St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-03

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Aid. Walter Ii. n I'm
SanbOrn, of the.
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Seventh ward,I "
gathered all of NnhzlH1
his Republican " WY|Y
a q e manic -.
cons tuency
under his wing,
and repairing 7~
to his office 10
they INDUCED WILLIAM PITT MURRAY.
in two hours caucus. On next Tues
day evening the council will elect a new
city attorney, and to solve this much
moOted question was the object of last
evenings meeting. As a result of their
deliberations, the name of W. d.. Cor
nish was ratified, and that gentleman
will in future warm the chair made va
cant by w. P. Murrey. With the
exception of Aid. Weber, all
of the Republican city faith
erS were present, and seemed
pleased at the result Of their delibera-
lions.
Until last Monday afternoon it was
conceded by all interested politicians
that Mr.. Murray would receive the
VI Tic
and as it was a foregone conclusion
that such would be the case, little in
terest was taken in the matter. But in
the afternoon OF that day, limited
number of four Republican armor
bearers made up their mind that there
must be a change, and adopting the
maxim that ITO the victOrs belong the
spoils," started into the fight with the
battle cry
"ANYTHING TO BEAT MURRAY"
AS result before twenty-four hours had
rolled around several forms of greater or
less magnitude had been started in the
interests of a qg1artette OF local legal
lumlnarleS, and lightning was liable to
strike w. ID. Corish, o. E. Holman,
Charles n. Bell 90 VT. Burr. All of
| the interested aldermen took up the
! club in favor of one candidate or other,
and those who had started the ball roll
ing got of the way, and calmly watched
| the Kilkenny cat fight from a safe dis
lance. AS Holman is the attorney for
the Germania bank, it is said Aid.
| Bickel favored him, and got Aid. Yoerg
to thinking his way and Weber in favor
of Holman's candidacy. The other Re-
Gil were divided between the
remaining three, and to solve
the riddle and break the deadlock, a
meeting was called for last Thursday
evening in Mr.. Sanborn'S Office. After
| some discussion all present agreed to
support Mr.. Cornish, and a committee
consisting of MessrS. Sullivan. Bickel
| and SanbOrn were appointed to wait
upon him and see if he would assume
| the helm of the local ship of state. This
committee came, saw and conquered,
and Mr.. Cornish agreed to abide by
| hni hnaiCinr, 4
by stepping into the official shoes of
City Attorney Murray. Another meet
ing was called for last evening in order
to receive the committees report, (which
was made the special order of business
for last evenings meeting.
After the report had been read and ac-
cepted, a committee was appointed to
wait upon Mr.. Cornish and bring him
before the caucus He was speedily
| found, as he was not far off, when the
good news was gently broken to him.
He was triumphantly led back to- meet
his star chamber supporters, and that
was evidenced by the sounds of laugh
ter which fioated over the transom and
| permeated every nook and corner of the
deserted building.
As result of the caucus deliberations
of the Republican councilmen, W. d.
Cornish will be elected as city attorney
for the ensuing two years. The Repub-
lican aldermen, public sentiment and
Democratic aldermen stand in the reia-
tiOnship to one another that Samson,
the jawbone of the ass and the PhiliS-
tines occupied prior to
THE THREE-CORNERED FIGHT
between the rich man, the camel and the
eye of needle.
1t is said that Aid. Yoerg voluntarily
pledged his support to ". P. Murray a
month ago, and in interested circles last
evening it was wondered whether or no
he would abide by the result of the eau
Gus. 1t is safe to say that the election
of Attorney Cornish will not give salts
faction to working Republicans. 1t was
matter OF surprise last evening that
he should have been chosen for political
preterment, as he has never taken an
active interest in the fight, is not re-
garded as being ''wid u.s. at any and all
stages Of the game, and is moreover the
paid attorney of a paper whose Repub-
licanism was seriously brought into
question during the recent campaign
for refusing to swallow the Burger pill
prescribed by the party's convention.