St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-05
His Refusal Of the Mayoralty
Nomination Is Qualified
q Little.
He Promises a Practical An
SWer When the Occasion
Demands 1t.
What Foundation Underlies
the Lowell Claim for
Honor?
Hot Shot for Theosophy--Ded -
ication Of the Asbupy
Hospital.

"Mr. EuStis, are you going to be the
Republican nominee for mayor"
II am not in any sense a candidate"
"Would you accept it nominated?"
when something practical has been
done in that regard l shall endeavor to
give a practical answer. Until then l
have nothing further to say"
There you have the questions put to
William Henry Eustis yesterday after
noon and the answers made by him.
Later, in a t~hree-cornered conversation.
MI. Eustis remarked that no man would
refuse a nomination for mayor. But he
might have said that by way of ''josb-
ing" the other man. However, his an
swers to the two first questions indicate
something.
And what do they indicate?
That the connection of Mr.. Eustis'
for mryor is not all idle gossip: that Mr..
Eustis' views on this mayoralty QueS-
ton have undergone a change.
Several weeks ago, while the Board
man.bOom was traversing back streets
in rubber shoes and black mask
and Carrying a dark lantern.
while the Blethen boom was
parading the main thOrougilfares with
brass band and drum major accompani-
ment, while the Lowell boom was being
|. constructed under the eyes of Mr..
LovelrS cO-partners in various corpora
tons. The EuStiS boom was well nigh
subjected to hydraulic compression by
a statement from William Henry EustiS.
No ~eQuivocation skulked under the
cloak of his spoken words at that time.
But times have changed and weeks have
gone by, and the boomS of the trium-
virate have been on exhibition at all
hours of day and night. Still the Re-
publicans have not been satisfied.
Another candidate was wanted. No one
could be lured by the somewhat shop
worn bait of a Republican nomination
for mayor. The signs of the times in
dictate that William Henry Eustis has
received a sound talking TO. But he
is not yet ready to
his candidacy. He does not so emphat-
ically negative the propositions of the
tempter, though, as he did a few weeks
ago. All he says is that when something
practical is done i'll regard to the mayor
atty nomination and himself he will
"endeavor to give a practical answer"
Assuredly. the Eustis boom has a
little strength.
But a William Henry get the nom
ination now? The Republican primar-
les will be held Wednesday evening and
the convention Thursday morning.
Boardman. Blethen and Lowell are act
work has not been done in
vain. 1t is but reasonable to
suppose that these three will have
enough strength to prevent the nomi-
nation of a third mar If they were so
minded. And they will all three be
~prejudiced against any 'eleventh-hour
dark horse. 1t. looks as if the Eustis
men must combine with one of the
three before their choice can be noml-
mated.
AS convention day draws near one
hears asked questions bearing upon the
claims Of Boardman, Blethen and Lowell
on a nomination for mayor. 1t must be
admitted that B0ardman and Blethen
are well known, Boardman from his
activity in politics and long connection
with the park board. and Blethen from
his Identification through many years
with the great Northwestern ''hoo-
doc" j. e., the Tribune. But Lowell?
Where does he come in? Well,
Lowell has been an alderman. He has
been an alderman nearly four years.
That's not enough? All right. When
he went into the council other aldermen
we're E. N. Johnson. V. g. Smith, Tom
Downs. Emerson Cole, J. NJ. Meloy and
&. II. Warren. and E. G. Potter was on
ove the city directory, with a
view to making up a list of
intellectual heavyweights or Ii
tanic statesmen, he would not
pounce. upon those names with hawk
like aviditY. Yet it cannot be denied
that Lowell was as a talloW dip among
electric lights in the center of these
men. He cut no sort of a figure at all.
Within a year or two Since the mayor
atty bee began to hum he has declared
himself often, as chairman of the COM
mittee on WAYS and means and
as quasi-leader of the Repub-
licans-when Loye would allow
him to act. And more. The distin-
gushing feature of his career in munic-
ipal craftsmanship has been his frantic
effort TO prevent the city of Minneapolis
from getting a city hospital fit to house
cattle, not to speak of human beings.
Recently, however, Mr.. Lowell has be-
come possessed of another slight claim
upon the Republican nomination-the
Endorsement. in red ink, of John Good
now. After the severe spanking Good
now received in the Republican county
COIfChGlOH ilS iilQOl sc tIlCllU vi q cdllQi-
date entities that candidate to a claim
on the public-for sympathy.
James Bradish is merry. He has been
Endorsed by some Ninth ward Repub-
licans. They did it at a meeting Satur-
day evening. First. they issued a call
for a meeting in which the claims of the
finest street railway system on EARTH"
the b0untiful crops. the energy of Min
neapolis people. the Mckinley bill
and the aid of Divine Provi-
dence were set at naught and
Jim Bradish was hailed as the creator
Of the Ninth ward. Then they
met and ratified the proclamation. 1t
was a body blow to the Republican
campaign assumption that the increase
of population, wealth and prosperity in
the United States is entirely due to the
Mckinley bill. But it pleased Bradish.
The political storm center in Mime
apolis now hangs over the Eighth ward.
Aid. Melvin E. Grimes is out for ..in-
dorselnent." But the horrid front of
opposition rises before him. Yesterday
the Eighth ward was papered with
copies of the Eighth Ward Graphic.
Nearly all OF the reading matter in the
paper was devoted to Grimes. First
CdIliC Il pdl dSldpH StdllHS I1dI 6rIin6S
and James Z. Trip are in a deal to Sc
cure the nomination for one of the
twain. There was acknowledgements
column expose OF Grimes council rec
ord. Here is another paragraph:
lit is currently reported that George
Grimes Is a candidate for alderman in
the Thirteenth ward; we know his
brother. Melvin Grimes, is a candidate
in the Eighth ward, and rumor says
that the elder Grimes, the father of the
two enterpriSing young men, is also a
candidate for alderman from the East
side. 1t is therefore suggested that the
name of the city council be changed to
Grimes, Goodrich Il Co. Uimited)."
And another:
aid. Grimes is the owner of the
frame stores at the corner of Seven
teenth street and Nicollet avenue that
the people demonstrated against moving
there on account of their unsightliness.
Strange to say. the buildings came from