St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-07
MILWAUKEE, LETTER.
The Astonishing Result of the
Election.
Charges of Treachery in the Republi-
can Camp.
Sale of Bielfeld's Garden-A Grand Musi-
cal Treat--Short Notes.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe

cast, and the spots counted, and the result IS
astonishing alike to Republicans and Demo
Gratis. Emil Wallber, Republican, secured
the mayoralty by majority OF 3,O3S over
Samuel NJ. Dixon, the Democratic nominee; ;
Ferdinand Kuehn, Democrat, won the comp
trollership over Lem. Ellsworth, Republican,
by 1913 majority; Vim. Maywurm, the Demo-
cratic nominee for treasurer, went IN over
Emil Durr, Republican, by $50 majority; and
Robert Luscombe, Republican, secured the
Office of city attorney by 80 votes over Peter
j. Somers, the present incumbent Demo
GRAFT Walber's majority is simply astound-
ing to the Democrats, and Republicans say
the figure overreached their most san
guine hopes. The mayor elect told the
GLOBE correspondent, the day after election,
that his own estimates were only few hun
dred in his favor. When your correspond
ent closed his letter last week things were in
decided tangle in the Republican camp
There was dissatisfaction among the high Ii
cense people, and MiIbraith, the nominee
for treasurer, by refusing to run, forced the
necessity of another convention. This re-
fusal was providential, as it gave the party
managers an opportunity to
CoRRALL THE LICENSE VOTERS.
By passing resolutions favoring higher Ii
cense, and permitted Mr.. Wallber to say that
he would enforce the present city ordinances
and any new ones governing the liquor traffic
that the board of aldermen might in the
future enact. This bait was swallowed by
the temperance people, who had arranged for
convention Saturday evening, and TIE pro-
posed cold water candidates were swept from
the field What is more. the temperance
people came out openly and above board
for Walber. The Wilbraith declination was
handled in an parliamentary manner at
the second Republican convention. Emil
Durr was was made the second Emil on the
ticket by simply naming him in the conven-
ton. Figuratvely speaking. he was taken
by the nape of the neck and thrown into the
gap-was slaughtered. Maywurm's strength
was well understood by the slate-makers, and
the selection of candidate for treasurer
amounted simply the choice of victim
Durr's friends from the start, and it is more
than probable that he is not blind to the fact
himself, now. But it is too late for mourn
ing-his scalp hangs at Maywurm's belt.
STRUCK BACK WITH BALLOTS.
Peter j. Somers, the Democratic candidate
for city attorney, was defeated by the boiler
makers and their friends in the trades as
sembly. Last spring, at a ball given
by the boilermakers at West Side
Turn Hall, an alteration occurred between
number of boilermakers and a squad of
policemen. The boilermakers were ignomin-
iously dragged to the station and put through
the regular criminal mill, but were dIscharg-
ed by Judge Mallory. They Immediately
brought suit against the policemen who made
the arrest, laying their damage at comfort
able figure. The suit was dragged along for
months, and finally resulted in the defeat of
the boilermakers. Mr. Somers, as city attOr-
ney, defended the officers of the law in the
suit, and at its conclusion was presented with
gold watch by the policemen. The boiler
makers corlled up their chagrin and quietly
bided their time for revenge. That time
came Tuesday, and they made the most of it.
The day before the election they published a
the result of their efforts is highly pleasing
to them. Mr.. Somers feels sore
over his defeat, as antagonism of this
kind means political death. Conventions
are generally chary about nominating men
with enemies in phalaux, and Somers will be
compelled to placate his foes if he would
make another appearance in the political
arena.
TREACHERY IN THE CAMP.
Lem. Ellsworth, the defeated Republican
candidate for comptroller, has raised quite a
breeze by charging that he was defeated by
treachery among the clique who had charge
of the tickets. He says large number of
split tickets bearing his opponents name,
and the name of Maywurm, Democratic
nominee for treasurer, were issued from the
Republican headquarters for the purpose of
defeating him, and shows the tickets to prove
his assertion. Postmaster Payne and his
satellites deny the charge and say the split
tickets were the result of an unfortunate mis-
take. But there are many voters in the Re-
publican ranks who do not hold the post
office clique above such work. This is not
the first time a charge of treachery has
been thrown into the Office of the post
master politician. The defeat of Col
Winckler in a run against Deuster for con-
gress, two years ago, is said to have been a
political assassination. In that campaign a
religious document purporting to have been
drawn up by ant-Catholic Republicans, was
issued from secret press 1t raised a howl
among Catholic Republicans and Indepen-
dents, and effected the purpose of its authors
the defeat of Winckler. Months after
ward it leaked out that the postoffice crowd
planned the document and sent it out as a
boomerang to fly back into the Republican
camp and kill the candidate of the party
Sometimes there are too many available men
in party to suit an aspiring few, and it be-
comes necessary to reduce stock Ellsworth
was too popular, and for this reason he was
given the gatiet1@ Durr was literally
butchered in cold blood. Casper Sanger,
who was beaten by Deuster, four years ago,
in a run for congress, lays his defeat at the
doors of pretended friends who
wanted the room he occupied in
the affections of the Republican party.
BIELFELD's GARDEN.
This old time Sonaer !garten redolent of con-
nival bouts and full of pleasant memories
for many old boys who were young when a
thing of the past 1t is situated on the
south side of Ogden street, in the First ward,
between Astor and Franklin streets. E. H.
Abbott has purchased the west one-half of it.,
S5x12O feet for 81 900 and will erect block of
dwellings thereon. For some years past the
park has been decrepit and worn out, and
lacking in the greenness, which made it a
pleasant retreat in days gone by, when the
First ward in that vicinity was only sparsely
settled. The cutting and grading up of
streets threw the park below the level and
gave it damp aspect, which was heightened
by the large willow trees that held all the
foliage that entitled the place to the name of
park in its later years Of beer tables and
benches there were plenty, but trees were
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