The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14
MILO WHITE FOR CONGRESS-
FIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATS
LIKELY TO NOMINATE HIM

Lively Scrap In Minneapolis to
Who Shall BE William Henry's
Secretary, Which Will Probably
Be Futile, as 1t Reckons on a
Very Remote Contingency -
Other Political Gossip.
milo White will be the Democratic
congressional nominee from the First
district / think" said prominent
First district politician yesterday. I'm
my judgment he Is the best man we
can put up to beat Tawney, and that
Is what We want. The First district
was once In the Democratic column It
should be there yet, and we are going
to try to bring 1t back there. The con-
ventlon which meets at Rochester will
nominate the strongest man it can find,
and I think it will be White.
If Mr.. White is in accord with the
Democrats on the financial question,
while 1t is only recently that he
has in any way been actively associat-
ed with the fusion forces, it is very
probable that the convention will be
favorably inclined to him. The defeated
hero of the Kasson convention may
yet send CONSERVATION into the ranks
Of the men who beat him, for he stands
we'll with the Republicans of his dis
trict.
Who will be William Henry's private
secretary if he is elected governor?
That question is not seriously vexing
the voters of Minnesota, for majority
of them have pretty definite ideas,
which abolish any need of an official
secretary for William after November
next, but 1t is seriously perplexing one
or in jnn lie
thought that John H. Stee1e would get
the job, but, of course, when it leaked
out that John had been promised the
oil inspectorship, that left the lesser
plum for a lesser light. Wallace Nye.
who is tired figuring out the shorta es
in city funds due to defalcations of
one sort and another, was groomed for
trial at the place, and indeed has not
been absolutely scratched in the race
as yet, although he has new foe TO
meet in the friends Of Joe Mannix, who
has recently returned from the Orient
and three years journey around the
world. They say that Joe has returned
just in the nick of time, under good
reasons to expect that place himself,
and that If he is not be the active man
ager of the Eustis campaign he is at
least TIC be in charge of an inner de-
partment under Judge Steele. AS Joe
was private secretary to Eustis while
mayor, 1t is pointed out that the de-
fenSive campaign now opening cannot
be met without some experienced cam
paigner and good jollier such as Joe is
In the socio" business line of the
policy shop administration, Of which
Bertha Shepard, the gambling dens,
blind pigs and casinos were incidents,
1t will apparently need the presence Of
the former handspring of the admin
istration to meet the numerous irl-
quiries that are already appearing
Following two years service with VIII
liam Henry, Private Secretary Mannix
was able to sojourn three years abroad,
and why not, say Joe's many friends,
place him in close touch with the cam
paign, where he Is an actual necessity?
Why shut him out of the hope of be-
ing next In the governors office. If
Joe is not a fit successor, in sagacity
at least, to the Bixbys and the Hart
leys, his friends would like to know
why.
E. G. Ronniwell, Of Hutchinson, is
being very conspicuously mentioned in
the Third as the possible candidate in
opposition to Joel Heatwole. The
prop sition has not come frcm Mr.. Bon
riwell himself, and his feelings about
the matter have not been made clear,
but, unless he interferes he Is likely
presently to have a following that can
not be controlled. File is popular and
thoroughly we'll known in the district,
and would make a strong opponent for
the "handsomest man in the house."
Henry Johns is threatened with a
fight fer the Fourth ward nomination
for the legislature. AS part of the
Libbey candidacy for the shrievalty,
Adam Heck has been brought out for
the Legislature and Johns friends, who
are suspected of being with George
Irish, are menaced with a strong man
for the nomination against the blonde
young man.
Judge ]. H. Steele, chairman of the
Republican state committee, announces
the following executive committee:
First District-W. E. Todd.
Second District-W. A. Funk and A. H.
Anderson.
Third District-C. H. Pierce.
Fourth District-C. X. Sharood
Fifth District. H. Steele, ex-officio.
Sixth District-W. D. Kinney and W. E.
Lee.
Seventh District-O. H. Mvron.
The secretaryship will be given to
G. A. Rasmussen. member of the COM
mittee from Goodhue county, If he will
accept, and he probably will. The COM
nlfttee will hold its first meeting at
ST. Paul about Aug. Is, and 1t is the
present intention to open the cam
paign about the middle Of September.
The departure from the ranks of the
old gang is marked W. E. Lee, of
Long Prairie, or of the St. Cloud re-
formatory, is perhaps the most promi-
nent member, although Judge Steele
himself is another member. o. H.
Myron has a wide acquaintance in the
Red river valley, and G. K Sharood
has some influential business connec-
tions. But the old war horses are not
on the list