The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-02
AND IN LNCOLNS NAME TOO
REPUBLICAN, OFF1CEsEEKERS
LEAGUE WOULD ROB SOLDIERS
Men Who Held Places In the Public
Service When They Went to the
Front at Their Country's Call to
Return to Vacant seats-F. u.
DOran and Tim Reardon Alone
Opposed the Plan.

Doran and Tim Reardon Alone
Opposed the Plan.
The Lincoln club held a meeting last
night and took a step that will make
every decent Republican in town blush
for the organization this morning. The
club gave it out that it was not in
touch with that sort of patriotism that
leads g. man to go to the front at the
country's need.
Jake Reichardt introduced a resolu-
ton calling for the appointment Of a
committee Of three to look up the law
AFFECTING the tenure of office of ap-
po1ntive officers, and if it was found
that MAJ. r. B. c. Bement has no
right to the leave of absence which has
been given him in order that he might
go to the Philippines with the Merritt
expedition, then to take the necessary
steps to have the office declared vacant
and have a member of the club ap-
pointed to the place. The resolution
was carried with only two dissenting
votes, in spite Of the fact that Repub-
llcans about the hotels an hour later
were bitter in their denunciations of
the movement.
The meeting was quite largely at
tended, for it was the annual event and
offlcers were elected for the ensuing
year. There was no contention over
the election of the officers, the slate
going through. Judge Blackwell was
elected president, DR.. baltimore, first
vice president: w. r. Johnson, third
vice presi- ent; John Wolterstorff, treas
uter, and j. A. Reichardt was re-elect-
ed secretary-being the only officer re-
elected.
After the election a leather armchair
was presented to Secretary Reichardt
by the members of the club in recogni-
ton of his efforts on behalf Of office
holders and office-holding
The club listened while F. R. Krch,
of the Fifth ward, wandered through a
speech, in which he discussed interna-
tlonal issues, disposed of the Eastern
question, took the Philippine islands in
as states and annexed Cuba. The
speech was the most remarkable of
many queer ones that have been made
at the meetings Of the Lincoln club.
1t was after the speech that Mr.
Relchardt offered his resolution. MAX
ing talk in support of it, saying that
MAJ. Bement had no right to the office;
OF president Of the water board: that
he could not legally absent himself
from his office for six months, and that
there was more than one member of
the club, who had better right to the
place than Maj. Bement He believed
that the men who worked for Col. Kie-
Ter in the spring, were entitled to the
Office and he did not propose to let any
r-awklsh sentiment stand between him
and what he thought was due to his
friends
The Anvil chorus in the back of the
room had not made a kick all night,
put there was at once evinced DISPOSE
tton to indulge in little music. But
ns.o0 "a II;
they subsidized generally-all of them
gave it up with the exception of two
men whom Reichardt would think
would be with him.
Former Mayor Doran told Mr.. Reich
ardt what he thought of the move, and
he did not mince his words. He said
THAT, if there was anybody who had
personal and political grievances
against Maj. Bement, he was that man;
that Mr.. Bement had been his bitter
and consistent enemy and he would
have no computations about using ur-
gent means to cause his, Dement'S,
removal if he were in the city. But"
he added, ''it would be cowardly to do
this thing. Bement is serving his
opinions about Bement, but he is with
the soldiers and a soldier himself. That,
is enough for me, and [ shall oppose
this action that you propose taking.
Timothy Reardon got on his feet and
declraed himself as being with Mr.. Do
ran in his views. He thought there
ought to be limit to political greed.
Reichardt's resolution was carried
with but the two dissenting votes
Doran and Reardon. The names of
the members of the committee were
not made public.
Oscar Malmros, Of st. Paul, who is
very we'll known in some political
quarters, though he has not been
prominent in local politics, is to be
named as consul to South Germany,
and will probably be located at Munich.
Mr.. Malmros was in the consular serv
ice for a great many years. He was
consul at Lieth, Scotland, and at Mar
settles. France. He has been out of
office for five years. 1t was expected
that the appointment would be made