The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-17

city convention. The third, fourth, sew
enth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth
precincts, Sin his opinion, were entitled
to one delegate in addition to the num-
Der named In the call.
The matter was discussed at length and,
on vote, the chairman appointed M.
Garges, Fl. Hanft, Henry Steinkampf,
Frank Kellehdorfer, ]. j. Preston and
M ]. Shanahan a committee to investi-
gate and secure an official decision In the
matter.
The charter came In for a discussion
and tho matter of Its adoption at the
coming election was up for considera-
ton. A resolution was adopted for pres
entatiQn to the city council, declaring
the Democracy of the ward unalterably
opposed to the adoption Of any city char
ter at any general election. The vote
on the resolution was unanimous.
The city committee of the Prohibition
party met last evening In the Reardon
block and organized. selecting Martin
Bacon as chairman, A. c. Lackey secre-
tary and Il. r. McManigai as treasurer.
The state convention and grand rally will
take place at Century hall, Minneapolis,
next Tuesday evening. Arrangements
were made to charter q special interur-
ban car for the convenience Of the st.
leave Sixth and Robert at pm :, stop
ping at Wabasha and Ninth, University
and Rice, Dale, Lexington, Smelling.
Prior and Cromwell avenues The diStin-
guished members Of the party will adj
dress the convention, including Oliver NJ.
Stewart, of Chicago, national chairman,
and Rev. e. B. Jones. Of OWatonna.
1t was decided to have a large num-
Der of Meal badges made and to insti-
N sell "a ION IN in
terests Of the party candidate for mayor,
H G. Neal. Several committees were APP
pointed, among them one on literature,
for the purpose of distributing dry" lit
erature.
F. A. Twiss. Dr. baltimore and ]. C.
Reichardt are the prominent candidates
for aldermanlc honors at the hands of
the Republican convention from the Third
ward.
Fred c. Wagner, a resident Of the
First ward and employed in the engineer
ing department of the city as a street
foreman. launched the candidacy of
Mayor Kiefer for a denomination official
ly Thursday night. The occasion was
gathering of about thirty members of the
street force on Arbor street In the Fifth
ward. Several kegs Of beer added
strength to the announcement and also
to the attendance. While WAGNER was
firing the Kiefer gun in the Fifth ward
the Republicans Of his home precinct
were haldingq a meeting m the First
ward and talked of preventing his going
to the convention as delegate.
IA -
Commissioner Pottgieser, of the board
Of public works. explained to an inquisi-
tive politician yesterday that the mayor
was delaying the appointment of mem
bens of the board of public works so as
not to offend the applicants who would
not be cared for. According to Mickey
there are sixty-one applicants for the two
positions, and rather than make fifty
nine persons and their immediate friends
sore before the convention the mayor has
decided to postpone the appointments I'M
til March go III
The joke these days In the Republi-
can field is to see Condo Hamlin parading
as dove of peace, or an apostle of in
ternational comfy, or some sother figure
usually seen at masquerade balls only.
trying to patch up a tripartite alliance
between the warning factions Of Kiefer.
Smith and Reeves. Kiefer would be the
first choice of Mr.. Hamlin's paper, be-
cause 1t does not want to see Kiefer and
Rogers throw the present congressman
next fall. But it realizes that as the
strongest candidate with the Republican
workers." using that name in It's pri-
mary sense. Hence, 1t Is the field against
Schiffmann, and the three realize it. The
men themselves would like to make the
combination, and with Iziefer as the cam
I didate, and Sidney and Chester prom
ised places on the board of public works,
1t would all figure out beautifully except
I; for, the fact that while Reeves and Smith
I can bring in considerable delegations IA
vorable to them; they can not deliver the
goods to Kiefer Reeves will have the
Fifth solid, no doubt, as long as he
wants to stay in the race, but the min
ute he tries to deliver the bunch to
Ktefer there will be a howl go up from
the Picha-George WarTen-John Selb out
fit that would echo in the hills till long
after the slogan of Democratic victory
had been heard in May.
Similarly, too, Smith might be able to
bring in the Eighth in shape, with an
underlying sentiment in favor of Kiefer,
but If the eXigencies of the combination
should make It necessary to throw the
ward to-. Reeves Chester might not be
able to deliver the goods
Reeves. friends think that Schiffman
played 1t low down" on them, for at
the start he was an avowed Reeves man
and was intrusted with the secrets of the
Fifth war candidate. So he knows the
Reeves weaknesses to an extent that
makes his campaign particularly effective
in undermining Sidney's ambitions.
Schiffmann's friends, of course, say that
he did not enter the race until it was
clearly shown that the Fifth warder
could not secure a majority of the con-
vention, and that important elements
would never consent to his nomination.
Schiffmann's friends contend he en-
tered the race and is entitled to the sup
port of all the anti-Kiefer forces as
the strongest candidate yet presented.
Meanwhile, Condo Hamlin Is going
around trying to put In pat on the
back here and promise there that will
enable the three candidates to get to-
gether on some basis that viii result in
the Cumming of Schiffmann