St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-10
WOULD Be AN NJ. C.
4. J. Boardman Said to Be
Out to Do Up Loren
Fletcher.
Rev. W. J. Lhamon Tackles
Practitioners Of the ecu
rious Arts"
Mysterious and Dangerous
Cutting ARRAY Reported
on Third Street.
Captain Louis Ness and His
"Pull'--Round-Up Of a
Sunday.

Thisis great weather for congressional
candidates. Under the influence of the
seoTching rays of the sun the hard shells
encasing them crack open, and they
leap out into the broad light of day,
energized by ambition. buOyant with
new-found hopes. Another aspirant for
the hOnOTS of the Republican conYen-
ton has been developed. Under the
shady trees out near LOring park run
ner has been in training for good many
dayS-eYer since Loren Fletcher an
nOunced that he would ask the Repub-
licanS of Hennepin county for their ears
and their tongues.
Who is it?
a. j. BOardman. Not very surprising,
is it?
BOardman just longs for a chance to
get at his ancient enemy, Loren tletch-
er. 1t is well known that there is blood
of the most villianOus composition be-
tween these two redOubtable warriors.
Boardman wants to go to congress. He
wants, more than anything else in this
world, to grasp the why scalp lock of
Uncle Loren between his fingers and
draw a clean-eut oval with the knife.
His collection of scalDS is incomplete
without that raven tuft of hair. He may
accomplish it. Boardman is not with
out influence. Last fall he went stalk
ing for the Stalwart LangdOn and bagged
his game. Why not Fletcher, too? He
beat Langdon right in his own door
yard. He stands a chance of beating
even Fletcher in the whole broad
county of Hennepin. BOardman has a
good deal of ability at beating men.
And there is no queS ton but what he
wants to beat Fletcher.
BOardman'S scheme is this: As before
stated, he wants to go to congress and
he wants to defeat Fletcher. If he can
secure the nomination for congress both
ends will be secured. But BOardman IS
one of those men who are not aYerse to
taking one end if both cannot be
grasped. He may be unable to secure
the nomination, yet defeat Fletcher.
He is willing 10 go into the fight and
make it hot one for that one end. His
friends say he will do it. The under
ground wires necessary to the success
of an undertaking Of this kind are
already being put down. The contract
has been let and the papers have been
signed, sealed and delivered. The con-
tract calls for the completion of the
work before September. The fight will
be a merry one.
Some people may object to Board
mans plan on the ground that it shows
too much ambition on his part. Well,
BOardman was a good deal of an athlete
when he was young and before he be-
came such a round, smooth gentleman.
He can do some vaulting yet. And to
run for congress wouldn't be such
vault for BOardman after all. He has
been to the legislature. Fletcher has
done no more. He has been a candi-
date for the mayOralty nomination.
Fletcher, so the political gOssips say,
didn't dare do even that. OF course, he
was defeated for the senate last year;
but his friends say that no man could
have been elected on the Republican
ticket last year. No one will deny that
BOardman is a good deal of student of
political questions. If nominated, he
would make a strong canvass on the
stump.
Altogether, 1t looks as if he might yet
make trouble for Loren.