St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-01
Chairman S. Lowenstein, as
Usual, Cries Before He
Is Hurt.
Ex-senator M. S. Wilkinson's
Friends Map Out a Novel
Plan of Campaign.
Gladstone Democrats Meetand
Listen to Sound Demo-
cratic 0ratory.
Tuesdays Political History
Duly Chronieled for Globe
Readers.

Brag and buster are the two promi-
nent features Of the Republican county
campaign. The leaders realize that
the action Of the party on the citizens
legislative ticket has damaged their
cause greatly with that large element
of the voters of st. Paul which does
not cling very closely to any party in
local contests, and now they propose to
make up for this by sort of ''claim
everything" campaign. They seek to
divert the attention Of the public from
their own internal discussions by set
ting up howl that some of the Demo-
cratic nominees are not pulling
straight" This cry they hope to make
loud enough to drown the war now
going on between the kids" and the
people now in control.
The present county committee spends
all its spare time in making contemptu-
GUS remarks about the ''kid'' campaign
last spring, some of which are especially
severe. The fact that the ''kid'' COM
mittee which managed Col. Kiefer's
campaigni is still in debt. with
apparently no intention of ever
paying up, is paraded by the
county committee with considerable
gusto. In fact, one would suppose
from the talk of the men now ia con-
troll that the "kid" Republicans who
were formerly SO numerous short six
months since had entirely disappeared.
Of course, this sort of thing isn't at all
conducive to harmony, and unless the
kids" are treated quite differently
pretty soon there will be trouble.
The evening Republican organ yes
terday contained nearly column of
matter furnished by the Republican
committee, all of which proves to be the
verieSt trash. The Democratic commit
tee of Ramsey county are not seeking to
take any partisan advantage of the Re-
publican committee. as Chairman Low
enstein, of the executive committee,
seeks to show. Chairman Ii. 81. Fuller,
| of the Democratic committee, was
shown the article in question last even
ing, and then made the following state
ment:
what I stated to Mr.. Lowenstein regard
ing our committee was correct The COM
mittee will be called to order during the pres
| ert week, and Mr.. Lowenstein's request will,
be acted upon at that time, as 1 have already
stated to him. What action the committee
may see fit to take cannot say, but he will
be duly notified thereof, according to my
| promise and in ample time for the purpose
expressed in his letter, sh ould it happen that
the views of both committees coincide"
The gist of Mr.. Lowenstein's labored
literary efforts. several of which were
| published last evening, is simply the
request that the election judges be Sc
! lected by the county committees Of the
two parties, instead OF by the city coun-
ell, as provided by law. Of course, it
| is intended that the lists be passed upon
by the council. The law provides that of
the three judges one, at least. shall rep
resent the minority party. The cause
| of Chairman Lowenstein's great per-
| turbation is the fear that the Demo
cratic aldermen will emulate the ex-
ample set by one of the Republican city
fathers last spring, when, out of more
than forty judges, there were but four
Democrats. The Republicans, knowing
what they would do had they the power,
are fearful of their opponents. How
| little foundation there is for their fears
is shown in the manly statement of
Chairman III. II. Fuller given above. A
fair election is all that the Democratic
committee desires, which is evidently
more than can be said for the anti-kid
Republican body which has its head
quarters on the fifth floor of the Endi-
| colt.