The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-22
OFFICES 60 BEGGING
NO CANDIDATES IN SIGHT FOR
PLACES ON PARK AND LIBRARY
BOARDS.
EDUCATORS ARE NUMEROUS.
HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI HAVE A
TICKET WHICH THEY WANT
INDORSED.
EDUCATORS ARE NUMERoU:
NYE WANTS TO BE MAYOR.
Comptroller in the Race for the
NominatiOn-News of Minne-
apOlis.

w lIIe the nuSIle IOr place on the
city ticket of the Republican party is
developing into a steeple chase, with
practically all the political cobs and
hunters in training, there are several
places which, though full of honors,
have few or no entries. These are the
memberships of the several boards
which cut so important a figure in the
administration of the municipality of
Minneapolis. The places to be filled
are three members of board Of educa-
ton, four Of the board of park COM
missioners and two of the library
board
For the library board there are, as
far as known, no candidates in the Re-
publican party. This is one case in
Which, for number of years an ideal
condition has prevailed The office has
sought the man and in every case it
found a good one. The library board
has no large amount of patronage and
no contracts or other expenses involv-
ing opportunities for perquisites. SO
the office is gladly passed by by the
thrifty politician, and the city is well
served by men who have the public
good alone to conserve.
sidered worthy the efforts Of the best
business men in Minneapolis to get
upon the park board. Now the office
seems to go begging and men that are
on the board are willing and anxious
to let some one else carry the load
The reason may be found In the fact
that there is now no property to ac-
quire, and instead of increasing the
expenditures there is a constant de-
mand for a reduction all along the
line. The park board is between two
fires, and criticism is poured in upon
it from the man who pays what he
regards as altogether too much tax
and on the other hand from the man
who wants some improvement which
will beautify his property at the ex-
pense Of the community So that
about all the members Of the park
board have been getting during the
past few years is what they wish to
avoid getting in the future. The four
men to go out are Commissioners Nc
MILAN, Stoft, Dahn and Ryan. There
has been some talk regarding the
election of the members of the
board who were elected to fill
G. Nye to succeed G.. M. Loring and
Mr.. Ridgeway to succeed Mr.. Rock
wood, but 1t has been uniformly held
that the board act made those mem
bers, elected to serve out unexpired
terms, hold over until the full term
for which their predecessors were
elected has expired.
There is some talk of putting up
non-partisan ticket and if this Is de-
cided upon there is every reason that
the Republicans will nominate Jacob
Stoft as one of the Democrats Mr.
Dahn, too, is well spoken of by the
Republicans. But among the Repub-
licanS there are few who will consent
to allow their names to be used. Two
leading business men are mentioned
They are W. L. Harris and William
Regan. If they will accept the nomi-
nation they will do much to keep the
board at it's best
But, while there is a dearth of can
didates for the two boards named
there are plenty of good citizens who
are willing to take charge of the edu-
cation of the children. The members
who retire from the board of educa-
ton are Luth Jaeger, John Norton and
j. Fl. Rolfe. Mr.. Jaeger lives in the
Eighth ward, Mr.. Rolfe in the Second
ward and Mr.. Norton in the First
ward. The high school alumni have
the first time this year followed q
course which was agreed upon among
the young people who have graduated
from the Minneapolis schools, and
placed in nomination a ticket which
they hope the Republicans of the city
will indorse. The ticket includes Mrs
Marsten, F. H. Peavey and B. F. Mel
son. Mrs. Marsten is supposed to have
no politics and Mr.. Peavey is a Re-
publican. Mr.. Nelson was a Democrat
until the silver issue was taken up by
the Democrats, when he left the party
But for this fact the ticket would be
reasonably nOn-partisan.
But there is no evidence that this
ticket will go through without a good
deal of opposition. The people Of the
Ninth ward want a member of the
board and have put forward the name
of ]. E. Andrews In the Second ward
a candidate comes up in the person Of
Larry Barker. The Third ward has a
candidate in the person of N. F. Haw-
ley who lives in Oak Park. In South
Minneapolis the leading candidate is
w. K. Hicks. the Franklin avenue
druggist. In the Eighth ward at least
one candidate Is talked Of 1t is DR..
G. w. Drew, the chemist, formerly a
part of the state dairy and food force
The section of the ward where the
doctor lives wants a school building
and they want some one who will see
to it that they get it.