St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-02

the Eleventh l0OineQ up as uedNy
Scheffer bulwark. Selah Mathews
disputes the standing, as given in
the table, and claims the ward
for McGill, but he is probably mis-
taken. In the Fourth precinct G. NJ.
Mathews led the Scheffer ticket to
victory. On it is P. NJ. Dale, Repub-
lican candidate for county surveyor,
and the bosses now threaten him
With defeat. Mathews is a candidate
for alderman, and dire disaster will
probably be his doom for the stand he
has taken. The Twelfth and Thir-
teenth wards were quiet and anti-Schef-
fer. In the first precinct of the Sixth
the caucus was held by Ward F. Grey,
who is state weigher, w. I. Bailey
and one other man, who elected them
selves delegates. Before the time
elapsed about 100 men appeared, held
caucus and elected Scheffer delegates.
They will make lively contest to-mor-
row.
THE SCHEEFER MEN
were evidently out generated. 1t ap-
pears that Mr.. Baker and Mr.. Stearns,
who have been in charge of the
campaign, were wholly ignorant
of Minneapolis men and politics.
Their headquarters SWarmed with men
who were on the make, many of
whom, it is said, were sent there
by the designing bosses. AS a re-
suit, they put on their delegate
tickets men who were unknown, I'M
popular. and anything but politicians.
In other cases men were put in
who were not Schefferites. S. E.
Olsen and c. S. Hunt were
on Scheffer ticket in the Fourth ward,
Seventh precinct, and neither of them
is for Scheffer, though both were
elected. AT Scheffer headquarters
is a book containing the enroll
ment of delegates and an entry
after the Second ward reads leave
this to D. NJ. c." which is supposed to
mean Clough. The fact is, that Clough
is a member of the boss combination,
though Stearns assured the GLOBE he
had pledged himself for Scheffer. In
other words, the management had been
left with diSreputable Democrats,
WIN h1bll III lDClI 10 anu
money in their pockets, managed mis-
erably. In short the situation was that
at headquarters no one could tell when
a certain set of delegates was elected
in a certain precinct whether it
was for Scheffer or not. Aft
er the battle the Seheffer men
claimed fraud and bulldozing, but
it is highly doubtful whether such a
charge could be sustained. They have
just enough delegates to make a noise
in the convention and get no delegates.
The bosses will tie up solid anti
Scheffer IS votes, though it is doubtful
whether McGill can claim them. 1t is
said the Scheffer managers thought
the contest was by wards
and that, having say One-fifth of the del
egates, they would get One-fifth of the
delegation to st. Paul, but they will
learn of their error tomorrow.
THE BOSSES
never put in so active a day in Mime
apOis. They held cOnclaVe after con-
clave and trusted lieutenant kept them
well informed of the doings in
the Scheffer camp. 1t is said that
MI 1 IAN ulNll BAOuSIb ONCl gOsbUO W
be used discretly, but no one claimed to
have received it. Loren Fletcher said
McGill had no Doodle and needed
none, but he should not suffer
for the lack of it. A meet
ing was held at o'clock at
j. c. Worrall,s Office, and the details of
the nights campaign carefully laid out.
Every state official in the city was
placed on duty, and not a weak spot
was left open. 1t was this discipline
that prevailed over the raw recuits of
Schetfer. There was no trick known to
political legerdemain that was not
successfully employed in Out-voting
the Schefferites, and the result was
complete victory. On the one side
last night was rejoicing and festivities.
Loren Fletcher showed every wisdom
tooth in his head as he scanned the re-
turns. Ward Gray and George Marchant
flung up their hats for McGill. Ed
Davenport, Frank Davis, Bob Jamison
and other members of the court house
clique went into ecstaSies. The
Scheffer headquarters were sad but
not solitary. Dark threats echoed
through the rooms, and it is evident that
the victory was bought at the cost of
party harmony.