The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-01

month would hardly, earn So, COT 81 dur
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To the Public: Some of the state
ments which have been made in the
public press concerning me and my
candidacy for sheriff Of Ramsey county
render it incumbent upon me, in my
Judgment. to make something in the
nature Of a public declaration concern
ing my intentions and something of a
pledge of good faith to those who are
so kindly giving me their support. 1t
is not necessary, 1 believe, for me to
say to my friends that there is no word
OF truth in anything that has been
printed in the newspapers which are
unfriendly to me about the deals
which l am reported to have made.
My friends know that I am under no
pledge and no obligation to any gang"
or clique" or for that matter to any
individual in case / am so fortunate
as to be elected to the Office of sheriff
II / am elected at all it will be by the
aid of my friends, and save for the gen.
eral obligation which I will feel to all
of them there will be. no pledge which
can be brought up to hamper me in the
office. .aa i
1 have no criticism OF complaint to
make of my opponent. and accord to
him the same privilege which I myself
ask, of getting as many of my friends
interested in my candidacy as possible
There is one matter, however, upon
which / desire to make an explicit
statement. There is, and for years has
been. very. strong demand on the part
Of the tax payers for reduction Of the
running expenses Of all the county Of
fees. So far has this feeling been crys-
talized that the Legislature of 1891
passed a law placing the office, of
-In ,-;f - at, T. I@~-e -
the office is commonly reputed now,
to pay. This act was repealed by the
legislature Of 1893 in a very peculiar
manner I find that the bill, which was
introduced in the senate, was discussed
at considerable length, and was finally
returned to the house on the last day
of the session, when there were several
hundred bills ahead of it in the gen
eral order Of business. Under the
usual order this bill would have had to
take it's course, and could not possibly
have been reached before the adjourn
ment. 1t was nevertheless reached and
passed by a process known only to
those familiar with legislative Juggling.
1t went, in the Winking of an eye, from
the foot of general orders to the head
of the calendar, when there were hun
dreds Of other meritorious bills that
could not be reached at all. I do not
presume to fix the blame for this upon
any one. l simply call attention to the
singular fact. John Wagner.
Inspector Newbery, an employee Of
the City Railway company, Is a sound
money man and wears a Mckinley and
Hobart button on the lapel of his coat
while engaged in his duties. Recently
number of people have accused New
berry of displaying the Republican
badge because he otherwise feared los
ing his position. Friday evening a sill
yer advocate told the inspector that he
had to wear a Mckinley button or
lose his job as did other employees Of
the railroad company. Newbery re-
sented the statement and the silver
advocate replied that he had been in
formed to the effect Of his remarks by
the conductor Of an Interurban car
with whom he had just ridden down
town. Newbery offered to wager SIS
that the mans statements were false.
The offer was accepted and the Interur-
ban car boarded as it rounded Eighth
and WabaSha streets. The conductor
denied the silver mans story and New
berry won the money. Inspector New
berry says that the statement that any
employe of the City Railway company
is forced to choose between supporting
the cause Of sound money and losing
his position is absolutely false, and that
those men who display the Mckinley
buttons do so of their own free will.
Election returns will be received and
announced in the Hotel Ryan lobby.
The Republican Eighth ward meeting
held at Wagner hall, corner Of Western
avenue and Charles street, last night
listened to Mayor Doran. Clerk of
Courts Ed Rogers, +. c.. Stevens and a
few DINNER lights. Ed Rogers, who
did all his worrying two years ago,
cheerfully extolled the virtues Of the
Republican ticket from William Nc
Kinley to DR.. J, G. Nelson. Mayor
Doran also went down the line with
the Republican county ticket, predict
Ing that the Eighth ward would give
rousing majorities for every candidate.
including even S. A. Anderson, the can
didate for county attorney. The mayor
also called attention to the county COM
mission and scored the Democratic
members for the part they took in
pushing through a resolution bonding
the county Of Ramsey for 100000 for
the purpose of improving the county
roads. The mayor admitted that the
purpose was a good one, but insisted
under the present conditions retrench-
ments should be the watch word
One Of the DINNER lights followed
with half-hour speech, which bid fair
to last an hour, but there is a limit to
the patience Of even a Republican
audience, and amid cries of Stevens, !"
Stevens" the speaker was compelled
to give the Republican candidate for
congress a chance. Mr.. Stevens made
an orthodox effort, in which he prophe-
sled that on the 4th Of next March he
would be found in Washington, D. c.,
serving his constituents.
Several county candidates were
present.
Kander's hall at the corner Of Front
and Gaultier streets in the Eighth
ward, was crowded with Democrats
last night. 1t was one Of the most en-
thusiastic ward meetings Of the cam
paign. w. H. Burns presided. Thomas
F. Martin, the candidate for represen-
tative from the Eighth ward was the
first speaker.
He urged his hearers to vote as early
In the day as possible, for if they wait
ed until a late hour, the polls would be
so crowded that they might not be
able to vote before the closing time.
Mr.. Martin also warned them that the
Republicans were prepared to bride
voters to remain away from the polls,
with the understanding that If the
books Of the registration showed that
they had not voted that they would re-
ceive the promised reward. In order
that none of those present should be
unjustly suspected of receiving such a
bride, Mr.. Martin impressed upon them
the Importance Of doing their duty as
citizens
Mr. Martin referred briefly to the
attempts of his political enemies to
down him by getting out a circular
alleging that he had no permanent resi-
dence in the ward He denied the
charge, pointing out the fact that he
had resided at his present home for
the last eight years. In conclusion, he
spoke a few words in behalf of the
Democratic county ticket
Later in the evening, Pierce Butler
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