The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-21


In the Eleventh precinct of the First
ward there will be five tickets in the
field at the primary tonight. and that
Is some sort of evidence of the sort Of
harmony which prevails in the Repub-
lican camp. A man with sporting
blood and $500 might have gone into
the place where the Republican candi-
dates abound, early last evening, and
there made four bets of a hundred each
against four candidates for the Iomi-
nation for sheriff, and he would have
been $500 to the good tomorrow. They
had the courage of their convictions
the candidates. They or their friends
were willing to take the money even
on themselves to the extent of 4 hum
dred. 1t might have been different of
course if anybody had offered TO put
up actual cash. but they talked very
earnestly about how much they would
like to bet They all seemed to believe
what they were talking about, too.
1t is in fact anybody's fight. George
Irish is the likeliest one OF the lot, but
If ne is a winner then there is no
chance on earth for the fourth man.
That fourth man is Phil. Justis. He is
in the dark horse class. He was
spoken of a week ago by Fred. Schiff-
mann. Schiffmarn mentioned his
name once, and then went hunting.
Fred wanted to see what would come of
the mentioning of the name. Nothing
came from it, and when Schiffmann
came home last night he found his
dark horse still very dark, and very
quiet in the stable. George Irish heard
about the JustiS suggestion last night:
IF he is depending on aSScOmbina-
ton in the Fourth ward to start" said
Irish, "Justis might as we'll give up
the idea. I don't know what Libby is
thinking of, and don't care, but 1 do
know that there is going to be no
compromise in the Fourth ward, and
that I am going to win out" He was
in earnest about going through with
cut a compromise: as to whether he
can win out or not is a question that Is
not settled. He is certainly stronger
than Libby, both in the Fourth ward
and In the city generally
The big fight on the sheriff nomina-
ton will be in the Fourth. The cam
vass is badly mixed. In some Of the
precincts of the Fourth there are as
many tickets as there are in some or
those in the First. There Is fight In
all of the precincts that have hitherto
been regarded as the especial baili-
Wic<s Of the leaders, and things are
beautifully mixed. The ward will send
in number of contesting delegations
ard there will be probably four times
as many votes cast in the ward at the
caucuses tonight as there will be on
eeIction day. Ames has not made any
attempt to do business outside or his
own ward, and he will probably have
about half the delegates from the Second
with him in convention.
The interesting feature of the row
4hat is involving the candidates for
Sheriff IS the little pickering that is
Toing on for county auditor.The strug-
gle is between Fitzgerald and Johnson.
The former had easy shedding enough
until Johnson came out and Ames was
brought out as a candidate for sheriff,
with the understanding that he would
split Fits ward. He has done that,
and the Johnson people can point to
the fact that the Second ward man has
not got his own ward solid. The ar
gument has been effectual, and John
son has gained a good deal of strength
by it. Billy Johnson claimed last night
that he had enough delegates pledged
to elect him, and that all those who
were pledged to him would be elected
tonight Fitzgerald would make no spe-
ciffc figures but said that he was sat
isfied, and that he would be nominated.
D. NJ. Sullivan Is not mentioned as q
possibility. He may haze few vores
in the convention, but it - not likely
that he will be put In nomination.
Arosin, Mobery and Lindahl are the
leading candidates for the treasurer
ship. They have made no fight outside
of the First ward, but they are making
things warm over there. Each Of the
three has a ticket in each precinct, and
Edmund has tickets of his own in some
~F - 70 Nv. hi hn iC
the only candidate mentioned for cor
oner, is on all of the First ward tick
ts-or-rather, he has delegates on all
Of the tickets, and he will have the
ward without trouble. AS to the lead
ership in the treasurer squabble, no
one can tell how it will end, but Aro-
sin was making very large claims Lin
dahl is picked as the winner by the
wise ones outside of the ward, but as
no one outside the ward has the least
idea of the practice of politics within
the ward, their guess is the merest
speculation.
E. w. Bazille seems to be the only
prominent candidate for Judge Of pro-
bate since Percy Godfrey withdrew
BaZille has the call on most of the
Eighth ward delegation, and his OPP
position is not considered serious.
There was particularly rapid fight
on for the county attorney nomination,
and there Is a possibility that Ander-
son, who was beaten to finish a few
days ago, may win out. Mcdonald has
been obliged to make a combination
with Percy Godfrey for the place Of as
sistant. Both of them live in the Sixth
ward but in order to have the delega-
ton from the West side in shape Nc
Donald had to take Godfrey in and
nIP6pl CT Mt g 20 l.;
No sooner did this transpire tsan Hor-
ace Bigelow went out and made a com
bination Of his own that will be potent
in landing the Fourth for him. Bige-
low is to be assisted by Assistant
City Attorney Frank Griggs If he gets
the place. The Fourth ward is for
Griggs, and Bigelow made a pretty
good deal. These combinations leave
Zollman with Anderson. or standing
by himself. He is a candidate II Ander-
son is in it, and he stands pat if Ander-
son is out of it. He may get the
strength that was Anderson's origin
ally, and will be something of a factor
then, for he has a considerable follow
ing.
The trouble that has been brewing over
the nomination for abstract clerk has not
mace much or an impression on the cam
Ptaign. II depended largely on what the big
fellows could do, and the man who could de-
liver his ward was the one who would he
listened to; w. s. Brill has his ward pat
and the others have only sections of wards.
Bill Will undoubtedly get the nomination,
unless something occurs in the trading that
is bound to be INDUCED in after the princi
pal officers are chosen
There has been some talk If onnositior ~
n. q. Krahmer for register of deeds. but
II has not crystallized and he appears to he
safe enough There is no talk Of ANYTHING
a fight