The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-20

Candidates Have Already been
Pretty Wen Cared For, and 1t Is
| Possible He VIII BE Left Out Of
the List.
Inc result of the meeting of the Re-
| publican city and county COMMITTEES
| was plainly obvious yesterday in the
| black locks that the candidates were
exchanging. AT the executive session
or the committee there was the usual
cat and dog time.
Inc tight in the committee was to a
great extent on the order in which the
oinces should be placed in the call, the
committee was devided on the ques-
| ton. The chairman had to cast the de-
cldlng vote, and as a consequence Hitler
Horton is hated with a little more than
| ordinary cheerfulness by one-half his
committee
| Judge Willrich was the man most in
terested In the action Of the committee
| In ordering the ticket. He desired with
| most ardent desire to have a chance
| at the judgeship nomination before any
| OF the other officers were named He
had Inquired that If the nominations
| Tor the bench came at the head of the
| ticket they might be made independent
| OF locality and nationality. 1t was
clear enough to him that If there were
| tee many nominees from bis ward and
two or three Germans already nomi-
mated before the convention considered
the judges, 1t would be all up with him.
| Inc nationality question was impor-
tant, for there is Krahmer. practically
| without opposition for denomination,
| Eollman to be reckoned with for the
off1ce OF attorney and possibly couple
more Germans. He didn't want to take
chances on all these, hence his anxiety
| He failed to win out, though he had
| fifteen out of the members Of the COM
| rlittee with him. Horton cast the de-
Gliding vote. Yesterday the judge was
In quandary. His chances for the
district bench had certainly not been
improved and he had gone so far that
he could not back up to the probate
nomination again.
F Fitzgerald strengthened himself to
some extent by getting the auditor
nomina ton placed close to- the head of
the list, but it is not clear that any
difference was made in the other
| offices. The fight on sheriff was not
materially affected, as there seems to
be an agreement that it is to go to
the Fourth. Bill Ames' candidacy not
| Being taken very seriously. 1t is said
| that there is an understanding between
Lfbbey and Irish, that whoever has a
| majority of the delegates of the Fourth
| may have the rest of the city. The ar
| rangement was classed by some of the
politicians as fool politics. unless
said one Of them. both parties to the
deal went into it with a mental reser-
walton and something up his sleeve"
| The legislative fight in some of the
districts will not lack interest. Hitler
Horton is not going to have the walk
away that he looked for. Nick Pott-
gieser does not love Hitler. Mayor Kie-
| fer has no great affection for him,
either, and he will net interfere with
the announced intention of Nick to
make an independent run for re-elec-
ton to the senate. If Horton is norni-
mated and Pottgeiser makes good his
| threat, then a Democrat will represent
the Fourth and Seventh wards
The district, composed of the Third
and Ninth wards, is quite debatable,
| and very strong man has been sug-
gested for the Democratic nomination.
The Ninth ward people are willing
enough to let the Third ward have the
nomination, If a winner can be named.
Either Edward Feldhauser or J. Wat
son Smith will be nominated by the
Republicans. Henry S. Sternberg, who
will be asked to take the Democratic
nomination could beat either one Of
them without much trouble He would
get a very considerable portion of the
| vote that went to Aid. Kenny in the
fight last spring, and the Ninth would
do no worse for him than it did for
Aid. Murphy.
! It was decided yesterday by Chair
man Townley that Sept. a. Saturday,
would be a good day for the Demo-
| cratic conventions, and they will be
called for that date without doubt.
The committee of the Lincoln club
which was appointed to bring about
| the removal of Maj r. B. c.. Bement
water board has begun active proceed
ings and has induced Mayor Kiefer to
ask the advice Of the corporation ahtor-
ney as to the legal status of Mai. Be
ment in his local official connection. w.
r. Johnson, Henry Johns and j. +.
George are the members Of the club
whose business 1t will be to get Mai
Bement out of the way to make room
| for Jake Reichardt. They have gone
into ancient history and dug up a
precedent for the desired action on the
! part Of the mayor to declare the Office
| vacant The courts decided, in Corn
we'll VS.. Adam, that the acceptance of
a commission from the federal govern
| ment was in itself a resignation of
civic office under the state govern
| ment. Adam was a county auditor at
| the time of the war. He got a commits
| sion and was given a leave of absence.
| Cornwell didn't have time to go to the
war, and he got himself elected auditor.
| Then he brought suit to GUST Adam
| It was decided that Adam did not have
| to be ousted; that he left the service
| of the state when he accepted federal
! service The cases are nearly ident-
ical, the only difference being that Mai
| Bement did not hold an elective Of
| flee.
The attention 3of Attorney Markham
| has been directed to this case. and it
| Is anticipated that he will base his
| opinion on 1T.
Maj. Bement lis a Republican, but
not of the Lincoln club kind The mem
bers of the club assert that they do
| not desire the appointment of any parg
ticular Individual, but it is generally
| understood the friends Of Reich.
| ardt are behind the movement III IS
| known that Mayor Kiefer is friendly
| to Maj. Bement,sand it is held as pos
| sible that he would not make an an
| pointment even if the office were held
| to be legally vacant
The efforts of the Lincoln club TO
| Gust a Republican are contrasted bv
| people with long memories with the
| well known fact that when G. D. GIL
| fillan, Republican, was president Of
| the board he was repeatedly given six
/ and nine months leave without any at
| tempt being made to get him out.