The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-06

f1uence to prevent the turning of the
trick.
Now that the bodies will have Demo-
cratic majority of two on joint ballot
Mr.. King is making an effort to pre-
vent his successor being selected at the
first meeting in June and wants to hold
over until the police commission Is ap
pointed and qualified. Mr.. King and his
friends are pulling every wire to pre-
vent any action of the council, expecting
that when the police commission Is ap-
pointed he cannot be ousted.
Joseph Macaulay, who formerly held
the position, and was succeeded by King.
is a candidate for the position, and will
undoubtedly be chosen at the meeting
of the common council June 5. Mr.. Ma
caulay is at present in the employ of
the Northwestern Telephone company
and, besides being fully competent for the
position, has always been an active and
consistent Democrat.
A Fergus Falls dispatch says: Con-
gresham Eddy carried three of the
four wards in this city tonight. He has
also carried Otter Tail county by a
large majority, which puts a quietus on
Coles candidacy. At Hallock, however,
anti-Eddy delegates We're chosen.
Harris Richardson and M D. Mum,
members of the board of library direc-
tors, are credited with being astute poll
ticianS; and this reputation was partly
clinched by the manner in which the
twain had the charter commission fix the
chapter relating to the board of library
directors.
1t has been the law that the mayor
should name the members of the library
board. Evidently the directors, or at
least some of them, saw the handwriting
on the wall, and fearful of not being
chosen again had the charter commission
change the library chapter so that the
duty of naming the directors was given
to the judges of the district court rather
than to the mayor.
Freddy" Hammer. for the past two
years secretary to Mayor Kiefer, but re-
Gently, by the kindness of your mayor,
given a job as member of the board Of
public works, has the advertising busi-
ness down fine
Mr.. Hammer has some real estate
for sale and in an advertisement in an
evening paper last night he requests
prospective purchasers to call at the
mayors Office
In discussing the contest which Comp
troller McCardy threatens to commence
to retain the Office for which he was
defeated by Louis Betz, a city hall Of
fetal yesterday said:
II can understand how McCardy with
an Office which pays $500 salary a year
and possibly some outside money might
spend $1,000 to carry on contest to keep
his job, but for the life of me / fail to
see how an official who Is paid by the
city but 1888 per month can afford to
go to the expense of a contest. A con-
test which requires the counting of all
the ballots throughout the city Will mean
an expense bill of not less than $1,000,
and it seems to me as though Assembly
man Benson must have money to burn
or has an idea where he can secure some,
or he would not talk of making a con-
test
The friends of Louis Johnson, at pres
ent in the comptrollers office, anticipa-
ting a change in the comptroller's staff,
are trying to help him to clerkship
In the county auditors office.
A special sleeper will be attached to
the Peoples party special that leaves the
Twin Cities tomorrow night for Sioux
Falls. Berths can be secured up to to-
morrow noon of Secretary a. H Austin
at the state house. The train will leave
Minneapolis at o'clock and St. Paul
shortly after $50. Berths will be 81 for
the trip. The party will reach Sioux
Falls Wednesday morning in time for
the convention.