The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-17
SECOND DAY OF REGISTRY.
THIS IS 1T, AND If YOU ARE
NOT ENROLLED YOU
SHOULD BE
CHANGES IN POLLING PLACES
Removals Were Necessary In Sew
eraI Precincts From the Guar
ters First Fixed Upon by
the Council.

portunity today from a. m. to D. m.
! There will be but one more opportunity
after today Saturday, April 81. The reg
! istration on the first day was slightly be-
low that OF the first day two years ago.
/ The members of the Democratic city and
county committee have made preparations
to bring to the registration booths today
| and Saturday every voter who can be
! reached, and the total registration when
the booths close tonight is expected to
show a decided gain over the first two
days In the spring of 1893.
Every citizen who is interested in a
better city government should not fail
to see that his name is placed on the
/ books today. If a voter IS not registered
! he cannot cast his ballot May for Robert
/ A. Smith and the Democratic candidates.
The Republican county convention to
! select delegates to the state convention
will be held at Mozart hall May y. sew
| enty-five delegates will be selected TO the
state convention to be held at Minneapolis
| to elect four delegates and four alternates
! +o the national convention at Philadel-
Dhia. The county convention will nave
as delegates. The primaries will be held
May s. IA, -
At the same primaries delegates will be
| chosen for the convention Whlch VIII Seha
seventy-five delegates to the congressloiial
convention of the Fourth district 10 De
| held at Cambridge, lsani county May 49,
Tho peonle's party city committee met
| last night at Assembly hall and aoopteu
a resolution as the sense OF the conlhit-
toe that no member thereof should TAKE
the stump for any one not Feopio
nar+v nominee. The circulation or peti-
lions by members OF the committee' WIN
q view to having people OUTSIDE "a 1ne
| marty placed on the city ticket for various
! offices with the apparent sanction Oh the
paonIe,s marty. was roundly rebuked, and
! another meeting of the committee VIII DC
held Wednesday night.
II was decided to wage an aggressive
campaign for the election OF the Feople >
party nominees in the various WARDS Vi
the city. and a campaign committee was
appointed to arrange for the meeIlhse
| Messrs. Johnson, Beattie, Bonnam anu
Becker were appointed a committee 10 So
licit funds
The Second Ward Smith and Rowan
club will meet tomorrow night at 6Oo East
third street. f. l.. McGhee. DR.. A. J.
Stone and ]. c. Michael will speak.
| Chester r. Smith, in tow Of County
Commissioner Harry Hardick, spent an
hour or so yesterday afternoon 1oiiylng
the janitors and elevator men in the court
house. Mr. Smith promised the city nan
employees that in the event OF ms eiec-
| tion there would be raise OF salaries LOT
them The janitors listened to the tax
and accented the cigars which Mr.. smith
| nroduced. but as one of them SAID AFTER
ward ITS all right for men TO mahe
them kind of talks, but we don't take
any stock in them kind of promises. May
be Mr.. Smith thinks we are foois' ou' we
amt. all the same"
The question is now being asked if the
c,tv warrant which Comptroller McCardy
! drew in June last for $119,O GOT without aa-
thority of the council, was the hrst one
Of the series? If the present ehartef VIII
allow a city official whether he De the
watch dog of the treasury or not To
| draw a warrant in any sum ne desii 60
without any authority, 1t is surely tllle
| to have a change not only III 'he
| ter, but in the official
! Harry IT Drake Of the Seventh, the
Republican candidate for the assenlp: "
| hoe sent ont a circular letter in Which ne
| aslrs for contributions from Republicans,
the money to be used in the seventh.
Albert H. Linkeke, in making contr1-
! button of $50 to the Republican campaign
fund. Enclosed the letter of Mr.. Drake
1 and asked tnGt 30 Ol IiIS 9uO VIC SNiN ~
Mr.. Drake for his USE
Tomorrow night there will be a mass
meeting of voters at Sjoberg's hall, Payne
avenue and Wells street, in the First
| ward and a joint meeting of the Eighth
! and Ninth ward voters at ST. Bernard S
hall, Albemarle and Rose streets. The
Fifth warders will meet at the ward or
ganiza ton headquarters, $40 West Sew
enth street.
THURSDAY meetings of Democrats are
planned for Liedertafel hall, State and
| Congress streets, In the Sixth ward; the
Democratic organization headquarters at
| III Mackubin street, in the Seventh ward,
and Plebusch's hall, Lafond and Arundel
streets, in the Eighth ward.
! Friday night there will be meeting
at the Eighth ward organization head
quarters at Brandt hall, University ave-
nue. near Western
Saturday night Democrats Of the Eighth
). ward will meet at Jessrang's hall, Univer-
sity and Harrington avenues.
Comptroller McCardy refused to pay the
| school teachers their salaries in October
1899 and gave as his reason for holding
up the pay roll that he feared Zine and
Imprisonment If he should violate any OF
the provisions of the charter.
He was not seized with any such fear
when, in June, 1899, he made bond
purchase of $119G0h and drew city war,
rant for that amount without any author
tty from the city council.
/ It is truly wonderful how very technical
the comptroller becomes at times. Ec
says the bond purchase was made solely
in the interests of the city, but the char
ter does not make any exceptions and
distinctly says that no order shall be
drawn on the city funds unless resolu,