The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-11

| next thursday night, at which Tins
| permanent officers will be chosen.
The Fifth Ward Democratic associa-
ton held it's annual meeting last night
at Lincoln hall, West Seventh and Wal
nut streets. This being the meeting fol-
| the election off, officers there was a
| large attendance and a correspondingly
| large number of names offered as can
oldates. the balloting resulting as fol-
| lows:
President. H. Jansen.
Vice President-J. j. Kelly.
| Secretary-R. w. Richardson.
Treasurer-John Safranek.
| AFTER electingI officers the members
engaged in an Informal discussion OF
| the approaching cityyelection. The re-
suit was motion to,the effect that at
! heid Two weeks akence, action would be
taken looking tot the selection of candi-
dates OF their choice for the city Offices
and alderman Of the ward.
''The boom of Col. Kiefer for mayor
mas stirred Up the animals in great
shape. said prominent politician last
evening.
You see Ed Rogers wants to go to
congress next fall. and CT course he is
helping along the, movement as the
nomination Of the colonel for mayor
would narrow the field down to Stevens
and himself Stevens, On the other
hand, is hustlfng around at Washing
ton trying to get sKiefer consulShip
To south America or any other place,
ard thus get rid of formidable oppo-
Eent by the exile scheme.
Mayor Doran for his own protection
wants, to see Kiefer off the track for
mayor ard is wil-i-g TO pledge ans thing
and everything possible or impossible
to bring about Kiefers nomination for
congress.
.'Kiefer in the meantime is non-com-
initial ard while rot throwing cold
water on his mayoralty boom, keeps his
eye on the congressional plum.
THE Warner-Schiffma element are
booming Donahower for mayor and
BigelcW is working q quist little boom
for himself in the Fifth ward. Field
hauser is in the hands of his frineds.
I'll tell you how the thing will come
out il the convention. and you just
mark it down. Bigelow will have a
handful of delegates from the Fifth
ward. Do1ahower will have a solid
delegation from the Fourth ward. Field
hauser all from the Ninth. Doran's
herchmen will satisfy Feldhauser with
8 promise of something good and he
Will pull out ponahower will BIZ given
the nomination for n uric pal judge and
LII OH w III We Oh tie LUIS
ballot for a vindication."
81 feel sorry for Horst" said As
semblyman Kirke a day or so ago.
"He is all right and a competent Of
fetal, but he will have to suffer for
other peoples sins. 1t looks to me as
though the only chance he has for g
denomination would be to have the
DOran, Horst and McCardy cOmbira-
ticn go through again. If Kiafer gets
the nomination. w. r. Johnson viii
get the treasurersbip. If Donahower
pulls it off Horst is out of it, owing
to the ward question. Naturally the
same thing comes in if F'eldhauser is
chosen. OF course, if a dark horse, or
DOran should be nominated. Horst
would stand a show. but his chances
look very slim just now"
eve got a combination that viii
sweep the city for the Republicans, 4"
said one of the ward politicians in the
court house corridor yesterday. Its
DonahoWer for mayor, Lindahl for
treasurer, and Kirke for comptroller"
you may be able to do business
with Donahower if you can strike
him. said a by-stander, 'but the
ether two are out of town for three
weeks and you'd better play those
you can reach for while and keep
the sweeping combination in your
pocket" a-.,..~