St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-09
JUSTICES AND ALDERMEN.
Street Railway Candidates Sue.
cessfHl With but One Exception.

The caucuses for justices of the peace
produced nothing more interesting than
a bunch of candidates. Several ballots
were necessary in each case. f. L.
Stiles was nominated in the North dis
trict: Al j. Smith in the South dis
trict; Elmer w. Gray in the East dis
trict.
But the aldermanic nOminatiOns-they
were interesting. The nickel-plated
hand of the street railway company
was clearly visible in nearly all the
wards. John MahOney was allowed to
lead the forlorn hope in the First. In
the Second came fight that is not over
yet.
Burke O'Brien carried the majority
of the precincts But he was left out
of the ward caucus. Fred 3. Snyder.
John S. Pillsbury's son-in-law, bobbed
up as a candidate. When the Second
ward delegates went into caucus, they
excluded all but the delegates, shutting
out Burke OBrien so that he might not
knew who had voted against him, and
Snyder went IN as delegate. O'Brien
had II votes on the informal ballot. On
the formal he showed up with II and
Snyder with IL. On tine next ballot
Snyder was nominated. But--JameS
A. ElwIn, proxy for Al Kennedy, voted
for Snyder. Edwin lives in the Sixth
precinct and Kennedy in the Third pre-
cinct. The committee had decided by
resolution, that proxy must come from
the same precinct as his principal.
Under that ruling Edwin had no right
to vote, and O'Brien was nominated on
the first formal ballot by one vote over
Sdyder. Moreover. Kennedy. an
O'Brien man, had gone home after an
agreement had been made that the
nominating should not be done until
morning. OBrien was tricked out of
the nomination. He will contest Sny-
der's right to the nomination. Second
warders, in large numbers. are indg-
nant over the way O'Brien was beaten.
In the Third ward the street railway
carried its servant, George A. Durnom,
to the nomination. In the Fourth ward
Aid. Potter triumphed, and Samuel E.
Adams was nominated OH the second
ballot over DR.. Barnard.
The Fifth ward produced the best
fight of all. Tom Downs led on the
agreement with Downs. and the eX-
alderman lost steadily. Palmer went to
within one of the nomination several
times. George M0ulton wasn't in it.
Lowell was voted for couple of times
Finally, Frederick G. Harvey was
sprung as a compromise candidate on
the thirty eighth ballot and nominated
Oh the fortieth.
John Erickson had no opposition
worth mentioning in the Sixth. Again
| the street railway was of service-in
the Seventh. Aid. Parry was turned
| down. Woodward secured the nominal
| ton for the twO-year term through
street railway influence, and John A.
| Nordeen captured the four-year NOM
ination. Eighth warders thought they
had Melvin Grimes beaten, but the
street railway came to the front once
more, and the two votes needed by
Grimes were ready when wanted. The
same was the outcome in the Ninth,
where another street railway friend,
James II. Bradish, was renominated.
p. w. McAllister had a walkaway in
the Tenth. In the Eleventh john A.
Blchteldt, another bulwark of street
railway privileges, secured the neces-
sary one vote. after the public had been
bambOOZled by seven unsuccessful bal,
lots.
Twelfth ward Republicans want an
alderman of their own. The division
of the ward by the last legislature threw
two Democrats, both four-year men,
into the Twelfth as aldermen. But tho
Republicans say they didn't elect bott
of them. They have nominated &. E
Dickinson and, if he be elected, they
will contest Rollins seat. who wa
elected as Seventh ward alderman.
The only ward where the street rail
way was defeated was in the Thir
teenth. FarnswOrth couldn't win. Al
bert Currier was the nominee.