St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-05
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mole OF the political mansion? mere
is evidence enough upon the face
of current events to warrant the belief
that the men who have the care OF the
racers who will start in the Derby in
November are doing all in their power
to bring about the ruling off the track
of the Potter stable entry. Potter has
been more frequently mentioned for
mayOralty candidate on the Republican
ticket than any other man in the city.
He has bObbed up as candidate when
ever politics has been mentioned for the
past year. He has put in much of his
valuable time in setting up the pins for
a nomination. He has never declared
that he is out of the race, but, on the
contrary, always hastens to ayow that
he is Tin it'' whenever approached on
the subject But after all his work and
hustllng and posing and the only really
progressive member of the city council
the suave dealer in butter and eggs
is no nearer the nomination for
mayor than he was three months ago.
The men who control his party are con-
tinually casting about for some other
candidate. They always return, of
course, to the consideration of Loren
Fletcher. That far sighted politician as
frequently declares that he will have
none of it, whereupon the ''setters-up"
start out again with divining rod in
all effort to locate another available
candidate. Whenever Potter is men-
toned to these gentle men they say:
mayor. If Fletcher won't take
it. Pm for Potter" But
they don't mean it. Ii Il ey do, why
don't they settle down without wearing
out their legs with running after may
crafty clay, and declare themselves
with, "POtter is our man: he can be
elected; We'll nominate Potter?" AS
the shadows fall on each succeeding day
it becomes more apparent that Potter's
strength lies mainly in the active hus
thing which he has done to secure the
nomination.
The only reason for the calling of that
''confidential'' meeting night before last
was to get some other man than Potter
to run for mayor. Clough was talked
of, but the lumberman says he will have
none of it.
MIR Clough, will you accept the
nomination for mayor?' that gentle
man was asked yesterday.
"Naw," was the emphatic response,
as his nose sought to reach the roof of
the city hall and his head shook in ne
CATION harder than man trying to beat
four skies in one flop. 81 don't want it.
l won't have it. Pm in no sense
candidate. don't want to be talked
about in connection with the nOmina-
tion."
A wandering breeze, perfume-laded.
from market hOuseward restored the eX-
senator's equanimity, and he continued:
Ppm fol Potter. Potter is good man,
and would make strong run. | believe
he could be elected, and that he is,
under the circumstances, the strongest
man we can nominate"
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1t is becoming more of a certainty
every day that Fletcher will not run.
He has reasons for declining other than
political. Mis-. Fletcher has not been
strong in health for some time, and her
husband will take her away from Min
neapolis this fall in search of renewed
health. He will have to be absent dur
ing the hottest part of the campaign,
which is enough to make him refuse to
| run. More than that, he seems to
honestly dislike running for mayor. Said
ex-senator ClOugh yesterday in continu-
alton of the above interview: 'IknoW
that Fletcher won't take the nomina-
ton. l was talking with him only few
days ago, when he said to me: 'Clough,
l wouldn't take the place if l knew that
every Democrat and every Republican
in the city would vote for me. l
wouldn't take it if certificate of cleo
ton, signed, sealed and delivered, came
said so, and l mean it,"
Aside from his own repugnance to be-
coming candidate, 1t is assuredly a
fact that not all of the Republicans
want Fletcher. Said young and lively
alderman yesterday: 81 tell you Mr.
| GLOBE, the young Republicans of this
| city don't want Fletcher. They've had
enough of him. He's back number
and not candidate to satisfy the
| younger element of the party, who
think that MIR. Fletcher has had the
running of things long enough"
Despite the general impression gained
from a perusal of A. j. Boardman's
statement, published in yesterday morn
ing's GLOBE, that that gentleman was
dissatisfied with having been given pie
when he asked for pudding, he declares
| that he is not at all diSgruntled because
he drew only a senatorial nomination
when he wanted the honor of mayor.
81 rather expected to go into the city
| convention as a candidate for mayor"
said Boardman yesterday. II believed
all along that r. B. Langdon would add
strength to the ticket and made no
| fight on him. In my own precinct
don, but the people up there didn't
want those EuStis-Scott fellows, who
| tried to sneak in under his coat-tails.
| published that statement because this
| city is too big for me to go around per-
sonally and tell everybody my position.
l wanted it understood that made no
| fight on Langdon-none whatever"
Nevertheless, Boardman would be
bester satisfied to run tor mayor than
for senator. He has several pet ideas
about how city government should be
managed. and about certain economic
| questions which enter into municipal
government. which he would like to
have an opportunity to put into prac-
tice.
The question of the additional con-
gressmen which Minnesota will receive
| under the reapportiOnment is agitating
local Republican politicians. Loren
Fletcher thinks some congressmen-at-
large should be elected this fall. This
is what he says:
cat the present outlook the general
reapportiOnment cannot be completed
by congress during the present session.
Neither can the details of the Minnesota
reapportionment be arranged till the
meeting of the next legislature. We
shall thus be deprived of our four or five
newly gained congressman during the
next congress. / should think, how
ever, that it might be possible to elect
four congressman at large in the Nov
ember elections. They could be NOM
mated by the state central committee
and allotted by some equitable arrange
ment to various portions of the state.
They. would be elected. of course, by
popular ballot"
Does the wire bearded politician have
an idea that he could meander Washing
forward as a congressman at large?
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Contrary to the rumor current few
days ago, neither Matt Walsh nor James
Smith, Democratic candidates for the
house of representatives from the
Twenty-third district. have Withdrawn.
Persons who are interested in CON-