The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-21
JEFFERSON AS ITS PATRON
ST. PAUL DEMOCRATS PLAN A
: PARTY ORGANIZATION

ArcPOScu ~ rOAloW tne L1neB VI the
IroquOis Club of Chicago to Some
Extent - What "BflW Erwin's
Campaign Cost-GIeasOn to Con-
test Sid Reeves seat-Elmund-
| Sullivan Combination.
This city Is to have q club that will
have both social and political features
| and which will have for it's object the
| promotion Of the interests Of De-
mocracy in the city ana state.
The scheme is hardly developed to
the extent that would give assurance
| OF its contamination, but 1t Is in good
| hands and will be pushed to a desira BILE
end, without any doubt.
The name of the organization Is to be
the Jefferson club. 1t will be organized
on the line Of the Iroquois club. Of Chi
| cago. 80 far as its plan of formation
| Is concerned.
The organization will be political so
far as the large body of its members
| VIII be concerned, and social to such an
| extent as the requirements Of a social
organization may conform. Just what
| difference will be in the membership
| Is as yet undetermined.
The general plan is to have an ex-
ecutive inner committee, the members
organization and are to pay for the
maintenance of a club house and gen.
orally direct the affairs Of the club.
| outside of this committee there will be
q general membership, the only quail
hcation required Of the members to be
belief in the tenets Of Democracy.
| The general membership will be adj
visory to the central organization and
| a large but compact and efficient or
| ganization will be maintained at all
times. The possibilities for good in
| such club are obvious and have been
demonstrated too frequently to need
| urging upon the members Of the party.
The plan Is said to have been sug-
| gested by DR.. Schiffmann and his sug-
| gestion has been received with a good
zeal or enthusiasm wherever broach-
ed. Judge Willis and other prominent
democrats are already interested and
| the matter will be taken UP and acted
upon at once.
| The promoters of the scheme have
not yet formally proposed meeting.
but one will undoubtedly be held in a
| rev days. It Is held by a good many
business men that a we'll conducted
club might easily be good business
proposition and the social feature Of
| the new organization will be brought
out strongly.
Just what the finish of County Audi
Tor sullivan will be it Is not easy to
determine just now. He has braced his
! dapper little form and is supporting a
bucket of water on each shoulder and
there may be trouble when he tries to
| get from under
| He Is credited with having made a.
| dc al with Edmund, whereby the two Of
| them are to get denominations. It goes
| without saying that when a man goes
into a Republican convention in this
| county with the solid First ward be-
hind him in a demand for recognition,
that he Is likely to get what he wants.
| Mr.. Edmund wants third term in his
offfce and 1t looks as though he would
have the First with him. But the good
| politician does not depend upon sin
| gle anchor. 1t occurred to Mr. Edmund
that 1t might be coed scheme to tie
up with the foxy Mr.. Sullivan, and that
they could do business together. The
| deal was made and Edmund Is under
agreement to deliver the Swede vote to
Denny if Denny will deliver the Irish
Republican strength to Mr.. Edmund
That was not a bad sort of deal for
/ MI Sullivan, but after it was made
he got another idea. He thought that
1t might not be too great a misfortune
| to have the mantle of Marshal O'Con-
nor fall on him. Mr. O'Connors term
does not expire until next year, but
| it would be worth waiting for that
office. He forthwith filed an applica-
ton for the appointment. He thinks
| that it may be possible to show the
authorities that he has the support Of
the Irish Republican vote of the state
with him, and that he deserves recog-
milton. But if Edmund hears about tn =
scheme there is likely to be revision
Of the First ward slate and the finish
| of Denny is plainly obvious, if he is
then turned down at Washington.
| 1t is quite apparent that Mayor Kie-
| fer will have the privilege of appoint
! ing a member Of the board of water
commissioners very soon after he takes
office. The question of who he will ap-
point is agitating some gentlemen pain
| fully. Mr.. Bement, Of course, has a
choice, and his desires would have
weight with Col. Kiefer. 1t is therefore
possible that Mr.. Lindeke, who was
] formerly a member of the board, will
| be appointed if he will accept. The
only interest that Mr.. Bement has in
the appointment is the hope that it will
not be made on purey pc itical
grounds. Mayor Doran might be given
| the opportunity to make the choice If
it could be made apparent to Mr.. Be-
nient that politics would not dominate
| in making the selection. Mr.. Bement
cannot be so convinced. and his resig-
June Z.
What the Republicans, who are in
! terested in the congressional cam
paign are waiting for just now, is the
| intimation to come from the proper
quarter that Mr.. Stevens cannot have
| the nomination again. 1t is conceded
that the one thing necessary to Putting
Mr. Stevens out of it, is for some one
in authority, or a party paper, to give
it out that his connection with the
broken banks was unfortunate, but
that the party cannot afford to take
| chances with a man with such a MS
fortune .marring his record. 1t Is the
one thing that will kill Stevens If
| he is not put out of the way then he
will be beaten in a walk at the polls
and the Republican party mans gers ar :
waiting for somebody with strength Of
mind and independence to arise and
| tell Mr.. Stevens so.