St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-18
FIGHTING FOR PLUMS,
Republican Aldermen View
With Dismay the Ap-
proaeh Of Jan. 1.
They Have Been Unable to
Agree Upon Any Sort OF
a Slate Yet.
Hard Fights That May Go to
the Council for Final
Decision.
Hendepson's Successor and
the Reward Blocked Out
for Mike Hay.


name of his chief of police and the city
| council must say who shall be at the
heads of the city departments; yet no
man can say with any certainty who
will occupy any office. The supposed
Republican majority in the city council
finds itself sailing raging sea- The
wind roars, the lightningS flash, the
| pillows pitch and toss and ever and anon
| the lookout shouts, breakers aheadI"
| Then, from out the tumbling break
| erS arise the OmlnouS faces OF
Miner and Sk0og. They are an un-
| known quantity yet, are Miner and
Skoog. The Republicans have sounded
them, and then caucuSed and sounded
| and caucuSed again, without result.
| The Republicans don't know where to
find them. TO add to the perDleXity of
the leaders Of the Republican side, signs
| of diSatfecton have appeared among
some of those VINO should surely be
! staunch Republicans. 1t is not too much
to say that Aid. Woodward is looked
upon with suspicion by his Republican
colleagues. Woodward knows that his
election to the council this year was
scratch" He knows that he
will never get further along the
political road than he is now. lie knows
| that he is not liked by his own party.
He has enemies among the Republican
members of the council, and he knows
it, He IS ele cted for four years. Ac-
cordlng to hstory's lesson, the city will
go Democratic next year.and Woodward
will find himself serving in Demo.
cratic council. He is Republican be-
cause the Republicans are on top. He
has certain things to accomplish, and if
| Il, al n hnt hu
| to the Democrats, he won't hesitate
long before going to them. That's why
he is regarded with suspicion. Others
are in the same category. All this
fear and absence of trustfulneSS con-
tributes to delay the formation of plans.
| The delay is increased by other condi-
| tons. The Republicans have not made
| up their slate yet, nor have they come
within sight of it. The contests for cleo
ton to good jobs in the councils gift
cOmplicate the situation. For almost
every office, great and small, there is
fight The fights are hot ones.
One cannot understand how much
earneStneSS and enthusiasm and
determination to win can be excited
over IL small thing until he has learned
of the struggle for city Offices. In nearly
all the wards of the city the elections
were close. TO win, the successful ones
were forced to bind themselves by rock
| ribbed, iron-bound and copper-riveted
promises. They must redeem those
pledges. King Caucus steps in and
commands the unconditional forfeiture
of about tWo-thirdS of those pledges.
Immediately he fnds himself with an
insurrecton of formidable proportions
on his hands.
That is the exact condition of affairs
in the Republican wing Of the incoming
council. Pledges were made so strong
in the last campaign that the caucus
caunOt break them. 1t is not at all UNI
likely that the fight for the spoils will
be carried to the floor of the council.
Republicans who are anxious for an
agreement to slate admit that the out
look is hopeless. They expect to see
nearly all the contests thrown into the
council and there fought out, prospect
i've of party affiliations.
One of the hottest fights now going on
is that for city attorney. Dave Slmp-
son, at present the first assistant to City
Attorney Russell, and Frank Davis are
the opposing candidates. Immediately
after election the Simpson men could
see no way 10 beat their man. They
were willing that Davis should have the
honor of the mention, but that was all.
They underestimate the Davis
strength. Frank f. has a way OF
hustlng when he goes after thing
He is after the city attorneyship.
If Simpson wins, it will be after
fight. The appointment of the as
slstant city attorney enters into the
fight. l.. A. Dunn was ambitious to be-
come first assistant, and Is yet, for that
matter. His barge was in the Simpson
tow at the outset. Not so now. Skipper
Simpson has ordered that the Dunn tow
line he cut. 1t is necessary to save
his own craft i'll the heavy seas.
w. Ii. Morse, now third assistant city
attorney, wants to be an assistant again
This further complexities the situation
Morse is backed by the Il. ID. Russell
influence, which is also behind Slmp
son. Morse'S ambition hurts Simpson
No one knows why Morse should be
made assistant city attorney. He never
did anything to deserve it that any one
can discover. Two years ago the posi-
ton of third assistant was created espe
cially for him and to satisfy Russell
who insisted upon getting him, bn
couldn't get him without taking Dunn
too. Louis A. Reed, RusselPs tormel
partner is also credited with a longlni
t. be called an assistant city attorney
And there you are. Oh! It's beauti
full fight!
Another pretty fight is that for cit!
engineer. HuntreSS wants it. Sublet
wants 1t. Cappelen wants 1t. HuntreS
is the politician of the trio. He suffers
though, from unpopulariUy with thu
several aldermen who have influence
Sublett has good backing, but Cap
pelen has the best of all. A good man.
people say that Cappelen is the engi
neer of the department and has beel
for a good many years. He has ha'
charge of all the bridge work. Sublet
is the sewer engineer. Cappelen VII
probably have the support OF the Dem
ocrat aldermen and some OF the RepuD
leans He looks winner, but he VII
have hard race at that.
Don't think fol a minute that Gu
Rupge will have a walk-aWay for re
election to the head of the fire depart
ment.. for he won't. Frank StetSon
who was so baSely treated two year
: ago. will give him a game Woodward
: support hurts Runge as much as any
thing. Then there is a feeling in tn
minds Of many that Stetson receive
unmerited and unwarranted treatmen
two wears ago and should be set right
More than all, StetsSs has been WORK
ing. He was at work early in the fa
, campaign. His strength is one of tn
factors that is keeping the Republican
from fixing a slate.
The little fghts-for city sealer c