St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-03
BRACKET Is NAMED.
The Exposition Manager, a
Possible Republican May
orally Candidate.
One Scheme Attributed to
Loren Fletcher and What
1t Means.
Supt. Henderson Inaugurates
q Crusade on the Street
Walkers.
Nonroe VS.. Peterson Again
What Salt on the Door,
step Did.

qlyv timber. This does not mean that
the Republican party in Minneapolis
does not possess many gentlemen whose
names would stand out handsomely and
look imposing and symmetrical, printed
In bold-faced type on all official ballot.
Not at all. There is plenty OF
them. But they do dot want the
pffice. There's the rub. The men who
do want the Office are not considered as
quite available. Among these may be
mentioned President Potter, of the city
council; Aid. S. B. Loye, Aid. G. Z.
Lowell, A. J. Boa1dman, and others. 10
begin with Potter, he has the lack of
prestige of having been defeated for
that Office in the last campaign, and de-
feated 10y rotund majority; so will
not quite do. Then, there is Loye.
Love is a fair alderman, but
would he make a good mayor? When
that question is asked many a Republic
al shakes his head and looks dubious.
The same may be said Of Lowell. Both
of these men have been in the city
council now for nearly four years, ana a
man who spends that much time as
part of the majority in Minneapolis
Republican council is bound to let
his foot slip several times in
WAYS and places that will tell
against him Should he ever become
an aspirant for greater honTS. Both
Love and Lowell have let their feet slip
and more than, once. 1t is unnecessary
to particularIZe, if they should by any
chance become candidates, all that can
be dug up and used against them.
There is BoaTdman. In many ways
Boardman is the ideal candidate for
mayor of a large section of the ReDub-
lican party. But the other section is
just as strongly opposed to him. 1t is
admitted on all sides that he is good
fellow and pretty smart fellow, too; !
all of which is against him. Boardman
is a strong fighter when he goes into
political battle. He has been III fights
in Minneapolis and with men in his
own party-men who WELD a tidy little
bit of influence in q political campaign.
That bars Boardman. The trouble with
Boardman is this: He is bright and
has a sharp tongue. If he gets into
battle with q man he is liable to say
things that that man Will never forget.
And he never tries to forget them. So
3oardman suffers through the excellent
memory of another man.
These are only a few of the aspirants,
but impossibles. The men who are pos
sibilitieS do not want the mayoralty.
They realize what a load it is around
the neck of man who wants to live an
upright life and enjoy the confidence
and respect of his neighborS, not to
speak OF his own peace of mind. But
the Republicans are still looking. Every
few days they trot out another candi-
date and pass his name around to see
how it strikes the workers of the party.
And whom do you suppose is the lat
est candidate proposed?
VIM Bracket. Yes, Vim Bracket
of the sloueh nat, grim smile and all
the same man who is now manager of
the exposition.
The points urged in Brackets favor
are that he is good man of executive
ability, demQnstraled during his con-
nection with the police department.
Since the police commission was abol-
iShed, the management of the po-
lice epartmentHiS one of the
heaviest duties deyolving upon the
chief magistrate of the city. 1t is also
the n ost perpleXing business connected
with the Office. Bracket is presumed
to be perfectly familiar with the work
ing of the police department and to be
able to manage it in such way, in the
light Of his past experience, that no
word of complaint can be raised against
it. He is also said, by his friends, to
have all the ability that can be used in
the performance Of the other duties de-
Volving upon the mayor. SO look out
for Bracket. He is healthy POSSIBLE
ity unless he should refuse to accept the
nomination.
At the last meeting of the board of county
commissioners OF 1iennepin county petition
was presented to the board and granted call
ing for n special election III the township of
Minnetonka to decide whether a large section
of the township shall be incorporated as the
village OF Minnetonka. The date set for the
election is April Is. Now il is claimed that
there is political scheme behind this
proposed Incorporation. and that the fertile
brain of Loren Fletcher is the incubator that
brought it forth into the world The pro-
posal is to incorporate as village practically
all OF the township except the villages of
West Minneapolis and hopkins. which are
not really incorporated villages The pro-
poSec village will consist Of nothing
but farming country. The township of
Minnetonka has about 500 votes and
about 3C0 OF these are at Hopkins. So Hop
klns dominates the politics of the township
The farmers are not in it since Hopkins be.
came manufacturing center. The plan is
TO. put the farmers into a village by them
selves SO that they may control their own
politics. The Hopkins people will be left TO
run their little bit of township as they
please. The best feature of it all is,
from a farmers standpoint, that all the
voters in the township viii not be allowed to
vote at this special election, but only those
IN the territory affected. That shuts out the
Hopkins men. c. H. Burwell, the boss of
the Mlnnetonka mills and the private secre-
tary of Loren Fletcher is the man who is
pushing this scheme, and the men opposed
10 1t say that it is nothing but scheme
10 Tx that section of the country SO that
none but Fletcher candidates can resent to
me Republican congressional convention.
BurWell SCOTS at The Interpretation of the
scheme. He frankly admits however, his
connection with the scheme and saws that it
is in the interest of the farmers The people
outside of Hopkins heard that there was
plan to incorporate Hopkins slice of the
township and this is a checkmate. He fur
Their boasts that he has that township in the
hollow Of his hand and is prepared to carry
out the scheme
There is another point in this connection
That should not be overlooked. Suppose this
IS scheme OH the part of Fletcher 10 secure
delegates from that part of the county favor
able to his nomination to congress- What
does TINS mean? That Loren Fletcher is not
sure that he Will be nominated. 1t has been
supposed all along that Fletcher had
the congressional nomination bound and
labeled and the label copyrighted.
But this looks different. Is it possible that
year ago that he was out for the Republican
nomination for congress. and who has gone
on his way as if the nomination had already
teen made, is about 10 encounter serious OPP
position to his ambition? Who are the OBJ
posers? The men who have been mentioned
have never been seriously considered
by the politicians. 1t is possible
that some of them have been able to con
vince enough workers of their fitness for
congressional campaign TO make nomina
Dn possible 1t may be and it only shows
" .Gt seemingly impossible turns political
work sometimes takes But to return 10 the
first proposition-if that Minnetonka town.
ship division is really Fletcher scheme, it
means that Fletcher has his doubts? For
men do not go around to the outskirts of
county, TO the sections where the fewest
votes are, and lay gerrymander plans if they
nave the nomination as good as secured.
The woman suffragists of Minneapolis will
endeavor to bring their cause before the Re-
publican national convention. That matter
was talked over by them yesterday ana q
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