The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-20
Is come EIER JOSIIS
PETER VAN HOvEN WILL BEGIN A
CONTEST OF. ELECTION OF
PHILIP AS SHERIFF.
COUNSEL IS so DIRECTED
Attorney Is Instructed to Prepare
the Necessary Papers for Be-
ginning an Action for
n Recount.

Peter Van Hoyen, who as the Demo-
cratic nominee for sheriff in this county
was de1eated, on the face of the returns,
by Phllip G. Justus, the Republican nomi-
nee, Yesterday directed his attorney to
prlng action fora recount of the vote.
MI. Van Hover believes that there was
something irregular about his defeat for
Whlle ne ran ahead of the ticket to a
considerable extent in a <large part Of
the city, in some localities he was away
Dehlhd, and so uniformly that he is sus-
plclous of the count in certain precincts
in three wards,
especially is this true OF the Ninth
Ward' where he ran far behind. While
IL IS true that one of his foremost ad-
VerSarles IN the convention lives IN this
ward, Aid. Murphy openly declared his
intention to support Mr.. Van Hoven,
and the latter after carefully scanning
the returns, has come to the conclusion
that there was something wrong in the
counting by the judges in some of the
precincts.
Hence the contest
The ST. Paul branch of the German
American society has passed resolution
calling on the German-American repre-
sentalves from Ramsey, Messrs. G. r.
finland and Philip Martin, to use all eff
of the Minneapolis primary law, so that
it shall apply to st. Paul.
George S. Garfield, secretary of the
Democratic state central committee, has
developed a case of typhoid fever, in ad-
dition to the continued symptoms of
blood poisoning, and is very i'll at his
home in Minneapolis.
CtOnproScY Will
for Washington Friday Two of his
committees = military and the subcom-
mittee of the committee on commerce,
having under consideration the ship sub
sidy bill-will meet before the opening of
congress.
Congressman Joel lHeatwole also leaves
for Washington this week, and will at
tend the meeting of the committee on ap-
portlonment next week as a reapportion-
ment bill will be submitted on the as
sembling of congress.
The election candidates have already
commenced to turn In their expense &C
counts to the secretary of state, or,
rather, the department of the secretary
of state, for the department can always
be found. ~
tenant governor, and Charles B. Elliott,
candidate for district judge in Henne-
pin county, Fourth judicial district, turn
ed in their figures yesterday.
Mr.. Smith spent $48214, and Mr. Ell
lott $673.75. The various items of ex-
pense turned in by the former were all
in small amounts, most of them being
for hotel expenses and bus fares. The
latter spent most Of his money for print
ing and the distribution of printed mat
ter The largest item in the list was
$275 to the Republican executive COM
mittee.
Capt ]. A Everett, of Fairmont, who
had his lightning rod out for adjutant
general has found that that official
must be member of the national guard,
and is now after the position of bank ex-
aminer.
Edward H Blackburn, of this city. ia
a candidate for state labor commissioner.
He is a cigarmaker of long and honora-
bic standing with the international union,
being a delegate to the Milwaukee as
semblage in 1888 He was at one time
president Of the Louisville, Ky, union.
and was for several years prominently
identified with organized labor in Mime
apoiis, being an Independent nominee for
congress two years ago. He has the in
dorsement OF many organized labor
bodies in the Twin Cities
At a meeting of the Fourth Ward Re-
publican club, held in the Windsor hotel
last night at. which Fred Schiffmann
presided, a committee was appointed TO
draft resolutions condemning the course
of M. N. Goss and s. P. Spate in the re-
cent contest for sheriff