The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-20

claimed IS not political one, started
the ball rolling at its annual meet
ing a week ago by some of the mem
bers suggesting that a mass meeting
be called to ascertain the wishes of
the members of the organization and
also the voters of the ward as to Il
candidate for mayor. Those interested
in the continuation of the DoranesQue
regime for another two years heard
of the plan and succeeded in heading
the thing off. The union met and re-
ferred the matter to the executive COM
mittee of the organization. This COM
mittee held a meeting last evening and
decided to report to the union at the
next meeting in February that no mass
meeting be held, at least not just at
present. 1t was announced that the
committee would meet at Sjoberg's
hall and at s o'clock quite crowd had
collected although it was known that
the session of the committee would be
an executive one. The hall, however,
was dark, and those of the Doran
henchmen who had not been given the
tip eXultantly declared that the affair
was a "bloomer''
There was a meeting of the commit
tee, however, at the residence of Coun-
ty Treasurer Edmund, who is also the
treasurer Of the organization, and all
the members of the executive commit
tee were present. This included one
member from each of the eleven pre-
cincts and the four officers of the
union, the lineup including the fol-
lowing: A. G. Johnson, A. Lindahl,
Carl Eckman. F. E. Edmund, j. A
Jackson, Louis Lundquist, John G..
Elmquist, A. l.. Larson, J. w. Thelin,
L. N. Lundgren, John Bloomquist, Gust
Nelson, ]. A. LINER, F. A. Lundberg
and Emanuel Johnson. The confer
ence lasted a couple of hours, and 1t
was finally agreed that the committee
report against the holding of any mass
meeting at the present time. The
idea Of the members of the committee
was that the First ward being the ban
ner Republican ward of the city 1t
might influence action in other wards
too much to have any one candidate
for mayor Endorsed at this stage of the
game. A straw vote was taken on the
mayoralty question, resulting as fol-
lows: Emanuel Johnson, 4; A. r. Kief-
err, 8; Edward Feldhauser, 8; A. Lin
dahl, 8; A. G. Jackson, /; Henry Neff,
1. After the formal business had been
disposed of lunch was served by Mrs.
Edmund. The holding of the meeting
at his home, Mr.. Edmund explained,
was simply to save the expense of hall
rent and for no other purpose. One of
the leading politicians of the ward,
who was not present at the meeting,
stated that the scheme was to throw
a scare into Doran and secure if pos
sible, the appointment of a citizen of
the ward on the school board and also
the naming of a Scandinavian as cap
tain of the Margaret police station.
In connection with the First ward 8
sentiment regarding Doran, the follow
ing letter from DR.. Robillard is inter-
esting:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 10. 1898. To the
Editor of the o b e. Permit me, sir, to
use your paper for a few things wish to say.
l have been a resident in this city for up
wards of eight years, and have been a tax
payer for at least five six years. By the
finest and most worthy people of the First
ward l was sent to the legislature. l did
my best to uphold manly and Republican prin-
ciples. l leave this to my constituents to say
whether l did not. | am not writing this
for an Office, as l have ample scope to make
a living Then the question arises why do
allow my name to again be in print against
the present administration. The public and
the citizens of the First ward will remember
that because Tried to support o. o. Cullen and
not favor countenance F. b. Doran, | was
put at the tail end Of the elephant that finally
landed the most worthy chief of this city in
the executive chair. While he on the
elephants back, surrounded by all the com
forts of Livingston a Stanley | even lost
my silk hat by hanging onto the elephant S
tail, and have not found one since. l have
tried to be citizen and a tax payer and a
Republican, but when l remember that the
Dispatch comes forward with the lame ex-
cuse that of course 1.-The people will kick on
the appointments of his, F. B. Doran's to
the fire board" l recall that when / opposed
F. B. Doran's election to be chief magis-
trate, that same Dispatch said that l was
looking for cheap advertisement. l may pre-
dict that they may say the same at this time,
but as of old l can advertise myself without
the use of any newspaper. This may seem
odd and the result of an aching head; but
when know that all of his ex-
cellency's, the "chief executives most
ardent friends and adherents not only
in the First ward but in the city OF
of st. Paul. have refused to any longer adj
here to his fallen policy 1 make bold to say
l told you So Our most worthy and faithful
alderman, Lindahl, who has ever worked for
the interests of the First ward and the poor
of this city, was the first to find out the
error of his ways; since then there have been
many converts. On one occasion that | re-
member Aid. Lindahl was visited by his ex-
ceuency, the then prospective mayor and
other prominent city officials. The mayor
and others were dry, including myself; they
adjourned to a saloon, and our city CONN.,
troller beckoned to me to come. l went F.
b. Doran asked me why l did not support
him. told him that l did not think him
qualified for the position. There were drinks
called for. but l must buy my own because
| was not III it, not believing in the infalIi-
bility OF our present mayor, Aid. Lindahl
has become converted to the truth of what
cit isl This excellency" He is an out and
out anti-combine mani mean Aid. Lindahl
not his excellency. He has at last Joined
hand in hand and heart to heart, with the