The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-15

they had put their savings on the red
they might have won, for it turned up
next.
Red" sauntered in as though he was
at home.
Hello. Hiler.' he said.
And Horton, the faStidiOuS, the
smooth and we'll groomed man out in
the Seventh ward Horton, whose sense
of the nice things of life makes him
conspicuous even among his own wei
grooned crowd, looked up from his
work. extended his hand Walked s,cr- %.
the room and remarked: n9ei ege0 <-:4.
How dye do. Mr.. Griffin; I'm glad
I to see YOU &C..
Griffin motioned to a couple of chairs
and they sat down together. The
others in the room drew off, for they
understood that affairs of Importance
were to be discussed and it would be
better to be respectful to the outgo-
ing mayor and the man who was en-
gagged in making the coming mayor.
At that moment Harry Sundberg came
into the room. He professed not to see
the pair ard walked over to the secre-
tary's desk. But he didn't stay.
Mr.. Horizons conversation was ami
mated. Griffin was interested, and he
presently put his hand over on EIiler's
shoulder. Hitler didn't try to shake the
hand eff. He took out little note
book and wrote something in it.
Every one else left the room and the
two chieftains, the one from the Sew
enth ward and the other from the
Third. were left alone. to make their
compact.
Twenty minutes later Red" Griffin
was back in his den.
Hiler Horton was drinking a brandy
and soda.
A Republican politician said to The
G o e reporter. who had happened in
while Griffin was there:
II suppose that you couldn't pick out
any other hour of the twenty-four to
make your call except that in which
we didn't want you
In spite of the order Of the mayor to
the contrary the Kiefer people at the
head Of the police department are en-
gagged very strictly in campaign work
and nothing else.
Schweitzer is not doing much of any
thing. for it Is understood that he is
| marked for slaughter. Henry Pothen
Is trying to get together the remains of
his push in the Eighth ward, but he
| is acting by himself. for the other Off
GERS don't want to be identified with
| MIN when 1t comes to be case of
| forcing him to resign by a threat of
| going ON with the GTuber investiga-
, ton. He has been promised a cap
| taincy. but it will be easy enough for
! Kiefer to get away from that promise
! by getting somebody to ask the May
| grand jury to investigate the charges
| made by Gruber when he was on the
stand. 1t is understood that that is
| already provided for. Pothen will try
| to beat it by proving his value to Kie-
| fer, hoping that in the event of the
election of the colonel his influence will
| stand off the investigation. Which
| shows that he knows nothing about
| the capacity of the colonel for lodging
! ante-e election promises.
Lieut.. Budy, with an understanding
that he will get the office of chief, is
hustling at all hours in the upper por-
| ton of the Eighth.
Bahe is standing as nearly pat as
| possible, and would give a good deal
| for visitation of some mild but tenn
| porarily disabling disease that would
| leave him where he has been for sew
eral elections, on the fence.
| The most active and outspoken
worker on the force is Sergeant Joe
Davis. He is practically doing no
work but trying to organize the Be-
hemians out in the Fifth.
| Tailor Stadfeld,of the central station.
| was detailed to help Davis in the work
that he could not do-the clerical mat
4 ter of getting census of the Bohemi-
| ans in the Fifth Mr. Davis does not
/ run to figures except in so far as thew
! apply to the number of unfortunates
| there are on the streets at night and
| the exact number of them he can call
the patrol wagon for at any time when
| business is dull with him. But he
| gives it out that he is the boy to
| roundup the Bohemians in the Fifth.
! Yesterday Davis was given a list of
| the Bohemian voters of the Fifth and
told that if he didn't round them I'D
and make it apparent that he had them
rounded up by forming some clubs
amongst them he could look for an
| other job. If the showing made on
election day in that ward is all right
| he is to be made a captain He has
! told Bohemian saloon keeper that if
| Kiefer, is elected he-wiIl be a captain.
and whatever can be done through the
| power of the police department to get
&, the Bohemian vote will be done The
| Bohemians are sociable people and
those of them who are not familiar
| with the laws Davis has terrorized
until they believe he is the court of
J last resort. But his work in the Fifth