The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
CAMPAIGN NOTES.

No cleaner record for the fearless and faith.
full performance of all official duties was ever
assemblyman and assistant city attorney. His
position and methods now as candidate for
alderman Of the Tenth ward are equally
made upon him by Allard's evening organ
will only serve to illustrate the desperate
straits Of the opposition to MIR. Pike.
Hiler Horton sat on the platform Pfaiay
night right In front of the political hog"
and he positively heamed In addressing the
rows OF empty chairs as Fellow citizens"
His back was to the colonel.
Dick Bell had courage enough in what
sma bet . lew WIS daSs ago IL df DO
on the same proposition yesterday. The bet
made several days. ago was $500 even that
Erwin wouldn't have 5000 votes. The other
party to the bet put his money up and gave
the Scannell push several. days to make it
good They finally got $2s5 togsther and put
Dicks bluf at betting. lot of money on
the same proposition is hardly likely to stick
in the face of the fact that he might have had
&C Chairman Hiler Horton had supper at
Carvings Friday night with DR.. Schiffmann.
And they didn't quarrel. Has anybody heard
Of Hiler taking supper with the colonel?
Johnnie Selb will only have to keep the
front UP for three days more and when the
returns come in on election night there VIII
mann, in and out of the Republican party,
that the colonel will turn over in his political
grave.
Ed Rogers found 1t necessary Friday night
to say that he had not made political deal
with Col. Kiefer for the Republican nomi-
ers has given four of the clerks in his office
leave of absence during the campaign in
order to let them work for Kiefer2 There
certain that Mike Fitzgerald will get thrown
down as a result Of 1t. Kiefer cannot ask
for another term In congress and he can't
chances of succeeding to the Office of clerk
Of the court II Rogers Is out for congress,
Kisfer for his old job. as clerk. and Mike
running against him?
Lieut., Babe is looking after the lodging
house fsund-up for the Republican commit
tee. He made the round of the houses on
Thursday night with another officer. And
he didn't happen to see that there was any,
thing wrong in either of the West Third
street blind pigs. In these troubled times
blind pig Is not half so badly troubled
with lack Of sight as the copper who will
not see.
1t really didn't make much difference
whether Judge Egan or Judge Twohy ran
first on the ballot They will both run 80
that they will be sorry that Mat Jensen
was so much troubled about the makeup
of the ballot.
office shows any sort of consideration, there
will be 5000 people at that real rally that
is to come off tonight at the Auditorium un-
der the auspices of the Democrat Citizens
party. The Eighth alone will act scandal
lously If it alone does not send us as many
people down there were In the Republican
frost of last night
t. "a Loot oh fhaf NJ
who has not been very much in evidence In
the campaign hitherto, was responsible for
the dirty little fling at the Eighth ward DEM
ocrat-Citizens' meeting in the Republican
paper Friday evening. Mr.. Frost may, after
the campaign is over, be made aware of the
fact that it does not do to supply misinforma-
ton to a newspaper, If 1t is done with malice
prepense.
There is no show on earth for Kiefer or
Erwin to get one Of the votes that were cast
for Cullen two years ago. The Cullen vote
did not leave town and vas not. disqualified
on account Of the naturalization law. Schif-
mann therefore had 5000 votes before he
went into the fight. There are LOCO Repub-
licans who are giving 1t out on the streets
and in Republican meetings that they will
vote for him. He will run great deal
stronger in the Sixth. Seventh and Eighth
than Mr. Cullen. 1t takes less than 10000
votes to elect. with total of 2l,OOo votes
and there you are. Schiffmann could not be
beaten with a club.
Now they are calling him "Old Man Kiefer,"
but II Is better than even money that he will
be strong and vigorous enough In the fall to
give Ed Rogers the race OF his life for the
Republican nomination for clerk of the court
If Rogers should decide that he has no chance
for congress.
Hiram Stevens admitted Friday night that
the statement of The G o b that the money
to pay off the city debt was provided for by
a Democratic administration-in part. Such
concession at such time justified McCardy
in looking as though he wished Hiram would
break leg or be stricken dumb.
N. w. CHRONICLE POINTERS.
John ]. Gleason. candidate for alderman
in the Fifth ward. Is q man whom the read
ers of the Chronicle should take particular
pride In seeing elected He is an exemplary
young man, born and raised in this city, and
has always taken an active part in all move
ments which were for the betterment of the
people. If elected to the council. he will