The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-28
Pottgieser's Name to Go on
Without Party Designation
Democrats Pleased
While Republicans
Grow More
Anxious.

A splendid victory for party organiza-
ton against the raid attempts to prey
upon the public by political chicanery and
fraud was the decision Of the district
court yesterday, throwing off the official
city ticket the names of the favorites of
Dick Bell and a few others, who have
been paraded under the guise of Demo
cratic nominees.
Two alone of these men will be on the
ballot at all, and that not because of
their pretensions to Democracy, but be-
cause Of their forethought in preparing
petitions for the placing of their names
on the ticket. These, the court held, en-.
titled them to be voted for, but not to
mask their political piracy under the en-
sign Of Democracy.
GREAT PARTY VICTORY.
1t was great victory for the Demo
cratic party, freeing 1t, as it did, of the
incubus of gang which has impeded its
progress for years and kept it a false
light before the people of ST. Paul.
1t was as great victory for the peo-
pie of st. Paul as for the Democrats of
st. Paul, for it has laid down in plain
language the right Of the people, aroused
to reform, to be permitted to vote for
their chosen leaders without having to
combat the Infamous tricks of political
guerrillas, lying in wait for the plunder
that is their only purpose in politics.
Wore there no other result than this
, accruing from the litigation which has
occupied the courts of state and county
for the last two days, the community
would have gained its full equivalent.
With more Immediate cause for re-
jOicing, the ~ city at large, as well
as the Democracy, looks forward to
an assurance of increased majorities and
more splendid and unblurred expression
of the public desire for the riddance OF
the community of the political rascals
who have SO long infested it, by the cleo
tion of Robert A. Smith for mayor and
sthe entire Democratic city ticket by gen.
erous pluralities
Promptly at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing Judge Bum took his seat on tie
bench in Court Room No. /, and, after
the usual fOrmalities of opening the court
were gone through with, the court said:
I'm the application for an order made.
by Robert a. Smith and others directing
the city clerk to change the official ballot
there has been no time and there is n
necessity Of preparing a memorandum OF
the decision in this case: The other
judges have asked me simply to announc4
what that decision is. The judges are
unanimously of the opinion that the re-
lief asked for in the petition must be
granted, with the exception that the
names of Pottgieser and Bowlin shall re-
main on the ticket, but the word Demo-
crat opposite the names of these candi-
H. 1oo11 In ct,aiO off NIlf &c, rll
the court has to say at the present time.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Bum fiie1
in the district court the order in the c,,ss.
The order after reciting that the argu-
ments were heard by the court reads as
follows:
Determined:
THAT a regular convention of the Dem
ocratic party of the city of st. Paul was
held in said city March a. 1900, and at
that convention ]. c. Michael, Esq, was
duly elected chairman thereof, and James
r. Hickey, Esq, duly elected secretary
thereof That the committee known as
the Democratic city and county organi-
zation was duly adopted and ratified as
the regular city committee of said Demo-
cratic partJ, the same being the same
committee of which Humphrey Barton
is chairman and William Constans is sec
retary; and that the executive commit
tee of said Democratic city and county
organization was given full authority to
fill any vacancies which might occur in
any Of the nominations for office by said
Democratic party. And that no other
committee or body has any right or au-
thority to make any nominations to fill
such vacancies.
THAT the following named persons have
duly received the nomination of the
Democratic party for the respective Of
fees hereinafter named and are entitled
to be placed upon the official ballot for
the city election to be held on May l, 1900,
as nominees Of the Democratic party for
such offices, under the title of Democrat"
Here followed a full list Of the Demo-
cratic nominees, from Robert A. Smith
down to and including the constables.
Continuing, the order says:
That no other person is entitled to be
described as Democrat upon said Of
fetal ballot.
THAT the respondent Joseph M. Pott-
gieser has filed a petition requesting his
name to be placed upon said official bal
lot as candidate for the Office of mayor.
and the respondent George P. Bowlin has
duly filed petition requesting that his
name be placed on said ticket as a can
didate for the Office of alderman from the
Ninth ward of said city of St. Paul. And
that said Pottgieser and Bowlin are en-
titled to have their names placed upon
tive offices; but are not entitled nor are
either of them to be described upon said
ticket as Democrat
1T is, therefore, ordered that the re-
spondent Matt Jensen, city clerk OF the
city of ST. Paul, correct the official ball
lot prepared and posted by him SO that
the names of the persons heretofore
designated as nominees of the Democratic
party shall be printed and appear upon
said ballot as nominees of the Democratic
party and designated on said ballot as
Democrat
THAT the following names be stricken
from said ballot: Josiah N Rogers, A.
P. Culbertson, Benjamin P. Gray, Meyer
Rrustoch, Duncan Connell, John. ,Kriss,
William c. Hayden, E. H. Wood and
Peter Max.
And that the word Democrat, follow
ing the name of Joseph NJ Pottgieser
and George P. Bowlin, be stricken from