St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-19
MATT WAS ON DECK,
But the Syndicate Candidate
Failed to Make His APP
pearance.
.sThe Friends Of L. E. Reed"
Will Hold a Secret Meet
ing Later.
How Col. Kiefer Would Di-
vide Up All the Public
Offices.
Political Notes Gathered
From All Parts of the
Capital City.

so the friends of Matt Leithauser and
| l.. E. Reed" did not meet at Lucker'S
hall last evening, as MI. Reeds friends
announced several days ago, but the
''friends of Matt LeithauSer" did meet
upwards of 800 strong at Lucker's
hall last evening and the syndicate can
didate's name was not mentioned. Here
| is the notice which appeared in Mr..
Reeds special organ on Wednesday
when the schemers supposed Mr.. Lett
| nauSer. was to retire. i'll favor OF the
| syndicate's candidate:
| There will be a Republican meeting in
| Lucas hall, Second ward, corner of Margaret
! and Forest streets, Friday evening. All
| friends of Matt Leithauser and l.. E. Reed
are invited to be present.
| What a strange contrast between that
| notice and the one that was issued yes
terday by Mr.Reed's hackers, and which:
! appeared in the Reed organ last even
| ing:
The meeting heretofore announced to be
| held at Luckers hall, at the corner OF
| Margaret and Mendoza streets, this evening,
| has been postponed until Monday evening
| next when the independent voters will be
| addressed by L. E. Reed and others. There
| will be no meeting tonight.
The first was issued when Mr.. Lett
| hauser was expected to retire grace
fully in favor of Reed; the second was
published when it was learned that
| Aid Leithauser had made up his mind
to stand "pat." The friends of l.. E.
Reed" knew they were misinforming
the public when they said there would
be no meeting at Lucker'S hall last
evening. But the meeting was held
and it demonstrated that Matt Leith-
auser will not retire to please either
Mr.. Reed or the powerful syndicate.
Lucker'S hall was filled last evening
when Committeeman Peter II. Kirk. of
the Republican city committee, called
| the aSSemblage to order. Darius +.
Reese repeated his stereotyped speech,
gesticulations. vile stories and all. He
was followed by Conrad Miller, who made
all effort to tell few reasons why he
should be elected city treasurer. Cries
for Burger" were here made, but Capt.
| Joe, who was holding down a front
seat, merely got up and said that he
had just received note from MIR.
Kiefer, in which the gallant colonel in
formed him that he would be on hand in
ten minutes to speak to the crowd:
This announcement was followed
| Ivy uproarlous applause by Capt.
Burger, ID. f. Reese, Adolph Wulf
and several others. c. E. Keller
was then introduced, and made very
| neat speech, in which he said: eff we
had paper in this city, you would
probably hear more of this ticket, but
as it is, the Pioneer Press, until now
the champion OF the Republican party,
is sucking at the public teat, and re-
fuses to come to our aid.''
Capt. Joubert was then called to the
stage and told how he and Col. Kiefer
had fought in the war and saved the
Union. The cries for Burger now be-
came deafening, and the captain
mounted the platform. After remark
ing that the two best men in Ramsey
| county were in the field for mayor. the
captain satdown without explaining how
it was that his paper had come oat
for Mr.. Reed for councilman. How
ever, the captains speech was the best
one of the evening and showed the good
judgment displayed by Col. Kiefer III
choosing his lieutenantS.
Aid. LeithauSer was called for at this
time, and he mounted the platform.
Il am a candidate for the council" said
he, regularly nominated by the Re-
publican party. You voters OF the Sec
ond ward saw fit two years ago to
pick me up and place me in the
council, and have honestly tried to do
| my UeSt lOI tue Wdlu. am HUI q pCt
of the Pioneer Press, but [ shall remain
in the fight"
Mr.. Van Dyne, Reed man, now
made his appearance. and after in
dorsing the whole Republican ticket,
except in the Second ward, yielded to
Col. Kiefer who had just entered the
hall.
"Many of you know NY habits of
life" began Col. Kiefer, land you all
know my ideas of personal liberty, etc.
But pardon me if / state, for the benefit
of those who do not know them SO we'll,
that shall not do anything to abridge
the liberties of my fellow citizens" This
statement was called out by the preceding
speaker, who, in closing. said: sit has
been limited that Col. Kiefer might be a
strict Sabbatarian. Now, l drink my
| glass of beer every Sunday, and | don't
believe that Col. Kiefer will do anything
to abridge the liberties of his fellow
eli items"
Col. Kiefer devoted the balance of his
speech to narrating his war experience
and his public record. IF my modesty
didn't forbid" said he" 81 would say
that shall be elected largely His
modeSty didn't protest very much. and
the colonel proceeded to unfold his
scheme for catching the votes of the
people of all nationalities. He believed
that all the offices should be
punched and divided up in the
proportion the number of each
nationality bore to the aggregate .popu-
lation of the city. "That is" said the
colonel, ''if there were $4,000 Scandi-
navians in the city Che was speaking to
an audience largely composed of Scan
dinavianS) / would insist Oh giving them
one-eighth of the offices. Every nation
atty ought to be represented according
to its numbers in every department
from mayor down to street-clean
ers. Indeed, | see many men before
we who would fill the city offices quite
as we'll as those now holding Them
This caught the crowd, and Col. Kiefel
gave way to q. j. L0men, Republican
candidate for municipal judge, who ex-
planned the new voting law and was
rushed breathleSSy into the hall and,
after mounting the stage without an in
vitatlon, declared that he had just come
from the Ninth ward. He was too much
for the audience, and the crowd dis
persed.
"We're coming across the three
bridges with thousand majority for the
straight ticket this year." said j. G.
Mccarthy, of the Sixth ward, yesterday
''and you can set down Aid. Melady's
majority at 1,700."
There will be a Democratic rally al
TIA East Seventh street this evening
Hon. John Ii. Ives and several Other
good takers will be present, and the
Democrats of the Second ward will be
out in full force.
The nomination papers of William
Fasolt and Robert Mann, prohibition
candidates for The council IN the Ninth
and Eighth wards respectively, were
filed with the city clerk yesterday.
First ward Democrats will be adj
dressed by Hon. Lars NJ. Rand and
Peter Anderson, of Minneapolis, John
Ii. Ives, Andrew Osin and several other
st. Paul gentlemen. The meeting will
be held at the corner of Payne avenue
and Case street.