The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-27

1t is pretty generally conceded in Re-
publican circles nowadays that Reeves
and his friends can carry the city con-
| vention If they want to, and 1T is said to
! be merely question now whether or not
| the managers Of his campaign can per-
! suade Kiefer Of their power and poke
| the king into retreat, or whether, on the
| other hand, they will decline to make
open battle, lest the friends of Mayor
Kiefer cut the ticket at the polls.
| 1t is claimed by the friends of Kiefer
| that the First and Eighth are going to
| be solidly for him in the convention
Some of Reeves friends say that if he
| gets fair show in the city committee
or better. the Fifth warder can break
into the solid First however, materially
That the Eighth will be pro- Kiefer is
| assured, although there is considerable
malcontent element there. That it will
be open in antagonism to the mayor be-
fore the convention. however, the mayor
does not fear as much as that it will
knife him if he is nominated.
! The mayor himself counts on the sup
port of the Second ward, and has gone
| so far as to predict that he can have it
| if he wants it. Reeves friends are claim
| ing 1t for him, but the alderman himself
does not count on the most enthusiastic
! support imaginable from Aid. Knauft
| who does not exactly see where he was
| cut out of the high chair last spring.
| Kiefer wants the Third, and having
now established a home, as well as a
| legal residence, therein, looks to the up
per classes thereof to rally to his support
| in the primaries. Two years ago, the
present mayor had but two delegates ir
| the convention from that ward. The Dali
| limore incident in the later hours of the
| fight nearly caused trouble, the rest OF
| the nineteen votes from the Third being
| divided between Donahower and Field
| hauser, the latter of whom massed his
| resources in two precincts and secured
an unwavering delegation, which stood
| by him as long as he had a pennon fly.
| ing, but at last when he was "all shot
| to pieces" politically speaking, had to
| climb on the band wagon.
| Reeves claims the Fourth. Although
Henry Johns has moved out of the balli-
wick, according to the city directory,
Oar Reese and other champions of the
young Republican element remain, and
| that they have knife in the boot for
Kiefer Is undoubted.
The Fifth ward will be for Reeves 1t
is true that he did not carry it for alder
man by very large majority, and, in
| deed, had close scratching to pull through,
but that was due in part to the fact that
John Selb was SO busy with the general
city campaign that he could not properly
| attend to the Fifth, and Reeves adver-
| sary, Gleason, was also very popular per-
| sonally, in spite of the fact that his NOM
| ination followed spirited contest in the
| convention where some bad feeling was
! manifest. But the Republicans of the
| ward will support Reeves in the conven-
| ton, even if he does not carry it at the
| polls.
| Elmer Mcdonald and Percy Godfrey
will swing the Sixth for -Kiefer, and M
| d. Mum will have the Seventh ward well
| in hand. 1t never has had much use for
! Kiefer, and the chances are that it will
| send down a delegation instructed for
Mailer, 3or some other good business man
| of the ward, as two years ago, with the
understanding that If he cannot get it he
| will throw his strength to Reeves, rather
! than have Eiefer. M. D. Mum will, as
usual, be prominent in the maneuvers
| from this ward.
The Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh wards
will be fighting ground, but it is under
| stood that Reeves is placing his chief
reliance on the down town wards.