St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-22
KIEFER HAS A CINCH.
His denomination Probable
Notwithstanding OPPOSE
ton Of the Organs.
The sKidS" Are All in Line for
Him in Return for Past
FavOrS.
Animus Of the Opposition in
Republican Circles to F.
G. Ingersoll.
Albert Seheffer Declines to
Take the Lamb-Johns
Bait.

| Paul into Mysteries. On every side
they can see nothing but Kiefer as the
coming party nominee for mayor, and,
however widely apart they may be on
most things, they are agreed in their
opposition to the gallant colonel. The
| only difference between the morning
| and evening organs OH this question is
| found i'll the fact that one will bolt Col.
| kiefer if he secures the party nomina-
ton while the other will not, although
| likely to give him rather perfunctory
| support. Both are industriouSly search
ing for prominent and reputable Re-
publican who will enter the field against
Col. kiefer and make fight for the
nomination. This style of man is
hard to find. Numerous level-headed
business men like William Lindeke
| have been mentioned, but thus
far 10 one has been found.
Lately the name of Hiram f.
Stevens has been brought forward,
but here again have the troubled organs
made their efforts in vain. Senator Ste
vens is credited with a desire to be his
! party's nominee for congress at the
coming election, and, for that reason, if
for no other. does not care to risk defeat
at the May election. Bitter as the pill
will undoubtedly be the organs may as
well reconcile themselves in advance to
| the denomination of Col. kiefer, for it is
| almost certain to come to pass.
Ever since the municipal election of
| two years ago Col. Kiefer has been de-
voted member of the Lamb Johns-Re
or kid" faction, and has stood by its
| leaders in everything When the Union
| league split came he was one of the doz-
| en- who voted to continue the organiZa-
| ton and throw everything in the hands
of George Lamb and his relatives, and,
when the state committee met to reor-
ganize the congressional committees
| of the state. he was on hand
working in the interests of
Mr.. Lamb. Indeed, had 1t not been
for his efforts, it is said that Lamb
would not even have been given place
on the new Fourth district committee.
Lamb was deprived from the chairman
snip, it will be remembered. For all
this Col. Kiefer has been promised his
reward, and for these many months he
has had the pledges of all the kids"
that they will support him for renomi-
nation for mayor this spring. With this
| support the denomination of the colonel
can be considered as almost a certainty,
! for, while the kids have but little
strength before the people, they are
| powers in a primary election, when it
| is only a matter of hustling men to the
| polls and voting them, regardless of
| their politics.
In case of the denomination of Col.
Kiefer by the Republican machine. it is
among the probabilities that the diSsat-
isfed Republicans. or some of them, at
least, will attempt to organize move
| ment for the nomination of a citizens
ticket. This element stands close to
| the ProhibitionistS, and the latter will
| indorSe the ticket in case the candidate
gives satisfactory pledges. The other
element of the Republicans. while OPP
posed to Col. Kiefer, will not favor
ticket on such platform and may be
expected to vote the Democratic ticket.
In this class are many Of the leading
business and professional men of the
city, who are satisfied with the present
government.
In the very unlikely event that Col.
Kiefer is turned down and some man
| not in league with the "kids" is named
as the Republican candidate, the Demo-
cratic campaign will be made much
easier, as the ''kids" may be expected
to show their strength by cutting the
ticket. as they are accused of having
done in the last county campaign.
Whatever course the Republicans may
| take. they will not be in it at the coming
election. The party is disorganzed, and
the men who are capable of doing some
thing to Straighten out matters are not
in the humOr to do so. The Democrats.
with strong ticket, such as was named
two years ago, will have plain sailing.
Some time ago the GLOBE published
the details of scheme by which the
kids proposed to nominate Hon.
Albert Scheffer for congress in this dis
trict on the Republican ticket. On the
slate they had prepared the name of
Gov. Merriam was placed as a candidate
for delegate at large to the Minneapolis
convention. In this way the "kids"
calculated to bring both elements of the
party together under their management.
At the time the scheme was fist
preached there were grave doubts ex-
pressed as to whether either of these
two gentlemen would be willing to be
taken in hand by Lamb, Blakeley, Reese
and the others of their crowd. and these
doubts prove to have been we'll founded.
Mr.. Scbeffer is not and will not be
candidate for congress, and, if he pro-
posed to be, he would take care that his
canvass were managed by different set
of men. His bitterest opponents in 1888
were tHSSo Sc1l Sdillt hluS WIZ are
now trying to persuade him to enter
the campaign this year under their
management. Mr.. Scheffer, although
out of politics two years ago. is ac-
quainted with some of the details of the
Snlder-CaStle campaign, and would not
repeat the mistakes of his friend Capt.
Snider.
For some time past the politicians
have been aware of the candidacy of F.
G. Ingersoll for the Republican nomi-
nation for congress in this district, and
some have known that this was the rea-
son the "kids" have been so anxious to
induce Mr.. Scheffer to enter the race
They are now opposed to young Mr..
Ingersoll, although two years ago he
was considered particularly solid with
them. He presided over the Market
hall convention that nominated Col.
Kiefer two years ago, and was by it in
trusted with the duty of appointing the
new city committee. The convention
had hardly adjourned before Henry
Johns and several other of the boys
made known their demands. Among
the men they insisted should have a
| place upon the committee was, of
course, George W. Lamb. For Mr..
| Lamb the chalrmanship was demanded.
Oub Oudil HAL IuSclSUil Was tOO well
acquainted with local politics to
make such blunder, and when
he announced the city committee
Hon. f. G. Stevens was found to be the
chairman. Later on, after the last
county campaign had come to an in
| glorious end for all the Republican can
dates save the favorite of the kids"
Capt. Ed Bean, there was Tumpus in
the Union league, as result of which
Mr.. Ingersoll pulled out of the organi-
cation in company with such we'll
known Republicans as NJ w. Fitzgerald,
chairman of the county committee, w.
j. Freaney and several others. For
these reasons Messrs. Lamb, Johns and
their co-laborers are violently opposed
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