The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03
GETTING READY TO WORK
CITY COMMITTEE TO TAKE
CHARGE OF THE CAMPAIGN

CdAHGE OF The CAMPAlGN
Will Organize and Open Headquar-
ters mt Once-Dr. SchfRman Re-
ceiving Letters of Congratulntion
and Offers of Support-Kiefer
Forces Show Signs of Weakening
MIR. Ovitt Getting Ready.
The work of organizing the city
committee to take charge of the cam
paign for the Citizens, is
practically completed. Nearly all of
the ward committees met last evening
and organized. Under the arrangement
made at the convention the ward dele
cations stand as the ward committees
end the chairmen of those committees
are members of the city committee in
addition to six members at large to be
appointed by the chairman of the con-
Vention. The chairman Of the Sixth
and Fourth ward committees are yet
to be chosen, but excluding them the
committees stand like this:
Chairman-J. c. Michael.
Members at Large-James King, Michael
Mullane. William Foellson, Robert N.
Hare, ]. o. Jeunemann.
Ward Members
Second ward-Martin Flanagan.
Third Third, W WotdI W Y Vance Vance
Fifth Ward-J. f. Kinnucan.
Sixth Ward-M. ]. Moriarity
Seventh Ward-George c. Lambert.
Eighth Ward-John Derrick.
Ninth Ward-Edward Quinlivan.
Tenth Ward-F. H. Ellerbe.
Eleventh Ward-P. ]. Gleason.
The committee, as it stands, is rep
resentative and composed OF able and
influential men in the various wards.
In every case the best workers in the
ward organizations have been chosen,
and it would not be possible to select
a committee that would give better as
surance of thorough work. The COM
mittee will have it's first meeting to-
morrow, the time and place to be an
nounced later. Work will be begun at
once. Headquarters will be secured
Tuesday.
Under the very nose Of the head Of
the Republican machine and in the cas-
tie of the party in the city-taat is,
the city hall-there was organized last
night a body that will be potential in
defeating the Republicans on the first
Tuesday in May. The Ninth ward
committee was organized in one of the
rooms in the city hall.
Frank Dolan was in the chair, and
there was full membership of the COM
mittee present. J. J. Ahern was elected
secretary. They made speeches and
told each other what could be done in
carrying the ward by about 400 major
ity for the ticket. 1t was put at that
figure, but that was because the mem
bers were conservative.
Edward Quinlivan, a stalwart among
Democrats, was named as the ward
committeeman, and while the matter
was being discussed every member of
the committee made 1T his business to
say that there was no better man in
the ward for the place. His selection
was therefore unanimous.
Mr. Wagner thought that, if an ac-
tive man, who would give his time to
the welfare of the party, could be ap-
pointed a precinct committeeman it
would help matters, and the following
gentlemen were named in the various
precincts, and all agreed to give all
the time possible to working for the
ticket:
Peter Miesen, F. o. Regain, M. Roach,
w. Fray, AL Wagner, w. Smith, S..
Sherdonsky, ]. J. Kennedy, D. Sullivan,
T.. Sarsfeld, w. Long, G. Neid, J. H.
Gehan.
The meeting then adjourned, to meet
at o'clock Tuesday evening.
The disorganization of the Kiefer for
ceS yesterday was more marked than
any other feature of the Republican
anti convention campaign. Ever since
that time back in the ffties when the
colonel was holding his first job in poll
tics as wharf master of st. Paul, he
has been in politics, and has been a
candidate in every campaign, but never
before did he have to make fight SO
bitter as that which is being waged
against him now. The OBJECTIONS yes
terday were of such an order that he
| was really alarmed. There have been
a good many Office holders in the Kie-
| fer camp and the days before yester-
| day when the administration scandal
| In the police department became public
| property, they have been getting into
| the Doran wagon under the whip.
| The order went out that there was
| still time for Doran to create few
vacancies and that they had better
come off and show the people that they
were not afraid of the Doran end of the
| campaign. They came off duly and
Kiefer was a little disorganized. His
| friends claim, however, that the appar-
ent stiffening up of the Doran stock
| is all on the surface and that the men
| had to get in line or lose their jobs.
That may have been at the bottom
| of the change of front and the shun-
ming of the Kiefer headquarters on the
| part of some Of the men. Others We're
| obviously not Influenced in any such
way. but have become shy Of the man
who has always been a candidate for
| something and who manages to claim
| q residential interest in three separate
wards.