St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-28
THE OUTLOOK CHERRIES,
But the Republicans Will Nominate
Candidate for the Mayoralty.
IT MAY BE COL. KIEFER.
No ,lOne Doubts That Mayor Smith,
Comptroller Roche and Treasurer
d Refs Will Succeed Themselves.

, Tie Republican city committee met
in the rooms of the Young Mems Re-
publican club yesterday afternoon and
INDUCED in half hours talk over the
campaign. Oil Inspector H. B. Willis
was sat upon. He and several other
members urged the committee to do
everything in its power to prevent the
nomination of a candidate for mayor to
run against Mayor r. A. Smith. The
majority of the committee, however,
was. Of the opinion that, as Col. Kiefer
was a Republican and German and
very anxious to secure the Republican
nomination, he ought to be made the
Republican candidate. Mr.. Willis
stood his ground as long as he could,
but had to succumb finally. No date
was set for the city convention, and no
basis of representation was decided
upon. Those matters were referred to
subcommittee consisting of MeSSrS.
Willis, Nichols and Stevens.
The committee felt pretty blue. With
one portion of it favoring no opposition
to Mayor Smith and the other portion
urging the nomination of Col. Kiefer
simply because the colonel was
ANXIOUS FOR THE EMPTY HONOR,
the outlook was indeed diScOuraging.
The only thing upon which the mem
beers of the committee congratulated
themselves was their assumption that
the Democratic aldermanic candidates
were very numerous. Mr.. Willis idea
of not having any opposition to Mayor
Smith is based upon the presumption
that if the Republicans should not put
up any candidate for mayor the Demo
Gratis might allow them to succeed i'll
electing one or two of the aldermen at
large. But this is generally ridiculed
by the Republicans.
They speak of nominating Col. G. ID.
Kerr, Aid. E. G. Long and w. I'll. San
born as candidates at large. DIR. Schlff-
man wants to run in the Second ward,
as George Freeman is not anxious to go
into the fight. Out at Hamline, r. V.
Pratt is to be the Peoples candidate"
if everything turns out as it is expected
in that part of the city. The Republic
cans will have to fight both the Prohi-
bitioniSts and the Peoples party.
~
There is no question now as to the
possibility of Mayor Smith, Comptroller
John Roche and City Treasurer George
Refs succeeding themselves. The meet
ing OF the Republican committee yester-
day afternoon developed that much. AS
one of the committee expressed it:
st is no use for us to put up any one
against Bob Smith. He can carry every
ward and the whole Democratic ticket
with him. We haven't got anything
against John Roche, and there's no use
putting up any one against him. Every
body knows he is the best man in the
city for city comptroller. and nothing
goes with old John unless its pretty
straight, and as for George Reis-why
we might as well put up stick of wood
as tonominate any one against him.
We might put up some man of course,
simply for the looks of the thing, but it
would be no use. Smith, Roche and
Refs have sure thing of it. ALI we can
hope for is to elect few of the alder
men. [ think we can get Blom in the
First ward, Sanborn in the Seventh and
Long, at large, and may be we can scoop
in the Tenth and Eleventh wards, but l
wouldn't bank upon anything else"