The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23

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distinct attempt has been made
IN the past few days to bolster the
raining fortunes of O. H Arosin In the
rAsC ward by spreading the story that
ne Is really in favor of the election OF
John Lind. The effort might have some
Color OF success if the move had been
made earlier, and 1T had some evidence
OF truth about it. If Arosin is support
ing john Lind for governor he is doing
u III a desperate effort to help himself
reason that Arosin's friends have
TO give an air of truth to the
statement lies in the fact that a rela-
tive OF Arosin's is the editor of a Scan
olHaVlan newspaper in Minneapolis,
when paper Is supporting the Demo-
cratlc candidate for governor. The sub
terfuge that Arosin is using to make
himself popular in the First is very
much OF a piece with the other moves
ne mas made in this campaign, and they
may be classed as political trickery.
ArCs4n was nominated in spite of the
FIRST ward. AT the caucus that was
beld In the First the night before the
convention, it was shown that he had
very nttIe strength, both Alex. Lindahl
and A. G. Johnson running ahead of
MIN. lie went into the convention and
was nominated because of the support
or the political leaders of the Seventh.
HIS strength was gained in that ward
and among those men by methods that
VIII tranSpire before the campaign is
over He is in no sense in touch or
sympathy with the First and has re-
peatedly shown that he has no regard
for the people he Is now trying to Guilt
Fate: His public record is not calcu-
lated to help him in the First any more
than it will in any of the other wards.
lie Is now declaring himself Swede of
the SWedes, Yet ordinarily he resGntS
being called aaSwede.
AfCS1n was pulled out of the obScurity
IN Which he had firmly buried himself
In the council by Mayor Doran- A m s.
taken idea of;polit cs and an eXaggerat-
ed notion of the Importance of Arosin,
due In great measure to having the
man who looks like Hobson constantly
before him, moved Mr.. Doran to make
AroSin president of the fire board.
PASSED UP HIS COUNTRYMEN.
To give ArDsin the place that had
been for years filled by George A. Free
man, large property owner and the
head Of one of the most important
manufacturing concerns in the city,
was reducing city government to the
farce comedy status, but it was thought
to be sop to the Swedes. 1t had, in
fact, directly contrary effect. Arosin
was in no sense a representative of the
great body of his fellow cOuntrymen
He had time and again given them to
understand that he had nothing in
common with them, and did not want
to associate with them. Yet he was
taken out of his little jeWelry shop and
placed at the head of one of the most
1An IF a N nf f1n inirN
n1ents, and he proceeded at once to
take the political scalp of the man who
had brought the fire department to it's
then degree of perfection. George A.
Freeman was turned out to make room
for this small politician, and then Chief
Jackson was turned down. 1t required
some presump tiOm on. the part of AroSin
to effect these two removals, but he
was well chosen for the purpose, and
both removals were made.
AS soon as he established himself in
the office Arosin proceeded to run the
fire department with the autocratic rule
that his personal Importance warrant
ed. He knew more about it than
George Freeman OF Chief Jackson, and
he went to work to overhaul the de-
partment. And he instantly made it
apparent to the people Of the First
ward that he had got all that he ex-
pected to get through their influence
and was through with them He had
a few persons who were so tied I'D
with him that he could not afford to
turn them down, and he made some an
pointments- had them made. One of
these appointments came to the sur
face Friday.
Oscar Lindor was appointed to the
fire department by AroSin five months
ago. He has served ever since The
law requires that all firemen be citi-
n tho TTnjtad StatpS
appointed by AroSin in spite Of the
claims Of many citizens of the First
and other wards, did not become a citi-
zen Of the country until Friday. A
First ward man called the attention of
Arosin to the fact that Lindor was not
a citizen at the time Of the appoint
ment, but was told to go to the devil.
Friday Lindor took out his citizenship
papers very quietly, and he will be
entitled to vote by the time he has
served as fireman for two years.
NO FRIEND OF LABOR.
Incidental to recognizing the de-
partment Arosin found opportunity to
get himself into trouble with an in
stitution that IS likely to have some
thing to do with the present election.
And in his dealings with the institu-
ton referred to he assumed such a
high and mighty air that the CITY is
now engaged in defending a suit and
the Master Plumbers association is
out after the political scalp Of the love-
ly young man from the First It oc-
Cured to Arosin that he ought to de-
tail a fireman to do. the plumbing in
the various engine houses. Among the
firemen was one who understood
plumbing and he was detailed to do
the work of the department.
Under the law, plumbers are REQUIRED
to take out a license to pursue their
calling. The attention of Arosin was
called to this fact, and he was told
that the man he had detailed could
not do the work without having
plumbers license. He paid no atten-
ton to the statement and said he
didn't care anything about the law
he was going to have the work done
in his own way. The master plumbers
are taxed in order that they be pro-
tected and property owners protected
in plumbing work, and they resisted
the attitude of Arosn.
President John McQuillan of the as
ISOLATION, called meeting, and a COM
nittee was appointed to see Arosin
about the matter and have an explana-
ton with him. The committee con-
sisted of Master Plumbers j. H. Shea,
M. J. O'Niel and J. E. Holt. There
could be nothing Of politics in the af-
fair, for two Of the members Of the
committee are Republicans They
went to Arosin and he refused to talk
with them; he said that he had de-
cided that he would keep a man at
work on the plumbing, and that was
all there was of 1t.
The committee then went before the
fire board. The members of the COM
mittee are all men of intelligence and
standing. When they appeared before