St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-21
PROMISES TOO MUCH
Voters See Through the Law
ish Pledges Of Col.
Kiefer.
His ''Plan Of Campaign" Fails
to Catch the Read
ing Voter.
Capt. Burger, Sam Lowen-
stein, DE-. Reese, and Henry
Johns Still Mounting.
Large and Enthusiastic Meet
ing of the Polish Citi-
gems Of St. Paul.
How goes the campaign?

How goes the campaign?
Two weeks from tomorrow the voters
of st. Paul will step up to the ballot
box, and in no uncertain manner pass
upon the issues of this present political
campaign. The result is not difficult to
predict. The worst forebodings Of the
leading Republicans of st. Paul. in re-
gard to Col. Kiefer have been amply
fulfilled, and it is safe to say that no
great political party ever attempted to
fight a campaign I'D a city of the size OF
initiating leader. Instead of riding
from ward to ward and house to house,
for that matter, and telling the voters
some good and valid reasons why he
should be elected mayor of st. Paul,
what has he done?
He has utterly failed to advocate his
cause on the grounds of advancing the
welfare of the city, but has sought IN
every way known to the demagogue
and pot-houSe politician to stir up
contest between the citizens of different
nationalities who have made their
homes in st. Paul. In one place he has
f1attered one nationality and in another
another. He has promised each one all
the city Offices they wanted. with utter
disregard to his power to fulfill such OBJ
legations. He has tried to win votes in
the Second ward by casting slur upon
the Sixth, thus manitesting his perfect
willingness to divide one section
Of the city against another
in what would be nothing
less than suicidal contest for all. This
would do very we'll in community less
intelligent than st. Paul, but it will OF
work in this day and generation, when
every citizen reads the papers and is III
formed upon the affairs of the day. Col.
Kiefer will find that the people of st.
Paul, although gathered together from
many lands and of different nationali-
ties, are first of all American citizens,
filled with love for the country of their
adoption, and determined to repudiate
any man who in this day and genera
ton seeks to excite contest between
neighb0r and neighbOr.
Col. Kiefer's campaign thus far has
been worse than humiliating to those
members of the Republican party. who
have carefully observed his movements
and who do not seek office under him in
case Of his election.
NJ Dienstag, the erstwhile police re-
porter of the Dispatch. has been prom
iSed the position of mayors private
secretary under the Kiefer adminlstra-
ton. This is presumed to be Mr.. Diem.
stag's reward for writing the Republi-
can city platform with all Its ifs and
butts Oh the eight-hour question, etc.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Eighth Ward Democratic club will be
held at the corner of Thomas and Gaul-
tier streets this evening. This club has
the reputation of being. one of the most
enterpriSiug and enthusiastic Demo-
cratic clubs in the city, and every one
interested in the discussion of the pres
ent campaign should attend the meet
ings of this club. A number of good
speakers will be OH hand this evening.
The Republican ringsters' campaign
of blow hard and CLAIM everything is
becoming extremely nauSeating. The
mouth of Darius Reese, like that of Col.
Kiefer, is daily making hosts of Demo-
cratic votes. The taxpayers and solid
men of st. Paul don't care to take any
chances on an administration that would
show up with Reese as prime minister
aud Capt. Burger as chancellor of the
eXchequer.
There are no flies on Capt. Burger
that is, hardly any. 1t takes good hard
cash to run even a Republican paper,
and so when the East side syndi-
Gates campaign committee came
around with $500 they literally came,
they saw, and they conquered. But
the captain is becoming avariciouS, and,
since he threw over his old friend
Leithauser. whom he helped nominate,
he is said to have made overtures to
another candidate Offering to sell him
space and the ''flooence'' of one or two
columns of his paper for about $500.
Candidate Keller, who is running for
alderman at large, has followed the
lead of his chief and allowed his mouth
to get away, with him. It's dangerous
business, this carrying water on both
shoulderS-eh. Mr.. Keller?
Mr. Lomen, one of the Republican
candidates for judge of the municipal
court, has one strong argument, in his
mind, which he always tootS out. 1t is
"The Democrats are in; the Republi-
cans are out-give us new deal"
By the way, both of the Republican
candidates for judges of the municipal
court live in the First ward, and this
fact is not at all to their advantage even
in that ward, and it is pretty safe to
state that one of the gentlemen will
come out considerably behind the other
in the home ward. Neither. however,
will have the usual majority in the FIRST
ward.
Sam Nichols stated in the Sixth ward
SATURDAY. avpnipu and latQv tha cama
evening in the Eighth, that he was not
candidate for the Republican nominal
ton for comptroller, but that it was
forced upon him. If this was the case
how came it that Mr.. Nichols had a lot
of tickets printed the day previous to
the convention, for use there, having
the name of S. III. Nichols for comp
troller? This statement makes nice
introduction to Speech-but the facts,
Samuel, the facts.
George Lamb, the member of the Re-
publican city committee, attended the
base ball game yesterday and displayed
a great deal more interest than he has
at any meeting of the Republican city
committee held during the present cam
paign. George is young, but he is an
observer and knows what the fateS have
in store for Col. Kiefer, Sam Nichols,
Conrad Miller, etc, etc.
The attempts of Henry Johns and
Darius Reese to throw mud at Judge
Flandrau are as ridiculous as they are
puerlle, and, what is more, they are re-
ceiving the condemnation of every citi-
zen who knows aught of the judges
great services to st. Paul and the state
of Minnesota.
Barnacles and sinking ships are still
found in ID. F. Reese's introduction each
evening. Voters who have not heard
Mr.. Reese should insist on his giving
them the same ship he has padded for
the past three weeks.