St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-11
DR.. j. H. Murphy, Republican
Nominee for Mayor, Will
Not Try for It.
He Says He Cannot Do 1t
With Such a Ticket as
He Heads.
And So the Party Camp Is All
Torn Up Over the
Situation.
A Light Registration for the
First Day--Little Bits
Of Politics.

The chairman of the Republican con-
vention finds himself in pickle. He
has to appoint committee after con-
sultation with the Republican nominees.
AS fast as he approaches them they say
obey don't want to run. Adam
Decker lost no time in officially and
publicly declining to accept the nomi-
ward, and now DR.. j. Ii. Murphy is
anxious to pull out of the mayoralty
candidature. He had a talk with Mr..
Mcdonald yesterday, and with other
Republicans. DR.. Murphy, personally,
is very much averse to running. To
put it plainly, he is very anxious to pull
out, but how? He has enjoyed a
personal friendship for Mayor Smith
for the last thirty years, and
now lie finds himself placed in the very
embarrassing position Of political OPP
ponent OF warm personal friend. He
wants to pull out, but he wants to do it
gracefully. When Gen. MacCarthy
called upon him a little over month
ago to induce him to enter the campaign
he wouldn't listen to it. Anyhow, he
told the eX-adjutant general to have
Evan Slyke. Cullen, and other good men
put upon the ticket first, regardless of
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS,
and then the matter might be worth
talking about" But MacCarthy and his
colleagues didn't succeed in doing so,
and now DR.. Murphy wants to decline.
When he was interviewed last night he
said:
"The committee which was appointed
to wait upon me yesterday told me they
would put Cullen and Van SIyke upon
the ticket, but they didn't do it, and
don't want to run on that ticket. [ was
not in favor of bringing politics into
city affairs anyhow. Ali L wanted
was good men on the ticket.
The convention loaded the ticket down.
John Roche's nomination was the best
thing they did. If it came to question
of whether to elect John Roche or me, L
would say elect John Roche and beat
Murphy. That's the interest | have in
the city. They ought to have put Van
Slyke on. wouldn't mind running if
the names Of Roche, Van Slyke and
be a peoples ticket, neither a Republi-
can nor a Democratic ticket. Of course
| wouldn't expect to beat Bob Smith,
but we might get several of the alder
men elected. Bob Smith can't be de-
feated. It's no use to run anybody
against him. still might run if Van
SlYke and Cullen were put on the
ticket.
SHALL DECLINE TO RUN.
81 am only waiting for the city COM
mittee to be appointed. OF course, [
can't send letter of declinatiOn to any
paper, but when the committee is APP
pointed, then [ will decline in the
proper manner. No, won't run. It's
no use. | don't want to beat Bob
Smith anyhow, and the way the
ticket is | can't afford to run. | never
asked for the nomination. 1t was a sur
prise to me. | drove by there and they
yelled, but drove right on. never
thought that they would nominate me
in the world. In fact, was opposed to
any nomination for mayor"
Those are the words of DR.. Murphy
and he will stand by them, for how can
Chairman McDOnald'S committee put
Van SlylIe and Cullen on the ticket
now? Who will they cut-Bickel?
Fischer? Anthony Yoerg? Pugh? Mel
son, the Scandinavian? Hillyard, the
colored man? The Republicans are in
a nice fix, and would Messrs. Van Slyke
and Cullen accept places on the ticket
since the convention rejected them?
Would they stOop to step into the shoes
OF the present candidates?
TIE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
All this dissension has been brought
about by the bringing of gubernatorial
schemes into city politics. There is no
question about the fact that Oil Inspec-
tor Willis was opposed to having any
convention at all. He is supposed to be
working in Gov. McGillS interest. On
the other hand, Sam Nichols and Stan
ford Newell did want convention, but
they were opposed to any nomination
for mayor. They are working day and
night for w. r.. Merriam, and their idea
was to make friends of some Democrats
by not opposing the Democratic
lis lost his control of the con-
vention when the workingmen's
committee was allowed to be heard, and
Nichols and Newell suffered defeat when
Gen. MacCarthy succeeded in getting
DR.. Murphy nominated. This indicated
the existence of another faction which |
was certainly opposed to Gov. McGill, |
but divided on Scheffer and Merriam. |
These three factions are fighting yet. |
They made a sorry job of it, and now
they are all kicking.
Sam Nichols said yesterday morning
that he was sorry Cullen and Van Slyke |
had not been put upon the ticket The |
Willis and Johns elements, however,
were working for Conley and Hamm,
and they couldn't be managed. Mr.. |
Nichols said the two men in the city |
who voted against having |
any convention at all were Ii. B. Willis |
and Henry Johns:
There was another element composed |
of young men who are Republicans |
from top to bottom, and who wanted
straight Republican ticket. These
young fellows are now kicking hard be-
cause Nelson, Fisher and Anthony |
Yoerg. all Democrats, were placed upon |
the ticket at large, and because
E. Il. Bryant, of the Sixth |
ward. was allowed to be pulled |
through the convention, knowing |
well that he is nothing more nor less |
than disappointed Democratic Office |
seeker, who was unsuccessful in his |
own party. AS one of the young Re |
publicans expressed it: Il believe in |
putting up straight Republican ticket;
not in picking up the crumbs that fall |
from the Democratic table"
LIGHT REGISTRATION.
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