The Saint Paul globe., 1898-10-04


Up = Successful Fuss.
The first meeting of the new Demo-
cratic county committee was held yes
terday afternoon at headquarters in the
Davidson block. All of the members
were present except one.
Chairman Barton presided at the
meeting and the organization was COM
pleted by the election of p. j. Metzdorf
as secretary, and Jos. Ehrmanntraut,
treasurer. There was a considerable
amount Of discussion as to the method
OF conducting the campaign, and it is
probable that the committee will be
supplemented for campaign purposes
by the appointment of general COM
mittee for the purposes Of the coming
canvass The proposition is to put one
member from each voting district on
the central committee. This plan was
followed in 1892 with satisfactory re-
suits,
The chair was instructed to appoint
an executive committee 20 consist of
seven members. and he will name that
committee at the meeting of the coun-
ty committee, which is to be held at
Headquarters this afternoon at o'clock.
Al today's meeting the subcommittee
will be appointed and the general plan
Of the campaign laid out.
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''I wish you would say for me that
the man who suggests that l have ever
thought Of not accepting the nominal
tion that I was hOnored with in the
Democratic convention is an enemy OF
mine" said Anton Miesen yesterday.
"Of course the suggestion that l would
not run Is absurd. l will not only run,
bEt l will give my opponent plenty to
keep him busy during the campaign,
and then beat him out. I cannot see,
now, where there is any chance for us
to lose; the ticket is Ii SLrong one and
it is evident that we are going to have
a hot campaign. Well, it doesn't make
any difference how hot it is, I'll be III
the hottest of the fight and I'll win
out I don't suppose it will make any
difference to the people whether the
stories that the Republicans and the
Republican papers are telling are
denied or not. Everybody knows THAI
they never even by accident tell the
truth about a Democrat. so 1 have no
kick coming. Just say for me that I
am in it to stay with the whole ticket
from top 10 bottom and that lies won't
save the Republicans this time"
Nj Miesen has not waited for or
ganizatien to start his campaign; he
went at it the day after the conVen-
ton and is at work as earnestly a.
a month away.
The suggestion that William Platte
would not ran was born Of the GER
tainty in the Republican mind that he
would simply eat LITTLE Billy Johnson
up. in the Eighth ward particularly,
and the city generally. Mr.. Platte will
carry the Eighth by 400 InajOrity---tha
is a, conservative estimate. He is known
not Onlv in the Eighth, but is person.
ally popular in every ward in the city
He IS the sort OF man that may be
looked to for a phenomenal perform
ance on election day.
Col. Sam Lcwenstein is going to win
out in the fight he has had with Chair
man George of the Republican conven7
ton. Sam gave it out cold that he
would rot be thrown out Of the or
ganiZatiOn by man he never heard
of before and made such tremen-
dOuS roar that the committee had to
undo much of the work Of George and
revise the membership. LowenStein
will be in the new deal. George makes
the excuse to the members of the com
mittee that he didn't know the con-
ditiOns when he made the appoint
ments. but the leaders charge him
coterie Of the Lincoln club, and the
members Of that organization are as
sore as the outsiders.
There will be a regular meeting Of
the jefferson club tonight at the club
rooms. 1t is probable that Recording
Secretary w. B. HenneSsy will resign
al tonight's meeting, in order that a
secretary may be appointed who can
give all of his time to the office, a.
least during the campaign.
Herman Oppenheim's campaign
against the boy wonder" promises to
be a much softer thing than it looked
before the convention. There is that