St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-29
POLITICS NOT IN IT.
Peculiar Position in Which
the Commercial Club
Places Itself.
It Can Take No Part in Con-
Quoting the City Gov
eminent.
F. G. Ingersolls Wild-Eyed
Ambition to Run for
Congress.
Several New Candidates Shy
Casters Into the Political
Arena.

The st. Paul Commercial club is
large, growing and powerful organlza-
ton. with a membership of nearly 1000
gentlemen taken from the ranks of the
young. pushing and energetic bust
ness and professional men of the
city. Its name . furnishes a clear
idea Of its objects and purposes.
These are well known TO the people of
st. Paul, and it is hardly necessary to
state that it is no more political club
than is the we'll known Minnesota club,
where gentlemen of all shades of politi-
cal belief and opinion meet and ex-
change views. But the Commercial
club, if the resolutions adopted by its
directors Saturday evening mean any
hing, differs radically from the Min
lesota and all other social and
business clubs. Several days ago the
GLOBE mentioned the names of num-
Der OF gentlemen who had been Sug
geSted by various citizens as among
these likely 10 be on the Democratic
ticket ar the coming spring election.
The men named were, without eXcep.
ton. among the best known and lead
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nomination would be one of the best
pledges any party could give OF its de-
VOtiOn TO the interests Of the city. In
this list there CHANGED to be the names
of several members Of the Commercial
club, both OF them well known III bust
ness circles as good, strong and repre-
sentative citizens.
And what was the result?
The evening Republican organ at
once denounced the publication of these
names as "a scheme to drag the Com
mercial club into politics" a column
of hysterical rawlings about the city
hall gang" which this organ has been
pounding for 10, these many moons,
was printed each day, until Saturday
evening the directors met and passed
the following absurd resolutions:
Whereas, one of the morning papers in
this city has published list of proposed can
didates for office ii the approaching munic-
ipal election. and III said list the names of
Certain members, officers of the Commercial
club, appear and
Whereas The publication was made with
out the knowledge or consent of the members
and officers;
Resolved, That the members of the direct
crate Of the Commercial Club of ST Paul ex-
press their disapprOval of the said unauthor-
lied publication, and emphaticaily condemn
what appears 10 be an attempt to divert a
strictly uOU- political organization from the
objects and purposes for which it was Or
gained.
Several interesting questions arise in
view of these resolutions and the criti-
ciSmS made by the Republican organs
and politicians whenever Democratic
member of the Commercial club is NEIL
toned as likely 10 be chosen to be his
party's candidate for public Office.
They are:
First-Does membership in the Commercial
club preclude man participating III munic-
1p0l cam palcn il this cityy
Second-Had Hon. Marcus D. Mum been
suggested by the GLOBE as the possible NOM
inee OF the Republicans of St. Paul for
mayor. would the Republican organs and
politicians have demanded that the directors
of the Commercial club pass resolutions
oenOunciEg such mention?
The membership of the Commercial
club is SO large that this rule will have
TO be modified, or the principal business
OF the directors during the next few
weeks will be the passing of denOuncia-
tory resolutions. The people of st.
Paul can ill afford this arbitrary with
drawal Of one thousand OF its represent
tative citizens from participation in
matters of local government. There
are many young Republicans in the
Commercial club who are very likely to
figure in the coming campaign, among
whom are: George Thompson. OF the
Dispatch; NJ. W. Fitzgerald. ". J.
Freaney, Eli S. Warner. NJ. D.
Mum. E. a. Paradis and a host
of others. VIII Mr.. Thompson de-
nOunce Mr. Thompson for carrying or
seeking to carry the Commercial CLUB
into politics? viii he denounce Mr..
Mum, Mr.. Fitzgerald or Mr.. Freaney
Tor the same OffenSe?
As & matter of fact no one expects the
nomination Of member of the CONNER
cial club for Office by any party to carry
with it the votes of the 500 or 1000 intel
ligent gentlemen who belong to the or
ganiZatiOn, nor was it on this ground or
for this reason that the Republican poll
ticianS made such an cutlery over the
fact that the GLOBE suggested Messrs.
CorcOran and May as the right kind of
men TO nominate at the coming election.
Neither the Commercial CLUB nor the
evening Republican organ discovered"
either OF these gentlemen. Both of
them are strong, and able men whose
abilities and powers have long been
recognized in st. Paul. They would
make excellent members of the assem-
bly, of st. Paul. and the GLOBES best
evidence of this fact is found in the
howl of the Republican plotters, who
have all along been counting upon the
partisan possibilities of the Commercial
club.