St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-01
FIGHT FOR KEIGHER.
The Necessity of Every Democrat Vot-
ing the Party Ticket in the
Fourth Ward.
Grey and Lewis Striving to Compromise
in the Sixth Ward With
out Success.
Registration of TWO Days Shows No
Great Interest in the Approach
ing Election.
Van SIyke Consulting With His
Friends over His Chances in
the Fifth Ward.

There''was no oil poured on the troubled
sea of politics yesterday. The Republicans
are still gasping and looking around for a
straw to fasten to. They have given up all
hope gaining anything in the city council,
and are training their guns on the city
treasury and Will make mastery effort to
win it. Considerable dissatisfaction is felt
among the labOrlng men regarding Maj
NewSon on account of his not being rep
reSentative laboring man and large part
of the Knights of Labor will vote against
him. If some man had been taken fro IN
their ranks and given the nomination an d
Endorsement of the Republicans. their
chances of winning would be considerably
brighter, but the impression is getting out
that the majors interest in the welfare of
the laboring men is prompted principally
by his hunger for good fat office and this
is causing dissension. The honesty and in
tegrity of the major is not doubted but al
great many say, 1--WE are only feathering|
the nest of the Republican party by helping
TO put him in and we are receiving no bene-
fit. They know that their case is hopeless
in the First district of the Fourth ward
where Bob" Smith is as firm as Horeb's
rock and whose chances for reelection were
never brighter. Harity is good man, but
the Republicans overlooked him entirely in
their convention, ignored him and would
not have thought of him again, notwith-
standing their
PROFUSE DECLARATIONS
Of love for the honest laborng man, if Mai.
Newson hadn't whispered in their ear and
called their attention to the fact Had the
major kept silent the Republicans would
never have thought OF the man who had
been nominated in mass meeting and who
they pledged themselves to support. And
yet they protest that they are friends of the
working man. II they are, why don't they
do something to help Harlty to win next
Tuesday? and not one of them is in the
field in his behalf. They say, Never mind
Harity. All we want is to get Newson
into the tire 1sury and then We'll be indie
pendent. One alderman don't count any
thing, and even if he's elected, he's not a
member of our party"
With these facts staring them in the face
the laboring men are not going to be driven
10 the polls! by the Republican dctators like
sheep. They are too independent and too
well able to think for themselves. The Re-
publicans begin to realize this fact and are
not resting easily upon it,
HE WANTS MONEY.
In the first district of the First ward
George Eckles seems inclined, from all re-
ports, to draw out Of the fight unless he is
furnished money to help his election. The
Republican city committee has been ap-
pealed to for fund, but they are broke
and can't respond, and if they could it is
said that they look upon the election of a
Republican in Conley'S district as an i'm
possibility and would refuse to put up stuff
to be blown in by Eckes. who sprang into
the field independently. Pat Conley isn't
talking great deal. but he walks with the
people in his district and will poll vote
which will surprise the Republicans when
it is counted.
Up in the Fifth ward the soil seems to be
exceedingly fertile, as three candidates have
been poisoning there almost since the cam
paign opened, and Thursday Patrick
O'Brien, who keeps a saloon on Mississippi
street, jumped into the arena and declared
that he would rest on the favors of his
friends. A politician of prominence said
yesterday that in his opinion this last can
didate was after sugar" and would drop
out of sight before election. Pat Keigher
is making hot canvass in the Third ward,
and considers that his chances of beating
Weber are good, although the contest will
be a close one. Nobody has yet shown up
to oppose ''Dick" O'Connor in the First
district of the Second ward. There isn't
man there who has sand enough to under
take the task.
IN THE SEVENTH.
There is a rumor that the Republican
nominee for alderman in the Seventh ward,
MI Robbins, is member of the Minneap-
oils board of trade, and that though he is
resident of Merriam Park. he has for
long time been thoroughly identified with
the business interests of our sister city.
Last winter, when the question of extend
ing the city limits was discussed before
the Ramsey county legislative delegation,
there was some opposition upon the part Ct
some of the residents of Merriam Park to
the proposed extension and Mr. Robbins was
the leader of this opposition. and strongly
urged that Merriam Park should be incor-
porated as a village and not annexed to st.
Paul. A large number of the residents and
property owners there claim that they do
not think that it is at all necessary to have
any Minneapolis men to represent their in
terests in the ST. Paul city council. Mr..
Long, the Democratic nominee, is large
property owner in the Seventh ward, and
is thoroughly identified with its interests.
His record during the year that he has been
member of the council is convincing
proof of this. His friends are confident
that he will be returned.
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