St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-25
Leaders Disguised That One
OF Their Number Seeksdi I
Office. OF OF
- AlsI
Cute Tactics Employed by
the Whilom Prohibi- Cd
ton Leader. ~
His Contract to Deliver Two
More Party Nomi- Ut
nations. "a

Sdlu one OF the members OF the Citizens
committee of fitty-five yesterday, 'that
the surest way to end the political influ-
ence of this independent movement
would be the nomination of some of Its
members for Office. Some time
ago Hon. John L. Townley in
troduced resolution to the
effect that no member OF the
committee should be nominated
by it for any office. l was in favor of
that resolution at the time, and recent
developments have made me feel more
than ever convinced that the salvation
OF the movement depended on the car
rylng out of that resolution"
wv hat happened to Mr.. Townley's
reSOlution?'
ut was squelched." was the response,
land in the interests of q man who
seems to have gone into the movement
with the intention of getting something
out of it for himself. That was not the
idea l had when l joined the movement.
was in it solely to promote the best in
terestS of st. Paul, as l feel sure many
others were, and for these reasons felt
that we could not afford to give the peo-
pie to understand that we were after the
offices for our own members"
The nomination to which this gentle
man referred is that of the erstwEile
Prohibition leader, u. W. Doty, for
Judge OF probate. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Doty was one of The
prime movers in the organization of the
citizens committee, and undertook and
carried through the scheme that the
cold-water party indorSe The citizens
ticket. He worked very hard to do this,
and now claims an Office as his
reward, although he is man
who has had no particular experience
or training that would lit him for The
office he is so earnestly seeking. When
his name was brought UP tor the nomI-
nation for probate judge in the citizens
committee, there were number of the
members who were strongly opposed to
the suggestion. One of these, in speak
ing of the matter yesterday, said: ~.
"When DOty was brought forward
for this nomination objected and so
did several others, but it was whispered
around, we have to swallow him. [
allowed 1t to pass, but L know of no
force that can make me swallow him,
even if some of the others feel that way.
l do not consider Doty fit man for the
place, and his working for the nomina-
ton as he did while leading member
Of the committee was i'll bad taste, to
say the least" set
Clever work ON Mr.. Doty's part Igot
him the Peoples party nomination and
now it is understood he has cOvenanted
to secure the Endorsement of The Repub-
lican county ticket by the Prohibition
lists, provided the Republicans give. him
the nomination On their ticket. Mr..
Doty is young man, and his success i'll
working his scheme through the Pfohi-
bition convention last spring
seems to have turned his head.
All the Prohibitlonists are not
willing to have their votes snapped for
spells by even SO ardent e!ormer as
young MI. Doty. And there are just a
few Republicans who do not believe
that Mr.. Doty is good enough kepub-
lican to be given this nomination.
Mr.. Doty has several large contracts
to fill. Can he deliver the political
goods to the Republicans and the Re-
publican wares to the ProhibitioniStS?
The nomination of Doty for Judge of
probate on the Citizens ticket seems to
emphasize the absurdity and danger of
a Seif-cODStltuted committee like this
committee of fiftyfve. All the writer's
on civil government and political econ
Omy are agreed that the most oppressive
and dangerous government is an oil
garchy, or the reign of a few indlvid-
uals. Let this So-called citizens commit
tee achieve another success, and it will
become permanent thing. seats or
memberships III it will be as valuable
as seats III the New York stock ex-
change. There are now on this commit
tee fifty-five gentlemen of more or less
ability, with characters and standings
not above the average. Ii one OF the
tifty-five is placed in Office this fall, how
many Of them will be found trying to
break into the city offices year
from next spring? Certainly not less
than two or three. One or two will
probably be called into the public serv-
ice as deputies under Judge Doty, If
the latter should be elected, and the two
or three city offices next demanded
would provide few more berths.
After the average man has carefully
considered the matter he will not be
very likely to champion the nominees
of the citizens committee, simply be-
cause placed in the race by it. The
people have no chance to express them
selves on the makeup OF this committee
as they do at the regular party pri-
maries. Some Republicans may OBJ
ject to the manner in which their
party's primaries are run in this
city, but not one of them can
say otherwise than that he is
given something of chance to express
himself in regard to the makeup of the
ticket, but he can not say as much for
this citizens committee. To he sura
there are some reputable men among
these fifty-fve. but has the time come
for the people of st. Paul to turn the
government of their city into the hands
of petty oligarchy, made up to
certain extent, all will admit, of the
self-seeking and the unprincipled, who
seek the spoIls of Office more earnestly
than they do reform.