St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-23
FREANEY is SLATED.
"Kids" to Give Their Oppo-
nents Nominations for the
County Organization.
A Very Clever Scheme to Per-
petuate the Rule Of the
B'hoys.
Gen. Sanborn's Partner Forces
Attorney Williams Out Of
the Race.
Reputable Republicans Sold
Out to Old Machine by
Their Leaders.

The relentless fractional fight in which
the Republican leaders of this city have
been involved since the last municipal
campaign has undoubtedly created the
impression among the voters. who have
10 sympathy with the leaders of either
machine, that the ticket put up at next
Wednesdays convention is going
stra light to the ''demnitlon bow-wOwS,'
regardless of how it may be constructed.
But the ''kid" leaders, who realize that
another defeat at the polls will end
their control of the party machinery.
are now hard at work endeavoring to
harmonic things, and. judging from
outward appearances, they are meeting
with considerable success.
I'VE must hold the machine at all
hazards,' is their cry, aud they are
willing to give their opponents all the
nominations, if by so doing they can re-
tain control Of the local party organiza-
ton. Numerous caucuses of the kids
have been held during the past few
days, all of which have been attended
by such well-knoWn kids" as Squire
McMartiD, Henry Johns, ID. f. Reese,
George Lamb, Samuel Nichols, Willie
Nichols and Fl. l.. Williams, and it has
been settled that w. j. Freaney shall
be given the nomination for clerk
of the district court. This is a bitter
pill for the ''kids" to swallow, but they
had to "fiX'' Freaney or lose the
county organization, and they preferred
to take the former course as The lesser
of two evils.
Is Mr.. Freaney ''kid?"
Not by large majority. Mr.. Freaney
refused to have anything to do with the
late spring campaign, owing to the fact
that the ''kid' element was in such COM
plete control, and it is said that he did
not even drop tear when the entire
outfit WAS so ingloriously defeated on
was the feeling of the ''kids," who are
now boosting Mr.. Freaney to the front
| for clerk of court, that they did not hes
ltate to accuse him of aiding in the gen.
| eral knitting of the last city ticket, and
| when the kids came to selecting men
| to recommend for places on the state
| committee Mr.. Freaney was never men
toned, and when the governor pushed
| their men, McMartin and Nichols,
| aside, and named Freaney as the Ram
sey county member Of the state COM
mittee, there was almost revolt in the
| ranks of the Ramsey county machine.
Meetings were held and protests en-
tered by all the boys. from Oil Inspector
| Nichols down to E. E. Mcdonald, as the
| daily papers of a few weeks ago will
| show.
But why this sudden change Of front
as regards MI. Freaney?
1T is simply bargain" said a Re-
| publican politician yesterday, ''and
means that we are to have at least two
years more Of kid politics. | must
confess [ shall be disappointed in
Freaney If he decides TO accept nomi-
nation for clerk of court, and run under
the auspices of the kids. thought he
agreed with us that the control of the
| party must first be wreSted from the
| clique in whose hands it now is before
we could hope to be successful. 1 do
not believe Mr.. Freaney can be elected
| if he is nominated. The -McDon-
aid crowd will never support him, and
! l believe that on election day they will
get back at him for his lukeWarmness
last spring. Freaney is the kind of a
has no use for political cut-throats of
their style. His defeat for a county Of
flee would please them Immensely be-
cause it would lay him on the shelf in
local politics"
But the "harmonizing" has pro-
crossed even farther than the county
ticket. Walter II. Sanborn has been
conciliated, and is now had-in-glove
with the ''kids" again. Mr.. San
born's conversion was both easy
and rapid. Like most men, he
wanted little, and having got that
he isScontent to get into bed with the
kid outfit. Mr.. Sanborn asked that
Gen. John B. Sanborn be given the Re-
publican Endorsement for senator in the
and Third wards. Hon. H L. Williams.
the Third ward member of the last
house, wanted this nomination, and he
wanted it badly. but after the kids
had been seen by W. II. Sanborn yes
terday, the latter took Mr.. Williams in
hand, and he has now withdrawn from
the senatorial race and will be candi-
date for the house in his old district,
Of course, this is hard on that vet
eran Republican, DR.. J. H. Murphy; but
the machine has it in for him on gen
eral principles, and his name will not
be mentioned in the legislative conven-
ton of his party. MesSrs. Lomen and
Bell will be Endorsed, and there the in
dorsing business will cease, as far as
the Republicans are concerned. Were
| LL6 DOAS lIUU dlIdlQ VI lCbOlU IOb q
man on the Citizens ticket would be in
dorsed. Fear, and desire to hold Oh
to the party machinery. will cut con
siderable figure in next Wednesdays
conventions.
While it is little early to announce
it, the kid" slate-makerS have COM
pleted their work as far as the principal
offices are concerned, and the following
are some of the men decided upon fol
places on the county ticket.
Clerk of Court-W. j. Freaney.
County Treasurer-Charles Pass a
want.
Auditor-Henry Weber.
Register of Deeds-M. j. Bell.
County Attorney-M. D. Mum.
Judge of Probate-Samuel Morrison.
Coroner-J. A. Quinn.
| Surveyor-H. E. Clark.
Superintendent of Schools-Prof. 81
S. Blake.
County Commissioners-Car Eckman
Henry Hillman. DR.. Mcnamara, Nels
j. Ness, Fred Benson and Charles f
McCarron.
Judges District Contributes G. E