St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-26


| taken place in the last few days. Smith is a
| good man, and have voted for him myself,
! though | am a Republican, but can't this
time. and don't think he will be elected.
How do the French people stand politi-
! cally?" was asked of him.
| Five -sixths of them are Democrats but
| they are all going TO vote for Klefer. | have
| been to see great number OF them. and
| will get their support. as expected. but you
can count they will vote for kiefer too"
For the purpose of seeing just where
the French voters stood. and to put
| them on record, GLOBE reporter OBJ
| tanned number of interviews, all of
which 20 to show that Mr.. Michaud is
reckoning without his host, and is even
presuming little too much upon his
own popularity with his compatrlOts.
Several prominent Frenchmen init
mated quite broadly that Mr.. Michaud
had not done himself any particular
ton concerning Kiefer. Paul LaVallee
said:
mr.. Michaud is plainly mistaken. The
French are all Democrats. and. while they
will quite generally support Michaud, as
countryman, nothing can shake their, allie.
glance TO Mayor Smith and the remainder OF
the Democratic ticket
Joseph Rouleau. proprietor of the
Hotel ROu leau, on St. Peter street, was
shown the interview, and said:
This is wrong-plainly wrong. 1t is very
difficult thing to make a Frenchman vote
anything but the Democratic ticket. Our
people will certainly vote for Mr.. Michaud,
on nationality grounds, but they will just as
certainly vote for Mayor Smith. / think it Is
not too strong to say that fYe-siXths of the
French people of st. Paul will vote the Dem
ocratic ticket
Upon being shown the interview Po-
lice Captain John Bresette said:
Il am police officer and not politician,
and do not care to be quoted. But it is not
true that the French are for Kiefer. The
French have always been Democrats, and
they will vote for Bob Smith this time. Nat
urally enough a great many will vote for
Michaud. He had no authority to make such
an assertion, and will beat himself by SO do
ing. l intend to see him and tell him SO.
His boys are for Smith"
Frank Robert, of the probate office.
read the article handed him and said:
There is absolutely nothing in the claim
that the French will vote for kiefer We
have always been Democrats and we are
Democrats now. While the French might
scratch in favor of Michaud for an alderman
at large, they will be almost aunt for Mayor
Smith and the rest of the Democratic ticket"
Said John B. Olivier, when spoken to
in relation to this matter last evening:
Mr. Mic baud cannot substan tate his state
ment that the French are gong over in q
body to the Republican camp. He has no
authority to speak for the French people and
had better look to his own laurels. The
larger part of the French vote on straight
party lines is Democratic. and though Mr..
Michaud will get perhaps majority of the
! votes of this nationality, the head of the Re-
| publican ticket will be benefited in no great
| measure on this account. AT a meeting of
the French club about q week ago, at which
/ r NJ ,x.lNn Ind
but there was no attempt made to boom the
candidacy OF any other man, either kepubii-
can or Democrat A feeling of national
pride will draw the French voters towards
Mr. Michaud, but the bulk of them will put
their crosses opposite the name of Robert A.
Smith. The French have no grievance
against the Democratic party. Two years
ago Mr.. Dion was nominated by the Demo
Gratis, and he would probably have been
elected were it not that he was running in an
off year. No doubt Mr. Dion could have had
the nomination this time if he desired it.
Bruno Beaupre, of the firm of Bea u
pre-, Keogh & Davis, wholesale grocers,
who is a prominent and well-kpown
Frenchman, was asked for'his opinion,
last evening, in regard to Mr.. Michaud's
''ciaim5," and said:
ST have always been strong Democrat
myself, but when a bad man is placed on the
party ticket do not vote for him. But
can't see anything wrong with the ticket
this year. was looking over it last evening
and shall vote it with single y.
There was Republican meeting las
evening at the corner of Burr and Case
streets. The small room in which the
meeting was held was filed with citi-
Zens, who were presided over by Dr.
Gottwold. John Copeland (ward candi-
date for alderman and Judge Burr were
fbo nnIyy anTdi6arpS in attnndanap oYd
both delivered short speeches, made up
| of commonplace compliments to the cit
| liens and the usual campaign election
| PROMISES. There was plenty of Oratory
furnished by Henry Johns, L. G. Inger-
| soil and E. Ii. OZmun-all lawyers. Mr..
Johns got so excited that he almost lost
his voice. He attempted to be especially
severe on what he termed ''our
glorious police department" and
| paid some protty compliments
| to the chief Of police.
+. G. IngerSoll and E. Ii. 0Zmun fol-
lowed with lengthy speeches, and as
late as 1880 o'clock &. S. Brunson got
up to explain the working OF the Aus
| tralian law.
Ii the appointment wOrkingman,"
quoted in yesterdays GLOBE. referred
| to Miss Eva Mcdonald as having car
| ried out the secret proceedings of the
| WOrkingmen'S Reform club, he was en-
| tirely mistaken. Miss Mcdonald de-
| clined even to furnish the names for the
| GLOBE, as the CLUB had requested
secrecy, aud however well-intentiOned
the quotation was, it did her manifest
injustice. In reference to the matter
Miss Mcdonald said:
have been the only person from Mime
| apolis present at meetings of the Municipal
| Reform club, and was at the meeting of the
central committee Wednesday evening. /
| was there to report the meeting for the
| GLOBE. and obeyed the request of the COM
| miltee in not giving the names TO that paper
! Tor publication. The prominent working
| man should have investigated the matter
4 before making the statement in yesterday s
| issue, as | object to being credited with work
| have not performed.
The Republican meeting held last
evening at the corner of Ohio and
| George streets was not characterized by
| a.unity. of sentiment between orators and
audience. Samuel j. Agnew was
| elected chairman, and opened the ball
| by Introducing A. e. Wedge. Mr..
Wedges appearance Oil the egg box was
| the signal for chorus of bowls which
could scarcely by any tortuous course
| of reasoning be considered significant of
approval. Order was at last secured,
however, and the candidate for justice
of the peace on the Republican ticket
outlined the policy he would pursue if
elected. F. E. Chapman was next called.
! and he attacked the administration with
| all the force of speech and eloQuence of
| gesture at his command.
''Rah for Smith," 'Rats, you terrier"
| ''Come off the box" were some of the
encouraging EXPLANATIONS greeting G..
j. Lomen as he slid out from the crowd
and mounted the stool. Mr.. Lomen re-
cited the reasons why the title of Hon
est John'' as conferred Oh the present
city comptroller was a misnomer. and
offered others equally numerous in sup
! port of the candidacy of Sam Nichols.
The speaker concluded by giving his
own biography. which he succeeded IN
doing despite frequent interrupting
wells of ''Pnt him out" ''Where did you
get that face" etc., and the speaker re-
| tired amid the echoes of resounding
cheers for Smith and the administration.
| D. f. Reese being .introduced,g got him
l ;nc+o,,ttu and 1inrOarinDSlU dis