The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26
TALKED Oh FOR MAYOR
COL. a. II. KIEFER HAS A CINCH
ON A RENOMINA-
TION
MANY DEMOCRATS AFTER IT

Believed That a NOmfnatiOn by the
United Democracy Means an EIec-
ton Next Spring, Which May Ac-
count for the Large Number of
Names Mentioned ia Connection
with the Place.
Although it is five months before the
city election and fully four months before
the Democratic and Republican conven-
tions VIII b. held to nominate candidates
for city offices the preliminary work Of
the politicians has commenced. 1t has
been practically settled that the Repub-
licans viii renominate for the head of
their ticket Andrew r. Kiefer, the present
incumbent of the Office. OF course there
is objection among the rank and file Of
the grand old party to any such plan, but
as usual the leaders of the party and the
machine will govern and the voters be
whipped into line. No one realizes bet
ter than the Republican leaders that
IIiefer is not the man to nominate, but
he has the machine engineers scared and
With tie intimatier that if he is not re-
nominated the German-American vote
Will desert the Republican party he will
force his denominations the party with
out the worry OF making campaign or
spending any money. There is a chance
to have Kiefer withdraw from the race,
but it IS only on the condition that he be
given something better. Promises will
not do In this case, for your mayor is
wise enough ana has been long enough
identified with Republican politics to
know just what a promise amounts to- 1t
has been suggested that he would decline
q denomination providing he was given
the position Of postmaster or the congress
sionaI nomination. Neither of these posi-
tons WILL however, be available until
after the spring election and for this
reason the suggestions are not and will
not be considered by Kiefer.
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The present administration, from the
mayor down to the dog catchers, has
been such a failure that the people, with
out regard to lines, have pronounced it
TO have been the worst the city ever en-
joyed or have been burdened with. 1t
has been a business" administration in
all that the term implies, and no opportu-
nifty has been overlooked by the officials
where there has been the chance to do
business. It is charged by the Democrats
that the present administration is about
the worst ever, and the charge is ad-
mitted by the majority of the Repub-
hcans. The Democrats also predict that
there will be g. wholesale and much
needed cleaning out of the city offices in
the spring, and the Republicans almost
unanimously agree that it looks that
way.
So apparent is the handwriting on the
wall that the Democrats, having united
the factieaa4 forces which have disrupted
the party in the past lew years, are as
sured of a victory at the coming election.
Unlike the. Republicans, the candidate
who will head the Democratic ticket has
not been selected, but there are any num-
Der of capable men in the ranks of the
party who are willing and ready to ac-
cept the nomination and make the race.
Among those prominently mentioned are
DR.. E. H. Whitcomb, DR.. Rudolph Schiff-
mann, George f. Clifford, Hiram D.
Brown, E. A. Young, former Judge Will
lis, Louis Nash, Robert A. Smith, Reu-
ben Warner, Humphrey Barton, William
Kingsley, David F. PEBBLES, Henry Haas
and Sheriff John Wagner There are
possibly others, but the names mentioned
are those who have been suggested at
various times in the past few months by
Democrats as possible candidates for the
mayoralty.
DR.. Rudolph Schifmann, who headed
the Democratic ticket for mayor two
years ago and was defeated, owing to a
split in the party, is being urged by his
friends as a candidate before the next
city convention.
The vote which Mr. schiffmann received
IN the Seventh, as we'll as in other wards,
his friends claim, show most conclusively
that, with a united party his election
next spring would follow his nomination
For many months the friends Of DR.. E.
H. Whitcomb have been quietly but in
-dustriously booming him for the mayor
atty nomination. The points made by his
friends in urging his nomination are that
he is young man, and that this qualif-
cation is of first Importance. 1t is argued
that whenever the time comes that
either party puts in nomination a clean
cut and capable young man the person so
chosen will be elected as chief executive
OF the city by an overwhelming majority.
Aside from this qualification, DR.. Whit
comb has for years been prominent in
Democratic politics and was twice elect
ed as coroner of the county and has a
most Of friends who would be delighted to
see him make the race
a comparatively new name among the
candidates mentioned is that Of George F.
Clifford. The Union Advocate, the organ
or organized labor in st. Paul, devotes
Two columns to Mr.. Clifford in this week 6
Issue, and urges his nomination In a
lengthy review of his capabilities and the
reason why he should be selected as the
democratic standard bearer. The Advo-
cate among other things, says:
MI Clifford Is not politician He is a
Wel-lntormed, independent den1Ocra tic
american, a fine type of the useful n1Ih
uC,Spllted citizen, whose pulst. beats in
unison with the needs and aspirations of
the commonest of his fellow men. He is
f,d IHeIlllsr IN good standing of Typograph
WIthal, a son of old Cornell, a gentleman
OF aD1Ilty, OF education and of refinem emf
thoroughly In touch with every move
ment which rebounds to the good of the
clans OF the town as only first-class
newspaper man can know them. He is
no man man: and when if ever he -
elected mayor Of this city the peon1e
may pc assured that things will travel in
the right path in local administration No
matter what the Office holding push NAV
desire to the contrary
II Is needless to repeat that every man
m the ranks OF organized labor will give
nm az IN ms enthusiastic support. The men
ng9t Tor MN. He Is an American man.
ana ne VIII prove acceptable to all class,
pie. Jul peo-
e. A. Young, of the iobbing firm If
Finch Van Slyck Young & Co., has been
mentioned as possibility and his friends
say that he would be supported bv the
business men Of the city without regard
10 party, and would mako NOT on1y on