The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-12

k1efer's declaration the other evening
that IF Cuba wanted to be free they
should be free" was a bit mixed in the
number. but 1t didn't do any further
harm than to stir up q rebellion in the
minds OF those whose veneration for
the late ,Lindley Murray Is more than
transient. 1t was the other expression
that slipped out later wherein he
evinced a desire for election to the end
that he might inaugurate an era of re-
form in the city administration that
made a row.
There was trouble enough for him to
settle in the ranks Of the officials Of
the present administration before, but
yesterday some of the officers were
wild over it and all Of Mayor Doran's
friends were making ready to see about
the proposition.
ITS good thing, suppose" said
one man who has stood by Doran all
through the. past two years and has
been his adviser in many things,
though not an office holder nor a can
didate for office; tits a good thing to
have this blatherskite go out telling
how he is going to reform things He
had better get himself elected first
There is nothing in the administration
Of Mayor Doran that he is either capa-
notice that the Republicans who are
now in Office will be fired out to make
room for his friends. OF course that
was to be expected, and there is not
much room for complaint on that score,
but when he calls that reform and i'm
plies that there are other things in this
Republican administration to be re-
dressed, 1t is different.
1.-The best that the Doran appointees
can look for is to lose their jobs. I
don't think they would much kick
about that, for politics is politics, and,
of course, Kiefer could not get the
nomination without distributing the Of
fees pretty thoroughly. but If he Is
going to try to get in on the PROPOSE
ton that he Is going to turn the rascals
out. why they will have something to
say about it,"
The mayor himself was not visible
yesterday except for a few minutes in
the morning, and it Is not known how
he feels about the matter. He is so
thoroughly sick of it all that his health
is seriously affected. He was at his
Office for a few minutes in the MORN
ing, but went home again. This indis-
position continues so long that his
friends are advising him to leave the
city for his health. He will probably
be gone during the campaign and let
the men who are recognized as being
with him politically move for them
selves in the fight.
IN the city hall there are five or six
men who will probably hold on in the
case Of Kiefer's being elected. One of
them is an elevator man, who was with
Kiefer from the start; there are two
janitors among the others, so that
there will be a general walking of the
plank, whether they get out for Kiefer
now or not This, Of course, in the re-
mote event Of his election A Doran
appointee to a pretty good Office said
yesterday that he didn't mind the
Democrats making claims Of reform,
but that he would not stand for the
imputations cast by Kiefer and his
people. If he had to get out, 1t would
be for political reasons, and not for
any demand for reform made by
Kiefer.
II know" he said, "of sixty-five
men who have been promised places on
the police force. Now, If Kiefer Is
that good at this distance from the
election, It's a cinch that he has placed
every Job within his gift in other di-
rections. I don't see that 1t is In