St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR
MAYOR DON'T KNOW WHERE
THEY'RE AT.
WARREN WORKING VERY HARD.
A. r. KIEFER,s
NAME HAS BEEN INJECTED
INTO THE CAMPAIGN.
CONVENTION MONDAY
1t Will Present Memorable Scene
The Party Alive to the Present
Advantages.

Never did more uncertain convention meet
in st. Paul than the one which will assemble
tomorrow morning in Market hall. Before
Postmaster Castle injected himself into the
fight Doran's cohorts had a sure thing. The
Sixth ward man was so certain of his strength
that he did not open headquarters or appoint
committee to openly handle his candidacy.
An element of the party which is very strong
has been managing Doran's canvass; and
there is no need for headquarters or a known
executive committee. sa -
These secret agents it Is who are stirring
up the bitter feeling against Castle. He is
locked upon by them as the man who has
SPOILED Doran's chances for the nomination.
The fact that he is now, and has been for four
years. holding a fat federal Office is also
thrown in the face of the Castle boomers.
Then, too, Doran was depending largely on
the old soldier element of the party. Castles
managers have captured the veterans al
most bodily by the argument that visiting
comrades must be welcomed by good speak
er, and many of the big guns must be enter
tanned by rich man. Day by day, as these
arguments have been advanced, and have
been seemingly winning votes for the post
bitter and resentful. At the present moment
they ready to execute vengeance swift
and heavy Should Castle look like a winner
in the convention there will be quick COM
bination of the Doran-Warren forces. In whose
favor this combination will vote has not yet
been decided; but care will be taken to turn
the ambitious postmaster down even more
significantly than when young Fred Bryant
defeated him for alternate to st. Louis.
George Warren has given up the plan of
receiving delegates in his headquarters, in the
Endicott. 1t is but rarely he can be found in
now, but from early morning until midnight
or later he keeps eternally on the hustle.
Most of his time is devoted to shops and fac
tories, places the other two Office hunters nev-
er think of visiting 1t is by the votes of the
men employed therein that Warren expects to
win out, or at least become the local Warwick.
His secretary said yesterday that there will
be Warren tickets in every ward and every
precinct The other candidates will follow
suit.
The executive committee and committee on
platform of the Democratic party will meet
this evening in the old Globe building, in the
rooms secured as headquarters.
II any person has an idea that the Democ-
racy of st. Paul is not most thoroughly arous-
ed to realizing sense of the great advan-
tage of it's present position. he is very badly
mistaken. An audience will gather Monday
that will be made up of men who rarely or
never attend conventions; and everywhere one
goes there is found a universal sentiment
among Democrats that all who honestly love
their Earty and their city must come to the
front, even at the cost of personal sacrifice.
A xr-ifp cad IN, fho var1fic
which will be memorable. Petitions will be
ready for signatures to put beyond question
the legality of the nominations to be made.
AT some point in the proceedings all Demo-
Gratis present and all citizens in sympathy
with the movement for decent and economical
government will be asked to step forward
and sign their names to the petition. Thus a
large amount of unnecessary work can be
avoided later on, and at the same time the
signatures will be genuine beyond question.
cit will be the signing Of new declaration
of independence" said an honored old Demo-
crat yesterday, 'and If it were necessary 1
would have myself carried to the hail to sign
the papers,"
To add to the perplexity of the situation in
which the Republican candidates find them
selves the name of Congressman Kiefer has
been brought into the mayoralty fight. Fred
Stevens friends have about convinced the
Kjefer men that they are already beaten in
the attempt to secure third term for the
ursatisfed colonel. So apparent and possible
of manipulation is the fearful tangle in which
Castle, Doran and Warren men are involved,
that some of Kiefers friends are talking him
up as a compromise candidate. George Ger
Itch, the Eighth ward Republican leader,
gees further, according to report, and says
his ward delegation will vote for Kiefer in the
convention. NJ. J. Schorn, from the same
ward, and a candidate for justice of the peace,
hints at the same thing. These two men must
be reckoned by any one who wants the Re-
publican delegation from the Eighth ward
and the candidates know it. Warren already
has pledges from some Eighth ward men who
are slated for delegates, but the scheme may
be to throw Warren delegates to Kiefer. In
fact, hints have been heard Of late that this