The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-09
WILL KEEP SMITH In
NO CHANGE TO BE MADE IN ST.
PAUL POSTOFFICE UNTIL
NOVEMBER
KEEPING IT OPEN FOR CASTLE

| In the Event of McKinIey's Defeat,
the Third Auditor of the Treas
ury Department VIII Then Be
Placed I'm Charge of the st. Paul
Stamps Station, for Which An
drew r. McGfn Is Slated.
| Robert A. Smith is not to be molested
| although his term of four years will real
| ly be UP during the summer.
| This Is the news that Is said to have
| been given out at Washington, where the
| St Paul postofflce has recently been the
| subject of q great deal of earnest con-
| sideration on the part Of prominent Re-
! publicans from the postmaster general,
| and possibly even the president himself,
| down to the auditor for the postoffice
| department
| A. R. McGill, the former governor, was
! at one time reported to have his eye on
| the postoffice plum, and indeed, 1t is said
| now that he will be appointed next No
| vember, in the event Of Mckinley's re-
| election. But in the event that Mckinley
| is defeated-and the bureaucrats In the
| departments at Washington are worried
| about the reports from various parts Of
| the nation-it is said that the present
| auditor, Capt Henry M Castle, Is to be
returned to the postmastership in which
! he preceded Mr. Smith.
/ So that the friends of both MeGill and
| Castle will be kept waiting until the fate
| of the nation Is decided. and, Of course, If
they can do anything to swing the nation
well, every little helps.
| Moses E. Clapp is to address the labor
meeting at the Assembly halls Sunday
afternoon. and while the former attorney
| general is going around making these
! Sunday afternoon platform talks to the
| people of various stations in life, 1t might
| be noted ere the matter Is overlooked,
| that Moses has not as yet definitely with
drawn from the list Of gubernatorial eliSi-
! bilities, and his friends are quietly pass
| ing the word around that the Assembly
hall meeting is the place where the
sphinx is to solve the riddle for the an
! swer to which the Van Santites have so
long been waiting.
| If the general had a deliberate design
| on the chair, he could hardly have chosen
| more opportune time to declare himself
| for Monday the out-of-town members OF
! the state central committee will be COM
| ing in to take in the banquets In the Twin
/ Cities in honor of Lincoln's birthday, and
! Tuesday the committee holds formal
meeting, so the revival Of Ciapp interest
| at the time suggests that the committee
which arranged the Sunday meeting could
hardly have given the likeness of Logan
| a better opportunity to declare himself,
| finally and for all time
| The chief business to come before the
| committee is the selection of quarters
| and the basis of representation in the
! coming state convention, 1t being, OF
I course understood that no chairman will
| be selected until after the nominating
| convention AS matter of fact, 1t Is
positively asserted by those who ought to
| know that the committee will give the
| craftsmanship to Minneapolis, and that
! the headquarters will be maintained in
! this city, as for several years.
1t has been the custom in former years
! for the committee to fix the basis Of rep
resentation upon the vote cast at the
! last preceding election for the head OF the
| state ticket, and this would be accepta-
! BILE at this time to the Van SAINT people,
especially as Eustis was knitted less in the
First congressional district than any
where else in the state. The question has
| been raised, however, whether 1t would
| be good politics to punish those districts
| which slashed Eustis to the extent or de-
| priying of representation Republicans
| who voted for the rest of the ticket. and
| there is quite a considerable sentiment
| in the committee in favor OF passing the
representation on the vote for Mckinney
four years ago. There seems to be no
question of the right of the committee to
go ahead and base its representation as
| is pleases, so far as the law is concerned
The sentiment of the Democratic city
| committee seems to be crystallizing In
| favor of calling the convention on the
basis of the vote for Lind In 1898. in or
| der to get out as full a representation OF
the Democracy as possible
| Preliminary canvasses of the situation
| In various wards indicate that there will
| have to be some changes IN the precinct
| boundaries during the coming season.
| There has been a remarkable growth
in some parts Of the Eighth ward during
! the last two years. notably.
Chairman C. r. Smith has called
meeting of the executive committee or
| the Republican city committee for
| Wednesday next, at o'clock, In his or
! fee. room 218 Manhattan building.
| The Republican bosses are trying to
| fill out the list of the precinct committee,
| men, many of whom have lost interest
In the way things are going.
| 1t Is said that the Minneapolis scheme
| to stick knife into Justice Collins as
pirations for denomination has met with
| foul play.
| Quite a few Republicans are wondering
why the suggestion has been made that
| the city and county conventions be neio
/ together, the city to nominate city Of
| ficers and the county to nominate dele
gates to the state convention, which, II
| folks have their way. would nominate
/ delegates to the national convention.
presidential electors. state officers and
| what not. Some of them suspect that
| if the one convention were held for both
| the city and county Kiefer might DOM
| mate them both, nominate himself and his
| family for all the offices and try to work
| a combine IN the state convention TO
make Nick Pottgieser clerk of the SUI
| prene court.
! Editor A. G. Bernard. of the Walker
! Pilot. who is also editor of the Cass
| Lake Voice. was in the city yesterday
| Mr. Barnard has moved his Cass Lake
paper onto '15' and Is now on the