The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-07
70 LEAD THE CITY TICKET
FRIENDS OF THE CHARTER WANT
THE PROPOSITION ON THE
HEAD OF THE TICKET
DEMOCRATS GIVE CONSENT
A Like Request 1t Is Expected VIII
BE Granted by Republicans
Notes of the Political
Campaign.

The Democratic city committee held a
meeting in their headquarters In the
Endicott Arcade building last night and
transacted considerable business. Mr..
L. c. Stringer appeared before the COM
mittee. representing the organizations in
terested in the adoption OF the new city
charter, with request that the commit
tee give its consent to those interested
in the proposed charter of having the
proposition for or against the adoption
of the charter placed at the head Of the
ballot. Mr.. Stringer explained briefly
why he had been instructed to make the
request. In the first place he had con-
suited the legal department of the city
and had been assured that it would rot
invalidate any name on the ticket or the
ticket itself to have the proposition
placed at the top rather than at the
bottom OF the ticket The question
therefore rested with the city clerk, and
Mr.. Stringer said that If both the Repub-
lican and Democratic city committees
Joined in the request he had no doubt
the city clerk would be governed there
| by. He proposed to go before the Re-
publican city committee this evening or
whenever it held it's meeting and ask its
consent. and he had come before the
Democratic committee with a similar re-
quest.
The particular and only reason the
friends of the charter had in asking for
this consideration was the fact that if
the proposition, were at the head of the
| ticket every voter would have his at
tenttOn called to 1t and he would likely
vote on the question either for or
against it. If. however, IT was placed
| on the foot Of the ticket, many voters
might and probably would overlook it.
The Democratic city committee was
! willing to give the charter every chance
for consideration and unanimously adopt
| ed a resolution requesting the city clerk
| to comply with the wish of the friends
Of the charter and put it at the top Of
| the ticket 1t IS expected that like re-
quest Will be made by the Republican
committee.
A conference was held after the COM
| mittee meeting with the candidates on
the ticket.
The Democratic campaign committee
has established headquarters in, the varl-
Gus wards, which are open daily and
nightly, in charge of the persons named
| Immediately following the respective loca-
tons, which are as follows:
First Ward-S34 Payne avenue, s. A.
Ponthan.
Second Ward-Iron hall, Bates avenue
and Third street. John Buckley
Third Ward-Room II. Stees block, Sew
enth and Jackson streets r. A. Vance
Fourth Ward-Pfeifer's hall, AS Waba-
sha street. o. b. Robertson.
Fifth Ward-54O West Seventh street.
John Morrissey.
Sixth Ward-S9 South Robert street, M.
j. Moran.
Eighth Ward-Brandrs hall. Universi-
| ty avenue, near Western. r.: ]. Hazard.
Ninth Ward-Twin City hall. Rice street
and University avenue, Dennis j. Sulli-
van Jr.
The city clerk is sending out mail no
tees to the 342 judges Of election ap-
! pointed by the council. requesting them
to appear at the city clerks office before
5 o'clock Monday night and secure the
registration books for use on Tuesday.
The polling places will be open for regis
| tratton Tuesday from a. m. to p. m.
Besides Tuesday there will be two other
registration days, April II and q.
So fearful are the Republicans Of losing
the Third ward alderman and all else
| with 1t that the evening organ last night
made a scurrilous attack on Andrew
/ Dahlquist, the Democratic nominee for
| alderman, apparently because he Is a
| Scandinavian. The Republican party
| loves the Swede-if he is q Republican
! Swede.
sAs
/ Tuesday next will be the first day Of
registration.
John Rogers Jr., the Democratic nom
lace for city comptroller, returned yes
| terday from Hot Springs, Ark. where he
has been for several weeks recuperating
| after severe attack of pneumonia.
| The First Ward Robert A. Smith club
will meet tonight at its hall, 495 Bradley
| street, near East Seventh.
| A Macedonian cry appears to be going
up from the Republicans for aid from
| the Peoples party. This is a new kinlS
in Republican manipulation of things po-
litical. Hitherto it has been considered
| that any connection between a Populist
| and Republican was an unhely allf-