St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-25
KIEFER AS a FINANCIER.
He Outlines a Gay Bond Policy
A First Ward Fizzle.

A First Ward Fizzle.
The Republican meeting in the First
ward last night, on Arcade, near Wells
street, could not be regarded by its pro-
moters as success. At least, it falls
below the standard of the average DEM
ocratic meeting in that ward and else
where. There were about hundred
men and boys in attendance. G. b.
Bronson acted as chairman, and Charles
Joubert, Sam Nichols and Darius Reese
made their usual speeches IN an abbre-
waited form. Col. Kiefer varied enough
from his former speech to rOundly abuse
the last legislature for not passing a
law to provide that those who failed to
pay assessments should only be re-
Quired to pay per cent instead of IL
per cent interest. He put the blame on
the members from st. Paul. but did not
explain that the legislature and seven
out of the nine members from the city
were Republicans. He asked the peo-
pie to look to the next legislature and
send good representatives there. He
said he had been criticized for saying he
would give the offices to foreigners.
us it not right?" he asked. Abiding
to an illustration he had previously
used, he said If there were not enough
Offices he would appoint two men to the
offices. He condemned the sending of
car loads of bonds to Eastern cities for
sale, because there are men here who
would take them at lower rate of in
terest than the legal rate, but did not
explain that citizens here had the right
to buy them; neither did he explain
that their sale at premium affords a
fund to pay the interest thereon, and
thus the rate is in effect lowered.
G. j. Lomen started out to de-
liver his political monopoly speech,
but when Pat ScannOn asked him who
he meant by 1.-The gang he said he
would not discuss general politics, but
would say something about himself. He
was clearly nonplussed when asked it
there were not fourteen Republicans
among the twenty-eight heads OF de-
partments in the city hall. The ques-
toner said he apOlogiZed for interrupt
ing him and he did not want to do 9th
erwise than to ask for the facts. Chair
man Bronson said he considered the i'll
terruption a personal insult. This
Seaman said he had not intended, and
only desired to ask the question in a
gentlemanly manner for information
and was sorry he had been the cause OF
an interruption. The audience cried
during the colloquy. PUT him out!''
"Shut up!' 'Get out!" and such eX-
pressions. Lomen proceeded to recount
his short history. and after saying it
grieved him to see Col. Kiefer abuse d
by subsidized press, he closed.
f. w. Zollmen made a very short
speech. He said if the democratic party
discharged an officer because he was in
favor of Col. Klefer he wanted Done of
it. 1T is said that some republicans
won't vote for Kiefer and think it dis
grace to elect him. The fact is some Of
them have laid down as we are going up
the hill and rolled back and joined in
with the democrats" He did not make
any further comment to counterfeit the
quoted portions OF his speech. and the
audience seemed to regard his speech
as roast upon the ticket. Sam Mich
OILS was unwilling to let the meeting end
with such an unfavorable impression
and mounted a chair for the purpose OF
making second speech, but the audi
ence left in large numbers and the i'm
preston in the adjoining saloon was SO
great that he gave it up and the meet
ing ended without even an announce
msnt of adjournment.