The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-27
BUT CAN THEY Do TT

The Republicans of Hennepin county
are making strenuous efforts to get ali the
dfscordant elements of the party In line
for the next campaign. They think it will
be necessary to invoke the aid of the State
League Of Republican clubs to get the
Eustis~ and anti-Eustis elements together.
The proposition to have each county rep
resented in state organization, or COM
mittee, whose duties will be to assist the
state central committee, is q good one
but as soon as 1t was learned that the
state committe at large was to consist of
100 members, there went up bowls of dis
| approval from all corners of the Henne-
| pin camp. The famous committee of 100
that ran things into the Mississippi here
last election has long since hoodooed any
candidate for Office or principle political
that is backed by a committee of 100. The
famousCD committee of 100 and it's disas-
trous workings are toe well remembered
by Minneapolis Republicans to expect
anything from the Hennepin end of the
Republican party. Make the committee
ninety-nine or 101, but don't mention the
term 100. That political organization was
made up of officers and no privates.
A man named Leach is reported to have
left the city owing some $500. When the
news reached Newspaper Row a report
er was despatched to interview his wife,
but was unable to see the lady. The
reporter In his narrative as published,
gave his reason for not being able to
see Mrs. Leach, because she had gone
to the circus, adding that it was reported
that she and her daughter were left
practically penniless. 1t is the same old
story of being dead busted, but enough
left to take in the circus
An old but familiar sign adorns the
rear walls of brick block in the Eighth
ward. 1t reads: FLANDERS & Trtpp
Fancy Grocers-" Geo. Flanders and Jim
Trip years ago were engaged in the
grocery business, but afterwards drift
ed into politics. Flanders was elected
alderman and Trip became a street com
missioner. Both served the city well,
and soon after Flanders term In the
council expired the latter went to Cen
tral America, where he made considera-
bic money raising coffee He returned to
the city short time ago and already
there is talk of sending him back to the
council. Trip remained here and is now
holding down a lucrative position with
S. E. Olson in the big store on First ave-
nue.. Both Flanders and Trip were good
men whose services were not appreciated
by an ungrateful constituency. And all
through those changes Of time their old
grocery sign still stares the patrons of
the First avenue car line in the face.
Some newspapers do not investigate
matters at times as we'll as they should
When eX-Ald. OBrien was in the city
council a local paper was constantly
fnsinuating that he was not in the coun-
Gil for his hearth, etc. After a time the
public generally began to think that the
alderman in question was really making
more money than he was legally entitled
to. When his term expired some thought
that he would surely open a bank or
something of that sort, but imagine their
surprise when they will learn through the
G that the ex-aIderman is nothing |
but a plain every day Waterman at the !
reservoir in Northeast Minneapolis It
does not pay to be an alderman after all
when no better position than that of a
Waterman can be had after many sari- |
fees.
Aid. Fred Powers was not the author |
of his own mayorality Doom after all.
1t seems that he has paid a great deal |
of attention to the wants of organized |
labor since he entered the local legis- |
lature last winter, and in return for fav- |
ors extended some of the leaders of the !
trades and labor assembly have suggested |
him for mayor. Since Powers began to
take such interest in The labor element |
Mayor Gray has had his eye opened to
the situation, and is trying to outbid |
Powers in his own camp. In other words |
all his recent appointments to the police |
force have had the endorsement of some |
leading labor man. 1t is a pretty race be- |
tween the mayor and the Eighth ward |
alderman and the public will watch with |
amusement the outcome of this silent |
bidding for the labor vote by these two
men of opposite political faith.
Some of the aldermen and city officials |
have not yet recovered from the shock |
they sustained by the refusal of Ringing |
Bros. to furnish them passes to the big |
show few days ago. 1t has just leaked |
out that some of the disgruntled alder |
men are about to have the ordinance fix |
ing the circus license fee at $500 amended |
to read $1,000. Some years ago the latter |
amount was imposed and the big circus i
managers paid it willingly, but in a mo-
ment of temporary alteration of mind the |
council cut it down to $780, Why this re-
ductiOn was made was never explained |
but If the fee is put back TO where it for |
merly was the public will know the rea-
son. In other words, some of the alder
men have no time for Ringing Bros. as |
circus managers.