St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-22
CASTLES FRIENDS WAITING,
MARKHAM,S DESIRE TO PUsu
MARKHAM is ALSO REMEM-
BERED.
HEAVY REGISTRATION
me second Days Figures, So Far az
Reported, in Excess of the
First Days.

the Republican city convention-not the Re-
publican party-for mayor, is making
pretty vigorous canvass, he is meeting with
SAD troubles in many quarters, and he will,
not have them all until the polls are closed
week from next Tuesday night. Trv to
disguise 1t as they may, the Republican lead
ers cannot conceal the fact that the non,no-
.ioh Oh Doran was accomplished by trade
that is repulsive to a large element In tbo
party, and loyal as Capt. Castle is for ba
certainly is doing all the work he can for
HIS "h1lom rival, the same can not be said
OF many Of the postmaster's friends wben
the gentle dropping of the ballots begins
there will be many Republicans who mil,
urop the little paper with a cross against the
name, not Of the nominee of a nolitica1 iob
but for the peoples choice, o. o. Cullen. the
unanimous choice of convention which was
broader than partisan lines, and in whose
selectlon appeared the broadest citizenship
and most liberal sentiments expressed in
any OF the conventions held this year. No.
all OF these votes will be cast in the Seventh
ward, where the detection from the nartv
whip Is no doubt the strongest. The First
ward had many loyal Castle men, who fought
valiantIy for their favorite, not only in tha
-ASSH5, Out III the main convention
and they look with intense disfavor on the
Doran-Warren combine, by which, when but
Ie" minutes before the champions of Doran
on that hoor had Haunted in the face of the
castle men the accusation that the support
OIL one OF the Ninth ward delegates was con-
tingent on similar promise from Castle.
consistency is jewel that shines in the
crown OF the city and county machine ONLY
Dy the lustrous moonlight that filters through
the empty setting. They have none of it.
Despised by the temperance pesple, hated
by faction in his own party, respected only
through fear by those who know his crafty
political methods, the Republican nominee
for mayor is beset by troubles In his own
party which would make his election barely
possible under the most favorable circum
stances on the other side. But pitted against
the broad, liberal student of munieipal af-
fairs, the citizen rather than the partisan
who heads the Democratic citizensa ticket. the
West side wood and coal dealer is destined to
defeat as dark as the cavernous depths from
which came the dusty jewels which have
brought him into wealth, If not into promi-
nence.
There is another man that the friends of
round, and that is Aid. Markham. 1t does
not embitter them so much that the naive
Seventh warder, by his sowness of speech
permitted the Warren forces to throw the
election on the floor, as does the apparent
motive Of his presence there the promotion
OF his own interests possible dark horse
In the event Of deadlock.
The bounttful showers that Rev s. G. Smith
so eloQuently referred to that morning were
not neceSsa rflv the r0RD
approving the actions Of that body; nay nay.
say rather that the heavens wept at such a
spectacle Of disorder as that fiasco presented
And when you strike Markham you have
set in vibration the discordant note that
turned the rhythmical movement Of the Re-
publican song into a chaotic blare. Aid,
Markham was chosen chairman of a conyen-
ton to which he was not delegate. 1t is
claimed in mitigation of his offense that O. B.
Lewis had an understanding with his partner.
Oscar Hallam, that the latter should give
Markham his proxy If 1t should be neeasd So
when Mr.. Lewis blithely nominated the berry
Wall Of the city council for the chairmanship
1t was passed about that the alderman had
Oscar Hallam's proxy That would not have
been very bad, for riotous Republican gath
ering, but to add insult to injury, this man
Hallam, whose proxy Markham was supposed
to have not only occupied his seat in the dele
question, but when the matter Of treasurership
nominations came up, made more or less
eloquent harangue in support Of Charles Horst
Now not alone the Castle adherents are wrath
full but the other folks are worried, for they
realize that they are in bad box and it is
a question If the ticket could not be taken
into the courts and every name on it scratched
off on account of the illegality of the conven-
tion in this respect Eminent counsel with
in their have adr cad
1t is only by courtesy that the ticket is still
in the field. Of course each man could get
around and circulate his petitions and get his
name back, but there is a suspicion abroad In
some quarters that some of the men on that
ticket would have an awful hard time getting
the requisite number of names.
Yesterdays registration gave a repetition
of the result Of the first day. In every ward
there was furnished ample proof that the
precinct committeeman of both parties are
meeting with success in their efforts to get
the name of every voter on the lists. Not In
many years have the indications pointed so
Enthusiastically to a full registration This Is
especially gratifying, say the Democratic
committeeman, because the Cullen ticket has
nothing to fear If large vote is cast In
telligent thoughtful citizens will always be
in majority in such case, and on the nom
partisan character of the Democratic ticket,
as opposed to the Office grabbing declara-
tions of the Republican ticket, they will
have no difficulty in deciding how to vote.
The scattering returns which came to hand
last evening show that only in rare instances
were less votes registered yesterday than on
Tuesday a week ago. Where the falling off
occurred the percentage of men registered
to the total number of voters is large enough
to show that on next Saturday all Of the
missing names easily be recorded. Both
city committees realize thf no effort can be
spared to secure this rel alt, and circulars
will undoubtedly be issued and delivered at
the houses of voters, urging them to remem-
ber that Saturday is the last day on which
they can register.
Out OF $50 voters in the Second precinct Of
the Sixth ward, III are now registered out
of 300 in the Third precinct, 214 are regis
tered $50 are registered out of $50 in the
Fourth precinct; 81 out of 76 are listed in
the Fifth precinct, and go out Of a possible
lag in the Sixth precinct. This is probably
a trile ahead of the results throughout the
city, because Mr.. Doran's friends are MAX
ing extra efforts to get large vote for him
in the Sixth ward. Mr.. Cullen's friends are
not asleep. They realize that If they can
get out all the Democrats the Sixth viii do