St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-21
TO GET The PLUMs.
The Republican Council Selects Its New
Officers.
JOHNSON FACTION ON TOP
Haney, for Clerk, and Rinker and Stet-
son Ren0minated---Full List
Chosen.

Office. Old. New.
President. -. Titus Mareck. f. NJ. johnson
Vice president. b. Cloutier. j. G. Sterling.
Clerk ...........C.A.C ornman.C. +. Haney.
Engineer IA. Rinker "A. Rinker.
Attorney ........S Smith r. d. Russell.
Supt of poor M. X. Curtiss. c. L. Snyder.
Building insp. j. II. Bauman +. ID. 0rf.
Sealer 80. -. NJ .Shulenberg. Rufus Roberts
Supt workh Sc. Matt Gross John West
Janitor go. j. J, Henry. J. G: Sterritt.
Light insp'tor.. Louis Runge. Louis Runge.
Assessor ......S. W. Case. j. c. Plummer
Elevator man Ed Thielen =. II. j. Gaylord
Wheat insptor Thomas Mea 5. G. Davis.
City physician j. II. Dunn. c. A. Chase.
There were any number of politicians
and candidates present at the caucus of
the Republican aldermen at the city hall
yesterday morning, when new office
holders were nominated in place of the
present incumbents. There were three
or four candidates for every office, and
before the meeting was called to order
the candidates made life burden to the
aldermen. At $3.50, j. c. Sterling, of
the Eighth ward, called the caucus to
order, and Dr.. BraZie, of the Fifth ward,
was chosen chairman, and Melville
Grimes, of the Eighth ward, secretary.
Before any further business was done
an eagle-eyed alderman discovered three
or four reporters present, and made
wild kick. The reporters were fired
and the aldermen went into executive
session.
The candidates for president of the
council in place of Titus Mareck were
+. NJ. Johnson and K. G.. Potter. Both
aldermen claimed walkaway, but
when the ballot was taken it showed
that Johnson had % votes to Potter'S II.
Johnson was declared elected president,
and j. Z. Sterling was made vice presl-
dent.
There were about dozen candidates
for city clerk, in place of Charles Corn
man. the present official, and Charles
F. Haney, formerly with the Sun Vapor
Light company, was elected.
George W. Cooley and City Engineer
Rinker were the candidates for the
Office of city engineer. Several other
names were mentioned but not voted
on. Mr.. Rinker captured the plum,
thus succeeding himself.
II. ID. Russell and W. d. Hale were
the two principal candidates for the
Office of city attorney, in place of Sea-
grave Smith. The contest for the posi-
ton was somewhat animated, but Mr..
Russell came off victor.
AdDl. y. II. ADnOutl hSio
for supervisor of the poor, in place of
NJ. X. CurtIss, while Frank Stetson sue
ceeds himself as chief of the Mime
apolis fire department. Lewis Runge
was also allowed to remain i'll his posi-
ton of city light inspector.
j. III. Bauman was candidate to sue
coed himself i'll the office of building
inspector, but &. w. 0rff captured the
prize.
There was an interesting fight over the
office of SUPERINTENDENT of the work
house, ex-Deputy Sheriff George Baxter
and eX-chief of police and eX-Superin-
tendent of the Workhouse John West
being the candidates. After several
ballots, West won, and Matt Gross, the
present incumbent, will have to 90.
John Sterritt, the colored politician.
was made city hall janitor, in place of
John Henry, and Matt Schuelenberg,
the sealer of weights and measures,
gives place to r. Roberts. Ed Thielen
was dropped as elevator attendant, and
III. /. Gaylord put in his place.
j. c. Plummer was elected assessor,
in place of 5. W. Case, and ID. +. Davis
goes in as meat inspector, in place of
Thomas Mea, who now holds down the
office. DR.. c. \. Chase was made city
physician, in place of DR.. j. Ii. Dunn,
after hard fight.
The fine Italian hand of Aid. f. NJ.
Johnson, of the Second ward, is visible
in every appointment, but, in many
eases, he had decidedly hard time TO
get his men in.
IT MADE A BREEZE.
The officers elected gave general sat
isfaction to the public at large, but nat
urally left many sores. The factional
split in the new council BODIES no good
to the future peace and harmony of that
body, and the majority now declares it
will WELD the rod with an iron hand.
An editorial in Yesterdays Tribune was
generally denounced. 1t opposed the
election of Ed johnson to the presidency
on the ground that no old member should
have preference. The people, it argued.
have repu6iated the old council. and no
member of that delectable body should
be made prominent. This was used as
capital by the Johnson faction. and
probably made several votes. Frank
Meade, the editor of the Tribune, was a
candidate for city clerk, and had allied
himself with the Potter faction, while the
cause of HOvey, the successful candidate,
was championed by Aid. Downs. 1t
was given out that Meade had written
the editorial to further his own cause,
but this probably does him an injustice.
The editorial was aSlnine TO degree,
and part of the lll-tempered attacks
the Tribune has periodically made on
the old council.
The friends of Andrew Rinker were
especially iubilant, and claimed a com
plete vindication for him. The fact of
the matter is, that the recent attacks on
Rinker were charged as Democratic
spleen, and capital was made of them.