The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-25

Help Horton Carry the Seventh
Ward-The Contest for Probate
Judgeship-Irish Never was in
the Race-OfiiciaI Graft of the
Johnson Family About to End.
There is added tribulation in the
ranks Of the local Republicans as this
| canvass progresses. The desperate sit
uation which confronts the two can
didates for the district court is extend
Ing itself along the entire line. No one
| candidate seems to be willing to trust
| his fellow Up in the Seventh ward
1t has been thought necessary to put
| Hitler Horizons and Krayenbuhl's hand
| some countenanceS on the same caTd.
1t is not quite clear whether it is Hitler
/ or krayenbuhl who is the most WOr.
| ried over the situation. 1t is certain
| that either is, and probable that both
| are. But the probability is entirely in
! favor of the theory that Krayenbuhl,
| an ex-deputy sheriff, does not feel him
! self entirely UP to the Seventh ward
! standard, and hence looks to Hitler tG
! help him out in the difficult running
! which Lou Wilkes has made for him.
| Whatever be the explanation of this
! Legislative dOubling-up process the eX.
ample seems, in the estimati of the
/ frightened G. o. P. candidates, a good
one to be followed. Thus far however
| 1t is understood that the example is
not acceptable, at least to two men,
| Willrich and Jaggard. Their friend1
have, since the opening of the cam.
paign, been straining every point to
see which Of them has any show
against j. c. Michael; and the di-
Versity of opinion which has prevailed
! nm hi al.;,o j
dog campaign which is in progress be,
tween the two. Two others of the now
! famous combine" made the night be,
fore the Republican cOnvention-Irish
and JOhnsOn-have each decided to cut
loose from the other, and from the third
/ OF the quartette, Horace BigelOw. John,
son, whose Napoleonic aspirations had
never before extended beyond tha
Eighth ward, finds now that his ex.
cursions into other sections of the city
are proving fatal His Democratic Cd.
ponent, William Platte, is making hia
life bowling wilderness. He has tina
little Napoleon already beaten to a
standstill in the Eighth ward, and SO
much reliance was placed by JOhnson's
friends on the NKieferverein in that
ward, and so tremendous have been
the lnroads made upon its pledged sup
port of Johnson, that Bill Ames' friend
mas decided he had better stick to his
own bailiwick if he is even to make a
lair showing in the ballotting.
Irish has never been in the race. The
portable brewery is not helping any
Bigelow is so badly beaten. and John,
son is so clearly up a tree" that the
irish campaign has already closed foR
all practical purposes. Sitting around
ON the iron railing surrounding the
court house, consulting his friends as
to what is the best course, if there IA
any best course, to pursue, is now the
daily occupation when the weather is
favorable, Of John Wagener's opponent
Hi Fuller's stool-pigeon candidate haa
proven a boomerang, and has helped
to diSsfpate whatever disposition exist,
ed among few dissatisfied mortaIs to
play the Achilles role. The race is now
between Judge Bum and John Wag,
ener as to which of them will lead the
polling in the county
The remarkable strength developed
by Anton Miesen for county treas urer
mas been the feature of the campaign
for the past day or two. In every
ward OF the city he is developing ex,
traord1nary strength. He isn't Stuck
on himself" He has little time. at
least, for some other people. He doesn't
think that the public are honored in
AANNN Ing q 41tc1II VI Ills SURPRISING per-
sonal beauty consent to run for Of
flee. He has mingled on terms Of per-
sonaI intimacy with perhaps larger
proportion Of the people than any man
ON either ticket. They have learned
to estimate properly his great personal
worth; and the directness, force and
geniality Of the man who has made
him hosts Of friends where his opponent
has never been seen and never will be
Inc statement of Of
Republicans up in the Eighth ward.
made few evenings ago, will probably
go TO explain in some measure Miesen's
growing strength. I'VE see this man
every day in the week We see Arosin
only around election time, when he ia
running for office, and we see blamed
little of him at that" was the remark
which received general concurrence
from all who heard it.
Perhaps the worst scared man among
The doomed candidates of the local orr
ganization of cheap grafters' is Krah-
rner This may be due in some meas
ure 10 natural nervousness; but his
conduct Of his canvass thus far IS
highly remirdfuI of the antics of
chicken minus it's headpiece Not even
his own Third ward seems safe to this
a1frlghted statesman. No one knew
krahmer when he was first Nominated
ana FEWER know him now. He relies
upon Fred Breen to get him some votes
In the Seventh ward; but even that
one-tlme stronghold Of local RepubIi-
ct:hlsTn Is a hopelessly uncertain GUAM
THY IN his case. Mr.. Gilman's high
standing as a business man, his great
popularity with all classes in the busi-
ness community, his complete identif
caton, IN name, character and career
With the city and it's interests assure
! Of ell IL.
igent citizenship regardless of party
Besides all this, Mr.. Gilman is especiaI-
!y strong with the working classes
| having himself during a good part Of
| mis- career worked hard at his trade
and being in complete sympathy with
the masses Of the people,
What's the matter with the probate
courtF is a question which is being
generally asked throughout the civ
Is 1t to be understood that anv kind of
a candidate is good enough to ocrunv
the bench of that tribunal. The inter.
ests which come under it's iurisdiction
FOR adjustment are often Weightv. and
the proper adjudication of them is a
task which demands the service of
a trained and skilled legal mind The
good fellow" campaign Of Candidate
BaZllle IS being understood In its true
significance. The need Of a caDahIe
lawyer and a just and discrimina ting
man on that bench is being daily en-
phasized by the disclosures which are
being made in the case of WiIlrich
Ihere is not word but of praise and
acmlratlon being heard concerning
JChn CaVaragh. He is concededlv one
Of tI-o