The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-29


Downey presided, and Mat Tschida acted as
secretary. The hall was packed to suffoca-
ton.
STRAY POLITICAL SHOTS.
The fact that c. J. Benson has been dis
he is virtually out of the race will make no
difference in the result, as he has no earthly
show OF election In any event 1t makes no
difference If there had been sufficient Re-
publican strength to pull him through only
to have him lose his seat after election.
He ordered a half dozen buttons to reinforce
the pictures that did service in the cam
paigns Of '92 and "a and sent one of them
over to Secretary Selb with the suggestion
that he hide it somewhere about the Repub-
lican headquarters and let the boys play
Button, button, who's got the button?''
Somehow Selb thought the colonel was kid
din him and got sore.
G. D. OBrien said at meeting held
Wednesday evening that if there was any one
this campaign he Mr.. o'Brien, could inform
him. He had long talk with Mr.. Lind
Wednesday and was assured that the former
candidate for governor was very deeply and
Schifmann. He considered Dr. Schiffmann's
election essential to the welfare of st. Paul
ana the Democratic party.
Kaldunski, of the Eighth ward who SHES
when he sees a bicycle, is going in for pol
itics. Billy Johnson has ordered him to wear
binders during the campaign, SO that the
riders of wheels shall not be alarmed by his
antics when one Of them approaches. Mr..
Kaldunski has never been able to disabuse
himself of his original and native convic-
ton that the wheel Ia an invention of the
devil for the undoing of the Eighth ward.
Not less than 500 residents of the Ninth
ward who voted against Ed Murphy two
port this spring. Two years of Larsen and
the demonstration that he has given that
he Is only in the council to do what Mat
Jensen orders him to has settled his chances
SO thoroughly that all of the literature sent
out by the city clerk has not changed
vote. Mr.. Murphy is referred to all over
ward ever had, and even his enemies In the
council admit that he was one of the best
working members that ever sat in that body.
That he will carry the ward by 600 is 10
to 1 bet.
The policy of the Republican afternoon or
gan in pushing the candidacy of the Scannell
candidate to the same extent that 1t does that
of Col. Kiefer has given assurance that when
it came to finish and 1t was obvious that
the colonel was beaten the platform speak.
win If they could not vote for Kiefer. The
best aid that DR.. Schiffmann has had has been
the obvious and anxious effort Of the Repub-
licans to boost for the Scannell man. 1t is
the First ward, where the wild-eyed ones
were driven to the Erwin meetings by the
Republican managers to make showing fos
the Scannellite candidate and were bitten by
the fake eloquence of the spouter. Now they
refuse to go back into the Republican fold,
and are talking learnediy about s.. the right.
very largely into city election.
Will Col. Kiefer promise to have those
lithos Of his remodeled so that they :, will read
he insist that they only have the paster re-
moved 80 they'll read Candidate for con-
gress?" Ed Rogers will have to be assured
BILE to get instructions that might cause trou-
Bile In the First.
VIII Benny Knauft be able to dodge the
Burger club. So far as the present campaign
is concerned he certainly will not, but it
will be regrettable If his work for the Repub-
hcan party in convention Is no longer pos.
sible Burger gives 1t out that If Knauft
were fifty times alderman he never would be
able to carry the Second at the primaries
again. And If there be any truth In certain
signs the men who respect Burger on ac-
count Of his war record are of the same mind
with the captain.
A vote for Kiefer means vote to keep
him from running for Office next fall. But
is it really worth while to turn the city and
its treasury over to be looted by an unscru-
pulous politician for the sake of preserving
peace in the ranks of the Republicans?
Lieut.. Budy will be mounted when he
leads his club of Midway blind-piggers down
to the final Kiefer rally. The club is said to
of power in the Midway district, which Ia
rather a strange condition to obtain in
Prohibition ward.
1t has been stated that only seven members
of the police force had the manhood to re.
fuse to subscribe to that assessment. They
were all Democrats OF course, and were no
tilted that they would have to get out AS
they would have to go anyway, they are not
losing much sleep over the threat that fol-
lowed on the assertion of their rights.
There is nothing like association with the
cheap end of politics to corrupt youth;
There is that young, and once very good
young man, Selb, secretary OF the Republican
city committee, who a few weeks ago was
quite decent young PERSON. He has been
sitting around the headquarters so long that
he now attempts to justify the assessment nj
a matter of political expediency: If the young
person remains in politics to the end of the
campaign he VIII be attempting tie 70 JUSTLY
to fix him right In the matter OF now No
ought to vote.
The spirit of the Republican campaign is
evidenced in the meanness of the little filings
that are being made at Johnny Clancy, The
election of the judge by an overwneimlng
majority will be the most fitting rebuke tna1
the people can administer to the petty-souieo
managers of the Republican candidate. Mills
had little enough chance of election at any
time. but he certainly has not been heipeo
by the idiocy of his managers.
The Prohibtionists will hold an open air
meeting this evening at the corner of Payne
avenue and Case street. The speakers are
Rev. G. L. Conley, ]. T. Cunningham and
George F. Wells. The Prohibition quartette
will sing.
At meeting held at private house In
the Ninth ward, the night before last, Larsen
made this statement: II know 1 haven't
done much in the past two years, but have
had some experience, and now, II l am
elected. can promise you that I'll do as
much as Murphy"
The surprising feature Of the Second ward
campaign is the unanimity of the tndepend-
emit vote in its support Of j. Magill Smith.
Mr. Smith did not seek the nomination, and
it may be for this reason that he is being
SO generally assured of the support of the
tax payers When he gets through with
young Mr. Knauft there will be vacant
chair in the Republican meeting, and it will
be labeled Second ward.
DR.. Schiffmann has named Theodore L.
Schurmeier or D. F. Reese to take the place
Of George Thompson on the committee to pass