St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-31
That Is What the Evening Re-
publican Organ Is Now
Doing.
Trying to Cover the Crooked
ness Of Their Managers
by Abuse.
Vote the Democratic State
County and Legislative
Tickets Straight.
Political Roundup Of the Day
announcements for This
Evening.

What crOOkedneSS is now in process
of incubation by the managers of the
Republican campaign IN this county?
The three-column shrek let out by
the evening organ of the eabal which
is now trying to break into the court
house, yesterday, is prima facie evil
dcnce that some disreputable scheme is
under way.
The Evening Roorbaek never starts
its smut-mill unless the ring for which
it speaks mas some diSreputable scheme
in view. When Nels J. Ness, as the
agent of the Republican committee,
was attempting to bribe election judges,
the people of Ramsey county will re-
member that this organ was bowling
itself red in the face over the
imaginary manipulation of the cleo
ton judges in the interests of
the Democracy. This was done to hide
the corruption attempted by Contractor
Ness. The insane drivelings of this
sheet last evening form the best posi-
BILE proof that Chairman Lowenstein
and 1.-THE man behind the throne" have
some piece of rottenneSS well under
way.
Yesterday the organ of Chairman
L0WenStein contained column filled
with figures representing the fees re-
ceived by certain of the county and city
officials. Of course in this list no men
ton was made of the fees collected
from the county by the register of
deeds. M. j. Bell. or the sheriff, Ed. S.
Bean. Certainly not. These two men
are Republicans. and at least
one OF them is on the slate
which is being backed by this
evening sheet, otherwise known as the
s.hitr fours, onn, iinofiOn in this oaIp-
paign. As matter of fact the Offices
filled by Sheriff Bean and Register of
Deeds Bell are the highest salaried posi-
tious in the court house at the present
moment, but no one has heard the Dis
patch say word against either of these
two men on this account.
But this cuts no figure. The figures
published by this paper last evening
need no explanation, although many of
them were sorted out with the evident
idea of doing r. L. OCOnnor an in
justice. For instance, special mention
is made of fees received for entering up
assessment Judgments. Now, every
body who knows anything about these
assessment judgments knows that the
city does not and never has paid a cent
| to the clerk of court for entering up
these judgments. These fees are al
ways paid by the property against
which the judgments are taken. 10 be
more specifc-a street is opened and
| the costs are assessed against the prop
erty benefited. If this is not paid it is
| finally entered up as a Judgment against
the property. The city pays the clerk
of court - cents for entering up the
| Judgment, and this is included in the
latter. These judgments are then sold,
and the full amount is paid into the
| treasury.
The same slim foundation exists for
the other charges made by this organ.
! The fact that it selects such men as
| honest old George Mitsch as targets for
| its mud batteries is sufficient to con-
| denim all its utterances. George MitSch
| has lived in st. Paul for thirty-four
| years, and in ali that time no charge re-
| flecting on his honesty has ever been
| made. He is the soul of honesty, and
| has saved the taxpayers of this county
| thousands of dollars during the time he
has filed public Office.
A prominent member of the Demo
| cratic county committee in speaking of
| the tactics of the Republican managers
| and some of the eXtravagant statements
made by Chairman LowenStein, said:
1.-THE statements made by the Republican
| chairman are utterly ridiculous. and have
| their foundation purely in his imagination.
| 1t is simply the old cry of stop thief and
| intended solely to distract attention from his
| own committee, which, we have learned, is
| contemplating frauds of the grossest kind
| They 1ondly imagine they will succeed in
| this but they are liable TO find themselves
! mistaken, as we are on to some of their base
| plots and propose to prevent these frauds il
| it lies within our power. The Republican
| committee, or at least certain members of 1T,
| have shown the 'cioven foot already in GER
| tain matters. and this puts us on our guard
| against Il repetition of these infamous tricks
| as well as the commission of other contem-
| plated frauds. Our committee is carrying on
| an honorable campaign, and proposes to see
fair play all around as tar as we are able to
| do so. and if any of the Republican COM
| mittee. or their agents. attempt to carry out
| these intended frauds, the consequence will
| be on their own heads.'
AS matter of interest, just at this
| juncture, the GLOBE gives below a
table showing, in order by wards, the
registration of last May, the vote of
May and the registration just completed.
The vote of last May is the average
vote, as it ran. The total vote for
mayor was %, 1858, and for ward alder
men, q, 96S. The fair average is, there
| fore, contained in the following:
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