St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-29

for sheriff, Bean was elected by vote
of u.7Ol to 1l.252 for Moeller: for
auditor. Kailf was elected by vote Of
1876. to Ii, 14O for Osborne; for treas
urer, Nelson was elected by vote OF
10.91S, to $3.50 for Burger; for coroner,
Quinn was elected by a vote of 3,467, to
II, 4Sl for Markoe. In 1890 Haas was
elected over Bell by vote of 1850.
to 9.757 for Belt; Bean was elect
ed sheriff by vote OF 1l,473,
to 100S0 for Hanft; for auditor,
Kahn was elected by vote OF
1876. to 9,7l2 for Keller; O'Connor
was elected clerk of the district court
by vote of H. 629. to 10, 500 for Freaney;
Olivier was elected Judge of probate
by vote of II, 1923, to 1O,097 for Morri-
son: Nelson was elected treasurer by
a vote of 1880. to S,727 for RenZ;
O'Brien was elected county attorney by
a vote of 1920, to 10.l56 for Mum. In
1888 Egan was the nominee Tor county
attorney of both the Democratic and
Republican parties.
From these figures it is plainly to be
seen that the people became very weary
of Mr.. Bell during his second term OF
two years in Office, for he sank from the
highest vote accorded any Republican
on the county ticket in 1883 to defeat
in 1890, and position near the foot of
the Republicans. 1t is made very ap-
parent by the vote of 1890 that either
Charles Haas was an exceedingly pOpu-
lar candidate. or Bell was an exceed
lngly unpopular one. The vote received
by Nelson was the only one higher Than
that given Haas.
But it. is hardly necessary to present
this array of figures to convince the
people that Bell is unpopular. HIS
nomination by the citizens committee
was brought about by the cunning wire
pulling of Z. Z. Mcdonald, and 1t dis
rupted the committee, causing the with
John L. Townley, and of several
of its weightiest Republican mem
bers. Mr.. Towniey was. the
first to discover the "nigger in the
woOdpile," and spoke his mind so
plainly that all could see that some cum
ming politician had been moldinga num-
Der of the committee to suit his liking.
But the politician got there first. and
there was nothing for Mr.. ToWnley to
do but withdraw, and his example was
followed by others. When the COM
mittee finally came to make Its NOM
nations, Mr.. LangdOn, the chairman,
called another 10 the chair, took the
floor and made powerful appeal for
Haas received good vote, there was
majority in favor of nominating Bell.
So iG has gone out that Bell is the NOM
lnee of the citizens committee. A good
many understand, however, how it came
about, and the nomination will count
but little for him.
Mr.. Bell has already received many
rebuffs from Republicans who support
ed him four years ago, and some from
those who supported him two years
ago. He was going about presenting
his cards to people, on which he asks
them to vote for him, and only yester-
day several instances were noted in
which the people handed his card back,
assuring him that he need not
expect their vote. A promi-
nent Republican banker was one
of these. He assured the party who
handed him the card that he had no
hesitancy in saying that he should vote
for Haas, even though he is q Demo
crat. Mr.. Bell is seeking sympathy by a
plea of poverty. He held the Office four
years while it was the latest in the
court house, and there is no apparent
reason why he should not have saved
enough tn be in good circumstances.
MIR. Haas has held it during two of the
poorest years in the history OF the Office,
and he has administered its affairs so
ably and faithfully that the people pro-
pose to give him another two years.
Other things might be mentioned
which show that Mr.. Bell Is not fit
man for the office. But a great many
of the st. Paul public understand these
reasons, and il is not worth while to
repeat them.