St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-14
The Oil Inspector Is Suavely
Advised to Get Off
the Ticket.
Sans Friends Say He Is Not
the Man to Retreat
Under Fire.
Col. LoWenstein Warmly De-
MES That He Trains With
the Kids.
The Republican Row in the
First Ward Takes Tangi-
BILE Shape.

Capt. Joe Burger felt better after
reading the Pioneer Press yesterday
morning. He no longer occupied the
unenvlable position of being the only
Republican nominee in st. Paul in the
last few years against whom that sheet
came out openly, insisting upon new
man being placed in the field to make
the race. Oil Inspector Sam Nichols is
now in the same boat with Capt. Burger,
and he will do exactly as Capt. Joe did
remain in the field as the regularly
nominated Republican for the Office of
city comptroller.
"Why, if the Pioneer Press is so
much oppoted to Mr.. Nichols"
remarked prominent Republican poll
tician yesterday, did they not oppose
his nomination before the meeting of
the Republican city convention? 1fyou
will look at the files of that paper for
the two or three slate-making days be-
fore the convention you will see that on
all the States prepared by that paper
Sam Nichols is set down for comptroller.
1t would have taken but word or two
from that paper before last Tuesday to
have forced the convention to take Mr..
Nichols at his word when he said he
didn't desire the nomination. But now
it is quite different matter.
No man with any spirit will retire un-
der fire, and Sam Nichols is the last
man to do such thing. But then this
is just what might have been expected
from that traitorou5 and carping news
paper. Its proprietorS have no use for
man who is not willing to bow down
to them in everything Some of them
have axes to be ground, and they can't
be ground with either John Roche OF
Sam Nichols in the city comptroiier's
office. Hence their opposition to BOTH"
The action of the Pioneer Press in
calling Tor the withdrawal OF Sam
Nichols in its issue of yesterday, after
being the first paper to spring his name
for the Office, is almost uneXplainable,
and was the latest thunderboit launched
against the Republican city ticket by
the regular party organ. The article
was really an editorial expression, and
was only kept off the editorial page
for hedging purposes hereafter
If there is one thing more
than another that that paper
desires it is the defeat of honest John
Roche for city comptroller, and couSe-
quently all honest citizens are equally
as determined that he shall be elected.
park schemes in which certain Pioneer
Press stockholders are deeply interest
ed. as well as number of corrupt
schemes nipped in the bud by Comp
troller Roche in past years, are reSpon-
sibe for this feeling. In the Pioneers
anxiety to defeat Roche it is willing to
sacrifice anything and everything:
but it has again struck the
wrong trail, and only made
Mr.. Roche's election the more
certain. 1t may have made few votes
for Mr.. Nichols, but nothing more. "If
certain people on the hill want parks at
their doors, why don't they paw for
them themselves instead of attempting
to force the cost upon other people,"
remarked prominent eitizenye yesterday.
1.-The people want a man like Roche as
comptroller, and the vain pipings of a
lot of discontinued Scbemers cannot de-
feat him."
Col. Lowenstein, who has been enum-
Grated as part and parcel of the kid
combination during the past week,
doesn't like being classed in that crowd.
Il have never agreed with Henry Johns
on political matters" he remarked yes
terday. Furthermore, l never did
anything wrong OF Of which [ am
ashamed in politics, and don't propose
to in the future. In the last convention
Johns felt kindly toward some candi-
dates | favored, but in the past have
always opposed him, as | can prove by
w. ID. Cornish and Aid. Sanborn. The
slate made up by Johns and his follow
ers was Swenson for treasurer and
Horton for judge. This didn't go, how
ever. as we were for Lomen for munich
pal judge all the way through
First ward Republicans are not ex-
actly pleased over the party nominee
for alderman in their ward and are hust-
ling to lay him out at the POOLS. Your
report of the meeting of independent
voters of the First ward Saturday even
ing was Incorrectly reported in this
mornings paper" said one of the Off
GERS of the meeting to a GLOBE repre-
sentative yesterday. The facts are
these: John Copeland is not the choice
of the First ward Republicans for alder
man, as will be shown at the polls
May 6. even if he did get the nomina-
ton of the Republican party, as we all
know how these nominations are manip-
it out to the world that they are the
leaders and dietators of the
parties, which we will show in
time are not. The meeting Saturday
night was an independent meeting
called to put an independent candidate
for alderman of the First ward in the
field. Theo Lunell was duly elected
chairman, j. E. Froiseth secretary, and
Louis johnson treasurer. The meeting
was we'll attended, and the question
was fully discussed and decided to put
up an independent candidate for alder
man. Oscar johnson was Only NOM
mated. and made a very neat accept
ance speech. MIR. johnson has lived in
| the ward about ten years, is true and
honest lab0ring man, has been in the
employ of Noyes Bros. 81 Cutler over
nine years, and has reputation that
| cannot be exeelled. He is not con-
nected with any monopoliStic combines,
| would be able to vote inteliigently and
| understandingly on all subjects that
| would come up before him. and is we'll
| acquainted as 70 the needs of the entire
| ward, and will make an excellent alder
| man. A committee of twenty-five citi-
zens of the ward will be appointed to
canvass the ward, and are authorized to
| do and attend to the campaign work.
| Oscar Johnson is a hustler which his
| opponents will be able to discover on
the 9th day of May"
In speaking of the bolt among the
! First ward Republicans yesterday, Mr..
| Lowenstein, of that ward, said: Mr..
| Lunch, who is reported to have acted as
| president of the meeting at which john
| son was nominated, was delegate to
the Republican city convention and
voted for Copeland for alderman. If he
wanted to kick, why didn't he do it at
| that time? L do not understand the
| movement at all. IfMr. Copeland were
| not good man there might be some
reason for it; as it is, there is positively
none"
| Ninth ward ProhibitiOnists have nomi-
mated William FasGlt for alderman of
| that ward. The nominee is a machin-
| ist i'm the Manitoba ShopS and will di-