St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-11
ALL WANT A SHOW.
Various Glasses OF Business Went
on the City Ticket

on the City Ticket.
On Saturday evening in one OF the
parlOrs OF first-class hotel in this city
a meeting of considerable Importance to
politicians took place. All the hotel
keepers of prominence were invited to
be present, as it was urged that qnes-
tiOns of considerable Importance to
them would be discussed. The meeting
was secret, but enough was waited
through the transom ana along the cor
ridors, thence down the fire-escape to
the street below. to give the public a
hint of what was going OH. FIRST a
chairman was selected, whose fat,round
capon shows that in business, at least,
he has been very successful. In taking
the chair he stated that the object Of
the meeting was to secure proper rep
representation of their class in the
council.
''Since the palmy days of Col. Allen
they had been entirely neglected, aud
the time had now arrived when they
should demand recognition. and demand
it in language that could not be misun-
dersto0d. Their interests had suffered
largely of late. and it WAS his opinion
that hotelkeepers should be given at
least five members of the assembly. a
good working majority, so they could
protect themselves, even If 1t were at
the sacrifice Of the interests OF either
business men and merchants generally.
The legislation of the present council
had been too diversified ana too much
for the general good. There should be
more class legislation. and let every
class look out for itself. the devil take
the hindmoSt."
This was strenuously objected to by
one member present. but he was
laughed at and told that all lie knew
was how to run hotel for farmers. but
he was aided by one or two others and
made the meeting quite hot, although
he was finally compelled to succumb to
the majority. But before he did, he
plainly told the meeting that he thought
they ought to be satisfied with one, or
possibly two representatives, as there
were so many interests III the city in
general to be looked after that the as
sembly should certainly be constituted
so that no clique or class could control
its actions.
After considerable further discussion
as to the adviSa5ility of going into poll
ties at all, it was decided to demand Of
each of the leading parties that five of
their members, 10 be chosen from
among those present. be placed OH the
ticket and Endorsed, and that failure TO
comply with this request would result
in putting an independent ticket in the
field. This was carried with wnoop,
the five were named. committee APP
pointed to present their names to the
conventions and the specially called
committee adjourned.
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dates who had been named returned to
their hotels. walked through the corri-
doris, and in buttonhoie confidence
gave away the secrets of the meeting
to their friends and asked their opinion
of the move. In almost every instance
they suggested that, while they were
only too glad and willing To indorse
their individual candidacy. they doubted
the adVisability of the scheme as q
whole. 1t seemed to them to be.a little
too one-Sided and audaciouS to demand
SO much i'll a growing and prosperous
young city like st. Paul. The city
needed many minds and many ideas for
its general success, and they questioned
il this narrow-m minded policy would be
just the thing.
Last evening several of the committee
appointed to present the names 10 the
conventions were seen In earnest con
yerSation, and it is limited that another
meeting will be held soon of the entire
body and an attempt made to resclnd
the former action, which they now see
was too hasty and the result of too
much confidence in some of their self
appointed leaders.
1t is understood that this evening the
lawyers will meet and demand that five
of their number be placed on each
ticket for alderman at large. Tomor-
row evening the stage carpenters will
make similar demand, and Wednes-
day the architects will have their i'll
ningS in the same direction.