The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-02
RIFT RI IT. lad ID. /. FULL SWAY
ROBERT sENG, ASSESSOR THAT
WAS, CLEARLY AN. "OUTsIDER"
YESTERDAY
FIFTH wAKDER EMBITTERED
He Says He VIII Show Up Some Peo-
pie who Hay8 Been Be,ind Ritt,
and They Come Right Back with
the Promise 80 Show Up seng-
The Assesginent Goes ON Any
way. = gvj go

Assessor Ritt,ywas, monarch of all he
surveyed yesterday, so far as his vision
extended to the office of assessor of Ram
sey county, and while he went compla-
Gently about making. the annual personal
tax assessment everyone about the court
house was discussing his methods of Sc
curing possession of the office SO tena-
ciously held by Mr.. Seng The former as
SCISSOR wandered into the court house cor
ridor during the morning, but when he
learned OF Assessor Ritt's strategic move
made no effort to enter his former office.
Inc nrst act on the part of Assessor
Ritt was to start out the assessors Sc
Iected by Mr.. Seng to take the personal
tax estimates. When these individuals
showed up, expecting to go to work for
MIR. Seng, Assessor RIFT simply advised
them that he was county assessor, and
directed them to go on with the work for
which they were employed Inside of tho
ONCE a complete force was at work. but
Mr.. RIFT declined to give out the names
of his assistants. One familiar face was
absent, however Henry Yost, who was
Mr.. Songs chief deputy. and who was
also appointed by Assessor Ritz, so that
the latter might have representative in
the office, was not to be SEEN Whether
or not Yost had been discharged Mr.. RIFT
did not care to state definitely, but 1t was
whispered about the hal THAT Yost was to
be thrown down"
When former Assessor Seng reached
the court house he was almost fnmedi-
ate1y surrounded by acouaintances with
whom he talked Of the cit t. 20 4
ne would not undertake any forcible or
strategic means sof regaining the office
and delivered himself Of few remarks
concerning Assessor Ritt,s action and
those whom Mr. Seng said were back
of Rift. Said he:
Ii the county wants George Walsh
and Tom Conroy to run the affairs Of the
county why I suppose it. is all right.
These men engineered the whole game
1t was their planntng. BY an accident I
learned something was up Sunday night
MY sister went into drug store while 1t
was raining andFby accident heard Walsh
talking over the telephone. She heard
him call number which she recognized
as that Of the assessors office. He asked
how everything was and told whoever he
was talking to to remain at the office all
night. He asked If the safe was open
and to the answer he received replied
"all right"
George Walsh .zwas somewhat wreth
when he learned of Mr.. Songs state
ments about himself and declared that he
would serve notice upon Mr. Seng that II
personalities were to be drawn into the
fight that he, Walsh, would give the pub
lilo some facts instead of vituperation.
IF Mr.. Seng wants a personal row he
can have it." said Mr.. Walsh. last. even
ing while he was talking to the crowd
IN the city hall he would have done ell
to have told them to whom he owed it
that he. held the office of, assessor as long
as he did. don't want to be drawn into
a personal wrangle.. but If Mr.. Seng sees
fit to start this Kind of muss will give
the public facts and, not Yituperation.'
Custodian Gerltch, when asked yester-
! day how Mr. RIFT got into the office,
said he supposed William Kemper, the
janitor in charge let. him in. In fact.
he said, KempeH did not deny having
done so. OF course Kemper had dis
iobeyed orders II he had opened the door
Custodian Gerlich said. but what would
be done, if anything, the custodian did
not know.