St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-06
ALDERMANIC REVIEW.
A Candid Glance Over the
Field and Study of the
Situation.
The Four-Year Men the Only
Ones Likely to Re-
main.
Retiring Republicans Afraid
Of a Democratic Cy-
clone.
Cole, Loye and Sterling
Marked for Defeat--Ward
Politics Discussed.

Nine short months remain for twenty
six members of the city council to write
their political biographies. The new
year will smile on thirteen new alder
men, elected and qualified to take the
places of as many Republican fathers
committed to private life. No doubt
two of the retiring Democratic fathers
will, if they see fit, be returned with
flying colors. Political states are being
turned out as fast as the manufacturers
possibly can, but none too fast to meet
the demand. States from the Office of
governor down to poundmaster, of all
shapes, colOrS and sizes, are now on the
market. The average politician says
sit is too soon to talk politics. but all
the same the back Office desks are COW
cred with plans, and the political wires
are being as carefully laid and tested as
il they were required to do work for the
nation. Politics are in the air every
where, and the more one says about
this or that policy the more he
is inclined to believe that
the broad guage, Self-SatlSfy1ng
position of the Democrats is one way to
L
tention to run it into the earth. How
we'll the puritanical members Of the
community who have sat on the city's
windpipe for the past sixteen months
have succeeded in almost entirely snuff
ing out its existence, is too plain to
need any explanation of it here.
1t is strange that some people never
h., kl,a,y hnt 1rrl1 &c
thing. In this way one can account for
some men getting drunk. There are
some Republican aldermen in the city
council whose terms of office will expire
next January-unleSS they are reelected
who really believe that they will be
returned to office by their constituents
when the time comes. They cannot see
their official records as others see them,
otherwise they would not be so conf
dent. They will ali have many queS-
tions to answer when they come up for
denomination, but a denomination on
the Republican ticket this year will
mean defeat for great many. How
will they explain away the promises of
Tetrenchment and reform? Their utter
disregard for the city'S welfare in al
most every move they made since they
entered office? 1t is hard to say where
these officials would have stopped had
not the comptroller put his foot down
"real hard" AS some of the fathers
wear corns as we'll as shoes, the comp
troller fell into disfavor, and if he wants
to serve the city after next Christmas
he must Ego it alone"
How many of these not too bashful
but retiring aldermen will be returned?
In the First ward Aid. MCGOWAN, being
the fOur-year man, will have nothing to
do but watch the result. There will no
doubt be other candidates in the field
for alderman beaides Aid. Brueshaber
and Ingenhutt. Neither of these will
make any particular splurge to get
there, rather leaving the choice with
the people themselves. If not wanted
both will retire gracefully, and support
the choice of the voters. The ward be-
ing Democratic any good man will do.
AS E. M. johnson was elected to the
four-year place he will not figure to any
great extent in Second ward politics,
except, perhaps, telling whenever
called upon, how the greedy Repub-
licans ate up the contingent fund after
they had cleaned out all the other vaults
in the city treasury. AS Barrows will
probably be a candidate for the state
senate in place of SenatorD. M. Clough,
Smith may have but little opposition in
his own party. If, however, p. ID. Nc
MILAN will accept the Democratic NOM
ination, Aid. Smith might as we'll
save his money and buy real estate
for he cannot be elected against
Mcmillan. who is very popular there.
He is contractor who has erected most
of the handsome residences of the
Second ward, and is very highly es-
teemed. Honest John Gilman's term
will expire as representative of the
Third ward, and if he becomes candi-
date for reelection, his opponents will
have their hands full to defeat him.
Whether Capt. Mills will again enter
the aldermanic race is not yet
known. Aid. A. Durham is the four
year man. and he win hold over, so to
speak. There is likely to be very little
effort made among the Republicans for
ances there must be a little false show
made so as not to let everything 60 by
default.
Aid. Loye and Cole look as if they
mad not friend in the world, par
ticularly when they are questioned on
their chances of an endorsement. Loye
has lost all confidence in himself since
the Doodle charges were investigated.
ALI through the investigation, he would
scratch his head and say ~ Pm afraid
the public will look upon this whole
business as a whiteWash affair.
AS for Aid. Cole he is in poor
favor with his constituency now,
since his laundering testimony before
the council committee on "boodle'' in
Vestigation, and has practically decided
to leave the aldermanic field for D. A.
Macarthur. Cole, it is said, wants to go
a step higher, and get the title of state
senator, but in this he will find many
and influential opponents. E. q. Pot,
ter, being elected for four years, will
have nothing to do but look after his
new creamery project, and act as time
keeper in the aldermanlc contest. The
records made by Cole and Loye indicate
nothing less than the election OF Dem
ocrat in the Fourth ward. Aid. Tom
Downs, of the Fifth ward, the father OF
local political economy-on paper-ls
thinking seriously of giving his place to
some good Democrat, and Aid. Brazie
has practically decided not to make any
effort to get back. He admits that the
coming year savors strongly Of Demoe-
racy, and he knows the value OF dol
lar as we'll as any man in the city. The
Sixth and Seventh wards will return
Democrats, but the Eighth is still
among the doubtful. If Sterling gets
fhe nomination IN the Eighth, Mr.. Paris
will be elected if he accepts the Demo
cratic nomination. Without an effort
on his part, he almost defeated Aid
Hanson when the latter was elected to
fill the vacancy caused by the death OF
the late Aid. Thompson. Sterling's re,
cont escanades will probably defeat