The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-11

Clerk of the Courts Desires to
Remain Where He Is, and His
Chief Deputy's Ambitions Have
Got to Suffer or BE Nurtured Else
where-Kiefer in Washington.
Deputy Clerk Of the Courts Fitzgerald
Will have plenty of time during the
summer months to frame up a slate for
the fall convention, for it is settled that
he is the man in Mr.. Rogers school
or politics, to graduate shortly. His
friends We're making good deal of a
row about 1t yesterday and when the
deputy does go there Will be trouble
right off the fire for Mr.. Rogers.
1t all came about through a change
of plan on the part Of the clerk. He
started into the spring campaign with
the idea Of going to congress, if he
could get the nomination in the fall. He
made speeches on the stump in which
he dealt with party issues only, and he
went through to very near the finish
without making any attempt to deny
that he was a candidate for congress.
At the Auditorium meeting he did
deny 1T specifically. That was after Van
SAINT had been here and had seen Col.
Kiefer.
On election day Mr.. Rogers gave it
out that he would be candidate for
denomination for his present place.
That threw down the fences that a
number of people had erected and made
trouble. The direct result Of the trouble
was the announcement that Fitzgerald
could not stay in the clerks office till
fall and be in position to use his con-
nection there to possibly beat His chief
out Of the nomination.
The name Of Mr.. Fitzgerald's sue
cessor has not yet been announced, but
1t will be one Of the men who were
prominent in the Kiefer camp.
The change Of base on the part OF
Rogers Is taken as an assurance that
congressman Stevens will be out for
the nomination himself. Kiefer is ia
be the political pantata of the county
and in return for this new rearrange-
ment Of the offices, he Is to have the
entire strength Of his party locally
when he wants 1t. 1t is too far ahead
yet to figure whether he will want ii
next winter or not. If anything should
happen that would cause Senator Davis
to lose standing with his party, then
this support will be called upon at once
and the chieftain will make a try for
the senate.
The ramifcations of the Kiefer deal
are beginning to show already and
among the avOwed candidates for legis-
lative hOnors there are a couple that
have been announced with his sane
ton. G. F. Arrol Is to get the Repub-
lican nomination for the senate in the
district now represented by Nick Pott-
g1eSer; r. M. Catlin Is to have the
Fourth ward nomination and Mayor
Doran gets the nomina tion on the West
side.
Nick Pottgieser will contest the Re-
publican nomination for sheriff with
Tim Reardon..
The way to all this is to be opened
according to the man who is nearest
to Col. Kiefer in politics just now, by
the immediate appointment of sixty
five members Of the police force. The
appointees will be men with such con-
nections in their precincts that they
can be Of some real use in time of ne.
cessity. I
Col. Kiefer is expected to go to Wash.
ington this week and talk 1t over with
Stevens.
There have been no developments II
the case Of Billy Johnson's candidacy
for the place held by Clerk Of the MI.
nicipal Court Conroy Johnson was
conceded to have had a pretty sure
thing, but the Lincoln club has inter
fered and Endorsed hin-Which may
down on him. The Endorsement of the
Lincoln club is a political hoodoo, and
nobody was every known to get an Of
flee who was Endorsed by the organiza.
ton. The fact that the Endorsement
was given without Johnson being made
a party to it, and that Col. Kiefer was
made an honorary member at the same
meeting may save Johnson after all.
Aid. Donahower doesn't want to mix
in ho fob haf c
already begun, and he has gone to the
woods for few days. 1t was given out
that he had gone fishing.
The row that was on between the
somewhat complicated committees OF
the Republicans, under the title OF
city and county committees, grows
rife as it becomes clearer that Kiefe1
will back one organization and turn
down the other. He will be with what
is known as the county committee
which was thrown out of the confer
ences during the campaign, but which
was supposed to represent Kiefer per.
sonally.
The city committee that ran the re-
cent election claims that it lives Unit
the county convention appoints another
committee The old county committee
county politics.
It was stated some days ago tha
..Jin." Bell was engaged in the Office
of the register of deeds. This was
an error. Mr.. Bell is in the office O.
Assessor Seng. He was a delegate II
| the Scannell convention.
Joseph Mounts, private secretary tt
Chief Goss, it was given out semi-ofH
cially yesterday, would retain his >posi
ton under the incoming administration
The news was received with satisfac-
| ton by Secretary Mounts many friends
| in the department.
| They argued that by his experience o.
the last two years, Mr.. Mounts is bet
| fer than ever fitted to systematically
conduct the clerical affairs Of the de-
| partment, which are under the direc'
| ton of the chiefs secretary.
| LOCKED OUT OF THE ARM0RY