The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-26
LOCAL POLITICS.

Every week or two the G l 0 b receives
a communication urging the nomination
Of Mr.. Scott Mcdonald for congress in
this district. The last suggestion Of the
kind comes from A. Larson. Saltwater.
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Speaking about the congressional nom
ination. it is understood that the friends
of Sheriff Wagner have not given 40
nope Of persuading him to make the rac3
against Stevens this fau. They claim
N2Eener can carey Washington county
by good majority and he has frequent
~ demonstrated his running qualities In
Ramsey county
Mayor-elect Smith has not yet deci eI
upon all the men ha viii appoint ON tha
police commission. 1t is understood, how
ever that two of them will be R. T.
o'onnor and c. L: Haas.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Robert is an ac-
tive candidate for the nomination of sher-
If this fall.
John Clark, former chief of po,iee. hal
his attention called to a statement made
In an evening paper to the effect that h
had been rendered the position of chi
of detectives under the rCCrganizati1n OF
the police force to be made bv aIavcr-
elect Smith, and had accepted the ap-
pointment
Col. Clark, found at his hos. elry. was
not in very communicative mood as u
the discussion owe" mis- being a1rointeI
AS one of the heads Of the police depart
meut
i do not care to say n word ~ cut the
matter" said the foGmar chief cf 20
lice. A reporter for an evening" paper
informed me that Mayor H., I Smith wqs
sore because YVES :od5tn-s i'm I tu!i
the reporter that any one who had so
informed Mr.. Smith w;ls-.-lyeIl. was not
telling the truth. Tha; was all T sa d.
ard l was greatly surprised to SEE n
tle paper that l hal mace long Ia k
about having been asked t1 uccept n,
position of chief of detectives and hay
ing decided to do so"
But have you been asked to take the
position of chief of detcctives"" inquired
the G. o Z reporter
Il don't care to discuss th. matter. I
told you,' replied Mr.. Clark
When seen in regard to the assessorshtp
matter yesterday Mayor-elect smith said:
A certain evening paper has printed The
story that DR.. Schiffmarn ana myself
have agreed to appoint 2. r. Kavauagh
assessor. That is all bosh l don't think
that Mr.. Kavanagh ever entertained the
Idea of being assessor, nor that Dr. SchIfr-
mann ever thought anything about ap-
pointing an assessor and I know that I
never have thought about it,"
There IS considerable talk about bring
ing the matter OF the mistakes made by
judges Of election in the Fifth precinct
Of the Eighth ward to the attention or
the grand jury The talk was Increased
yesterday when the referees in the Zen
son-Parker recount discovered a rather
peculiar condition of affairs in the vote
cast, or. rather, counted, by the judges
in the Ninth precinct Of the Sixth wa.d
County Attorney Bgelow said last even
Ing that he had not taken any action iu
the matter. but the facts would und1ubt-
edly be laid before the grand jury
Several members OF the council are talk
ing Of passing an ordinance which VIII
bring about the adoption OF voting ma
chimes in the city. 1t Is claimed that thu
use of machines would do away with the
doubt as to whether the votes cast wers
correctly counted, which has been b-ough.
to the attention Of the public by the pres
ent recOunts.