The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-12
Epfstfes to ST. fauL.

Third ward CRATER. WHO makes his line
IN politics on the proposition that his strength
is In the Ninth ward, made eeal vi j.
Watson Smith 10 gather votes for him in one
OF the Ninth ward precincts election dsy.
With a view TO doing the best he could for
himself ne ago sent word to Dick McNamee
that he was for him. ard would expect rec
ignition That VAS casting s1 anchor to
~lndward- At neon OF election Cay ne was
7 ihdustriously huttoHholiDg voters. and one of
McNamee's friends came TO TIE conclusion
that ne WIS rot doing Just what was right.
Ihis friend o. Dicks went and got & stranger
/ and told him to act as though he was gs-
ing to vote and see what the CRATER would
DO The Third wazd worker held the decey
up en- mis- way to the boob and gave him a
smith card. with the request that he vote
for that candsdlte. MeNamee's friend went
after him. Isl
II thought you were out for AcNamse, :
i am said the CRATER.
What are you giving cut Smith ca, ds
for, then?" demarded the ether.
Wei. SAID the CRATER. 81 knew that
fellow was a friend of Smiths. and / dn't
want to let him know how strong Mechanics
was
Speaking OF Smith reminds one naturally
OF another SEith-thorgh OF very different
sort When J. MagEl Smith was caudl-
Cate for alderman in the Second wa,d last
spring against Knauft he discovered that
there were quite number Of PJohib,tionist5
in the ward Some OF his friends discovered
the same thing. and they tried TO induce the
thiTd party people 20 vote for j. Magill They
would rot do that because ne was Democrat.
and they could not vote for Knauft because
they had been told that he favored the kitch-
| en- soiree as a campaign feature. On elec-
tfon day a friend OF Smita's-who knew tina I.
II the Prohibitionists voted at all fo- aid r
man they would vote for even Knauft Re-
publican sooner than fer a Dsmocrat-had
an inspiration. He got il to the ears OF one
Of the leading P-ohibit,onis:s that it wou d
be the real thing to vote for that stout old
Prohibition veteran. William Reinke Reinke's
name was not on the ballot. but the faithful
could write it in- The word went along the
line They did not know who William
heinke was, but he a Prohibition st.
! they had heard. and. after they had voted
for Frost and the other Prohibitionists they
wrote IN the name OF William Reinke. Fwen-
u OF them did this. Imagine their horror
when couple OF days later they found that
William Reiuke was none other than Uncle
Bilf' Reinke. who keeps a saloon out on
!
city chaps who want TO go to quiet place
for celebration.
Joker who knew something OF practical
politics made some fun for the overworked
politicians during the campaign by devising
card that covered all OF the case of one OF
the hustlers who had organized under TIE
direction of the Republican committee So
called Independent. Cub, The card was built
like this:
First Ward Independent club.
Meetings brought on promptly and on the
shortest notice
Terms: Endorsements. 50 and two kegs;
unqualified Endorsements. $50 snd three kegs
Local s2eakers furnished"
When Spike" Harrington heard of 1t first
he went up and threatened TO beat the head
of Johnnie seib.
1t was a prominent Fourth ward poll
tician who was the hero OF an election day
incident He had promised that he would
vote for Anton Miesen. His word is good
enough in business transactions but he knew
very well that 1t would palsy the arm Of
Fourth ward Republican II he went into the
polling booth and tried to put cross after
the name OF a democrat sun he wantsd
20 be able TO prove to Miesen that he had
Kept bis word. He thought the situation
| over and had sn Inspiration When he ar
rived az the polling place OF the Fifth pre-
cinct OF the Fourth ward his right hand was
swathed in bandages He told Cant O'Can-
nor that he was disabled, could not use his
hand ana must have some one to mark his
/ ballot for him. he would let little Johnnie
Clancy who was one of the clerks. mark
his ballot. Johnnie went into the booth with
| the cripple and there WIS one vote sure
! enough, for Mtesen. II afterwards transnired
that the Republican had resorted to heroic
measures TO justify the claim that he was
disabled He took his pen knife and delIb-
erateiy ripped open the top OF his thumb.
| Then he went and had the member dressed
! by physician. Miesen believes In that mans
| friendship now.
Chef Smith was sore when he got down n
his office on Thursday morning. soma SYM
! pathtzing friend had decorated the door OF
/ his place Of business. which he had not seen
/ for some days. On the center panel Of the
/ portal was one OF the placards that have
become 50 familiar about town OF late
why smith Left Home" The lettering was
In red. Pasted Just beneath the legend
was picture OF William Henry Eustis-aud
nothing else.
! John Hawkins went into the Office OF the
/ clerk OF the courts one day last week and
toid ice King that he wanted a marriage
license Joe asked for the Iadys name
dict
Good name to change that" remarked
Joe, paironizingly. The clerks always patron
izs candidates for matrtmony. for Il is gem
/ orally safe enough.
Yes, It's good name to change " sa,s
John Hawkins. and l bet you anything Won
like that she ain't changing It for the worsa -
And Joe never said another word un,jI n.
had put the usual due bill into the tin.
The Philistine.