St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-04
Blethen, Boardman, Lowell,
Neither Will Answer
All Purposes.
But These Three Go On Call
ing Meetings in Their
Own Interest.
Movement Against Mock Auc-
ton Shops--Girl Burg
lars Caught.

Beside the stew in which Minneapolis
Representative s find themselves just
now the famous ''boiliEg oil and melted
lead" soup of the mikado would be but
the glimmering phantasm of tepid
ditch water.
The Minneapolis Republicans want a
candidate for mayor. Night and morn
ing their hands are uplifted to high
heaven, and from their lips issues the
one long, doleful, h~eart-rending wall.
Give, oh, give us a candidate" For
weeks now their prayers have been
rising above the city and from out the
lowering clouds of political storms
shines not one ray of hope.
TO the u%nthinking it may seem that,
with three men actively b%uttonhOllng
the voters of the city, the Republican
party should have its appetite for candi-
dates partially appeased. Not so. The
right man has not yet begun to WreSt
buttons from their mornings. Plainly,
the Republicans don't want either
Blethen, Boardman or Lowell.
They want a dark horse. Once their
brows were cleared by a hope and they
were on the point of bursting INTO pealS
of glad acclaim at the mention OF the
name of William Henry Eustis. But
Eustis said nay. How could Eustls
think of throwing himself into the tur-
MOL of a political campaign while
his plumed chief is pacing the
sands Of Bar Harbor, and listen
Ing to what the wild waves
are saying: Blaine! Blaine! The
turned down man from Name" No;
Eustis was out of the question. But the
Republicans hoped on, hoped ever.
William Henry might be induced to
run. Day followed day, and still Will
lam Henry would not consent. Then
despair succeeded hope. And that's
the way it stands now.
Blethen is not wanted as a mayoral-
ity candidate. What's the matter with
Blethen? Oh, nothing! Only he isn't
just the Too much mind, per-
haps. Boardman? A good fellow. a
bright man, a smooth citizen-possibly
too smooth. Anyhow he isn't wanted?
Howell? Well, he made a fair alder
man-not too good nor yet too bad. All
in all, a good deal of a granny" Any
how he won't do.
Some of the Republican moguls want
TO make the saloon question the issue Of
the local campaign. They recognize
that they can't do it with neither Board
man, Blether nor Lowell. Lowell, to be
sure, talked a little through his neck
tie last winter, after the passage OF the
Rand ordinance, but his talk then was
looked upon as buncombe-the moment
airy airing Of a m%ayoralty boom. But
the inability to make the saloon ques-
ton an issue with either of the
candidates now in the field is not the
only objection to all Of them. 1t is as
well, however, to let the other objections
remain until after the nomination Is
made.
And that's the condition the Repub-
LEANS are in. Only three candidates
are IN the field. None of them will an-
swer purpose. Nothing can be done
but wait and trust to Providence for an
answer to the frantic appeal for help
before nominating day.
Meanwhile the A. j. BIS and Lowell are
| taking no account OF the general diSSatisfac-
| ton with them. They are going about put
| ting up trail here and driving a stake-thcre
| as if nothing can prevent their nomination.
The convention is only a few days away and
| it behooves them to work while they may.
Almost nightly meetings are held in. the
interest of some one of the candidates.
A meeting of the followers of Aid. Lowell
was held last night in the board of trade
rooms. The meeting was not large, neither
was it very enthusiastic, but the lack OF en-
thusiasm was, no doubt, due to the fact that
the gentlemen present were conservative
business men," E. M. johnson was in he
chair. Charles W. johnson was also i'll
importance attached. The latter johnson
felt very much aggieved over the treatment
he had received at The hands eff the Tribune.
and for the edifica:ion OF the meeting he
delivered himelt of q scorchins roast ON that
paper. He called it everything but a good
paper, and was accorded liberal applause
when he had concluded. He vented his
spleen against the reporters bv %seconding
4 motion made by q man named Charles
H. Howard to exclude them from the
meeting. He had not been ham
died very nicely by the press himself, but il
was not because of this that he wanted them
excluded. 1t was for the good of the meet
ing and the Lowell boom. They might be.
tray. he said, the plans of campaign, and
thereby give the Blethen and Boardman men
a chance to take advantage of them.
"Chawles'' Johnson gave his reasons for sec
onding the motion, and incidentally remarked
that he had been in the newspaper business
as long as any newspaper man III the room.
He was also sure his record was just as good
But the meeting did not agree with either
Howard or Johnson, and sat upon them by
voting down the motion.
Reports were made from the various wards
for the purpose of showing the strength of
Mr.. Lowell. The Fifth ward seemed a little
risky. Blethen was the man to be feared in
that ward. In the Eighth matters were in q
chaotic condition. although everything would
be lone to beat the two A. j. BIS. The Sixth
ana SGVenLu appeared 10 DC LOT Dleluen.
though Nj. Lowell said he expected
to have a little support from both the
wards. In the Sixth he said he had
tbs coopers solid. They were nice fellows.
In the Eleventh Boardman was not men
toned. The ward appeared to be di
vided between Lowell, Blethen and Eustis
The wards mentioned were practically the
only ones heard from. A committee of six
paign of MIR. Lowell and hustle around the
caucuses, including one from each ward and
three at large. The list follows:
First WARD, o Fletcher: second ward
j. f. Plummer; Third ward, Robert Pratt
Fourth ward. James Macmillan; Fifth ward
Henry Downs; Sixth ward, Chris Ellingsen
Seventh ward. j. NJ. Malloy; Eighth ward
A. G. Mosher; Ninth ward, P. II. Hughes
Tenth ward. John West; Eleventh ward, +
r. " oodward; Twelfth ward, A. NJ. Har
rison: Thirteenth ward, George Ii. Warner
at large. E.. NJ. johnson, W. P. Roberts ant
John Goodnow.
Smith. one of the strongest Blethen men il
the city. He is running for Justice of tn,
peace in the South district. 1t Is known tina
he was at the meeting in the interest of tn
Blethen men, and that is where the joke o
the whole meeting comes i'll, for he was dele
gated to secure a list of the men present, an,
did so. This list will no doubt be in the pos
session OF the enemy before this morning.
The Blethen men also held a meeting las
night-where could not be learned. Blethel
gave 1t out that 200 of his supporters were il
caucus somewhere, but he would not divulg
the place. The Boardman men were ais
expected to assemble in solemn c~onclave an,
report to their chief the progress of the caus
while he was showing Park Commissions
RYAN the beauties of Chicago. But TIA
movements of Boardman and his follower
have been mysterious ever since the cam
paign opened.
The comparative strength of the three can
didates Is p~roblematical. After the admis
sions made by the Lowell men last night,
looks as if Blethen leads. But Boardmal
has been making the sort of canvas that pu7
Zles. He may have q lot of delegates plante,
i. somewhere. Lowell's candidacy is a goo,
deal of a joke. His only nance of gettin
the nomination is through a deadlock an,
that chance is slender to 'slimness. Board
! mans or Blethen's votes will hardly sc t
him.
The Journal published a silly story las
| night under a sensational head, WAS Their
: aFraudg'HThe question is asked concerning
!, the congressional convention of last Tuesday
Then follows a fiimsily constructed stor
b about Lawrence ballots being introduce,