St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-29
Want The EARTH.
Wild Longing for Office That
Bloats the Republican
= Bosom.
Flesh Pots of Hennepin
County Are What They
Are After.
Rows That Savor Of the
Fights Of Coyotes Over
a Carcass.
Indications That There Will
Be Four Tickets in
the Field.

If there is any office within the gift of
Hennepin county, or any division or
district of Hennepin county, for which
there are not a score of hungry Repub-
ican applicants, it has been kept SO
quietly i'll the dark that no one found ii
out. The Democrats are no less eager,
but they seem less hungry and clamor-
Gus, and display less rampant inclina-
ton to take the earth. If indications GO
for anything, there will be at least four
straight party tickets in the field this
fall. viz: Democratic, Republican, Pro-
hibition and United Labor, with a
possible chance of citizens ticket for
city officers. 1t is generally understood
that in case this last ticket is put in the
Col. Bill King, who is a candidate for
mayor. The Republican county ticket
will probably be the first in the
field, as their county convention
is already called, but the other parties
believing that it is not policy to make
their nominations before September,
which is the month in which the county
conventions have always been held,
have not yet thought of calling theirs.
The Republicans, however, have been
so PANIC STRICKEN
since hearing of the platform adopted
at the Chicago convention that they are
anxious to have their county ticket
nominated so as to call the attention of
the people from their weak national
ticket. They have consequently issued
a call for their convention for Aug. 81,
although large number of the poll
ticianS who are expected to furnish the
money to run the campaign, say that it
is a great mistake, and that even a
barrel as deep as Capt. Sam Snider's
will run dry long before the 9th of No
vember. But the die has been cast, and
there is nothing else to do but make
the best of it. A number of lOng-headed
politicians like Loren Fletcher have
come to the conclusion that
the campaign looks little too
black for them and have retired from
the fight, but enough remain so that
after the convention is over, there will
be plenty of disappointed officeseekers.
jim Eye, department commander of the
q. A. r., who is candidate for sheriff,
must think that the Republican party
and the q. A. r. are the same thing and
that he being commander of one must
necessarily be commander of the other,
for he is reported as being busily en-
gagged in travelling over the city notify
ing certain persons that they have been
selected as the proper persons to go to
the convention. One prominent Re-
publican politician said he was a good
deal surprised a few days ago to find
that the ticket in his precinct was all
made up and on making some inquiries
about it was told by one of the men
whose name appears OH the ticket, that
hn ,fxa1 10 To hn I.
would have to see either Jim Eye, Tom
Downs or Sam Snider. ''I suppose" :"
the p. r. p. continued, THAT this means
that these three men have
DELEGATED THE RIGHT
to select the delegates to the county
convention to themselves, and that all
Republicans are expected to stay at
home, except those who belong to the
G. A. r. Republican club, which has for
its president piebafd, ing-streaked
and speckled politician named Under
wood, who has worked in every political
party in Hennepin county except the
Republican, and who now sits in judg-
ment on who shall be delegates to the
Republican county convention. l
think" he continued, 'the G. A. r. of
this city must be in the hands of the
hummer element when they select such
a man for president, and then follow it
up by electing for vice president Sham
Battle Curtis, who was known as a
blatant labor agitator of the Lucas type
until he was Modified by being APP
pointed on the police force by Mayor
Pillsbury."
This is but a sample of the criticisms
which are being made by Republicans
who have borne the brunt of the
battle for. years.. and who are
now relegated to the rear to make
places for men who have in
many cases been fighting the
Republicans in past campaigns.
torship and bOsSism by some of the of
ficeseekers, the primaries are expected
to be the scenes of some lively rows.
The county Office which is attracting
the most attention is the office of clerk
of court now occupied by Col. Ed Day.
enport. and which is reputed to pay the
princely sum of $4,000 a year. Col. Ed
has held this Office for eight years, dur
ing which time he has accumu-
lated comfortable fortune of
about 100000, and now since he
no longer wishes the Office, he kindly of
fers to turn it over to his deputy, G. b
Terrill. Albert Nj. Scott and Charles P.
Preston, two young Republicans, who
the Republican party in this county
than 100 men like Terrill. take excep.
ton, however, to Davenport making
Cerrill his heir, and will enter the lists
for the nomination. For register of
deeds, John F. Peterson, George w,
Marchant, Robert McMullen, E. F,
Comstock and j. NJ. Underwood are
spoken of, but the chances are that
when the convention meets a dark
horse will
CARRY OFF THE PLUM.
For the Office of county auditor and
treasurer the present incumbents, L.
A. Condit and Willis James, will be
nominated by reclamation. WinsloW
M. Bracket, James Eye and George H
johnson are the only candidates in the
| field at the present time for the Office OF
| sheriff, but number of others are only
| abiding their time, and when the proper
| moment arrives they will enter the lists
| This Office is at present held by P. P
| Swenson, Scandinavian Democrat
| who served all through the war, and {
great many of the Republicans think
| that the only way to defeat SwenSOn
who will without doubt be the Demo
cratic nominee, is to put against him
Scandinavian Republican with just a.
good war record. This idea has be
come quite general among the Repub
| licans, and in consequence Eye ant
Bracket have pooled their issues ant
| will hereafter work together, and il
case of the election of either one, t,
then divide the receipts of the offlc
between them. Neither of these candi
dates can expect to get much of
Scandinavian vote, but both are oil,