The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-17
WEST SIDER TO BE THE CHIEF.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE PROBABLE
DELEGATES TO THE CHICAGO
CONVENTION.
SOME ABOUT STATE POLITICS.
Date for the Republican Convention
to BE Selected This Week-Other
Political News.


stand that they would be willing to
accept the Office of chief of police can
now set their minds at rest and quit
worrying. After a conference held in
the private office of Sheriff Chapel on
Friday the information was quietly
given out that the new chief will be
NJ. n. Goss, of the Sixth ward.
Mr.. Goss is at present a deputy shar-
iff. and has been ever since Charles
Chapel has been sheriff He was for
merly railway conductor, and is at
present secretary of Division No. 40,
Order of Railway Conductors. He is
also prominent in other secret societies,
and enjoys a wide acquaintance in st.
Paul. He is yet on the sunny side of
middle life, is married and lives at
624 Ohio street.
Capt. Phil Schweitzer, at present in
charge of the central station, will sue
ceed John O'Connor as chief of de-
tectives. He will be placed in this
position because Mr.. Doran and his
advisers realize that on the detective
force must rest the main part of the
work of looking after the thieves who
will naturally drift to st. Paul dur
ing the encampment. Therefore, they
reason, it is absolutely necessary to
have an experienced officer at the head
of the detective force.
Sergt. Ernest Boerner, at present To-
Gated at Margaret street station, will
be at the central station.
John Harris, who first desired to be
made chief of detectives, is now look
ing for the position of license Inspector.
u -
it, however The latest intimation is
that Deacon George L. Wilson, of the
Law and Order league, is to be given
Jessrang's place as inspector of Ii
censes. An accompanying hint is that
when the time comes Harris will be
made superintendent of the workhouse,
in place of John Fitzgerald, the pres
ent incumbent.
An indication of the avidity with
which the office-hunters are chasing
positions can be had from the fact
| that a Republican manager stated yes-
! terday to G 0 b e reporter that at
| least fifty men want to succeed Matt
Bantz as jailer. "The easiest and best
| way out of it," he said, would be for
| the council to keep Bantz, who, / un-
derstand, is very capable officer"
This is hardly likely, however, as Mr..
Doran has given it out cold that only
his friends can hold positions under
him.
w. H. Griffin is yet to be provided
for. He may have to content himself
with accepting a place on the staff Of
fly bobs."
Tuesday, June g. is the date set for the
meeting of the state convention to elect dele
gates to the national Democratic convention
to be held at Chicago June IT. Ramsey county
will have eighty-seven delegates in the con-
vention. This will undoubtedly be one of the
most interesting state conventions ever held
by the Democrats In Minnesota. While there
seems no doubt at this time that the conven-
tion will adopt a sound-money plank, the
free silver advocates will make strong show
ing. 1t has been said that Hennepin county
will send down delegation that will be solid
for free coinage of silver; and they will en-
deayor to have financial plank of that char
acter incorporated in the platform. From the
Second Sixth and Seventh districts many
silver men are sure to come, and the fight on
this question will be hotly waged. both in
committee on platform and on the floor. The
Republican convention settled its fight In the
committee, when Jacobson, Baldwin and the
other silver men ON the committee consented
to swallow the plank concerning finances that
Rev. Sam Smith had drawn up.
An attempt will be made to elect the ma
tional committeeman in the convention itself,
instead of leaving 1t to the delegation to the
national convention, as heretofore has been
the custom. This will be but continuation
of the fight made in the last state convention
to have the chairman elected by the dele
gates instead of letting the state committee
name him. 1t is not known whether Michael
Doran will seek reelection national COM
mitteeman. He has not declared his intention
as yet nor have his friends for him, any fur
ther than to say that he will probably be
candidate for delegate at large. But there.
are others.
In the Ramsey county delegation there will
be at least two candidates for delegate at
large, besides Mr.. Doran, Frank w. VI.
Cutcheon and Thomas ]. McDermott. The
fcrmer has been, and the latter now is, chair
man of the state central committee. Both
are young men and both are lawyers. Each
has wide circle of friends in the state. and
If they both go into the race with Mr.. Doran
the result will be hard to guess. 1t Is just
possible, however, that one will pull out be-
fore the convention and leave the other a
free field to contest with Mr.. Doran.
For district delegates from the Fourth dis
trict. Thomas d. O'Brien is about the only
man talked of thus far, from st. Paul. The
Second district delegates will come from eth
er Washington or Dakota counties. 1t is not
unlikely that the choice lies between Judge
Netheway, of Saltwater, and Senator Schaller,
of Hastings.
Harry Lamberton and John Ludwig. Of the
First; Ben Voreis and John A. Johnson Of
the Second; o.. NJ Hall and Mort Tousley. Of
the Third; Phil Winston, of the Fifth; e1-
Mayor D'Antremont and J. G. Brown. Of Du-
luth, in the Sixth, and W. F. Kelso, of the
Seventh, are among the Democrats named as
possibilities in the contest for delegates at
large Most of them, however. will have to
be satisfied to go as district delegates, II they
care to go at all.
BY this time next week all Of the Repub-
Hcan candidates, and the state at large, will
know whether the Republican convention 70
nominate state officers will be held early or
late If It is not held early in July. 1t can
not very well be held until September. This
is because of the desire of the farmers to
participate and during most of July and
August they are busy taking care Of their
crops.
Many of the papers friendly to William
E. Lee and the other candidates besides
Clough have been accusing Chairman Tams
Bixby of scheming for late convention. in
order TO allow the governor. whose secre-
tary he is, an opportunity to strengthen his
lines in all directions. This Is denied by
Tans. who insists that Clough can be re-