St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13
With Longing Eyes Around
g Rosy Prospect in the
sa Minds Eye, ~
ConJured UP by a Prospect
i've Vacancy in D. w.
g LAWYERS ONCE.
Eleven Patriotic Repu blieang
s1e Named in the List Of q
Seekers. IL
Suggested Possible Change
That Would Sally Disap- 8.
!. point Them. 3

''Let the office seek the man." That's
what the Republicans, say when there IS
no office at stake or the Democrats are
strong enough to get it if there is. But
it's different now. The second Tuesday
in March is the appointed time for the
election of a city attorney to succeed
HoT. Dan w. Lawler, and about every
Republican lawyer in the city is already
holding up his hand for the plum.
Among the hundred or so who are in
the hands of their friends are the fol-
lowing:
H.,W. Phillips, the present assistant
city attorney: E. H.. Ozmun. Edwin A.
Jaggard, E. G. Rogers, Fred Ingersoll.
F. G. Stevens, l.. L. Chamberlain.J Judge
Cornish. Il. d. Sheehan, Adam G. Hick-
man and F. l.. McGhee.
What an array of war horses! And
what one of them will not admit that he
has done more hard and effective serg-
ice for the party than anybody else?
Among them are several who each be-
leves he has carried the party on his
own exclusive shoulders to such sue
cesSes as il has met.
Mr.. Phillips, by far the most modest
pOratiOn attorney good many years,
knows the run of the business we'll, and
is without doubt the one best qualified
for the place, and the one least likely to
get it. E. Ii. Ozmun is prominent Re-
publican campaigner and Wire-puller,
and nearly all the others are the same.
E. &. Rogers is standing Barkis, and
while he is man of considerable abil-
ity, he seems never to get anything.
Mr.. Jaggard is young lawyer, who can
at least hold out as card the fact that
he has always voted the Republican
ticket and never held office. L. T.
Chamberlain is young laWyer,who can
go little better than the aforementioned
and say that he has been candidate for
office. Judge Hickman can go still bet
ter and say that he has been elected to
office. Mr.. Stevens can go still stronger
and say that he has been elected to
office several times. The smooth Fred
Ingersoll has also been elected to office.
He is as sly as pot hunter, and liable
to bag the game while the others are
laboring under the delusion that lie
doesn't really care for it. ~
But for methods he will find rival
in Judge Cornish. The judge will pre-
sent the most dignified attitude in the
matter, not appearing for a moment to
be candidate. But his friends labor
under the belief that when the Repub-
lican counciimen come to hold their
caucus there will be a deadlock, in
which case at the right moment they
will unblanket their candidate and
throw him intO'the breach for winner.
L. ID. SheehaD speaks of the Dimecratic
party. and that born quaver in his voice
he thinks good enough card for HIM.
Fred NIcGhee it is likely feels, and
justly, too, that the eolored race should
receive some recognition from the Res
publican party, since they have voted
ceived no recompenSe. He has done
faithful and effective party service and
been very modest Ill his demands for
political recognition, having resigned
as candidate for presidential elector
last summer to give some other Repbb-
lican a chance to come to the front.
But what burning OF hearts there
would be if the coming legislature
should pass bill making the Office of
city attorney elective by the people and
extending the term of the present in
cumbent to the next city election. And
that is just what may take place. There
is a strong ,indercurrent of feeling de-
veloping in that direction. The Ramsey
county delegation is overwhelmingly
Democratic, and it can accomplish this
end if it sees fit. OF course, it will
probably not do so, unless the people
want to make such change; but from
present appearances the people are liza
BILE to want this very change.