St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-03
WHAT POLITICIANS SAY
Growth of the Women's Move
ment on the School
Board.
Young Prof Coton's Fix-Judge
Elliott Declares Him.
self

The women of Minneapolis really are
determined to have something 10 say
about school affairs at the coming cleo
ton. They have even gone so far as to
trot out couple of candidates. But
two vacancies will occuI on the school
board this year. The ladies do not de-
mand both places. One will suffice.
Directors Pratt and Austin go out of
office on Jan. l. Mr.. Pratt will prob
ably be renominated by the Republicans.
Mr.. Austin spends much of his time at
run again. The ladies' have one candi-
date in Mrs. james E. Craig. Mrs.
Craig lives on the East side, and, as the
Eastern division of the city has no rep
resentative Oil the school board, the
women are urging that she be put upon
the school board to represent th3 East
SlderS. Another wOmen'S candidate
mentioned is Mrs. Andrew LELAND
The wOmen's council will meet at the
public library building today at
2:30 to consider the matter.
Should the council indorse the
movement, the women's candidate
will have strong backing. John Good
now is one Republican who favors in
d0rSement by the Republicans of the
women's candidate. Of course, this
llandicaps the movement of the women
right at the Start. The way John was
turned down at the recent Republican
county convention may make the
women suspicious of him. However,
the meeting this afternoon will de-
terinine what the movement of women
in politics will amount to.
Young Prof. Caton's speech out
in Richfield is getting him into peck
of trouble. First Mr.. Cation denied
that he ever said man cannot vote the
Democratic or Republican ticket and be
Christian. Now Rev j. w. Dunjee,
who occupied the same platform with
Mr.. Cation that night. and reasserts that
Cotton did say just that. Several other
people indorSe DuuJee's quotation Of
Cation.
Judge Z. B. Elliott. of the municipal
court, has decided 10 stand for re-elec-
ton. MIR. Elliott is not really the choice
OF the Republicans. TO Elliott's judi
cial robe still cIings some of the aroma
of the commercial transaction which
made Elliott municipal Judge, and
George ID. Emery, once Judge. Elliott's
successor as attorney for the Pioneer
Savings and Loan association. But
Elliott seems to have the call on
the nomination. About the only
other candidate on the Republican side
is K. A. DAILY, once clerk of the munic-
ipal cOurt-he of the typewriter bIog-
raphy for the benefit of park com mis-
si0nerS. Ben Davenport is being talked
of as the Democratic candidate MIR.
Davenport is not seeking the nomina-
ton, but some peopleinsist that he shall
Eun.
Col. Charles W. johnson, secretary of
the Republican national convention, is
getting out a pamphlet containing the
proceedings OF the convention. 1t is
about ready to go to press. and johnson
is only waiting for the formal letters of
acceptance of the candidates for presi-
dent and vice president, which will be
incorporated iii the book. He hopes to
have the publication ready for distribu-
ton in about week.
ii. B. Martin denies that he does now,
or ever did, insist upon the nomination
by the POpulistS Of Oliver L. Erickson
for congress. He also denies that he
ever contemplated becoming a Demo
crat, eveh to gain the Democratic nomi-
ndtlOn LOT secretary or state.
The Journal has discovered another
rumpus in the Democatic party over
the appointment of a congressional com-
mittce in the Fifth district. The "Foote-
Lawrence gang" are said to be at the
bottom of it all. lnaSmuch as both Mr..
Foote and Mr.. Lawrence are out of
Town, and as Mr.. Cameron, the appoint
ing power. has not thought about the
committee yet, the rumpus cannot well
have reached the proportions of tu-
multuouS clamor.
Let's see. The Democratic congress
sional convention was held last Tues
day. And yesterday was Friday. That
makes three days that it took the
Tribune to find out that Oliver I. Erick-
son will not run for congress OH the
Populist ticket, and that he is not
candidate for mayor-s0methlng that
everybody else knew Tuesday night.