The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-19
LOCAL PDI.FTICAL
Field of Candidates Gets Larger
s and Meneier rs Each Day
Hollis BY.

/ electoral ticket in the Held, that Demo-
Gratis who believe in sound money, and
who will not vote for the free silver
| candidates, might not be deprived OF
an opportunity to vote this fall Ac-
cordingly the committee named the
following electors. who represent the
| principles of the Democratic party rep
| resented in this campaign by the can
didacy of Palmer and Buckner. These
| gentlemen have been communicated
with, and have signified their willing
ness to serve as candidates:
First District-John Won Rohr, Winona.
Second District-Anthony Schaefer Rush
more.
Fourth District-Dr. Ernest Schrader, St.
Paul.
Fifth District-Judge A. Iceland, Minneap-
oils.
Sixth District-Wilson g Crosby, Duluth.
Seventh District-Lyman B. Eyerdeli'
Breckenridge.
Centre, and James s. O'Brien, Saltwater.
The electors will be nominated by pc
titions. Hundreds Of these blank petit
lions have been sent into every dis
trict of the state, and arrangements
made with notaries public to see to 1t
that they are properly signed. These
petitions will be returned to Secretary
will be filed with the secretary Of state
( on or before Oct 81 But 5000 men are
needed to qualifygthe petition and Sc
cure for the electors place on the
legal ballot. 4soye
There is considerable activity about
county Democratic headquarters in the
Clio b building The candidates are
becoming active, the ward workers are
showing considerable life, and the cam
paign managers are manifeSting more
interest in the coming election than at
any time heretofore this year. There
seems an abundance Of confidence, too,
but the little fellows, who in days gone
by drew considerable sums from the
same headquarters, complain that
money is dreaafully scarce, and that
the candidates are. the chilliest lot of
| men that ever sought an office.
P. J. Metzdorf is in charge Of the
rooms, and regular meetings of the
county committee are held on Monday
and Thursday evenings of each week
| At present the work of the committee
is confined to receiving reports from the
precinct organiZa tionS:~ These reports
show that the campaign is warming up
and that the candidates are making
their wants and wishes known. Fol-
lowing is an official list of the Demo-
Gratis who want the votes of the party
candidates named are not personally
| seeking the office-notably the sole can
didate mentioned for county treasurer;
Auditor-Thomas f. Martin, of the Eighth
ward. and w: Van Slyke.
Treasurer-John Wagner
/ Sheriff Richard McNamee. Anton Mieson
and r. w. Bell. %fGE< -istoG &
Register Of Deeds-7J. August Nilsson and
Thomas Manning. $50
Attorney-Stan Donnelly, l.. j. Dobner and
d. F. PEBBLES
Judge of Probate-Frank Robert Frederick
Nelson and Charles P. Brown.
Coroner-Dr. Whitcomb DR.. Horst, of the
Second ward, and DR.. Hanley Populist.l
Abstract Clerk-Fred Tegeler.
Surveyor-Thomas, j. O'Leary and d. l..
Curtice.
Superintendent of Schools-A. w. Gutridge,
of Rose township.
District Bench-Judge Otis and Egan Cfor re-
| eleetion) and J.C Michael, II. w. Cory, X.
A. Walsh and Benn Davis.
County Commissieners-A. F. Manke, of the
Eighth ward. Joseph Schmidt, OF the Sixth
ward. and William, Johnson. of the Fifth
ward George Allen, J. F. McCarron, I. A.
johnson. Dave Hanna and Me WILDER.
Legislature First ward will be conceded
candidate yet received with favor by the COM
mittee; Third ward. Ed. Schurmeier; Fourth
ward. DR.. De Witt Clinton Jones and J. w.
ward Samuel Deering Seventh ward has no
candidate willing to become the sacrifcial
lamb; Eigth ward; T:1J. McDermott, ex-chair-
ward, DIR. E. Wei Buckley; Tenth and
Eleventh wards and country districts have as
yet no prominent candidate.
~, aEa
There are plenty of legislative cand1-
dates who have no following save the
Endorsement of some ward club. These
gentlemen, however genuine their cam
didacy or merited their claims, are not
considered in the running at this time.
But as j.. August Nilsson yesterday
remarked There's no bosses now, as
there once was3 and any man may be
a candidate and his friends may plug
for him with or. without the consent
of the county committee. You may
depend upon it there are more legis
latiye candidates that the county COM
mittee knows Of"
The Democrats have proposed to the
Pcpulists that they will support Clarke
for congress and give the Peoples party
q share of the legislative candidates in
return for an Endorsement of the Demo-
cratic county ticket. This is done to
forestall as far as possible the nonai-
nation of a. congressional candidate by
the sound money Democrats. Whether
the Pops will rise to the bait remains
to be seen.
That faction of the Democratic party
known as the s"Scannell crowd" is also
taking a hand and lending to the con-
fusion Of selection OF candidates. The
Sea nnellites demand recognition and
modestly ask for the best Office in the
county for Dick Bell. Dick wants to
be sheriff and there will be some tall
wrangling before he will surrender his
claim or before his claim will be recog-
nized. Another man who is a candidate
for sheriff is more prominently men
toned for the authorship. That man
| is W. A. Van Slyke. He has had the
benefit of advice from some of the old
time Democratic leaders, notably 0. o.
Cullen, and thinks he can get one of
the places if he is pugnacious enough.
The silver Republicans are trying
to make a. deal, with the sPopulists and
will demand the nomination of j. M
Hawthorne for a place on the district
bench. Hawthorne has done good work
for the free silver people and some of
the Populists are willing to indorse
him, provided his claims do not inter-
| fere with the pledges that have been
! made to the Populist candidates.
On the action of The Republican con-
vention depends the Democratic nom
inations. for district judges. If the
proposition that was discussed by
some of the leaders of both parties
is adopted the 1is1ihl system of IL
dersing the candidates and dividing
the offices will be carried out But
the candidates on both sides are anx-
ious that a straight ticket be named.
If this should be. the intention or tha