St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-18

III III ttldb Was. iiOt UStu- ny LUe hteIer
fenchlnen, and the only difference be-
tweerit and the talk of 4 Kiefer leader
is that the statements and charges given
below-are greatly modified. As mat
ter of fact The following is a verbatim
report of tie remarks of one of the
leaders of tie city isall-Kiefer combina-
~tiGn:
The great issue row at stake among
the adherents of the reform admlnlStra-
ton in this city is whether the kids can
Supplement- the questionable but sweep
ing victory which they won In the last
counIyIconyention Ivy securing the NOM
NATION OF Ed Rogers for congress. They
have all deserted their old friend Col.
Kiefer. and out hustling, every
nran Jack of them. against the colonel.
and in favor of the Seventh ward can
didate.
The change of the kids into support
erS of the silk stocking candidate for
congress is one OF the most remarkable
tranSnutations ever effected by poll
ties. even in Ramsey county. in the
past they have in the popular belief
stood by Col. Kiefer nobly, except when
individuals among them have
been called away at critical emer-
gencieS. for instance during the
last kiefer campaign, to Wi
mona or to other suppoSitltiOus places,
for the purpose of trying imaginary
lawsuits. or for other equally apochry-
phal purposes; or when they have OIL
ciated as Judges of election and kept
their eyes sedulously closed to their
surroundings during the voting and
during the count.
There is considerable speculation re-
speeding the influences which have OPP
Grated to turn the tile of the kids favor
away from their erStwhile candidate for
mayor. There is much talk in this
direction of the unlimited moneys
which can be spent i'll this campaign.
and will be. Tor the effectuatiOn of a
tremendous land deal, for the success
of which the Intervention of con-
gress is necessary. 1t is said
that the same combination which
brought McGill and his old enc
my Knute Nelson into the same
camp III this county few weeks ago
has been found all-powerful i'll bring
ing the kids into the Rogers camp.
There is this much of color OF truth
about this imtilnation: that Tams Bixby
and his principal, Mr.. Flower and his
principal. and the flowing whiskerios
of Stanford Newell are all enlisted in
tie same cause. 1t is but just TO the
kids to say that they are really and
Truly dSSTlcNtu DIT Tic
he put them to the painful necessity OF
supporting an Ineligible candidate, in
the person of William l.. Ames, for
mayor. in the last city convention OF
their alleged party.
One of The hurnOrs of the present
campaign Is dscoverable in the some
what shamefaced fashion in which the
ST. Anthony hill candidate seeks to
make himself solid 10y setting them up
here and there for the "boys," for whom
he has had but little use in the past five
OF six years. He is not letting the grass
grow beneath his feet.
The rank and file of the party are
with the colonel. and will no doubt re-
main with him unless some more per-
Suasive arguments are generally used Oh
the other side. There is no doubt
whatever. that they will be used: but
there will be time enough after the
meeting of the county committee to-
morrow evening to inaugurate that sort
OF campaign. There is
A "Bar'.o Hidden Away
somewhere, and it will not be tapped
III vain if the kids can carry out their
purpose Of effectually cleaning out all
opposition in the forthcoming primaries.
Ask any OF the knowing ones and they
will assure YOU that those kiefer meet
ings are all very we'll in their way, but
that the colonel will not be in it when
the time comes. 1t plain way of
saying that the great reform party and
ats adherents in Ramsey county are as
legitimate subjects Of barter and sale as
an eligible group of city lots during
boom times. They do not come high,
either. They must be- had, however,
10y any statesman who desires to enlist
i'm the cause of reform as the incumbent
of public Office.
The situation may at present he
summed up in the several wards briefly
as follows: Col. Keifer will carry his
own ward. The Fifth is one of the
wards which could not be touched in
the wild scramble for the band-wagon
which took place a few weeks ago. MIR.
Rogers %lil carry the Seventh. his own
card. There ''the nobility are d.
Vided into the followers of Gen."
Flower and Stanford Newell. Even of
statesmen as august as they, it may be
said that they are not being left out in
the cold when any great undertaking
is under consideration. There will be
20 opposition to Mr.. Rogers among the
silk-stockingS. Even the statesman, or
statesmen. who made the little compact
Oh behalf of MIR. Wright, which was to
assure Kiefer the congressional nomi-
Satfon if he pulled out III proper
End becoming way, are down for his adj
Versary III the present contest. These
gentlemen, if there are more than one
of them-and that is open to some ques-
ton at this time--have yet to account
for their conduct in this regard, both in
assuming to give the congressional NOM
snation to the colonel in advance and
afterward receding from their under
aaking.
There is a tradition of a primary-a
Republican primary-hed in this city
some years ago at which
The M Oldest sum of $4,000
and over was spent in the interest OF
one of the candidates, who only secured
single delegate 10 the conventions as
the result OF the outlay. That expert
ence may not be reproduced in the
present case, although it is freely said
there will be a good deal of the money
of one of the candidates and of his
hackers handled by those who will
vote for his opponent. 1t will be need
big one. The boys know il, and they
declare beforehand that they have tC
gee the stuff before they show theil
hands. In the wards other than those
which have the honor of domiciling the
two candidates, the situation may be
described as changeab!e. The First
Second, Sixth and Eighth wards ars
claimed for Kiefer. The Ninth. Tenth
and Eleventh are respectively tht
homes OF Gov. Merriam, eX-Gov. Nc
Gill and Grain Inspector Clausen. Tht
''rotten boroughs'' of the Third ant
Fourth are for Rogers. The country
istricts are not yet sized up.
The Kiefer adherents have succeeded
in having comparatively early day
named for the county convention. The
Rogers men held out for a date twt
weeks later, and were beaten. The re
suit must not, however, be regarded as
precursor of the ultimate result. Thu
contest is now one of brains and unlim
itea money on the one side, and littl,
else than political gratitude on the other
Which will win it ought not to be diff
cult to decide. The world has been de
Gliding the issue between money ant
emotion IN one shape or another since
had beginning, and the result ha
been monotOnously one-Sided RICH
9Ionp In this case, however there ar