St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-09
The "HUNGRY JOES,
Some OF the Republicans Who
Would Like to Make Our
Laws,
And Who Have Begun a Still
Hunt After Legislative
Honors.
The Pleas Upon Which They
Base Their Candidates.
For Office.
Several Records Reviewed in
the Light Of Some Past
Events.

An un0rganized army is now on the
political battle field preparing for the
coming struggle for the few. but lucra-
tive offices, to be filled next fall. There
are candidates in Minneapolis for gov
ernur, state treasurer, secretary OF
state, almost a hundred candidates for
the three months job in legislative
halls. and so on for the other offices
down to elevator conductor at the city
hall. The Legislative candidates are,
perhanS. doing as much figuring now,
particularly the Republican candidates,
as Cow Merriam is for denomination,
OF Loren Fletcher to succeed Congress-
man Snider. Each Legislative candidate
has already got little circle of friends,
"true and tried,' that is fixing up
fences, and watching the enemy
between meals. Some are pre-
pairing short addresses on the
evils of certain existing laws, and pledg-
ing themselves as it were, to see that
these laws are repealed in case they are
elected: while others have prepared
and have already committed TO memory
briefs on proposed laws which are not
on the Minnesota statute books. Each
candidate has his own particular idea
about what will please the voter best
before election, the aftermath being left,
of course, TO the promises of the sue
cessful ones. The Hennepin county
voters have only TO look back one year
and they have good examples of what
ante-clecGion promises are, and what
they mean. The voters of Hennepin
will insist the coming fall on more than
promises from candidates, and the Re
publican party will find il hard to fight
party battles and practice the gospel to
be laid down few months hence.
There is great anxiety among the
Republican leaders in the county, and
particularly among those who made and
nnmade laws at the state capital last
year for HCnnepn,- who the candidates
for legislative h0norS are and on what
platform they expect to be successful.
The GLOBE this morning is in position,
through the kindness of some Of the
candidates themselves, to give the
names of some twenty Republican
candidates for the legislature and the
laws that they are credited with being
in favor of annulling and enacting.
Sumo arc pledged to abolish the police
commission act, and the fee system in
county and city offices, while others are
in favor of maintaining that ScOurge of
the police department., and reducing in
part the enormous returns at the court
house. One thing the voters of the
county might as we'll understand
now as after election, that if
the majority of Hennepin's legis-
lators are Republicans, the court house
fees will remain as they are, and the
police commission act will be so
amended. if touched at all, that the
,ht ~ yr nd a
coming Democratic mayor, will look
after the Interests of the police force
next year and the year after.
The first name that the public must
bear with is that of William Henry
Eusts. William Henry is a full fledged
candidate for state senator, and he eX-
poets to be successful too. He is cred
tied with favoring the wiping out Of
the police commission, the establishing
of board of public works, reduction
of the number of aldermen, and par
tlal adjustment of the fee system in all
city and county offices. The proposed
partial Wiping out of the fee system.
which many of the candidates are SAID
to favor, is based on much the same
principle as the one in use in the United
States treasury department, in which
ali collectors of customs and internal
revenues are. allowed a small salary
with fees, the latter not exceeding $4,000
or s., 900. EuStiS is said to favor giving
all the heads of the different county
offices solary of $1,000, with fees not
to exceed 81, 800, the balance to be turned
into the county treasury. It's needless
TO say that this system would help the
county very much, while the county
officers would be handsomely paid for
their services. Any attempt to inter-
fere with the present system will, no
doubt, be bitterly opposed by the pres
ent incumbentS and their friends, and
will, no doubt, figure as conspicuously
In the coming battle as Il. 3. Langdon
will.
Capt. Judson n. Cross, who succeeded
last year in getting enough votes when
running for the legislature against John
Day Smith that he was allowed to spend
the winter with his family, is again as
piring for legislative honOrs. EX-Ald.
Lawrence, of the Eighth ward, cham
pioned the captains candidacy last year
and was the means of securing him
more votes than he deserved. 1t will be
different next fall, IF reports are true.
Dame RumOr has 1T that Lawrence has
legislative aspirations himself, and as
he and the gallant (?) captain are i'll the
same district both may suffer by each
others candidacy. But they may pool
their issues in the eleventh hour to beat
John Day Smith, who is in the field
rather VIII be, when the time comes for
O nomination. While Smith did very
little for Hennepin county during his
three months s0journ in st. Paul last
year. he did no harm anyway. Could
the same be expected Of eY-City Attorney
Cross? 1t could not. When he was
city attorney, some Of the worst jObS''On
record were passed the council, and ap-
parently with his approval-at least
nothing can he found 10 show that he
objected To them. Take for instance the
Northern pacific right of way in North
Minneapolis Under the charter granted
during Mr.. Cross tenn of office, to this
railroad company, the city Of MinneapO-
lis would have no right to Interfere with
the company'S tracks for some twenty
wears to come, and if the company saw
fit could prevent the city from going
above or beneath their tracks TO the
Twentieth avenue north bridge. The
city was practically forced to beg the
railroad to allow the people to go under
their tracks at Twentieth avenue to
reach the new bridge recently opened
there. Another was the allowing of the
old motor company to condemn for rail
road purposes a large tract of land on
Thirty-first street, Which was on adirect
line OF that street. The people in that
section of the captains district will not
forget these things when he comes UP
for the legislature.
OF coGfse i. j. Boardman would like
70 spend next winter II St' raul no'