St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-30
TAMMANY HALL RING
Is What Three Republican
Candidates Are Trying TO
Make, y
BUT THE SCHEME WON'T GO.
Chapel, Seng and Jensen Are
Breeding Trouble for
Themselves.
FIRST DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
Young Mems Central Demo-
cratic Club Has Its Open
ing Tonight. -
BUT THE SCHEME WON'T GO.
FIRST DEMOCRATIC RALLY.


and Jensen tor treasurer find that their
combination of forces is not running as
smoothly as they had hoped. Ed 5.
Bean has been taken into the ring and
promised The position of chief clerk i'll
the sheritf's office in case Chapel wins.
+. w. ZOllman is detailed to run the
machine Oil the inside. and has been
promised the Sc eretaryship of the Tam
many hall organization with ali annual
salary. A. G. Clausen,,. Harris
Richardson and +. c.. Stevens
OF course want to be in touch
with the gang, and they have picked out
the trio as probable winners and are
lending their announcement to further
ing the schem that has for its object
the nomination of Chapel, Seng and
Jensen. Z. @. Rogers has been asked
to join in with the other three, but his
well known independence has thus far
binatiOn. He thinks that being the only
Republican mentioned for clerk of
courts that it would be best to run on
the track without any handicap.and has
declined to become a member of the
ring
The plan of the trio is to run candi-
dates for several Offices in several wards
who are 20 be merely dummies, and
when they capture few delegates on
the precinct primary plan they will
turn over their figure heads to the ring
and thus sell out their friends and per-
sonal following. The trio mentioned
know that they cannot individually get
enough votes in the convention to NOM
mate either of them, hence the COM
bination.
Another reason for the combination is
to Insist upon the precinct primary
plan and the election of delegates by
precincts. There has been such howl
about the precinct primaries that the
committee has been seriously advocat-
ing an abandonment of the system for
the county convention. A well-posted
Republican, in speaking of the matter.
said: There was nothing in the in
dorsement given at the Kiefer conven-
ton to the preciuct primary plan.
Ninety OF the delegates to that conven-
ton were JUDGES at the primaries, and
they voted that way to give them SIM
liar occupation at the next primary
election"
The Republican alluded to said that
it Will be round that the mass of the
Republicans are opposed to the new
plan. II Is only advocated by Chapel,
Seng and Jensen because they know
that with their combined strength they
CAN hot get majority of the wards of the
city, nor of the delegates if ward dele
gates are chosen. The only wards they
could possibly carry would be the
Fourth, Sixth, Seventh. Tenth and
Eleventh, nd possibly the country,
ana they would loose the delegations
of the other populous wards and doubt
less few delegates in those men-
toned. If precinct primaries are
held it will be possible to
put up several candidates for
office who will sell out to the ring. An
other reason for favoring the precinct
primaries by the ring Is that they hope
to do as was done in the late conven-
ton. When that convention met it was
found that four precincts in the Fourth
not elected delegates. and lists for them
were made up in the convention. The
ring will work this plan also in the
county convention where 1t can be done.
They will also put up men who will
give their proxies to the right parties.
The opposition to the precinct primaries
Is very bitter among all the candidates
with the exception of the ring. But
they are not alone in this. Stanford
Newell, in speaking of the system used
in the congressional primaries. points
out bad features and is inclined to
thing that tie worst points of an East
ern system had been selected without
adopting the better features of the
plan. The rank and file of the Re-
publicans are also said to oppose the
plan because it will give too much OPP
portunity to hoodwink the voters. un.
less more perfect system should be
established.
A Republican, speaking of the ring,
said that there is another feature that
enters into making up the combination.
Sheriff Chapel has been bearing the
burden of the expenses and the strain
has already been so hard on him that he
feels like deserving unless he shall have
some help. He complained of being
made to pay the expenses. and as a re-
suit A. Z. Clausen, Harris Richardson,
F. G. Stevens and F. W. ZolIman got
toghter and Matched the ring scheme.
Jensen and Seng were taken in aud are
expected to whack up on the expenses.
o,ty, Ed IA:
. cause there is not only the field against
them, but i'll it are some strong candi-
dates. There is Mr.. Edmund, of the
First ward, who wants to be county
treasurer, and will prevent Matt Jensen
from carrying his ward. George War
rem thinks he will take a tumble at the
shrievalty, and will hold the Fifth ward
from Seng, and Denny Sullivan, who
wants to be county auditor, will hold
the Tenth and Eleventh wards and the
country from the ring. These three
strong opponents will have strong sup
port in other wards in opposition
to the ring. Then c. l.. Horst
has laid claim to the nomination for
register of deeds. and, as there is not
probability of having two nominees
from the Fourth ward, where he and
Chapel both resi- lie, the chance for the
nomination of Chapel is still further
diminished. All of the other candidates,
and among them are men probably
more formidable than the ring men,
have issued fiat to the eject that the
Chapel-Seng-JenSen slate must be
broken. That there is a merry war on
in the Republican ranks plenty of tire
workers in tile. party declare openly,
and say that they won't tolerate any
longer the small Republican ring that
has been running things.