The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-30
Chester R. Smiths Declaration to the Retail
LIQUOR Dealers Association Didn't
Strike a Popular Chord
A Correspondent of the Globe Thinks That
the Republican Candidate for Mayor
Should Agree to Cancel
That Determinati on.

| Die Importance as an item of future CAM
pa1gn expenditure by Mr.. Smith and his
friends, and might commend itself strong
iy on that ground.
1t is highly improbable that the Repub-
mean candidate will ever be troubled as
a matter Of fact with the solution of the
problem which he himself has brought
SO prominently into the foreground. as
indicating his advance on the already
Well defined purposes and policies in local
government of the politicians with whom
ne is identified But that circumstance
should not operate to avoid the discus
sion OF the question. The people in the
mass are naturally interested In know
ing whether Mr.. Smith will carry ont his
purpose; and the interest is not by any
| means confined to either the friends or
the opponents distinctively of the saloon
trade
But, as an offset to all this, there is
the other consideration which the Re-
publican candidate for the nayoralty
would have to take into account and
that is the probable objection which the
people Of the vicinity might, and prob
| ably would raise. to the carrying out Of
Mr. Smiths s project. The people of Ham
line, from time to time, show their earn
estness in the matter of the exclusion OF
the liquor traffic from their neighbor-
hood. Their objections must necessarily
be taken into account While they may
have but little more reason to expect
| consideration of their wishes than they
have received from the former Repub-
hcan mayors in this direction, it would
do them but little good to secure such a
pledge as Mr.. Grady suggests unless they
had better reason than now seems plain
| for believing that Mr.. Smith is willing
to forego what appears to be a well cOn-
IN O3 IF fO, infr
liquor selling into the state fair grounds
| as settled part of his policy should the
city have the infiction imposed on it Of
having him as its mayor for two years.
=
1.-The abuse to which the Republican
papers are subjecting Robert a Smith,
said Republican business man of the
Fifth ward yesterday, sis making him
! votes in the ward every day. The Mid
dleton murder, not to mention the recent
blunder of Bathke, have brought home
to the people of the ward the inoompe-
tency of the present police regime, and
they want better protection The Fifth
ward pays its taxes, and it wants to
get the worth of its money 1t will do
its share to elect the whole Democratic
ticket and it will send its pioneer basi-
ness man, w H. Ulmer, into the board
of aldermen by a majority that Will
make all his colleagues envious But we
can't help that"
| One enthusiastic Democrat was yester-
day predicting that Mat Bantz would
| have 5000 plurality for alderman in the
Eighth ward. This is a little strong,
however. There are only 400 votes reg
istered in the ward, and that would give
| Matt's opponent less than 60Q votes. II
| hardly seems credible that he can do as
badly as that. although his weakness is
admitted. The Eighth ward is going te
Democratic city ticket by 1,5oO, how
ever.
| L. J. Dobner is coming in from thd
| Tenth ward by a good margin. He is
known to every voter in the ward, and
most of them know his ability and relia-
bility.
John w Clancy went dswn to defeat
last time but with flying colors, and this
| time he is sure to be elected justice of
the peace Johnny is doing all he can
/ to impress on his friends that they need
| not live east of Wabasha street to vote
| for him. He is running for one Of the
! justiceships at large and is voted for all
] over the city.
| c. ]. Hunts election as alderman from
! the Eleventh is assured by the disgust
! that the people of that region have for
railway company held it's thumb on GER
tain municipal legislators up to the very
eve of the election. There will be more
| public servants and less tools in the in
coming council.
Martin E. Rowan, an Irishman, and Jo-
seph S. Harris, a negro, are the Demo-
cratic nominees for constable at large,
and when they appeared together at
big meeting in the Second ward the other
night, the ovation given them was as
rousing as though they were candidates
for the shoes of Kiefer and McCardy re-
spectively. They are both adding strength
to the ticket as their legion of friends
are going to vote it straight.
c. NJ Brewer, Democratic candidate
for Justice of the peace at large, is a
young lawyer and will fill that position in
the way it ought to be filed when he is
elected.
Joseph Smith. Democratic candidate for
justice of the peace for the Sixth ward,
is a candidate for reelection, and will
be elected without doubt. Mr. Smith
talks and writes English, French and
German, and an Interpreter is rarely
needed in his court by reason of that
fact.
Lawrence Fahey, Democratic candidate
for constable of the Sixth ward. is MAX
ing clean fight, and will not be forgot
ten by his many friends on election day.
Mr. Fahey is well qualified for that posi-
ton and is sure to be elected.
Frank Huber will be elected alderman
from the Fourth The popular restau-
rateur is making an effective campaign,
and will have nearly two-thirds Of the
votes cast in the Fourth ward.
1t will be sort of lonesome for street
railway lobbyists around the council
chamber not to see Jim Bell and his
boutonniere in, one of the aldermanic
seats, but the chances are that Jim viii
be around the lobby anyway. He has
been in politics too long to stay away
from the municipal councils, but the peo-
pie of st. Paul will have tried and true
sentinels to watch his work, and one
of them viii be NJ. J. Moriarty, who is
going to be elected alderman from the
sixth by a magnificent majority over Bell
himself.