St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-19
BELOW The SURFACE.
Powerful Political Scheming
in the Several Alder
manic Wards.
The Sam Nieholses Of the G.
o. P. in the Democratic
Fold.
An Epidemic Of Political
Aspirants in the Eighth
Ward.
Aid. Book Will Shortly Hear
Something Fall--Genepal
Municipal.

Local political circles on the surface
are very quiet, but no great excavation
need be done to discover the fact that
there's a powerful lot of Scheming and
plotting going Oh in every ward in the
city. The Sam Nicholses of the Repub-
lican party, who started out with the
intention of getting as many candidates
for Democratic nominations in the field
as possible, with the idea of dividing
the Democracy, are beginning to realize
the fact that the Democrats are going
to have their contests at the primaries,
and not at the polls-that is, the Demo-
crat who is nominated will get
his party's support at the polls.
In the Republican ranks, how
ever, all the high privates are
out for aldermanic nominations. In the
Eighth ward alone there are no less
than eight candidates for the Republi-
can nomination for alderman. The or
ganiZation of societies has become
veritable epidemic in that ward, and
each of them has trotted out an alder
manic candidate, mostly of Republican
procliVities. What the outcome will be
is worrying the Republican city COM
mittee.
In the First ward Aid. Blom can have
a denomination il he wants il, but up 10
the present time he has declared that
he's out of politics, and refused to con-
slider the matter of q reelection. He
may come to time later and ease the
fears of the Republican leaders, but if
are ready to grasp the mantle worn by
Mr. RInn1 thn IlamnOrntiO cidn M
one has as yet SHE'D his castor Inuo the
ring.
Aid. Matt Leithauser is in the field
for the Republican nomination in the
Second ward, and proposes to have re-
nomination or know why. He will
probably get it. On the Democratic
side Clarence Robb is putting in some
good ticks and making lots of friends
among the Democrats of the ward.
kobO is making square canvass, and,
If nominated, will have no opposition in
party circles.
The Republicans have a dirk of ex-
traordinary length in hiding for Aid.
Book, and he will be sat on very hard il
he asks for denomination. The Re-
publican party has had enough of
Bock," said member of the Repub-
lcan city committee yesterday, land he
Will UG ldlu VII IuC ollCll lUI SOOus llC
hasn't any strength among Fifth ward
Republicans anyway"
In the Seventh ward Aid. Sanborn is
at last to have an opponent in the Re-
publican primaries. George G. Arm
strong, popular young Kansas City
official, will very likely be the man, as
he is now being strongly urged to enter
the field by his friends. He is well ac-
quainted and popular in the Seventh
ward. and would make the contest very
interesting for Aid. Sanborn.
In the Eleventh ward Aid. Sullivan is
looked on as his own successor for the
Republican nomination. In the Tenth
ward things are in very chaotic condi-
ton at present. and the Republican
nomination is very likely to go Aid.
Pratt. School Inspector Dobner will be
the Democratic candidate, and a warm
contest may be expected.