The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-06

Kiefer with the understanding that he
was part Of the slate for the treasurer
ship.
Horst was turned down and brow
beaten by the proud and naughty
kieferites. but when it came to getting
odd votes he was in a position to do
something. He had plenty of friends
didn't know Billy" and they We're
quite as hot as he when they heard
that Johnson was on the Kiefer slate.
Horst was in position to do bust
ness. and he was with the ants at
once. If the opposition would indorse
him. he could do them some good, and
he was taken into camp without delay
May Leave McCardy Out.
McCardy was rot much In evidence,
and that was taken as proving that he
was with the Kiefer push, and imme-
diately 1t occurred to some dozens of
people that the third term was not the
thing.
NJ. w. Fitzgerald had friends among
the Kieferites. and was easily good
thing for the opposition, and he was
taken in. If the opposition can get to-
gether 1t will be made interesting for
Johnson and McCardy in the makeup
of the tail of the slate.
Judge Orr has q walkaway for the
first place in the judgeships, but there
was row on between c.. j. Berryhill
and R. G. Hine for the second place.
Mr.. Hine proceeded to make himself a
good fellow with the Kiefer crowd ear
ly In the evening by telling them they
had ten votes in the Seventh, and
he was at once put down as being in
that faction and fair mark for the
opposition.
The fact that there was an effort be-
ing made to make combination was
O'Clock, and states were made and
broken with an utter disregard for
consequences.
Drawing for Prizes.
1t was known positively that Doran
would take all mis- strength bodily and
turn it over to somebody, but the ques-
ton was "who?'' Donahower would
have been satisfied with one of the
judgships, if he had not developed such
unexpected strength. and it was un-
likely that he would get out of the
way for Feldhauser. The latter had
his hopes, but might be induced to
take the treasurership nomination if
Horst could be pacified with promises
for the fall
ising for convention that would rip
the grand old party into about seven
different pieces. The Doran people, so
far as the mayor can control them,
and it was said that his delegates were
his personal friends-what there was
@ them-would be guided by him.
He would make no comment other than
a, deprecat91y smile when asked What
he thought of the primaries, but it
was stated for him he would be against
Kiefer under all and any circumstances
before and after the nominations.
The men who supported Donahower
were actuated at the start by a desire
to revenge themselves on Kiefer for
turning them down in 1892, and they
will bolt in a body-or practically So
if he is nominated. They would not
admit that his nomination was among
the possibilities in spite of the strength
they conceded him.
JGhnsOn's Statement.
w. R. Johnson. the director of the Kiefer
forces. made the following statement at 1
o'clock this morning:
The returns received up to midnight show
that Col. Kiefcr has easily 159 votes on the
first ballot. and this is without counting
any delegates he may have received In the
Seventh. Tenth or Eleventh wards This
showing. with large number Of doubtful
Will be nominated on the first ballot in the
convention today.
The Kiefer people do not desire to force
any Kiefer partisan for presiding officer
but believe that some fair and Impartial
man who has not been prominently identi-
fed with any mans candidacy should be
named. We would be perfectly satisfied
with w. H. Lgttner for permanent chair
man.
We have no combination for any of the
offices: The sole aim Of the supporters of
Col Kiefer. is to have Col. A. R. Kiefer
nominated for mayor, and with him good,
clean men who will be acceptable to the
voters Of St Paul.
The test of strength in the conven-
ton will probably be at the very start
when w. H. Lightner is nominated
for chairman by the Kieferites, and
E. E. Mcdonald, Of the Sixth, by the
opposition.
Feldhauser went home at ~ O'Clock.
after giving it out that he had been
pledged support by enough Kfefer men
to nominate him. If 1t ever got to a
second ballot He had agreed to act
with the opposition on the organization.
Feldhauser's managers, with Doran
and DonahOwer and his people, were
still in session at 1 o'clock this morn
Ing. and 1t was stated, as agreed upon
that the man who ran second to Kiefer
Oil the first ballot should have the
second ballot
In all Of the wards of the city, ex-
cept the Tenth and Eleventh, the prl-
maries developed a good deal of feel
ing and much activity The hottest
fight OF the day was in the Fourth
ward. In the eighth precinct the Dona-
hover people refused to play with
Horst. and started an opposition poll
ing place. Just why they took such &C
toI, I>xy
except those who conducted the oppo-
sition booth. The ticket with c. L.
Horst on 1t received twenty more votes
than were cast in the Donahower
booth.
In the precinct in which Mayor"
Griff1n's saloon is located it was ex-
pected that the mayor" would carry
the precinct for the administration. But
he gave up early in the day to Doc
Schiffmann, which, in view of Crit
fms known fighting and staying quail
tiles, was taken to mean that his heart
was not with the Doran delegates.
Some of the hotter contests in other
wards were as follows:
First Ward.
"The young men defeated Mayor
Doran's delegates in the First ward"
said a politician last evening when
IAe ieouie W. lHe primaries In that
ward was made known.
"Doran has been sustained by the
young men in the past, but he has TAX
en- pains to insult them in public, and
they made up their minds that they
could not expect any consideration
from him and they got out and work.
ed against him. That is why the First
ward elected an almost solid Kiefer
delegation"
1t was a sweeping victory for Col.
kfefer in the First ward yesterday.
Of the forty-seven delegates elected.
only nine are counted as Doran men