St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-05
Campaigning Will Be General
From Now Until the
Polls Close.
Republican and Alliance NOM
nations for the Board
to Be Made.
Nye's Campaign a Cloak for
Designs Upon the Oil
Inspectorship.
Arrangements Under Way
for Another Big Rally
--All Sorts.

When you meet man on the street
nowadays the chances are that he will,
If he be an acquaintance of yours, go
down into his vest pocket. and pull out
a card upon which is printed the name
of some candidate for office. Then he
will reach down into his thoracic
regions, pull up his most melliauous
voice, and begin to expatiate upon the
merits of his candidate. Into your ear
he will pour vast concentrations of
sugar-cOated words. until you begin to
believe that his friend is the only
man now living who should be
honored with public Office. Further
on down the street you meet another
man who sings song, pitched in the
same key. but devoted to the eXaltation
OF another man. one of another
color, of hair politically. All of
is abroad. He has not been plucked
very much as yet, but ere long he will
begin to lose few of his tail feath ers.
The church fair and the temperance so
ciety social, with their attendants, raf-
f1es and contests for popularity, are be-
ginning to appear. Worst of all, the
political eagle who hopes to swoop
down upon some fat Office must, for the
nOnce, drop his wings. and tamely sub
init to the plucking process, even as the
plebian goose. The battle is on, and
the skirmishers are already engaged.
The tussle between the main bodies will
follow shortly.
Much still remains to be done before
the campaign will have that rush and
swing to it common to all hard contests.
The candidates are not all in the field
yet. That Republican committee of
twenty-One which must select the can
didates for the park, school and library
boards has not yet been completed.
Thirteen OF Its members were ap-
pointed in the convention, and John
Goodnow was given the power to do the
rest. He has taken his time in the
matter and will not announce the eight
committeeman at large for several days
yet. he car SeeaO reason for hurry
ing matters. Then there is the COM
mittee of twenty-one appointed by the
alliance men to confer on park, school
and library board nominations. With
whom they will CONFER is unknown.
The Democratic nominations have been
made and the Republicans are not 60
ing to ask the advice of the Alliance as
| to who shall be nominated. Nearly all
of the Alliance legislative candidates
are yet to be nominated, too. While
| the real work of the campain has be-
| gun. there is still a good deal of work
| undone.
W. E. Atkins pays the following
| highly deserved tribute to the qualifica.
| tons of Fl. O. Peterson, Democratic
candidate for county treasurer:
| Inotice that 81. o. Peterson, the Demo
| cratic nominee for county treasurer is con-
Quoting his campaign in a very energetic
way and there can be no doubt of the I'M
| preston he makes upon the people. Person
| ally popular and widely known as business
man of integrity, Mr.. Peterson can with be-
coming grace solicit the support of citizens
| generally for the important office of county
| treasurer. A man who has been prominent
| in business circles IN this city for the past
decade is certainly known among the voters
and take pleasure in calling attention to
| the public spirit Mr.. Peterson has always
shown and the hearty cooperation with
| which he has worked for the prosperity of
| the city. This candidate has many friends
in the Republican party who will vote for
him.
Martin Aalberg, Of the Ninth ward,
takes emphatic exception to the state
ment published in the GLOBE yesterday
concerning the Ninth Ward 1ndepend-
ent club. He denies that it is a Demo-
cratic club in the first place. He served
as its president the first month, and re-
| fused to hold the Office a second term.
| He was not bounced" as reported, nor
denounced. upon his retirement. He
says the club was organized as non-par-
tisan, and for the purpose of discussion
| simply, so he neither announced him
self as a -Democrat nor as an Alliance
man. He was nominated for county
| surveyor on the Alliance ticket. but
| says it was without his consent, and he
means to retire. Mr.. Aalberg says that
If certain people consider him "dead po-
litically" they may find out that he is a
pretty lively corpse
Robert 81. Evans, the Democratic can
didate for alderman in the Eighth ward,
has withdrawn from the ticket in favor
| OF Al Paris. Mr.. Evans recognizes that
there is now good chance for an cleo
ton. with split in the Republican
ranks, but he is going to move out Of
town, and so would not be an eligible
candidate. Mr.. Paris made the run for
alderman before, and is very popular.
| He is a member of the Paris Murton
wholesale confectionery house and
stands we'll in the business community.
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| "Ihe only reliable paper In the North
west" the Pioneer Press, is doing its
| best to spread untruthful stories calcu-
lated to injure the Democrats of Mime
apoliS, despite the fact that its efforts
are not appreciated even by the Repub-
licans. Its latest political sensation"
is to the effect that some of the Demo-
Gratis on the county ticket, notably L. r..
Than, have been kicking on the assess
ments imposed by the county commit
tee. This is what Mr.. Than said of it
| yesterday.
coupling my name with dissatisfaction
| with an alleged assessment is absolutely
false. We have most excellent and efficient
| county committee, which cannot perform the
| work laid out without the sinewS Of war; and
| which in the nature of things is the best
| judge of its needs. / do not conduct my
| business on street corners. nor in the news
papers, and should have. any protests to
enter, will seek what 1 consider to be the
| proper channel, without assistance from
candidacy. the p p should at least give me
a fair field and no favor
~
This is the season of .sgrand rallies
and 'mass meetings." The Jefferson
club has conducted one of the best
meetings ever held in the city, and now
the Cleveland club will try its. hand.
Oct. IS the Cleveland club VIII manage
a public meeting which bids fair to be
one of the most notable of the season.
Among the speakers will be C.sS. OAR
row, of Chicago, who will probably adj
dress the electors of Minneapolis on the
tariff and wage questions. Mr.. barrow
is one of the most eloquent public
speakers in the United States, and no
man understands the subjects men