The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03

interest by them in his campaign Is
touching the colonel closely. He has
stood altogether on his merits as a
German. The German-American Nom
Partisan Kiefer club has been the APP
pie Of his eye, but there is evidence of
disruption in it. Harry Sundberg, one
of the most active German" promot-
ers of the club, Is avoiding it, and
somehow it was not as popular as it
might have been in the First ward.
There is a breed of Republicans out
there that doesn't take to the domi-
nance of the Germanic element, and
they are making overtures to get away
from trouble that shall bury them.
If Kiefer wants to run on his merits as
a German, where will the Scandinavian
element that has been the backbone of
RepublicaniSm come in? They have
been a little disaffected to Doran, but
better Doran than Kiefer, and they are
going to him, or to Donahower, to be
in position in convention to force
recognition.
An old-time Republican, who has not
cast his lot with any of the four candi-
dates for the nomination, said yester-
day:
IT have been voting in this town for
suppose that there have been two or
three elections when I was not asked
to support Kiefer. I was figuring the
other day, and 1 find that Kiefer has
drawn out 100000 from the public
treasury and another. 1t seems to me
that there ought to be a little to a
mans appetite for office, and Kiefer
should have reached the limit. He has
been wharfmaster, clerk of the legisla-
Of hn "a q a
for mayor, when he threw us down to
secure for himself the nomination for
congress, and member of congress.
Now he ought to quit. I'm going to
tell him as soon as 1 get an opportu-
nifty
''This IS the first campaign in the
history of ST. Paul." said Henry Johns,
when the candidates for the Republic
can nomination for mayor made their
campaign complete, as though they
were before the people, prior to the
nominating convention. 1 never saw
it before, but it is "a fact that the
opposing forces are as thoroughly Or
ganized now fighting each other as they
would be if they were fighting the
common enemy
DIR. Schiffmann has received since his
and odd letters of congratulation. The
letters are from men Well-knoWn in
political and business life in st. Paul
in general, and a number Of them are
from gentlemen holding honorary po-
sitions by sufferance of Mayor Doran.
. Each Of them tenders his support to
the nominee of the Democrats.
A member of the grand lodge Of Odd
Fellows, of Minnesota, says: DR..
Schiffmann has a soft place in the
heart of every Odd Fellow without re-
gard to politics. He is the one man
in the state who has made a substan-
tial contribution to the fund for the
erection Of a home for INDECENT mem
bers Of the order. We didn't know
what we were going to do for funds
and had concluded that we had better
do some soliciting, when we had a
meeting here last year. The most i'm
portant feature, of that meeting was
the reception of a check from the doc
tor with the request that it be turned
over to the committee having the SUBJ
scriptions in charge. The check was
for 1,000.'
Assemblyman Billy Johnson has
made a proposition to clear the track
for himself for the treasurership. He
proposed to Charley Horst yesterdakS,
that if the latter would get out of his
way and not run for the nomination for
treasurer he would support him for
congress next fall. Mr.. Horst had Mr..
johnson faded before he got through
with his talk. 3fE
AT meeting CT the committee of Associat-
ed 5Wheelmen yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Oyitt S
resignation was received and accepted. Mr..
Ovtt having been nominated candidate
for the assembly, under the rules Of the COM
mittee of Associated Wheelmen, no candi-
date for any office can act as a member of
the committee. The committee passed strong
resolutions indorsing him for the position,
and urging him to make vigorous cam
paign.
The Cycle Path association was notified
through their secretary Of the vacancy on
the committee caused by the resignation OF
Mr.. Ovitt, their representative in the COM
mittee, and they were asked to delegate
some one to fill the vacancy.
All wheelmen whose names have not been
turned in to the committee of Associated
Wheelmen should send in their names and
addresses at once to l.. F. Block, secretary,
80 East Fifth street, so that information for
the mutual benefit of all wheelmen may be
sent them.
The Fourth ward Democratic delegation
at meeting held at the Northern hotel last
evening, perfected campaign organization
under the name of the Rudolph Schiffmann
Fourth Ward Democratic club: The club will
hold weekly meetings and with a precinct or
ganization at once inaugurate the active
work of the campaign.
Pursuant to the resolution of the Democrat
Citizens convention the delegation elected
It's members of the city central committee
in the person of John q. Hearn who, by
virtue of the selection. is also the chairman
of the ward organization. Henry O'Gorman
was chosen secretary.
f. L. McGhee declared that DR.. Schiqmann Is
the most acceptable candidate to the Afro.
American voters for mayor ever nominated
by any political party in the city. Said he
"No candidate, who has ever come before
the people of this city for election, has ever
| received the number Of Afro-American votes
| that will be cast for DR.. Schiffmann on May 8
sCHURMEIER,