The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21
DOING DOUBLE DUTY
TO KILL OFF "YOUR
Mayor
ELLERBEE DIssECTs A FAKE
story of the Democratic Executive
Committee Was Series of In
accurAciee-The Eleventh Ward
Man Says the Spring Convention
VIII he Called by the Chairman
of the Democratic Committee.

There Is a feeling among some of the
members of the charter commission that
the resignation Of Edmund S. Durment
from the commission was due to causes
otner than given in his letter to the
Judges OF the district court The letter
OF resignation was dated Dec. 16, and
ON the evening" Of Dec. 10 Mr. Durmenc
attended a meeting Of the commission
ana participated in the deliberations Of
the pody. Nothing was said by him at
that time about his intended resignation
At meeting sef the commission held
Dec FeSolation was offered by Mr..
Durment tsfheieffect that at the meeting
or Dec 16ethes commission consider the
question of changes in the charter espe-
c1ally relating to the election of officers,
the powers and duties Of the council, the
health department, police department,
building inspectors department and the
salaries or officers and employees. The
| resolution was laid on the table, and the
secretary instructed to send out special
notices to all the members requesting
thelr attendance at the meeting of Dec.
10 to consider the matters mentioned in
Mr.. Durment' S resolution. When the COM
| mission met last Friday night everything
but the resolutions of Mr.. DuTment were
discussed. Mr.. Durment waited until $50
o'clock. and then with an excuse that he
| resignation, dated the following day, has
caused some Of the members to wonder
| II the failure to take proper recognition
| of his suggestion did not have something
to do with his resigning from the body.
Sixty-two adherents Of foreign govern
ments last evening became full-fedged
| citizens Of the United States at the spe-
cial term of the district court held by
he nf I'M
| second papers. There was no organized
| party work in the matter. Aid. Matt
Bantz was there initiating a few Demo-
cratic voters, and Register of Deeds e.
G. Krahmer was lining up a few Repub-
lican voters, prospective, but the greater
number Of the men who became duly
qualified as voters came on their own
account, because they knew that Clerk Of
Courts Rogers was issuing the papers
free Of charge.
When Sheriff WAGNER formally opened
court, court room No. was crowded
with the would-be citizens and their wit
nesses. They were ushered up by ma
tionalities, Sixteen men foreswore ale
glance to Queen Victoria, and eleven of
the lot were English and Irish, two were
Scotch and three Canadians. Chief Dep
uty Clerk Fitzgerald was on hand as one
Of the witnesses for most Of the Irish
five years. and it appeared that every
one turned to him for advice.
- Bring up the Germans remarked
Judge Kelly, and the fellow countrymen
of Mayor Kiefer lined up nineteen strong,
accompanied by their witnesses. Then
the court wrestled with the pronuncia-
ton of good old Teutonic names about
in the following style: a.
"Mr. Schmidt, you signed this paper
that hold2"
Eyes, sir"
when did yoW come to this country"
After a satisfactory answer had been
received the two witnesses, all Of whom
had been sworn by Deputy Clerk Johnson,
would state that thSy had known the ap-
plicant for citizenship for five years, and
believed he uldanake a good citizen, :
as he attached to the government?'
asked Judge Kelly Of one witness.
HE amt working yet" was the re-
sponse - Il -
The G., new citizens were made up Of II
Englishmen and Irishmen, 2 Scotchmen
and Canadians. There were s SWedes,
Norwegians, 10 Germans, Austrlans,
1 Bohemian, 1 Spaniard, Dane, 1 Swiss
and 6 Russians.
| The special terms Of court will be held
on Dec. 81, Jan. 10 and Jan "a. 1t IS nee
essary for intending voters to take out
before election in order to vote. :@1-e
Between its efforts to kill off Mayor
Tkiefer and mfslead the Democrats, who
peruse its columns, the Dispatch Is more
than busy these days." remarked Mr.. f.
H. Ellerbe the treasurer Of the Demo
cratic county and city organization, yes
terday Mr.. Ellerbe was referring to the
report of the meeting Of the executive
committee of the organization held Fri
day of last week The pipe story appear
ed the day following.
''I was present at the meeting in ques-
tion," continued Mr. Ellerbe, attending
as treasurer of the organizations, and
several other persons not members of the
executive committee were present by in
vitation of the chairman, among them
being Mr.. P. D.Scannell. secretary Of the
Second ward organization. At that meet
ing Mr. Barton, the chairman Of said or
ganization, did not make any suggestion,
whatever, of any kind or nature relative
to the serving of refreshments to people
procuring second naturalization papers,
and no action whatsoever was taken by
the committee on any such suggestion. A
suggestion was made by person not a
member of the executive committee, rela-
tive to the serving Of some kind Of re-
| freshments, but no discussion was had
upon the same, either by the chairman Of
| the organization or any member Of the
executive committee Mr.. Barton simply
| urged the Importance Of getting all peo-
pie who were eligible to citizenship to
take out papers.
GAS to the provisions quoted in the Dis
patch, purporting to have been taken
from the bylaws of the organization,
those provisions, on Aug. %, were strick-
en- out by the unanimous vote of the ex-
ecutive committee, and no such provision
Of any kind now exists, either in the ar
ticles of organization or the bylaws
LAS to the standing of said organiza-
ton; it's members are very well satisfied
with the work it has already done, and is
now being done, and will only be too glad
to have all Republican people believe that
the organization amounts to nothing.
81 believe that the members of the or
ganization are thoroughly convinced that
there will be but one Democratic conven-
ton held next spring, and that that con-
vention will be called by the chairman of
the Democratic city committee, and, in
my opinion, the members of the organi-
zation will participate in the convention
so called, acting in entire harmony there
in"
The executive committee Of the Demo-
cratic city and county organization, with
the officers, as now constituted, are as
follows: Humphrey Barton, chairman;
Charles Mcdonald, vice chairman; James
H. Bell, secretary; William F. Constans,
secretary of the executive committee; F..
H. Ellerbe, treasurer; executive commit
tee, William Johnson, A. M. Hull, Z. j..
Hendy, J. B. Covington, b. B. Mcguire,
Charles Mcdonald William f. Constans,
George J. Mitsch, Edward Quinlivan, c.
A Fleming, M. S. lamar Jr., David Han