St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02

have free, open and impartial hearing.
After a little discussion on the part of the
few gentlemen who were not entirely favor
able to the nomination of Mr. Kahn, Mr.
Fred Bolts, Jr., was called upon by them,
and said that while personally none had
serious objections to the candidate, for
several reasons he believed there was a
growing dissatisfaction against it and in
fact determined opposition. The reason
OF this feeling could be summed up under
TWO HEADS:
First-The candidate was too young for
the responsible position of alderman in what
could be considered the most important dis
trict in the whole city. The district had
long been neglected; there would be de-
mand for many public improvements in it
for two years to come, and a strong alder
man was necessary to secure these from the
council
Second-The candidate had not resided
long in the district, held no property therein,
was a single man, and had no tie to bind
him to the interests of the people of his dis
trict while in office. Local interests were
dearer to the district than any party victory,
and the intelligence of the same would go
for the candidate, whatever his party stripe,
which would give the same the heaviest
public improvements.
The speaker then called upon the chair
man to compel Mr.. Kahn to withdraw his
name, but, of course, that gentleman very
naturally replied that that power did not
exist in him after he had been legally NOM
mated, and that it rested with that gentle
man alone whether he should or should not
withdraw his name.
OTHER SPEAKERS.
H.. / IL.
subject, all of whom had no opposition to
Mr.. Kahn further than that he was not their
Individual choice. They recognized his re-
spectability and ability and regretted that
the withdrawal of DR.. Schiffman from the
track for the reason he feared he could not
be elected and had drawn on the party all
this trouble and middle, and, as one of
them inadvertently remarked, had ''raised
Kahn"
Mr.. Kelly said that it would be an act of
justice to Mr.. Kahn that his friends and
himself have an opportunity to show how
he became candidate, and that in his
opinion that gentleman himself was not re-
sponsible personally for the position in
which he stood. At this juncture gentle
man OF the Trades union in a few explicit
remarks showed that Mr.. Kahn had been
put forward by that body by this union as
Its selection for recognition of this i'm
portant body by the Democratic party of
the city. Another gentleman of the union
was called upon by the chairman, who
very ably discussed the losses presented as
elements of dissatisfaction with respect to
age and not being a householder or tax
payer In that sense, and showed that Oppo-
sitlon on such grounds was decidedly IN
American. He also paid high compli-
ment to the intelligence and ability of Mr..
Kahn. and as representative of merit and
pride to the organization which had put him
forward, felt he was entitled to the vote of
every true Democrat in the district.
A casual study of the audience seemed to
Indicate at this point that the majority pres
ent did not feel that the point as to being
young man and montreal estate owner had
been well taken against Mr.. Kain's candi-
dacy.
CANDIDATE KAN,
who had sat very quietly throughout all
this airing was then called upon by the
chairman in response to several demands
from the audience that the ''young man be
heard" and ''that the young men have
chance" In short speech in which there
was not particle of asperity at the rather
rough turning or the spit he had been sub
Jected to, after an unanimous nomination
in which ne had not heard the word mo"
he thoroughly sustained the good record for
ability which had been accorded him by his
friends but more than this showed a manly
spirit OF independence and rare good
sense which at once won for him universal
regard.
He regretted that there were any disatis-
fed persons in the ward over his, nomina-
ton which had been made with unanim-
ity that had induced him to enter upon the
campaign. He had devoted five days and
nights to the canvass, and
he had found TO many friends that he had
decided, under the outlook in his favor, to
keep the track. (Great applause.) He did
not desire to make any enemies for himself
by so doing, and especially to the Demo-
cratic party, after whose action in placing
him in nomination to whose support he felt
himself entitled to. He admitted that he
was young man, but felt that this was no
disqualification for the office in question.
He had not been born with
A SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH,
but his parentage was honest and poor, and
though thrown upon the world at the age of
IA years he had been self-sustaining, had
tried to improve his opportunities, and
though he was not here to vaunt his char
acter, challenged any attack upon his good
name. Should his nomination be endorsed
he would serve his constituency in the cam
paign and afterwards to the best of his abil-
ity. Great applause.)
A gentleman who had been resident of
the district fifteen years said that if the
nomination of Mr.. Kahn was fault, it was
certainly not the fault of that gentleman.
He had intimate acquaintance with Mr.
Kahn, and he felt from his knowledge of
him and his ability, if he did not own
house and lot in the Fifth ward, that he
would protect the poor mans house and lot
in that ward in the council full as zealously
as the rich mans property; and that was
what the interests of the population of that
ward needed. He considered that a re-
fusal on the part of any Democrat at this
juncture to vote for Mr.. Kahn was going
back on MI. Rice and in favor of MI. Mer-
riam, who, to his personal knowledge, was
discharging wOrkingmen in that very ward
who had the indepence to proclaim their
rights as citizens and say they would not
vote for him.
A motion was then made to endorse Mr..
Kahn as the Democratic nominee for alder
man, which was carried without dissent
ing voice, and the meeting adjourned with
the best Of good feeling.
Every voter should register.