The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-09


Seventh and Robert.
mayoralty nomination this time if the
convention should offer it to him. Evi-
IDENTIFY Mr.. Sharood is looking forward to
d nomination by reclamation in 1909.
The Pioneer Press, having been unable
| to secure the appointment of woman Ga
| the. school board, has decided that it
| would be good idea to have the mayor
| appoint her as member of the board of
! library directors. Accordingly 1t raises
| the point that Assemblyman Dix, who is
| member Of the library board, is not ell
| igible under the law passed by the lagis-
| lature in 1897. This law was passed to
| prevent the members of the assembly and
| aldermen from stepping from the legis-
| latiVe bodies to other lucrative offices,
| ana 1T provides that no member of the
! council or county commissioners shall
| hold any office during the term for which
| they are elected or appointed except an
! office elective in the district wherein they
! reside The law under which the library
| board was established provides hiatt not
| more than one member of the city or vii
| lage council shall he at any time mem
| Der of the board of library directors The
law of 1897 overrides this provision, but
there is a question as to whether the posi-
ton of director Of the library board comes
within the meaning of the law. Mayor
hKiefer yesterday appealed to the le-
gal department of the city for an
opinion as to whether Mr.. Dix was eligi-
BILE to reappointment as library director
under the law of 1897. The mayor sta:e1
that he was under the impression that the
law organizing the library board made IT
mandatory to have at least one member
of the council on the board, and under
this opinion he had appointed Mr.. Dix to
ont he I'd <NFf ID
sey. The present county treasurer, o.
H. Arosin, served as a member of the
library board while he was a member of
the assembly, and the question was not
raised during the time he was member
of the board. Section s of the state con-
stitution, adopted in November, 1898, says
that women shall be eligible to hold any
office pertaining to the management of
schools or libraries.
Former State Senator Job w. Lloyd,
of LIE Sueur and County Attorney P. J.
Kirwin. of Waterville, came in to min
gle with the Wiseacres of politics yes
terday. Mr.. Lloyd is an out-and-out can
didate for the Republican nomination of
railroad and warehouse commissioner,
and prides himself on the fact that of all
the aspirants who have thus far an
nounced their ambitions he stands alone
as a representative of the farmers, being
a farmer himself.
Judge Charles E. FIandrau was seen
yesterday by reporter for the G / o b e
and asked in reference to his reported
candidacy for the Democratic nomina-
ton for mayor.
II am not" said Judge Flandrau "a
candidate for the nomination in the sense
that you probably mean. If all the Dem
ocratic party wish me to head the ticket
L could not refuse to do so. l would
accept the nomination,apprecate the hon.
or, as would every other true Democrat,
but would not spend dollar in the
way Of making ffghttfor the nomination,
or enter into any of the elements of such
a contest In this sense I am a candi-
date. for the nomination, and in no
other
Underneath the seething, bubbling
cauldron of Fred Schiffmann's mayoral-
ty boom there is considerable distrust A
week ago there was an undercurrent of
belief that he would content himself with
working the game to the limit and then
quietly withdraw and name the nominee
in the convention. This impression is
by no means confined to Democrats. One
of the most active working Republicans
said yesterday:
Fred Schiffmann is already in a posi-
ton to name the Republican nominee for
mayor, even If he doesn't want it him
| SELF
1t is this uncertain condition that at
| present rivets so many eyes on the
Schiffmann candidacy.
Assemblyman Benson and delegation
from the Ninth ward called on the
mayor yesterday in the interests of for
mer Aid. Larson for the position of mem
Der of the board of public works. The
mayor did not commit himself, but said
he would give the name of Mr.. Larson
| consideration.
! William A Keefe, of the law publishing
| firm of Keefe & Davidson, is being urged
| by his friends to accept the nomination
for alderman from the Fifth ward on
the Democratic ticket.
First ward Republicans are talking Of
| Robert johnson for alderman. He has
lived in the ward for fifteen years.
The suggestion of the name of O. ].
! Cook, the young attorney, as a Demo-
cratic candidate for alderman in the
! Fourth ward, is meeting with much fa>
vor.
Sheriff Wagner, who has been men
| toned as a candidate for mayor on the
Democratic ticket, declares that he is
not now and never has been in any sense
! candidate.
Aid Knauft driftedinto the Schiffmann
| headquarters late Hast evening. The
! Second ward alderman was not looking
| for trouble, butt between former Aid
| Stutzman and Capt. Burger, who hap
| pened to be present, he was given
warm reception. The talk was so hot
that Knauft finally decided to go home,
| but this the Schiffmann men would not
| listen to, and the Second ward gang was
advised to fight its battles in the ward
rather than outside of it.