man, or clique-but to the best interests, as
I understand them, of every man who has
bound up his life and fortune in the city OF
our pride and our hope. T. NJ. MErcALF.
The candidacy of Mr.. Metcalf for the
mayoralty, leaves vacancy for aldermanic
aspirations in the Second precinct of the
Firth ward, he having been nominated fol
that position by the Republicans, against
the Democratic winning candidate, Mr.
Thomas Brennan. The vacancy is expected
to be filled by the ward delegation, if they
can find anybody to run.
The Republicans having at last found
somebody who will stick as candidate al
the head of their city ticket, Gen. San.
born, candidate for city attorney, vii
stand the campaign. As expressed
heretofore to GLOBE reporter, he is can
didate under protest, and has been made ont
against his own wishes, and with the grave
apprehension, if elected, that he will find i
impossible to attend to the duties of the
Office; his business in Washington being o.
such character as to demand his presenc,
there, for at least two-thrds of every year.