The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-22
IS JENSEN N J)BBERY?
STRANGE ACTION OF CITY CLERK
IN CONNECTION WITH FILING
OF CERTIFICATES
NO MONEY PAID BY HIS PETS
Nominees of the Bell-ScanneH Back
Room Caucus Permitted to File
What the Clerk Chooses to
Call legal" Nominations.

The truth of the charge was again
proved that Bell & Co. were in league
with the local Republican leaders and be-
ing fostered and protected by them. There
has always been considerable dissatisfac-
ton, even among Republican officials, at
City Clerk Jensen in his servile attitude
toward the Bell contingent. His actions
yesterday, in attempting to hide, cover
up and keep secret the eleven nominating
papers filed by the Bell people, turned the
stomachs of some of the other Republican
city hall officials, who shook their heads
and declared that the game was not
worth the candle, and that Jensens mar
row partisanship was doing himself a
great injury in the eyes of all respectable
people, by exhibiting such nasty servility
toward a handful of politicians without
party, who were afraid to conduct their
business openly, as the candidates and
leaders of all other parties had done. The
statement that Jensen was bending be-
meath the local Republican party lash or
acting under orders from Republican
leaders, was modified by Republicans by
the statement that Jensen was one of
the coterie of Republicans who were glad
of the opportunity to do dirty political
work, in the hope of gaping a reward,
without thought of the obloquy and
shame that attended his unmanly actions
day morning and kept himself secluded
in his rear private office until along about
the time In the afternoon that he knew
the Bell people would come in with their
nomination. He had been given orders
not to allow newspaper representatives or
others to look at the nominating papers,
for the reason that the Bell people
might file their nomination, either by pc
tition or in the regular manner.
i0fn hal y
sen violated the law by closing and lock-
ing his public office door, the Bell peo-
pie arrived with a bunch of nomination
papers They were not permitted to gel
into any other persons hands than the
city clerks or those of trusted deputy,
who, by his actions did not relish his
charge. No money was paid to the city
clerk and no receipt was given by him to
the Bell people, showing that the papers
had been legally received and fled Con.
sequently, the books of the city clerks
office did not show that such papers had
been received.
AS quickly as possible, Jensen carried
the papers into the vault and kept them
there until he ordered his office cleared
of all save a few clerks and locked the
door in order to be undisturbed In fix
ing up his office records to conform to
the nominating papers he was anxious TO
keep from the public view. After the
people were all out Jensen retired to his
inner Office, took the Bell nomina ting
papers out of the vault files and COM
menced work BY way of the private
door to his rear Office, which had been
left open inadvertently reporter for the
6 o b e gained access. Jensen was
somewhat disturbed, but courageous. He
didn't want to talk about the Bell papers,
much less exhibit them, or his official
record of them.
How many of what are known as the
Eell-Scannell candidates filed other than
regular nomination papers?" he was
asked.
'.Just two of them FL,
.'Who were they?"
"Pottgieser and Bowlin.''
How did they file?'
''By petition
''How did the others file?''
I'm the regular manner"
did Pottgieser and Bowlin file as in
dependent or citizen candidates."
No, they filed their petitions as Dem
ocratic candidates.
LAS regular candidates, by petition?'
That's what they did,
will you permit an examination Of
the papers filed?'
mo; we are too busy to stop now
The petition is in statutory form and
suppose conforms in other ways to the
statute
And City Clerk Jensen begged to be
excused from further questioning, refus
ing the privilege requested for copy of
the initiative clause of the petitions.
Herewith is given complete list Of all
of the candidates of all parties and by Pc
titicn that have been filed with the city
clerk, together with the office for which
they are candidates
Robert A. Smith, Democrat, for mayor.
Democrat
Otto Bremen, Democrat, for city treas
urer.
Thomas j. Jordan, Democrat, for as
semblY.
George Nicholson. Democrat, for as
sembly.
Phillip Martin, Democrat, for assembly.
Winn Powers, Democrat, for assembly.
Henry G. Haas, Democrat, for assem-
bly,.
Edward H. Whitcomb, Democrat, for as
sembly.
David F. PEBBLES, Democrat, for assem-
John ]. Parker, Democrat, for assem-
John G. Wardell Democrat, for assem-
bly,.
Edward L. Murphy, Democrat, for alder
man, Ninth ward.
alderman Sixth ward.
Joseph Smith, Democrat, justice of the
peace for the Sixth ward.
Lawrence Fahey, Democrat, for con-
stable of the Sixth ward.
Frank J. Huber, Democrat, for alder
man of the Fourth ward.
Rudolph Schiffman, Democrat, for alder
man of the Seventh ward.
William H. Ulmer, Democrat, for alder
man of the Fifth ward.
j: ]. McCardy, Republican, for comp
troller.
Chester R. Smith, Republican, for
mayor.
August ]. Fitzer, Republican, for city
treasurer.
NJ. Gordan Craig. Republican. for as
sembly.
Henry CARING, Socialist Labor, for
mayor.
Arnold Jensen, Socialist Labor, for
alderman Second ward.
A. w. M. Anderson, Socialist Labor, for
alderman, Eighth ward
James F. Flynn, Socialist Labor, for
alderman Ninth ward.
c. S. Benson, Republican. for assembly.
F. G. Warner, Republican, for assem-
Harry T. Drake. Republican, for assem-
Charles J. Nelson. Republican, for as
Sembly.
George F. Dix. Republican, for assem-
Howard Wheeler, Republican, for as
sembly
George D. Hammond, Republican, for
John e. Holt. Republican, for alder
man of the First ward.
Frances A. Twiss, Republican, for al
Emil 6. Schroeder, Republican. for
alderman of the Fourth ward
Duncan F. Erskin, Republican, for
alderman of the Fifth ward.
G. E. Hamilton, Republican, for alder
man of the Seventh ward.
P D. Youngman, Republican, for alder
man Of the Ninth ward.