St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-21
WHAT 1T MEANS.

When Mr.. MERRIAM was put up as a
candidate for mayor by the ring bosses it
was not with the expectation of electing
him. They knew well enough that there
was not a man in the Republican party of
st. Paul who could beat EDMUND RICE. The
ring bosses had design, reaching beyond
the mayOralty, in the nomination of Mr..
MERRIAM, for which they wished to use
him. While there was no prospect for any
candidate they could have named defeating
Mr.. RICE, yet, if popular candidate had
been what the ringsters were looking for,
one who would have polled his party vote
and perhaps little more, DR.. MURPHY
would have been the man they would have
nominated. But MURPHY didn't suit be-
cause he didn't have a bank, and
if he had been the fortunate possessOr
of one they knew the man well enough
to be assured that he could not be bled in
the interests of jobbing. There are num-
Der of rings in this city which have for some
time been plotting to work in certain jobs
to the depletion of the city treasury. There
is only one way by which they can succeed,
and that is by electing a council that will
be subservient to their interests. Accord
ingly those various rings pool their is
sues" and unite their efforts in an under
hand attempt to capture the city council.
1t has been demonstrated to them by re-
peated failures that Democratic council
will not be dominated by thelh and conse-
quently they go to work to hatch up a
motley aldermanic ticket protesting to rep
resent little of everything and really rep
resenting nothing except the willingness to
carry into effect the schemes of the design
ing bosses. One section of the pool raises
the cry of high license, another
yells for business reform, while third
is relied on to whip the Republican voters
into harness in support of the ring ticket.
They found it necessary, however, to have
a man at the head of the ticket who was
willing to put up the money necessary for
their campaign, and in angling all around
for such candidate Mr.. MERRIAM was the
only one willing to bite at the bait they
offered. The young bank president is an
amateur politician, ambitious of distinction,
and fell an easy prey to the rapacity of the
designing rlngsters. Fresh fish bite eagerly,
and they hauled him in at the first draw of the
line With him they also secured the ducats
they were in search of. That is the real
meaning of Mr.. MERRIAMs candidacy.
Another obstacle stood in their way. If
they succeeded in eecting a council that
would be subordinate to the will of the
ring there stood the iron-willed comptroller
in their way, man who in twenty years
service as financial officer of the
city has never allowed job
to pass undeteeted, and with the
unhinching determination of a Roman has
resisted every improper application of the
public money. Consequently a howl was
to be raised against this faithful warden of
the public interest and by calumny and
every device known TO modern political
bOSSSm he was to be stricken down. This
in brief is an outline of the purposes of the
opposition managers. BY the time the
election is over they will have discovered
that their well-laid plans have gang aglee,"
for the people are not to be deceived by
hypocritical pretenseS of reform from men
who are the representatives of the worst po-
litiCal methods that ever cursed any COM
munity. In the common parlance of the
day the bosses will yet find out that they
have 'cut off more than they can chew"
The people of st. Paul want honest munic
ipal government and they know the way to
have it is by electing the entire Democratic
ticket from top to bottom.