St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-14
With DROP WILSON.
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REPORT THAT THE ASSISTANT
ENGINEER Is SLATED
TO GO.
PARTIsANsHiP TOO DEFINED.
THE NEW B6ARD OF PUBLIC
WORKS MAY TAKE A HAND
IN TT.
PARTIsANsHiP TOO DEFINED
REPUBLICANS ARE BADLY LEFT.
Scheme to aGfve Sam Lowenstetn
the Cigar Privilege in the City
Hall Fails.

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1t Is rumored that the composition of
the new board Of public works will not
be made public until after the settle
ment or the postmastership contest, the
theory assigned being that if John S.
erode. is not provided with the post
Office, he will be given the public
works appointment. The terms of Com
nlssieners Warren and Fairchild ex-
pre-, and the two places will be given
10 Democrats. Aid Robert N. Hare is
SAID to be pretty sure of one of the
places, while the other lies between
Mr.. erode and William Banholzer, ac-
cordIng to the current gossip in polit-
ical circles.
1t IS generally expected around the
city hall, however, that one change is
certain, whoever is appointed, that be-
ing the removal of Assistant City En-
glneer George L. Wilson for offensive
craftsmanship. While the assistants are
appointed by the city engineer, the
term OF the chief of the department also
expires next month and when the
poard OF public works elects the new
engineer, 1T is presumed that Mr..
-Rundletts reelection will be contingent
upon the removal of Mr.. Wilson. Some
Democrats predict that Mr.. Rundlett
VIII resent this intrusion into his of
nee aHa1rs, and will decline to make
the stipulation asked for, in which
event, the rumor continues that A E.
ruler may be elected to succeed him.
1t is said that politics makes strange
oedfelloWs, but it is not often that
three or four politicians deliberately
select for their bedfellow a man dis
tasteful to them. Such, however, seems
TO have been the action of the four Re-
publican members of the joint city hall
ana court house commission in grant
ing TO Z. A. Anderson the cigar stand
privilege in the court house. At the
meeting of the Commission two weeks
ago resolution was voted for by Aro-
sin, Johnson, Milham and Wright, the
TOUR Republican members of the board.
granting this tspriyilege to Anderson.
and ordering that Lawrence Fahey. the
Democrat who enjoyed the privilege.
be required to remove forthwith. 79al
Thus far everything was all. right.
But suddenly the information was con-
veyed to Mr.. Fahey that he need not
move out If he did not desire to do
so; that the voteswas only bluff TO
satisfy Anderson, and that by his
holding on and refusing to move out.
1t would furnish pretext for granting
the privilege to some one else. the de-
sire being to give 1t to Samuel Lowen-
stein. To make this play strong it
was noised about that Mayor Smith
had said he would sffever allow Ander-
son to have stand in. the court house
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rumor that was wholly unfounded
Mr.. Arosin was the only one really
wanting Anderson to have the priv
ilege, the others voting for him lust
to conciliate Mr.. Arosin so as to Sc
cure his support for some of their bets.
But now, on the plea that Anderson
was not going to be permitted to en-,
JOY the privilege, the others got Arosin
to agree that if he (Anderson) had not
secured possession by Feb. IA, TODAY.
they would elect Lowenstein at the
meeting tomorrow. Anderson learned
of the scheme, however and made a
deal with Fahey, whereby the latter
! surrendered possession without further
trouble, on condition that Anderson
| purchase the stock he had on hand.
The result was that Anderson took
VI Lie eleaHo yesterday, and
LoWensteln and his three Republican
packers are going about with their
thumbs in their mouths.
OF course Fahey knew that his time
was short there at best, so when he
found himself in a position to dispose
OF his stock through the scheming Of
the Republicans, he was only too glad
to employ the opportunity and get out
whole. The privilege has been granted
to Anderson only until July 1, SO that
ne Is taking long chances, apparently,
FOR In the event Of Democratic success
IN the city campaign, he is. sure to get
Knocked out again inside of five
months, and even if the Republicans
should win, he has the opposition of the
majority of the Republicans now on
! the commission