The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-11
LOUIS HIZ GETS A GALL
SELECTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC
COMNLITTEH AS THEIR CANDI-
DATE FOR COMPTROLLER
LOOKS LIKE M'cARDY's FINISH
o. j. Hunt, n Sterling Citizen and
Representative Business Man, se-
Iected as AIdermanic Candidate
for the Eleventh Ward.

Louis Betz was chosen by the Demo-
cratic committee yesterday afternoon as
that party's candidate for comptroller at
the coming election. John Rogers Jr. the
original nominee. having declined to make
the race, for personal reasons.
The announcement that Mr. Betz has
been selected to rid the city Of an unpopu-
! lar and officious Republican will not add
anything to j. ]. McCardy's peace of
mind. Mr.. Betz has all the qualifications
possessed by the present official for the
place, and none of the pompousness and
narrowness of the latter. Mr.. Betz will
guard the city's interests as faithfully
and honestly as the watchdog" and will
not cost the city more In lawsuits than
he otherwise saves through any narrow
partisan act or any desire to make the
citizens believe that the personifcation of
all local wisdom is centered in him.
Mr.. Betz, it is believed, has compare
lively easy task before him to beat the
all-wise McCardy The latter has made
himself as obnoxious to mis- own party as
he has to the Democrats. and, while many
Republicans OF the Bigelow school will
vote for any man who has Republican
marked after his name. there are other
Republicans less hidebound, and these are
going to vote for some other man than
McCardy. and that other man will be
Louis Betz
Mr. Betz is d St Paul production, a
clean-cut, popular, educated. honest gen
tleman. He was born here in 1852 and
lives in the Second ward. He is a. Junior
Pioneer and one of the active members
of ha 10
in the cigar and tobacco shr.. Fer q
number of yea. iios a large acquaintance
ap''>:.Ess tne jobberS of the city and stands
high In their estimation a business man
and citizen. He is a good speaker, and
no man in st. Paul can make more pot
ished address in the German language
than can Mr.. -Betz- He will give Mr.. Nc
Cardy the hottest little game he ever
mixed up in.
The Democratic city committee made
another happy selection yesterday after
noon in choosing a man for aldermanlc
candidate in the Eleventh ward. Aid.
Shepard and the street railway people
have been breathing quite comfortably
since George Kuhles announced that he
could not accept the nomination rendered
to him. Their agony is due to begin
again. The Democrats decided to capture
the ward, which seems willing to be cap
tured, and with that In view selected c.
J. Hunt to, make the STace Mr. Hunt is
the general agent of the New England
Mutual Life Insurance company, with Of
fees in the Ryan building. He has lived
in the Eleventh ward ten years, has prop
erty interests there and is one of the sub
stantial men of that part of the city, as
he is a representative man among the
business men. Like Mr.. Kuhles, Mr.. Hunt.
as soon as it became known that he was
talked of for the aldermanic nomination,
received assurances of support from a
number of the Republicans of Sthe ward.
who have had enough of Shepard. Nearly
two score of Republicans, which is quite a
number in a small ward, urged Mr..
Kuhles to remain on the ticket, and they
would support him. These gentlemen will
doubtless find Mr.. Hunt equally desirable
as a representative of their interests in
the council will act accordingly. Mr..
Hunt has never taken any part in politics
heretofore except to cast his vote. He
stands pre-emlnently for all that Is best
in business and private life.
The registration In the eleven wards
yesterday was S.S29 as against 9,170, the
first day of registration in the spring of
1S9S There was a falling off IN all but
three of the wardss as, compared with the
first day two years ago. 80
The wards in which there was an in
crease were the Seventh, Tenth and Elev-
enth. The recapitulation, as we'll as the
registration In each Of the LA precincts.
follows: