St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-29
IT IS BECOMING hot.
Favorable Comment on the
Call for the Democratic
Convention. e
The Republican Convention
Has Been Fixed for Tues
day, April 9Th.
P. H. Kelly Favors an indie
pendent Candidate in the
Second Ward.
Lively Meetings Held Last
Evening in Various Parts
of the City.

The rather abrupt coup executed by
Chairman James King, of the Demo
cratic city committee, in calling the
primaries and convention of his party
for early next week, rather severely
startled the Republican leaders yester-
day and served to redouble the efforts OF
the different Democratic candidates to
make as much hay as possible before
Monday evening. This has so far, from
a Democratic standpoint, been one OF
the most satisfactory campaigns ever
carried on in the city. The Demo
Gratis Of the city are enthusi-
aStic and confident, and the
numerous aldermanic fights are being
carried on in the best possible spirit.
Judge d. A. J. Baker, the venerable
father of the Eleventh ward Democracy,
we'll expressed feeling that is bec0m-
ing widespread yesterday, when he re-
marked to Judge Wood: ''If the Demo-
cratic committee, after consideration,
called the convention. why III all right.
| always believe hundred men can
decide better than one. When q man
goes into a fight for nomination for
alderman for instance, and is defeated,
ne ought TO fall in line thankful that
his party had found better man than
he. That is Democracy"
y
The action of the committee in call
ing the convention so early was gener-
ally Endorsed by Democrats yesterday
and bemoaned by Republicans. The
latter see IN an early convention an end
to their hopes of Il schiSm in the ranks
of the st. Paul Democracy, on which
they have been leaning so long-indeed,
the Republicans have been banking al
most entirely upon the probability OF a
division in the ranks of their opponents,
and now that that danger is removed
they are completely out of ammunition.
The members of the Republican city
committee have been poking each other
in the ribs and pointing forward to the
time of election with many joyful an
are apt to be badly nipped by a
a cold frost of Democratic ballots on
May 6. Several of the prominent young
Republicans have been parceling out
''sits" on the police force, as well as
other nice easy jobs. Many of these
promises were made to be broken, and
none of them will be filled.
The Democrats of the Second ward
will meet at Miller's hall, corner Maria
avenue and Fifth street, this evening, to
canvass the aldermanic situation. Presl-
dent l.. f. Reed. of the Capital bank,
is a new candidate for alderman in the
Second, and will probably be present
at this meeting.
The Republicans of the Ninth ward
will meet at the hall corner Sycamore
and jackson streets on Saturday even
ing. William Holman, a new candl-
date for alderman, will be present and
address the meeting.
Ex-Ald. Petsch was doing some tall
hustling yesterday In the Ninth ward,
but John Gehan was close on his trial.
MessrS. Gehan and Petsch arc having
a thoroughly good-nattlred contest OF
the right Greer. If Petsch gets the NOM
nation, Gehan will buckle on his armor
and help elect him, while Mr.. PetSch
will do the same for his opponent.
In the Fifth ward the contest for the
Democratic nomination is narrowing
down. William BanholZer yesterday
declined to be candidate for alderman
at large from the ward. ON account OF
business matters which demand his at.
tention. In his place, it row seems
quite settled that "Billy' Koch. fore
man of the GLOBE composing rooms,
will represent that section of the city on
the ticket at large, aided by the labor i'll
dorsement. Chris Dorniden is strong
candidate for the ward nomination, and
will probably secure it easily.
The Republican city committee met
in the office of Johns, Michael IL Johns,
in Rogers block, corner Fifth and
Il Il II ri
to hold the Republican city convention
| in the Newmarket on Tuesday. April 8,
and the primaries on the preceding
evening. The convention will be made
up of ia delegates, divided up 40 fol
| lows among the different wards: