The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-07
KNAUFT is KNIFED
CAUCUS NOMINATION IS OVER.
THROWN AND PRESIDENT DON,
AHOWER REELECTED
SECOND WARDER SICK AT HEART
Hn WAS RAISED TO A GREAT
HEIGHT AND THEN DROPPED
HARD
JENSEN CHOSEN CITY CLERK

Win the Exception of the Presi-
dency of the Board of Aldermen.
the Plums Were Distributed inst
as was Written on the Slate
New Gambling Ordinance Intro
duced.
PRESIDENT Donahower, of the board of
| aloerrnen, was reelected to the position
at the annual meeting of the board held
| yesterday afternoon
The election of the Fourth ward alder.
man was surprise to Aid Knauft of
the Second ward, who was chosen for the
position at a caucus held some weeks ago
and an awful blow to the Lincoln club of
which organization Knauft is treasurer
| Mr knauft, as soon as he could receiver
after the announcement of the result of
the ballot which gave Donahower six
| votes and himself but four, seconded the
motion to make the nomination unanf-
nous, but he was aggrieved, and declares
he was jobbed out of the position. and
that by members of his own party Tho
result of the boiling of the caucus starts
a pretty fight in the Republican ranks
and one which will take some time to
smooth over
! The bodies met promptly at 4 o'clock
and after electing Assemblyman Denny
Of the Fifth ward, as president proceeded
with the balance of the caucus slate
Mat Jensen was elected city clerk for
the next four years by a unanimous vote
of the twenty members The caucus
nominee for market master, John t.
| a
| w. L. Webster 2, and Adrian M. Knox 1.
Ihe resolution naming members Of the
assembly and aldermen as members of
the board of equalization and abatement
was objected to by Aid. Sanborn. who
stated that the aldermen had not eau
cused on who was to represent the board.
Corporation Attorney Markham ap-
! pealed to say there was no necessity of
| passing the resolution naming the mem
| bers at this time, and action was accord
ingly delayed.
@ JOLLY FOR KENNY.
! A, vote of thanks was rendered Aid.
Kenny, the retiring president, and the
! joint body adjourned.
The assembly was called to order and
Assemblyman Dix and Assemblyn1an
Nelson were elected president and vice
president, and, after thanking their COL
| leagues for the honor, the assembly ad-
journed and made way for the board Of
aldermen.
+. AS soon as the members had been called
| to order Aid. Shepard was on his feet
with a motion that the body proceed to
elect president by ballot and continue
until presiding officer had been chosen.
President DonahOwer suggested that
the call for the meeting be first read, and
when this had been done Aid Shepard
again renewed his motion
Aid. Kenny moved as an amendment
that the clerk be directed to cast the bal
lot for Aid. Knauft as president Corpo-
ration Attorney Markham being appealed
| to helS, Nhat the election must be by bal
lot, and Aid. Kenny subsded
The vote as announced gave Dona-
hover 6, Knauft and one blank ballot.
President Donahower said he doubted
very much the propriety of his accepting
the position. The aldermen had caucused
and should stand by its caucus nominee
COULD NOT UNDERSTAND IT.
Aid Reeves moved that the nomination
of Mr.. Donahower be made unanimous
and this was seconded by Aid. Sanborn.
Aid. Knauft rose to second the motion to
make the nomination unanimous He
sitien of president of the board had not
been sought, but as he had been chosen
by the caucus he did not understand how
those who participated in that session
should have experienced a change of
heart.
of Mr.. Donahower unanimous the vote
was to T. those voting in the negative
being Messrs. Bantz, Blomquist Kenny
and Donahower.
President Donahower announced that
the vote to make his election unanimous
had been carried, and that while he had
nothing to say at present he would be
ready ~ announce his decision as to
whether he would accept the honor at
the evening session of the board.
AID Bantz, the caucus nominee for
vice president was elected by q vote of
10 to l. Tho odd vote was cast for Aid.
Kenny. Mr.. Bantz thanked the mem
bers for the honor and the board adj
| journed.
WAS DEEPLY INUNDATED.
Aid. Knauft, who was thrown down
after being chosen by the caucus for
president of the board, was, as he ex-
pressed it, deeply humiliated" by the
action of the members.
'It is not so much that I wanted to be
president" he replied in answer to q
question put to him by a constituent
but 1t is the way 1 was jobbed by
members of my own party. 1 was chosen
by a caucus at which there was not
dissenting vote and then, when the time
came to ratify the action of the caucus,
1 was thrown overheard 1 did not think
any body of representative men would
go back on a caucus choice, but at that
I am sure that feel better than some
of those who engineered the job
HOW THEY VOTED.
The vote by which Donahower was re-
elected was as follows:
observation-disclosures. Allard, Bell, MUIR
ply, Reeves, Sanborn, Shepard-6
Knauft = Messrs. Bantz, Blomquist,
Kenny, Donahower4.
The blank ballot was cast by Mr..
Knauft.
At the regular session of the board OF
aldermen President Donahower announc-
ed that he had decided to accept the
honor conferred upon him at the after
noon session. He had his doubts about
accepting the position, but as the ma
jority OF the board were in favor of his
election he would take up the burdens
for time at least He expressed the
hope that what little differences there
had been would be settled anicably as
soon as the ripple was over, and prom