The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-25

1t Looks Very Much as Though Tams
and Moses Had Gotten Their
| Heads Together - Fourth Ward
Democrats Have Lively Rally
Reeves-Kiefer Mayoralty Fight
Demand for Election Jobs.
Tams Bixhy reached Washington Mon
day, and Moses Clapp left Washington
Tuesday. Wednesday night came a dis
patch from Washington, stating that
Clapp will be a candidate for governor
Which shows that it is not all as plain
sailing for Van SAINT as he thought a bit
ago. Even Bixby lost his nerve when he
came up here the other day and found
out how hopeful the Van SAINT folks were,
but it seems that when he and Moses got
together down in. Washington, Monday
night, and Moses said, ungrammatically
but pointedly:
WHO did you see in St. Paul?'
Moses must have given him line on
some other folks that would be a power
In the campaign.
AS a matter of fact, lot Of the st.
Paul Republicans are trying to find some
one other than Van SAINT. The Winona
man has been bobbing in and out lately,
trying to fix up deal locally, but he has
neglected to smooth out all the wrinkles,
and a number of the Republicans are
talking about trouble in prospect during
the city and state campaigns between tbs
favored who are merry in Van SAINT sun
shine and the outcasts who have not
| been greeted with his solicitous approach.
| Whether or not Van has captured the
Big Four remains to be seen. If
Nelson has really come around to Van
SAINT, as it was practically assured when
Evans announced his departure for Hon.
olulu, and Collins withdrew, the news
from Washington would not be sgnifi-
| cant.
But the Big Four has just been con.
| ciliated by Nelson, In the plum tossed to
| Eli Warner, and now Oar Reese, and
Schiffman, and Sheehan, are all reported
| to be greaSing the wheels of the Van
| SAINT band wagon on the assumption that
| Nelson favors Sam. But Evans trip
! abroad had a string on it. Boh's reason
for going, you know, was that his health
is not good He said himself he was q
little afraid of the plague in Honolulu,
SO now he may be compelled to COM
promise on a short outing in the Black
| Hills, or possibly jaunt to the Pine
woods next spring, where he won't be too
far from the telegraph wires in case he
happens to be wanted around home.
Harris Richardson, who has been Blk
by's chief adviser during the absence OF
| the Cherokee chief seems to have got
ten out of touch with some of the ele-
ments that think they are effective i'll
local politics, and after Moses and Tams
got together the other night, Tams was
sorry in a minute he had given up that
Van SAINT talk to the Dispatch here, and
had it queered at once by the story of
| Clapp's candidacy.
Clapp himself does not want to mix up
too much till he finds out how the city
fight is going, but he and his friends are
equally interested In preventing Van SAINT
or any one else from corralling the st.
| Paul delegation In advance of the
1<iefer-Reeves fight, it being generally
conceded that the contest in the Republic
can convention, if there Is any. will be
| between Reeves and Kiefer. Feldhauser
ard Donahower, it is popularity felt, had
enough last time, and even if they did
not get satisfaction, the party generally
| feels that they are both through, at least
in SO far as mayoralty aspirations are
| concerned.
Clapp's friends are trying to make the
city contest as smooth as possible, IN
order that he may have a harmonious
delegation in the state convention, should
| his entrance into the field seem warrant
ed at that time, and the antiVan SAINT
| elements throughout the state are like
wise watching the Third and Fourth con-
gressional districts. because it is gen.
orally felt that these are the fighting
grounds where they are to win. If at all,
| by their standard bearer HeatWoe, Clapp,
| Evans or even BiXby.
The First and Second are already
pledged, Minneapolis and Hennepin are
compelled to watch the corners close In
order to prevent the utter ignoring of
| their candidates for any Offices at all,
and the Sixth and Seventh are pretty
strongly under the domination of Nelson,
and can be manipulated with more or
less facility by the Alexandria man.
Locally the fight Is giving much en-
couragement to the Democrats. The de-
termination to throw down the king" Is
becoming more and more marked, the
Rogers-Stevens congressional contest OF
the fall is adding new complications to.
| the political dickers, and to crown it all,
| comes the difficulty of reconcll1ng all
the local contests to the protection CT
the party interests In the state campaign.
Chairman Bell, of the Democratic city
| committee, states that about 200 applica-
tons have been made for places on the
lists of election judges, and that they are
| largely from an intelligent class of men.
This promises a high standard Of intel
ligence in the polling places at the
spring election, with consequent ae-
CELEBRATION In the completion of the re-
turns, and incidentally, less expense to
the city than has been usual previously
State Grain Inspector Reishus yester-
! day appointed M. S. lamar Jr., of the
Eleventh ward, as chief clerk to sue
coed William J. Sullivan, who has man
aged to hold onto the position several
weeks longer than it was ever supposed
he would be ~able to do. Mr. Sullivan
will have all of his spare time now to
make the race for the nomination on the
Republican ticket for Aid. Shepard
seat in the council. The appointment
of Mr.. lamar will give satisfaction to
the Democrats in his ward, with few eX-
ceptions, and to the Democratic city
and county organization, of which he
is a member The organization indorsed
him and Chairman Humphrey Barton:
has urged the claim to this recognition
upon both Gov Lind and Inspector Rel
shus with the result named. The ap-
pointment was particularly gratifying
to Mr.. Barton and the members of the