The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-03

the StS ENcept the F1rSt--
Things Look Good for Both the
Aldermanic md Assembly Tickets
BE Clean Sweep.
1t is all over. and all that is necessary
for the Democrat Citizens of this town
to do this morning is to vote early and
straight.
Dr. Schiffmann will be elected. That
is absolutely certain.
The Republican city committee adj
mitted that it was not possible that
he could he defeated, last night
They had. done all that could be done
at the last moment by casting an an
Choir to windward by trying to make
people think that Erwin is an issue in
the campaign. He is not, and by no
possibility can he cut any figure, for
he will only get the disaffected vote
that went to Doran two years ago.
! This may give him couple of thou
sand votes.
1t is conceded by every one who
makes any pretense of knowing any
thing about politics that there is not a
man in the city who voted for Mr.
| Cullen who will not vote for Dr.
Schiffmann. There is no possible rea-
son for supposing that one of these
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their going to Kiefer is out of the
question. The Cullen vote was $500,
and that elects, with three candidates
in the field, one of whom will get a
couple of thousand. If there has been
any change in the vote, it is. in the
First ward, where Erwin has gone out
side of the lines laid down for him
by his Republican managers and has
! gone after votes. He will get a good
deal of the vote in that ward that went
| to Doran, and that will, Of course, not
hurt Schiffmann.
| Kiefer's Cheap Bid.
The Eighth, in which Kiefer tried to
do some business by appealing to ma
tional prejudice, will be in line for
| Schiffmann. The colonel's cheap bid
for the. German vote is taken as an in
suit by the German leaders, and he will
get so little of it that his power in To-
| cal politics will be practically broken
| tonight.
Sharood was the only member Of the
| Republican city committee who
thought that there was any chance
of the election Of Kiefer. He really
thought so, and he won't come out of
his trance until tonight. He has been
in the First ward during the whole
of the campaign, and has not spoken to
anybody but those who would vote
for the Republican ticket If it were
! headed by a yellow dog. He is not to
| be blamed for his ideas.
Beck and the Funds.
Horton and Selb expressed them
selves officially, as being convinced
that the colonel was all right. Pri-
vately, they hold other opinions. They
| had been haunted all day by a lot of
grafters, for whom there was nothing,
and they were sorer than they have
been during the campaign. Beck, the
| treasurer of the committee, had moth
| ing to do, for the funds had all been
| promised to the men who will do the
work today.
I'nis matter of the vote and the
| count is held to be the most important
thing there is in sight The Fourth
ward has been colonized to some little
extent in. that portion below Wabasha
street, and it behooves the Miesen
pecple to keep an eye on it. 1t will be
very closely watched by the Demo-
crat-Citizens' challengers. but the par
ty labors under a handicap in lacking
representation among the judges.
Every arrangement has been made
| for the Immediate arrest Of anybody
| who offers to vote and who Is not en-
titled to. That is all that could be
done, and the names Of all the sus
poets have been gotten together, and
arrests will be promptly made, as there
are any amount of lawyers, both Re-
publican and Democrats, who have vol
unteered their services to see that the
law is enforced. There will be num-
Der of lawyers within call of the Demo-
crat-Citizens' committee all day, and
any call for legal advice for the
challengers in any of the precincts will
be promptly attended to.
Not Precinct for Erwin.
There was comparatively little bet
ting yesterday. The Republicans de-
manded odds and were accommodated
to some extent. There was some bet
ting on the result in wards, and some
| easy money went on the proposition
that Erwin would not carry precinct
in the city. This was regarded as
| cinch. There Is not the slightest
| chance for him to carry precinct. A
| little Republican money was put on
| the proposition that Erwin will have
! 5000 votes, but it is easy enough money
for the negative.
In order for the long one to get that
many votes it would be necessary for
him to get an average Of twenty-five
votes in a precinct. AS there are fifty
precincts in the city where he will not
receive a vote, there Is no possibility
Of him getting the 1900.
Pixies Winning Fight.
The only real contest that there is
in the city is for alderman out in the
Tenth. Pike will probably be elected.
He is quite confident, and Allard lacks
the only strength he had two years
ago-the Prohibition vote. In the other
wards, excepting the First and Seventh.
| the Democrat-Citizens have a lead-pipe
| cinch.
Majority for Smith.
Smith will have a clear majority in
the Second. Terry Kenny has not the
least possible show In the Third Stern
berg has put up campaign that would
credit run for any office, and he has
the business interests with him to
| man.
Looks Good for Miesen.
| In the Fourth, Anton Miesen will get
up to Wabasha street with 300 to the
good. His majority depends on what
the other end of the ward does. Dona-
hover may carry the other end but
! it is very unlikely