St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-25
AGAIN IN THE FIELD.
Alderman SIy's Champion Once More
on the Hyarpath.


on the Syarpath.
One of the most active individuals at the
Republican convention Tuesday was Ed A.
Stevens, who, although not delegate, was
indefatigable in his efforts to advance the
interests of his pet candidate for mayor
He personally approached large majority
of the delegates and urged them TO lay aside
all personal feeling, in the same manner as
he had done, and unite in the nomination
of William Walter Sly. The assurances he
received were such as to make an embryo
politician confident of a nomination on the
first ballot, but Ed is an old campaigner.
and remembering the 3 iblical saying that
''all men are liars" kept hard at work He
was astOniShed, however, to find that on the
informal ballot Mr.. Sly only received eight
votes; more aStoniShed when the first formal
ballot showed falling off of three; mOrti-
fed when on the next only one vote was re-
ported for his friend, and nearly dumb
founded when he dropped out of sight al
together Even then he was not completely
diSheartened, but set to work to regain lost
ground, and made such Roadway as to war;
rant him in oft-repeating the statement that
''my friend Sly is the dark horse-he will
come to the front when the convention
realizes that Mayor Pillsbury will not ac-
cept." Alas! 1.-THE best-laid schemes of
mice and men aft gang aglee," and Ed,
who had wagered $50 that Mayor Pillsbury
would hold out in refusing to be candidate,
lost his money and his candidate at the
same time.
After the convention Mr.. Stevens was
asked how the Sly boom worked and an
swered:
am chagrined, mortified, Inundated: I
could not have believed Mayor PiIlsbury
would have treated us so. He repeatedly as
sured Mr.. Sly and myself that under no pos
sible circumstances would he be a candidate.
that he could not honorably do so in view of
the pledges he had made. Then 1 looked
around for a likely candidate and settled
upon Aid. Sly, because 1 knew him so we'll
and would take great pleasure in telling the
people what knew OF him. / did not con-
suit him in the matter, but, sinking for the
time all revengeful feelings, and realizing
that the grand old Republican ship was in
danger of being stranded unless the man at
the wheel knew all the rocks and shoals, went
to her rescue. MIR. Sly at first hesta-
ted, but relying on Mayor Pillsbury's promise
not to be acandidate entered on the campaign
fully assured Of success. Had the mayor
been true to his pledges Sly would have been
nominated after the convention had become
SATISFIED that no one else would accept. As il
is he had the satisfaction of having Mr.
Farnham withdraw in his favor and of fore
ing Maj. Camp of the track after the pre-
liminary skirmish. The great trouble was
that his friends among the delegates didn't
tumble when they had an opening. Had
Prof. Tousley kept his promise to me an
presented Sly'S name in the lull that follow ed
Charlie Pillsbury's declination. and had Col.
Hicks, Judge Rea, Fred Peet, young Mr..
Barley, and scoressof other bloody and brang
young Republicans Endorsed the nomi-
nation as they agreed, William Walter Sly
would have been nominated
WITH A HURRAH
that would have made the welkin ring OF
his election there could be no question: he
conceded it himself, and had given odds in all