St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-22
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

The first of the conventions viii! be held
to-day and the PTOhibitiUnistS. as usual, are
first in the field. The gathering will take
place at Harrison hall at , p. m. and pros
poets of large aSSemblage are good, The
leading candidates for the mayoralty are
DIR. l.. w. Denton, William NJ. Lawrence
and Silas MOffitt. while in certain quarters
the name of Aid. Albert Lawrence is
whispered in subdued tones. DIR. Ed.
Phillips said, yesterday: We will sur
prise our Democratic and Republican
friends with the number of votes we can
poll. No, we don't expect to elect our
mayor, but we do expect to elect an alder
man OF two" How this was TO be done he
did not say.
Echoes of the Window hall conference
of Saturday night went sailing about the
city, yesterday. i'm Republican circles. 1t
has become evident that Aid. Sly's idea
will prevail and the registration section will
be knocked out of the plan. The reference
made by Supt TOusley to the wOrkingmen
was greeted with "RatsI' wherever read.
The wOrkingmen are after Tousley's scalp.
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The following paragraph. taken from a
morning paper. furnishes a sample of cratic
repOTtOrial work:
The ProhibitiOnists have canvassed their
mayoralty timber, and nearly settled on Will
lam NJ Lawrence of the Seventh ward. II
he is willing TO make the run they will give
him the complimentary nomination. At
least that was the talk of the Fourth ward
caucus last night. Mr.. Lawrence's promi-
hence in the City and council, his success as a
business man, recommends him TO them as
the man for the place. Unless he declines
w. VI. Lawrence will head the Prohibition
ticket.
AS matter of fact. W. VI. Lawrence is
not of the Seventh ward, nor was he ever =
member of the city council. He is laun-
dryman and lives in the Fifth ward.
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Rev. W. W. Satterlee, the arch Prohibi-
zionist, was asked yesterday if it were true
that Aid. a. Lawrence OF the Eighth ward
had renowned his prohibition prOclivi
ties.
Il do not think Brother Lawrence was
ever guilty of uttering anything that could
be so construed. have cOnyersed with
number of the Republicans of the Eighth
ward who have interviewed him on the
subject, and they say that Mr.. Lawrence
declared himself in language that could not
be misunderstood. He said he was an out
and-Out third party Prohibitionist. 1t is
true that he has done some things which
need an explanation. yet our party feels
pretty generally satisfied with his record in
the council. he voted for license. but it
was not as between prohibition and license,
but as between high and low license that
he chose high license"
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The French Independent club of the
First ward met in Gernania hall yesterday
afternoon and discussed the alderInanic sit
uation. They had selected as their candi-
date Mr.. l.. Henault, but, of course, real
lied that il would be impossible 10 elect
him without the Endorsement OF one of the
dominant political parties The Demo
cratic aspirants 10 the Office were in attend
ance and a sort Of a consultation was had.
Speeches were made by several. and the
. beauty of the whole was the harmony.
I There was little opposition to Democracy,
and the expressed opinion of the majority
was that the Frenchmen Of the First ward
will abide the choice of the Democratic
primaries.
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The Democratic candidates for nOmina-
/ ton in the First ward, who attended the
meeting of the French independent club
yesterday, were Messrs. II. NJ. Burke,