The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-13

iards---The Republican, City Com
mittec Does Not Like the idea
That Is Is for Use. ou This 0cca-
sion Only-Other News.
Not satisfied with his declaration
that he proposed to reform the Doran
administration. Col. Kiefer has taken
steps to let the Donahower men know
that he is tired of them and their tao
tics. His declaration at Republican
headquarters, that THE Donahower
crowd can go to -. I'm tired of them
and their talk. They are more treacher-
Gus than the Spaniards," helped him
quite a good deal .,--..-
The men who had been with Dona-
hover, but were getting back into line,
We're furious yesterday. and there was
little else than Kiefer's declaration
talked of among Fourth ward politi-
clans Of the Republican stripe.
The announcement yesterday that the
city committee only lives through the
campaign, and that Lightner's COM
mittee still exists and will conduct the
county campaign in the fall, relieved
| a good many Donahower men who are
on the Kiefer committee or have
friends on that committee, and they no
longer feel that the necessities of the
party demand that they shall stay in
line.
Hitler Horton will make it a point Of
pride to do the best he can with the
| material at his command to make a
campaign, but he would give a good
deal to be out of the mess. He doesn't
like the idea Of having the candidate
whose fortunes he is obliged to push
| indulge in vituperation against him
and his friends, and there was some
difficulty yesterday in keeping the
committee together.
| 1t seems that the rupture on Monday
evening was more important than was
apparent on the surface.
| About twenty-five Donahower men
had gone to the headquarters with the
| idea of getting acquainted with some
of the Kiefer people and telling them
that they were ready to do something.
! Some of them were sUalking, of course,
and there were some protests from
few that they would have nothing to do
with Kiefer, if it were not for the fact
| that he had compromised some of their
| friends by putting them on his COM
| mittee. They didn't like the way the
assessments had been distributed any
more than they liked some other fea-
lures of the business, and they were
| not backward about saying so.
Kiefer was standing in the doorway
of the committee room and he heard
| some of the remarks. Then he declar-
| might go to, and things. Without pay
ing further attention to any one in
the room, the colonel turned to some
of his personal following and said:
Come on, boys"
He was raging. He led the party
down Fifth street to Wabasha and into
Nick Pottgieser's place. He was let
ting off steam in his mother tongue
all the way, and never caught his feet
until he got up to the bar. Then ne
looked around and instinctively went
| through his usual formula:
Zone, two, three, four, five; give us
! five beers, bartender, what'n you have
gentlemen"
The Donahower crowd stayed behind
at headquarters.
They had love feast. Kiefer was the
piece de resistance, and they devoured
him. The crowd included the men who
dominate the Fourth ward in Repub-
lican politics. Henry Johns took the
| lead and said some things that settled
his chances for the nomination for the
! legislature in the fall, if Kiefer goes
| through. Others made remarks. and
then they all Clipped in and said they
were through. That was the last Of
| them, so far as. the corr mfttee Is con-
| cerned, but yesterday they were car
| rying on the good work. Some of them
were disclaiming what they had done,
but that was merely to put themselves
right before the party. One Of them,
| whom 1t would not be fair to mention,
said:
eff Kfefer is elected it won't be by
Fourth ward votes. II he thinks that
| he can come in here with his First ward
push and do business we will endeavor
/ to change his mind for him. Why, we
would be ours to lay down for him
now, though I understand that some of
his friends have been to some of the
| boys telling them that the colonel was
! sorry for being 50 hasty. We are sup
! posed to stand for any sort Of abuse
| and then give up our money and our
| time to elect him. Not by a good DEAF
the remark was more picturesque
! than that quoted. ct don't see that it
devolves on us to feed an old political
hog who has no hesftancy about throw
| ing us down, and we might as well no.
| tify him that he is out Of 1T as far as
| the Fourth ward is concerned. That
| crowd that he insulted last night was
| not composed of all Fourth ward men
either. There were a dozen men there
who are supposed to supply the sinews
of war. They have been counted on as
so sure that they are on the assess
ment made by the committee, and Eli
| take an oath that Kiefer will never put
| his fingers on & cent of their money"
! 1t seems that J. H. Beck, M. w. Fitz-
| gerald and C. K. Sharood were consti-
tuted a ''panhandling' committee to so
1icit funds for the campaign. It was
early apparent to the committee that it
| would be necessary to do some solicit
| ing, as Republican campaigns have
| come to be expensive by reason of ex-
| travagance in the past. The commit
| tee cannot get a cent out Of the present
| city officials except those that have
| been given a place on the ticket, and
/ the county Office holders are not very
| cheerful givers because Of the uncer-
! tainty of the future.
| The committee got together and they
| managed to make out a list of assess
nents that figured about S., 500. About
| $1,000 of the lot had been charged up to
! Donahower men, They refused to dis
| gorge to help a man who didn't need
! them in his business, and the committee
! on finances doesn't know where to turn.
| that are contingent.
| Two years ago some of them took
! promises that were to be cashed on
! election day. Some of them were
| those that were personal with one can
didate. His representative passed out
| checks on election day. But that can
| didate was good" Kiefer promises
| could not be discounted by any one
| less generous than Billy Biekel, and he
| isn't doing much of a discount business
! now.
| Col. Kiefer has such correct idsas Of