St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-29
THE GREAT RESIGNED.

mayor or st. Paul mas had for quarter
of a century. declines to be candidate
for reelection this spring. Norman
County Index.
Wright does not like sour grapes.
Although troubled with swelled head,
he is willing to admit that he could not
again become mayor of st. Paul.
Washington County journal.
Mayor Wright. of st. Paul, has brok en-
the record. He has declined to accept a
nomination for reelection, after serving
but one term. Mayor Wright is all. ex-
ceptionaI Republican. - Jordan Inde-
pendent.
Mayor Wright. of st. Paul. has come
out in letter to the public stating that
under no consideration would he be a
candidate for re-election. The GLOBE
will now be satisfied, no doubt Crooks
ton Times.
Mayor Wright, of ST. Paul. declines
to he candidate for reelection. Mr..
Wright deserves some credit after all.
He Is aple to see his own unfitness, q
power possessed by but few public meu.
-Wabasiia Herald.
Mayor Wright. in letter to the pub
lie, declares that he will not be candi-
date for Reelection. His resignation
Will be accepted by the people of this
city with practical neutrality-suspicious.
western Chronicle
f. A. Wright, the reform mayor of st.
Paul. having about completed his job
refuses to reform any more, and another
candidate will have to be secured. 1t is
very sad, st. Paul is SO improved
Farlbault Democrat
Col. Wright, the present mayor of ST.
Paui, declines denomination and in
letter gives his reasons for so doing.
The reasons given are very good ones
and will doubtless be needed by his
friends.-Rush City Post.
5. Mayor Wright will retire from office
with the gratifying assurance of having
done his duty Tearlessly. and ot having
given the city one of tine cIeanest and
most economic administrations in its
history.-Maukato Free Press.
Mayor Wright. of st. Paul, pursues a
manly course when he declines to again
become candidate for reelection, say
ing that he cannot fulfill his duties as
mayor in proper shape and he a candi-
date at the same time.-MaZeppa Trib-
une.
To comply with the wishes of the
Democratic GLOBE and the clergy of
st. Paul, Mayor Wright finds it too
burdensome a task and emphatcally
declines to enter the race for a re-elec-
1NI D. III
News.
Mayor Wright has wisely concluded
that one term as mayor, during which
the city of st. Paul has become para
disc for thieves and burglars, is glory
enough, and he declines to become a
candidate for another term.-Hutchin.
son Democrat.
Mayor Wright, of ST. Paul. has de-
cllned to be candidate for renomina-
ton by the Republicans, although there
was practically no opposition to him in
that party. He has gIven St. Paul
good. clean administration, and it is to
be hoped that the city will be sufficiently
fortunate to get as capable successor.
Duluth Herald
Mayor Wright. of st. Paul, was ten
dered by his friends a denomination,
but very politely refused it. Mr. Wright
has made good mayor. but he realizes
too we'll that no nan can be mayor of
st. Paul who tries to do right and en-
force the laws and still be given credit
by the masses for honest Intentions
{ Fergus Falls News. = .'s- s''
Mayor Wright. of st. Paul, declines to
be candidate for reelection, and SAYS
he believes it practically impossible for
one occupying the position of mayor to
administer the affairs of the city fear
lessly and with independence. according
to the dictates of his Judgment, and at
the same time be making arrangements
for another campaign.-Grand Forks
Herald.
Mayor F. P. Wright has written let
ter declining TO be candidate for re-
election to that office. Col Wright has
been one of the best mayors st. Paul
has ever had, the only objection to him
coming from Democratic sources, and
for the reason that he is not Demo
crat. st. Paul Democratic papers can't
tolerate anything short of a Democrat
for mayor.-Polk County Journal.
The colonel's friends are trying to
have him accept second nomination,
and Mr. Wright shows his good sense in
refusing to longer continue as a target
for abuse in place the only emolument
of which is doubtful honor, for which
baubie the price paid is too dear to suit
sensible man, as Col. Wright's clean
and business-like administration proves
him to be.-Winnebago City Press.
Mayor Wright declines to run again
for Office, and this too after the Pioneer
Press noble struggle to train his honor
down to fighting condition. The vigor-
Gus opposition or the religious and moral
sentiment of the Saintly City to the ''re-
form" mayors reelection has assumed
such formidable proportions as to take
the wind completely out of his sails.-
Hastings Gazette.
Mayor Wright has been made the OBJ
ject OF relentless war, the justice of
which we are not prepared to discuss,
aud he is not much to be blamed for his
Discrimination to risk the consequences
of another campaign. His frank &C
acknowledgement of the belief that his
record as mayor is not satisfactory to
the majority who elected him is
novelty in politics. He's afraid, evil
IDENTIFY. that majority of st. Paups
voters don't know a good thing when
they see it. West Duluth Sun.