St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-06
HE SEEMS TO BE NEAREST THE
DEMOCRATIC MAYORALTY
NOMINATION.
PRIMARIES THIS EVENING
WILL SELECT DELEGATES TO THE
CITY CONVENTION TOMORROW
AT MARKET HALL.
REPUBLICANS ARE IN A SCRAP
rupt the Municipal Party Or
ganizatiOn This Spring.

From the best information obtainable yes
terday, the following named gentlemen are
almost certain to receive honors tomorrow at
the hands Of the st. Paul Democracy
Mayor. J. Parker
Comptroller-A. N. Nelson.
Treasurer-John Wagener
Aldermer-Second ward, Charles Kartak;
third, Joseph Ehrmanntraut Jr.; Fourth, An
ton Niesen: Fifth. William Ulmer; Sixth,
John F. Krieger; Eighth, John Wolf; Ninth,
Ed L. Murphy; Tenth, Alex Adams. Senti-
ment has not crystallized in the First, Seventh
or Eleventh wards sufficiently to say that any
candidates will be named by the convention
1t is not unlikely that the city committee will
be empowered to take whatever action is con-
sidered most advisable so far as these wards
are concerned.
For the assembly ticket H. J. Strouse, John
B. Trudeau and James Melady seem to be
tacitly decided upon. No doubt some Of the
ward delegations will get together and agree
upon other gentlemen before the convention
meets; and as everybody is impressed with
the necessity for selecting the very best tim
Der the upper branch of the council will not
be slghted.
AouIoifOW tue democratic city convention
will meet at Market hall at 10 O'Clock a. M
to nominate city candidates for the various
city offices for the ensuing two years Up to
the hour of going to press there is not the
slightest indication that any sort Of slate has
been agreed upon by anybody. Chairman
Scanneii, OF the city committee, said Saturday
that he believed l.. ]. Dobner could get the
nomination if he desired to go after it. Mr..
Dobner, seen yesterday, simply laughed at
the proposition and good -naturedly passed it
up. Friends Of DR.. Stamm even while they
talk of his qualifications, admit that he will
not consider the possibility Of being a eandi-
date. So far as the G l o b e could discover
yesterday, the advocates of J. J. Parker are
becoming more numerous every day They
are aggressive and confident and maintain
that the party can make an offensive and a.
winning campaign on his record as an as
semblyman.
One OF the Parker men summed up their
position in these words: "Jack Parker's noni
nation will enable the Democratic party to
take the most advantageous fighting ground.
His has been a positive influence for good,
and the character of the man himself is a
guarantee that he Will make a mayor who
Will have opinions Of his own, and will put
MS ideas OF retrenchment and reform into
positive effect There is now no other man
IN the field of whom this can be said Can't,
Caste IS, above everything else, politician,
both by instinct and training. For many
years politics has been large part of his
business. Since he declared himself candi-
Gate men have focked about him who are
avowedly after the spoils Of office. Doran.
while not so much a politician, Is the
macnlne man. and the machine would control
ana govern as completely and as disastrously
as 1t did during Wright's administration.
ic fran
iy independent. Other Democrats can claim
to be the same; but by his work In the
council he has proven not onIy his ad-
m1n1strative, but his constructive ability.
Ihat Is the kind Of a man the exigencjes OF
lhe hour demand, and he will be elected
we believe, If nominated"
County Attorney Pierce Butler indorsed tbe
above sentiments, and added that he be-
AeVed Parker's nomination would mean
strong platform on which to make the fight
for better government.
comptroller McCardy breaking away from
Ihe castle camp is the latest disturbing hap
pening in the local Republican scrap. At first
the icy-tempered bookkeeper of the citv did
not take the Warren Fitzgerald Horst comhi-
nation seriously, but the Globe reports
rather opened his eyes. Now, for self-pre-
serFation and to hold his peculiar position in
the ruling class, he finds It necessary ac
cording to the most reliable reports, to make
terms with the Warren people. Otherwise
NJ w. Fitzgerald might quickly replace him
on the ticket. Castle is non persona grata
with the Warren men, and these latter are
amcng the cleverest and most tireless work
ers In the city. They know where to find tho
people VINO attend the primaries and how TO
win with their adherents. Work that Warren
hlmseH can do among the common laborers
and tradesmen is beyond the ken of Castle
or Doran. Where Warren finds himself thor
oughly at home the presence of either Of his
competitors would produce a frost McCardv
has begun to realize this, and also that he
and Castle are too much alike to make a
winning team. Hence no one need be sur
prlsed II the cold comptroller shall show soma
interest In the combination business during
the next few days. A showdown is at hand.
Advocates Of the young-man ticket were not
idle yesterday. While the older heads were
resting the Schiffmann push" was busy ar
ranging their plans to take advantage of any
possible opening. Said one of them: '"The
G o b g spoke even better than it suspected
when 1t said that stranger things have hap
pened than that Frederick c. Schiffmann
should be nominated for mayor. We know
that the other candidates are hopelessly at
odds. Warren's friends absolutely refuse to
feels
bitter, though he may conceal it, that the
postmaster should attempt to force him out
at this late day. Both are Grand Army men,
and the West Slider feels that he ought to
be allowed the assistance of this vote be-
cause of past sacrifices. They believe his ina
bility to make a fowery speech should not
count against him the way the Castle men
are attempting to make it. Schiffmann ham
dies large business successfully, has tray-
Qd nYfQ naip Q1u fo
gentleman, and in a year when sociability
will largely prevail would, we believe make
an ideal mayor Of this fourlshing Western
CITY,"
Aid. Wolf. William Preston and Chris Fry
linger will each have delegate tickets in the
field today in the Eighth ward.
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Only one delegate ticket will be in the field
In every ward except the Eighth, and possibIv
the Third and Fourth.
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David b. PEBBLES will be nominated for
chairman of the convention tomorrow and
the name Of L. J. Dobner will also be pre-
sented. There will be many new faces among
the delegates and 1t LIS difficult to say which
gentleman will win.
Fourtn WaTu primary polltng places will
be located as follows:
First Precinct-West Third, between West
Seventh street and Smith avenue.
Second-Fourth street. between Wabasha
and st. Peter.
Third-Third and Cedar.
Fourth-On Robert, between Sixth and Sew
enth.
Sxth-At B. vahsen's store on Seventh.
Seventh-Metropolitan hotel on Third.
Eighth-Corner Exchange and st. Peter.
Ninth-Corner Ninth and Wabasha
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