St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-22

of the Tenth ward. and will hustle for the
Democrat Citizens ticket:
First Precinct-Alex. Adams, nj. L. Bevins,
j. H. Jones. ]. A. Meyers.
Second Precinct-F. A. Harris. A. B. Baker,
Third Precinct-H. ]. White. ]. Hagerty,
Charles Johnson. John Olson, Patrick
Fourth Preeinet-B. F. Meek C. ]. Buell..
]. H. Southall, E. Archer-Burton.
John L. Towniey, Judge MeCafferty, T. ].
McDermott, William Dawson Jr. and ]. ].
Ryder met a large number of the Democrats
Of the Eighth ward last night at A. o. U. W.
hall, corner of Front and Oxford streets.
The meeting had not been very we'll adver-
tised, but the voters who attended were at
tentive and deeply interested listeners.
John L. Townley contrasted and analysed
the Republican and Democratic platforms.
He demonstrated the weakness of the former
and denounced its meaningless declaration in
the opening paragraph. THAT has not even
a remote relation to city affairs" said Mr..
Townley, 'but is solely directed to partisan
ends. In the corresponding plank Of the
Democratic platform have the first posi-
tive declaration for good non-partisan city
government ever put forth by any convention
in ST. Paul. 1t is an Independent declaration,
which sounds the death knell of poisonous
partisanship and means that there is to be
no more purely selfish administration of
public affaIrs-no more bartering of public
office for partisan advantage. On that plat
form men have been nominated every one of
whom declares that he will stand by it un-
compromisingly, and that is why l am here
to advocate it's election" Comptroller Nc
Cardy's costly blunders were gone over in de-
tail, and the speaker said it was only a
sense OF duty which impelled him to harshly
criticise man of whom he formerly held
| high opinion. For this autocratic refusal to
audit legal pay rolls and the infliction of un-
necessary hardship on the the families Of
policemen and fremen, the present comp
troller should be defeated by a decisive ma
jority; and the whole Republican ticket
should meet the same fate because Of its
purely spoils-hunting character
Judge McCafferty gave a very concise and
at times humorous account of the circum-
stances leading up to the nomination of the
Democrats Citizens ticket. Then he took I'D
the ticket itself, composed of non-ofice seek
ing citizens, running on the best platform
ever enunciated in st. Paul. and determined
to stand uncompromisingly for the interests
OF the city as against the interests of any
party or any set of men. For Hon. o. o.
cullen the judge said the mayoralty candi-
date is a man so we'll known for civic virtue
that it is not necessary for him to make prom
ises to anybody as to what he will or will
not do. His record in private and public life
is a guarantee that he will be painstaking,
faithful and non-partisan in his administra-
ton of the executive Office High compliment
was also paid to Joseph I. Beaumont, candi-
date for comptroller, as courteous, obliging
and competent gentleman, who will not treat
visitors to his Office as if they were inter-
lopers unworthy Of any consideration. "He
is not man who will consider himself great
er than the council or the law" said Mr..
McCafferty, NOR cause St. Paul to be held I'D
to public scorn as a city which refuses to
pay the salaries of its policemen and fire.
men," OF the candidates for the assembly
and the board of aldermen the speaker said
they constituted ticket which has been com
| plimented even by their opponents and all
of them are recognized as worthy citizens
imbued with a high purpose to discharge a
public duty periodically and not in par
tisan spirit.
Thomas ]. McDermott, William Dawson Jr.
and j. j. Ryder made brief addresses for the
ticket The two latter gentlemen pledged
themselves that If elected to the assembly
they would place the welfare of the city above
the interests Of party, as unequivocally
pledged by the Democratic platform.
Saturday evening Hon. John l.. Townley and
others will organize a Democratic Citizens
union at A. o. U. w. hall, corner of Front
and Oxford streets. This movement was start
ed last night, and promises to develop into
moral power that will have most excellent
effect in the Eighth ward.
Aid. E. H. Milham will still retain his pres
ent title after the 5th of May Friends have
peen circulating a nomination paper and the
names that have been attached thereto are
Of voters for whom the alderman has great
respect, and in whose judgment he has entire
commence Aid. Milham's name will appear
on the official ballot as an Independent can
dictate. and on this non-partisan basis the
Democrats of the Eleventh ward will insist
that the city committee place his name on the
Democrat-Citizens' ticket. That Milham will
be elected is assured, because the Clausen
style OF running things finds but few indorsers
in the Midway district
Those who know J. J. McCardy best ara
not more surprised than displeased to see thu
methods he is adopting to hold his grip on
the $1,000 public Office which he has given
evidence OF considering his private snap. That
the cold gentleman recognizes the shadow of
coming defeat is apparent to even the most
casual observer
Ch1ef Weber, of the Pinkerton agency. Ia
causing the Republican candidate for mavor
| great deal Of uneasiness by boasting in
| supposedly safe places that he Is to be the
chief of police, or have directing hand in
the management Of the department. Pinker-
tonism is not popular since the great failure
scored by the Wright administration; still
Mr.. Doran is alleged to have given Webber
some sort of assurance on which he is basing
his talk.
Quietly, but none the less effectively. the
word is being passed around that all those
| Republicans who believe in good government
| from non-partisan standpoint, must assert
! themselves in this election or be forever sub
| servient to the ofice-hunters and hangers-on.
| One man put the proposition in this way to
group yesterday; "On fair, open vote Of
the Republicans Of st. Paul Capt. Castle
would beat Doran three to one and even
| Doran's warmest friends admit this. By
what process of reasoning, then, do they seek
! to prove that the best element of the Repub-
| lican citizen body was instrumental in secur-
4 ing Doran's nomination? On the contrary
4 we who were in the convention know that
the most undesirable and least patriotic ele-
| ments united to nominate the man for whom
| even the most eloquent speakers can create
/ no enthusiasm"
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