The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-01
PLAYED THE WARDS TO WIN
AND PULLED OUT THE NOMINA-
TION BY SOME OF HIS SHREWD
DEVICES.
BARREL rs THE THING, HE SAYS,
That Dictates the Actions of the Re-
publican Gang i'm Ramsey Coun-
ty of Recent Years,

to the literature OF the present GAIL
paign is issued over the signature of
c. r. Miller, who says he formerly
held a public office under the machine,
and knows it's workings. He insists
that he is a gold Republican, but urges
the defeat of the Ramsey county Re
publican gang. He thinks that the
time has passed when unfit men are to
be carried through on the tide of popu-
lar landslides, and says:
Men who could have won even in
Democratic times were turned down by
the use of the barrel The Republican
county ticket will suffer not only on &C
count of this but also on account OF
the third term racket won by corrupt
methods. If A. r. Kiefer was not en-
titled to a third term, then Chapel Is
surely not entitled as sheriff, netting
about forty to sixty thousand dollars to
him every term, even after his county
bills were cut down from half to two
thirds. A Republican county and city
ring that has existed for about fifteen
years generally sold out the balance
of the ticket and elected the sheriff
only and state Republican ticket, but
two years ago they could not sell us
out. There was a disaffection in Demo
cratic ranks and our whole ticket won
by a landslide included. This ring is
called the Machine. They received In
former years a money consideration
from both local political parties, but
now they secure nominations for their
friends who have money. This Machine
muzzled the Republican newspapers.
Certain Republican newspapers expect
a big city printing contract next Jan
uary by the votes of Assemblymen &.
F. Krahmer, E. L. Mabon, w. r. john
son, o. B. Lewis, M. J. Bell and others,
elected last spring by landslides, all
candidates for a county office this fall,
and particularly mentioned in these
papers controlled by the Machine. Oar
Reese, of the state house, and clerk Of
the supreme court, and Sheriff Chapel,
both prominent members of the Ma
chine, finally found q berth for their
moneyed friend, ChaS. Horst, last spring
for city treasurer.
The state house crowd, including
Reese, Loewenstein and Chapel, are
prominent members Of the machine,
some of the other minor state officers
go around among the Ramsey county
officials playing the part as ward heel
ers and beg money in similar install
ments, the others get It in larger in
stallments, and afterwards oppose
those candidates that do not swear al
legiance to their old friend Chapel for
sheriff. Col. A. r. Kiefer was side
tracked by this ring because he did
not furnish the necessary cash and
because he is an influential German
as no more Germans need apply to such
high positions. These votes are relied
upon as sure anyway. Ex-Ald. Henry
Weber, another popular county Official,
was sidetracked for register of deeds,
not because he was. g. German-Ameri
can and serving one term only, but
he must be sacrificed because he made
no promise to Chapel for a third term.
Weber had no barrel.
Mayor Doran's mouth organ, the
West St. Paul Times, Republican
sheet, has been vilifying Mr.. Weber
ever since he took charge Of the office,
simply because Editor Sherman's broth
eP-in-laW wrote a letter to Weber nearly
two years ago, asking him for a posi-
ton, and did not get it Immediately,
nor was it promised. Weber told him
he was a poor Republican If he could
not wait.
All other incumbents were Endorsed
for a second term and Sheriff Chapel
who was out Of his Office most of his
time, was Endorsed for a third term, be-
sides he draws a good government pen
sion. Chapel says, l must make a slate
and 1t will take money to carry that
slate at the primaries, the nomination
means election. / must make a deal
with e. F. Krahmer a wealthy man
from the Third ward, for register Of
deeds, he can help swell the barrel.
We must put up opposition to Edmund
and Sullivan, unless they swear allie
glance, and assist to swell the barrel
Then we will withdraw the opposition.
o. B. Lewis candidate for district
judge Of the Sixth ward, must be
drawn into line Each of these the can
didates had to promise Chapel his ward
delegates. w. r. Johnson, of the
Eighth ward, a candidate last spring
for city treasurer, must be fooled and
promised register Of deeds also in place
of Henry Weber. Johnson must give
Chapel his delegates, which he did. E.
L, Mabon, also Of the Eighth ward
must be put up as blind for sheriff
and tell some Of his delegates that he
would give them to Chapel on the Sec
ond ballot, but he turned his delegates
to Chapel on the first ballot through
one Of his ward heelers and then he
(Mabon) acted disappointed afterwards
only as a bluff to fool his delegates
Mabon had also promised the delegates
of his to Weber, but fooled Weber and
gave them to w. R. Johnson for reg
lister Of deeds, because Mabon was
afraid If Weber was renOminated first
as a German, 1t would hurt the chances
of Mabon's Hebrew friend, Willrich, to
be renominated later for probate judge,
because Mabon has a brother-in-law
employed in Willrichs office as deputy
Chapel never cared who was nomi-
mated as long as he was. 1t is said,
that M. J. Bell, who, during the boom
times got rich in three terms as reg
lister Of deeds by making over $1000 600
and was g. candidate again before the
last convention, expects to be register
of deeds again under the disguise as
deputy for E. G. Krahmer Bell was a
standing candidate for register Of deeds
every two years for nearly twelve
years past, and at the last convention
when Bell stood no show he turned the
delegation to Chapel and to Krahmer
for register of deeds.
E. l.. Mabon, Eli Warner, Fred Bry-
ant and Fred Zollmann have again ac-
cepted the lucrative positions Of county
committeeman. Reese and Sam Low
enstein are a6visories. They are gen.
orally shrewd enough to place such hon
orable business men as Moses e. Clapp,
Theodore Schurmeier or w. H. Light
ner as chairman of committee so as
to place an air Of responsibility to 1t,
and cover up the peculiar methods of
the machine. The chairmen generally
have enough by one trial. If a can
didate has no barrel he has no use to
run for g city or county office, because
the machine and delegates to the con-
vention cannot be bought without it.
Chapel thought he could win alone
without the Germans by combining
with the Irish and French Democrats,
as he has done before but this wear If