The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-08
IT LEFT MANY SORE SPOTS
REPUBLICANS BUSY WHETTING
THEIR KNIVES
Col. Kiefer, Except by His Personal
Friends, Declared to Re the
Wrong Man for the Place
HOrst's Rank Record Expected to
Result In His Being showed I'm
der When the Time Comes.


feat of men that have been beaten in
a convention that was shown by the
great majority of the anti-Kiefer peo-
pie yesterday. 1t was the expressed
feeling in cold blood. with the heat of
contest dissipated. that Kiefer was the
wrong man for the place; that he ought
not to have been nominated and that
he could not be elected.
A number of men prominent In the
Republican party and whose activity
in municipal campaigns was thing
that went without saying, will have
no part in the campaign that Is on,
and many of them will not vote for the
Kiefer ticket. They do not feel that
they want to put themselves outside of
the party by announcing an open boft,
but there was a whetting Of knives
such as has not marked the passing of
a convention for many a moon in this
town.
This condition of disaffection is per-
haps more marked in the Fourth ward
than anywhere else in town, and many
of the Republicans of the ward are out
spoken in saying that they had rather
that Donahower had not accepted the
aldermanic place on the ticket, for he
will have to be defeated, too.
AS things stand now, Schiffmann and
MieSen ought to carry the ward by at
least 500 and the majority of every
body's friend. Dick" McNamee, over
Horst will be even greater than that.
Mr. McNamee has dropped into a.
peculiarly soft berth in having Horst
against him, as was shown in the fact
that the treasurer was hopelessly in
the minority in the fight for the prirn-
aries, not carrying single precinct
In his own precinct he was defeated,
and would have had no show for the
,ipo hod hoon for the n
sheraton of Fred Schiffmann. At
that it was not consideration for Horst
so much as soreness at Billy" john
son that led young Schiffmann to turn
the delegation over to Horst.
Johns wanted it that way and when
Schiffmann could do nothing for Dona-
hover he was through, and let the
blonde statesman have his way. Horst
will go as a lamb to the slaughter for
his record in connection with the banks
touched the pocket of every taxpayer
in the ward.
The feeling against McCardy is also
pronounced.
1--WE might as we'll turn the party
over to him altogether" said one of The.
dissidents. He poses around as re-
former and watchdog of the treasury
until he has the people who don't know
anything about him hypnotised; then
he SllS dIOUId ouIlIE Liz NOAAH SiieiOAA
and has the nomination handed to him
on a silver platter. It won't do with
me.
"Why, he's got an idea that he has a
life Job there, and it is time to jar him.
The life of the Republican party de-
ponds on rotation in office, and we dom
want any third-termers.
Anthony Yoerg will do McCardy's
business for him if the Democrats will
simply show the autocratic way in
which he runs the affairs of his office
and expose the absurd and costly ei-
rors he has made in his stubborn dis
regard of the law and the wishes of the
people,"
The faulty of the people who made
up the assembly ticket in the Repup-
lican convention was shown In the
number of inquiries made by Republic
ans as to the men who are on the
ticket. 1t is a fact that cannot be dis
puted that not one of the men nom
mated is known outside of his own
election district even by name-except-
ing. of course, those who were renom-
mated And it would be better for
them If they were not known, for they
have unfortunate public records.
The Republican party does not lack
timber to make assemblymen, and the
blindness of the KieferiteS in trading
offices of Importance for support in the
convention is surprising. There is not
a. man on the ticket who could bring
to the support of his party solitary
vote beyond the party strength
The Democratic ticket. on the other
hand, is composed of men Of at least
CITY reputation, most Of them business
men Of prominence and character.
These conditions were also sharply
criticised by not only disaffected Re
publicans, but by business men without
regard to politics.
The nomination of Kaldunski, in the
Eighth ward, was direct slap at that
very large element of the population
who are interested in bicycling and
good roads His attitude on matters
of such public Importance as this par
ticuIar one has made his record in the
council glitteringly absurd. He. how =
ever, has no chance of prolonging his
life in the council. The bicycling peo-
pie of the city generally will look after
him, and will encounter much opposi-
ton even among the Poles who sup
ported him for his first term. They are
about as sore as any one need be over
his denomination.
said to have fairly opaned last night
though it was not intended to begin ae-
tive work for few days. Headquarters
will be open in the Endicott arcade,
second floor. room 239, today, and Sec
rotary Martin will be there at all hours
from now until the votes are counted
on election night. The headquarters
consist of three large rooms, and there
is plenty of space.
Already the proffers of workers are
almost embarrassing. The best speak
ers in the city have volunteered. and
ward organizations are. beginning to
report By the end of next week there
will be a Schiffmann club in every
precinct in the city, almost, and the
campaign opens up with unwonted en-
thuSiaSm.
There was a gloom about the city
hall Yesterday. The mayor was said to
be sick. At least he was so mortified
at the treatment he had been accorded
in the convention that he had not re-
covered sufficiently to come down town.
The employees about the city building
who had got aboard the Kiefer band
wagon were trembling for their jobs
for it is regarded as certain that Doran
will not permit the Kisses that were
directed at him by the convention that
these men dominated to go unpublished
What action he will take is not to be
guessed until he acts. The police de-
partment officials do not feel so well
as the other employees. They consider
that they are safe, 50 far as removal IL
concerned, for they argue that, with
so many members candidates for re-
election. the council would not dare
to concur in removals. But they dc
not like the investigation that Mayo,
Doran will probably order, as means
of vindicating himself by locating the
rntt ennfSS in the dena rtment