The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25

err Attorney General OF His Dis
| position to Make the Race, If
| His Friends So Will, Is Expected
/ to Appear by Tuesday at the
Latest.
| The question Of state politics is to cut
considerable figure in the Republican city
| campaign this. year and with the intro
| duetfon Of a few OF the statesmen who
desire to be governor, and hope to So
| Office. into the local field, the city CAM
| paign promises to be very mixed UP
mess.
| The Sch!fmaa boom for mayor. 1T is
understood, has behind 1t no less per-
| son than S. r. Van SAINT at this time the
| leading candidate for nomination as gov
| ernor on the Republican ticket This, !.
| is claimed, IS responsible for the de-
termined stand taken by Oar F. Reese
! on the question of whether Schiffmai.
should enter the race for the mayoralty
nomination. Schiffman and his political
| champions have always been for the
! Winona politician, and while Ramsey
| county did not cast Its vote for Van
SAINT in tho last state convention 1t was
not because the~A majority of the dele.
CATION did not want to do so, but rather
because it would have injured tina
| chances Of Oar Reese for the plum he
was looking for In the next stats con.
vention Reese will not be looking for any
favors and consequently the delegation
can. If 1t will, center on Van SAINT. With
this probable action in view and at least
a promise Of the delivery Of the goods 1t
Is not out Of the way to presume that
Van SAINT or some warm friend OF his
would see that little OF the needful
was spread about to further the inter-
ests Of Schiffman for mayor, with TIE
understanding that thu Schiif,nanites
would reciprocate when Van SAINT need
! ed help.
Another factor in the state and also
the city campaign is the candidacy of
Moses e. Ciapp FOR gubernatorial honors.
The friends OF Clapp having an inkling Of
the way things were running decided It
was time to take hand, and the resu,
Is that not later than Tuesday, Gen.
| Clapp will publicly announce his candi
dacy for governor and place himself in
the hands of his friends
| Mayor Kfefer and his friends do not
appear to be very much worried over the
talk of Fred Schifman for mayor. Tho
mayor takes the position that the good
people Of the city will not stand
| for Schiffman for mayor and as the
Reeves talk has subsidized another week
Will bring the party around to the con-
| cluslon that 1t will do the sensible and
correct thing in rendering him renomi-
nation. While the mayor processes not
to De interested in whether he Is given
| denomination or not. he Is decidedly
anxious TO be again chosen to represent
| the city as chief executive, and is dotrs
| the best he can to bring this state OF
anairs ABOUT. Some one in speaking OF
the ability of Health Commissioners
Ohage, the other day, stated In the hear
| Ing Of the mayor that St. Paul had the
| best commissioner of health of any CITY
| in the United States
And who is respensible?' queried the
| mayor. -,-..
Right here Is the man who gave the
city such capable officer continued
the mayor. as he tapped his shirt front
and looked pleasant
The Fourth ward Democrats will meet
at Democratic headquarters in the Court
DOCK, tuesday evening at S o'clock
Every voter in the ward is invited.
The Reeves boom for mayor was frozen
up Yesterday, although the supporters
OF the Fifth ward aldermen have hopes
that the warm spell predicted by the
weather man will thaw 1t out during tho
coming week The shying of the Schiff-
man castor into the political ring I'm.
doubtedly had Its effect on the Reeves
| men, as ii split up the gang who were
howltng about what a success q youns.
man would have for mayor If one was
nominated. The result Of the candidacy
of Schiffman being announced as no Joke
has put the chances Of Aid Reeves be.
ing renominated for the position he now
holds in the doubtful column. In fact,
1t Is openly asserted that Reeves cannot
even secure the delegation from his ward
| for Endorsement for alderman. The lead
ers are endeayoring to settle on an al
dermanic candidate from the ranks of the
Bohemian-American voters in the ward
Matt BantZ, the present Democratic
| alderman from the Eighth ward Is ex.
pecting denomination and a reelection
at the hands of his constituents, in the
event that he fails to land the nomina.
ton for mayor in the Democratic con-
vention. The friends of Charles Jess
rang, however, claim that Bantz will BIS
turned down and the nomination given
to Jessrang If he will accept It,
+. ID. Youngman. who was defeated for
the Republican nomination for assembly.
man by Assemblyman Benson two years
ago. expects to land the plum this time.
In case he cannot get the nomination foA
the assembly, Mr.. Youngman will be sat-
isfied with representing the Ninth ward in
the board of aldermen, or rather on the
ticket for the office
AID. M. J. Bell points with pride to the
record he has made in the council In the
interests, not of the street railway com.
pany, but OF the Sixth ward, and de-
clares that he is entitled to be renom>
mated. Bell, who Is a clever politician,
has made friends with the Doran crowd
by suggesting that the former mayor be
nominated in the fall for the Legislature
| and promising to do what he can at that
| time to secure Doran the nomination
-
friend of Mayor Kiefer who claims
to know the ropes in the Sixth ward adj
| mits there is some opposition to the
| nomination Of your mayor just at
present but in the coming two weeks he
! expects things to change and all opposl-
| ton unite on the present chief executive
| for another chance.
| The choice for alderman on the Demo-
cratic ticket in the Fifth ward has mar
| rowed down to Otto Rohland and w. H.
| Uln1er.
The committee Of the Fourth ward Re-
| publican organization. composed of Bert
| Johns, A e. Donaldson, Oar Reese, E.
| B. Lott and Fred G. Schiffmann, which