St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-20
Aid. Gehan Moves Up and
There Is a Scramble for
His Mantle.
Moving Day Will See Many
Changes in Several Local
Offices.
Assistants and Deputies Who
Will Join the Ranks at
That Time.

Der of politicians will move out of Office
6nd an equal number will chassez into
their berths. The dickey birds, which
have been spending the long winter
months in balmy chimes, returned dur
ing the past week and were stuffed to
the throat with Information touching
political events that are apt to tranSpire
in the sweet bye-and-bye, and here is
what ''the little birds whispered to me :"
Aid. Johnny Gehan, he of the tawny
beard and rotund baritone voice, will
cast off his aldermanic mantle, which
has become somewhat the worse for the
&ear. and put on nice long mantilla
4abeled on the back "Gas Inspector,
81, 500 per year" The bill creating this
Aew office has passed through the pre-
1imlnary stages and the governor will
have no scrupfes in signing it, for
Johnny and Billy have perfect under
Standing with each other. 1t is not
known yet just what the gas inspectors
duties are, but no doubt they will be
about as onerOus as those which here
tOfore have devolved upon the fire war
den, who has had many hairbreadth
escape while scaling the precipitouS
heights Of the sidewalk leading to the
city hall. The weight of his burden
some employment will not prevent
iiJohnny from writing up policies, which
business he Will continue at the old
stand.
= JOhnny'S sudden exit from the Ninth
ward aldermanShip will create a vacuum,
and as Nature abhorS hole with moth
ing in it, she has supplied vigorous
and well defined array of talent to close
up the cavity. Just size up the aggre-
Oatjnu fhaU nacc in raUiau
Daniel Ely Foley wants the place,
and wants it bad, and for the past three
or four weeks the customers who have
called at the Collar Emporium on Wa
Ibasha street have found Dan tout of
Sight" Daniel was erStWhile a member
of the defunct board of education, and
during his incumbency he put himself
on record as opposing everything look
ing towards Utopia. He has lived in
the Ninth ward almost a year. and is
BACKED for the place by his own nerve
and a whole host of relatives. He is
confident and smiling, and the knowing
pneS say he is a three-time winner.
= Tom Brady is another candidate for
Eehan's place. Tom has lived OIL Cana
aa street ever since that thoroughfare
was graded, and is at present assisting
County Treasurer Nelson getting out
tax statements. The strongest point in
mis- favor is that he was born in St Paul,
something that few young men can
boast of.
: Ed Murphy thinks that the mantle of
the Sweet Singer would fit HIM to per-
tecti0n, and in his own mind he con-
siderS that he has Sinch Oh the place.
He is backed by the gas inspector-elect,
iand if elected, he promises to stand by
his friends first, last and in the future.
Johnny Mcclellan is another man who
thinks he can play shortstop if Johnny
Gehan could hold down first base. He
lis a SOn-in-law of Pat iMcManus, eX-
market master, health inspector, door
keeper and prospective inspector of live
stock. With this fact generally known,
ihe doesn't see how they can beat him.
Gle ought to get 1t on the strength of his
connections.
Capt. OConnor, Stewart Parnell
Breslauer and others too numerous to
mentlon are on the warpath, and will
fight to knock out.
Its quite reasonable to assume that
AN. Ii. Sanborn will be called to higher
and nObler post than that of represent
9ng st. Anthony hill in the local cOun-
,cil. He has been awful lonely ever
since the Augean stables were cleaned
out last fall and left Sullivan, Copeland
and himself to bear the burdens of the
grand old party. The old saying,
~Ihere'S only few of us left" has
found an abiding significance in his
bosom ever since that fatal 9th of May.
There is little doubt but that Sanborn
will capture the circuit judgeship, and
his retirement will cause another
vacuum that will have to be filled. Will
the council elect Republican to fill his
shoes? 1t does not have to, but as the
people of the Seventh district have eX-
pressed themselves as being in favor of
a man of that persuasion, it is likely
that the council will not contrayene
their preference. There are several
good Democrats, however, in the Sew
enth, men like Lane K. Stone and Craw-
ford Livingston, whose appointment
would give general satisfaction.
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According to the new law the mayor
is to appoint three aldermen at large, in
addition to the six now holding office,
ito sit in the upper branch of the coun-
ell. Who these men will be is mere
conjecture. as the mayor has kept silent
in the matter. The names of w. p.
Murray, AnSel Oppenheim and J. J.
McCatferty have been spoken of in this
connection, but whether any or all of
these will get there remains to be seen.
The mayor has left the city in the mean
time, and will not be back very prob
ably before the appointments are made.
But whether he has already done so. or
whether the task will devolve upon
Acting Mayor Cullen, no man knoweth
II the latter. Cullen may do something
that will surprise the natives.
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For the assistant city attorneyship to
succeed George O'Reilly, rumor has
been busy with the names of d. F. Pee
ibles, Mr.. Michaels, MorItz Herm and
Others. but the dickey birds have
brought forward a man that they claim
is a dead winner. His name is R. A.
Walsh. and he has spent the past ninety
days as a member of the Ramsey county
delegation. Mr.. Walsh is a bright
young attorney, and, if appointed, will
draw his salary regularly and see that
no guilty man escapes. Such men as
these are not to be picked up every
day.
Since Charley Haas was elected regis
ter of deeds the chief deputyship has
been retained by Mr.. Leisander, an
able-bOdied Scandinavian Republican,
much to the disgust of the innumerable
Democrats whom the eX-president of
the board of education promised nice
easy jobs III case he defeated NJ. j. Bell.
LeISauder occupied a similar position
under Bell. and it was supposed that
when Haas went in Leisander would go
out. Bat he didn't-hence the howl.
But the disgruntled ones may possess
their souls in peace, for the place will
soon be occupied by Democrat. Frank
Bailey is his name, and he is at present
doing legislative duty for the Eighth
ward. Frank felt dead sore when he
was defeated for the Office of market
master, position which he had his eye
on for many moons, and if something
hadn't dropped he would have let roar
out n him that would have startled the
farWere ~ SbakODec. He also had sir
isier DESIGNS on the superintendency OF
tle HDJkhDuge, and pulled and manip-
Diailq1 cYeTy string IN and out Of sight
u, HHf0Upljsb liis ends; but the SPLEEN