St. Paul daily globe., 1894-09-08
E. G. Rogers Tells the State
House Ring to Go to
Sheol,
AND GETS A WARM RErORT.
Candidates Tumbling Over
Each Other to Trade With
Democrats.

WV CASd%Co VI VIC CO iIlLllttCC dtC Cal
ried out relative to an abandonment Of
the precinct primary plan. There is an
understanding between candidates and
| the committee that the plan shall be
abolished. Sheriff Chapel was about
| the only one who insisted upon the
| scheme by which he aud his henchmen
hoped to capture a few extra dele
| gates i'll precincts where there
| might be lack of watchfulness by
other candidates and in places where
| the sheriff could not capture ward
delegation. MIR. Chapel has. however.
been overruled by the committee. The
committee was only i'll favor of the plan
b. cause it was the one agreed upon by
| the state house ring for the purpose of
| organizing Lincoln club and a perma.
nent machine club which would give f.
| Z. Stevens the presidency and F. W.
Zollman secretaryship, with attach
| mentS in the shape OF perquiSites; and
| OF course the club was to be close cor
| pOration. its main object being to keep
out the common run of candidates for
| office and set up machine candidates
| for all offices. When the committee
| saw that concession would mollify the
| persons who are kicking against the
| precinct primaries and still allow them
| to elect representatives to the club
! from ali parts of the city on another
| plan, Mr.. Chapel was informed that
he would have TO be content with fewer
| primaries. AT the meeting of the coin
mittee a week ago the fight was so bit.
ter that an adjournment was had so that
| week might be taken to effecting a re-
/ conclllaton as far as possible. In the
meantime the joint committee from the
| county and from the city executive
| committees agreed upon the plan of
| campaign and permanent organizatio IL
| OF the Lincoln club on Tammlny hall
| theories. An attempt will be made TO-
day to put the whole thing through {.
! and it will doubtless be success, not
withstanding there will be strong oppo-
| Sltion. The county convention will b e
called for next Saturday, in all proba-
| bilIty.
When Thomas Howard was asked
| yesterday whom the Republicans wou Id
nominate for county Offices, he said {:
Il can't give the slate away, but it has
been fixed up, and will 20 through.
| The other NEIL VINO are running around
| may Just as we'll quit wasting time and
! money, as many OF them have. A few
! OF tiIem are still sklrmishing, but they
are persons who want TO get promises
of deputyships." He said that it was
the slate makers who had pull I'd Matt
Ian hat MI in
| 1t doesn't take great amount of III
vestigation to find that there is bitter
war among the Republican candidates
for county offices. Here are some of
the more temperate expressions OF
views from such candidates:
sam Morrison is the state house
ring candidate for judge of the district
court to defeat Judge Keliy's nomina-
ton. They know he can't be elected.
and have put him up i'll consumnation
Of deal made for the Legislature"
Matt Jensen was pulled off by the
Scandinavians in the First ward, who
told him that they would support him
some other time, but this time they
want Edmund for county treasurer"
'Denny Sullivan Is run for county
auditor by F. c. Stevens who is running
the campaign for the state house ring.
The old trade is on. The Republicans
are trading county officers for members
OF the legislature for tear that there
may be a slip-up in the election of
United States senator. There will be
fight on the senator, and there are men
who will trade anything for the sake of
the legislat ure."
''Cbarles l.. Horst is close friend of
Sheriff Chapel. He doesn't expect to
get the nomination for register of deeds,
but will try to carry delegation to the
convention and turn it over to Chapel.
That fellow could not be elected to any
office"
Another Republican said that Horst's
candidacy WAS in the interest of Henry
Johns for the legislature and Haas, a
Democrat, for register of deeds. 1t had
been agreed by the state house ring that
Horst would be put up as an easy mark
for register of deeds if the Democrats
would put weak man against Henry
Johns as the legislative candidate in
the Fourth ward.
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Several Republicans say that Sheriff
Chapel, the state house candidate for
sheriff. is beaten already. His trading
among his own party and attempt OF his
ring to make deals with certain Demo.
Gratis have killed him off. 1t is said that
E. E. Rogers got so mad at the persist
ent efforts to draw him into the ring,
with a view of having him help the ring
out, that he told them to seek warmer
CLINE. This made the ring mad, and
they even threatened to spring candi-
date for clerk of courts In opposition to
MIR. Rogers.
The only thing left to complete the
state house slate for county offices is a
candidate for county attorney. 1t is
next to impossible to get any one to run
against Butler. f. w. Zollman has
been importuned to try it once more,
but he prefers having the secretaryship
of the Lincoln club with good salary
attached. Walter Chaplin has been
asked to make the run, and as no one
else wants it and he is willing. provided
1t costs him nothing, there is likelihood
that he will be the nominee.
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One thing that makes the Republic.
aus who are out of the deal mad Is the
organization Of the state house ring.
They assert that the precinct primary
plan and the Lincoln club are products
OF that ring. +. G. Stevens is the ring
leader. and he wants to get 1t in opera
ton this year. Stevens Is the man who
ran the Washburn campaign six years
ago. He is the sIlckest politician in the
stase. and his friendship for Senator
Washburn has its foundation ia being
native OF the same part Of Maine