The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-15
CLIQUE N LINCOLN CLUB
AGAIN TRYING TO GET CONTROL
OF THE LOCAL REPUB-
LfCAN MACHINE
SOLEMN CoNCLAvE IS HELD
Wiseacres Plan the Allotment Of
Political P1un1s in the CIoister
of the EndicOtt
Arcade.

That there IS a split in the ranks OF
the local Republican organization was
very evident to any who may have at
tended the meeting held in the rooms of
the Lincoln club last evening Just who
called the meeting is not proclaimed
from the housetops, but the gathering,
while said to have been in the interest
of harmony. resulted very much other
wise. Some of the real prominent Re
publicans have become disguised with
the bossism that has crept into the local
organization through the constant pres
ence of men of the Dar Reese stripe,
and a determined effort is being made
to overthrow the little dynasty that Mr..
Reese and his henchmen have woven
around them. For over an hour internal
strife ragged through the tobacco smoke.
and charges were made right and left
that a few men were given all the places
on committees, and only those counte-
RANGED by Mr.. Reese and his clique were
given anything at all, or, in fact, even
recognized as Republicans The lie was
passed few times, and bloodshed only
averted through the fact that the ma
chine men We're in the ma jority and
played strong hand. Such men as A.
c. CIausen, ]. F. Selb Sam Lowenstein.
Harry Sundberg, Oar Reese and Fred c..
Schiffmann were present, as were fifty
other specially invited Republicans The
plan was to call the meeting and disci-
pine, if possible, some Of the recaIcitrant
ones, whose influence has been directed
against the powers that be. Instead OF
a peaceful love feast the meeting re-
sembled very closely a Kilkenny cat
fight and one Of the more prominent
Fourth warders in attendance asserted
that ''it beat anything he had seen for a
long time"
What precipitated the trouble more
particularly, even among the machine
men, was the attempt that was made to
dictate to the state central committee
what it should do in a number of mat
ters. 1t was proposed that a new plan
of organization for the state central
committee be prepared and submitted to
that body. The less sanguine ones could
easily see how this would put the local
organization out of favor with the state
committee, and no one was agreed upon
any one subject. The seIf-respecting Re
publicans who were present were shock
ed at the audacity of some OF the poll
ticians Of the curbstone variety, being
disagreeaDly surprised at the assurance
and high-handed methods which seem to
be quite prevalent
Harry Sundberg, whose tenure of office
in the probate clerkship has been in
doubt recently, was mingling with the
throng. Harry has been trying to hold
on in the hope of finding a soft place to-
drop when Postmaster McGill is installed.
But the pole has been getting pretty hot.
and Harry has been soreIy tempted sew
eral times to let go, if only to exree5
torate on his hands. Schiffmann, Reese,
DonahoWcr and Bill Johnson are pro-
Tossing to Sundberg their earnest de-
sire to keep him in office for the sake
OF the First ward vote, but there are
names are Kefer. who are a little tired
of the antics of the recent mayors one
time able lieutenant in the Market hall
convention.
Last nights meeting resulted in split
which promises to bring together some
of the more substantial Republicans in
a general meeting within a short time
for the purpose of taking the organize
ton out of the hands of the CLIQUE.
The friends of John G. Miller, of Two
Harbors, are hustling hard to secure
him the nomination for railroad and
warehouse commissioner. Beside a rousz
Ing Endorsement at the recent meeting of
the general assembly of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers at milwaukee,.
he has secured the enthusiastic indorse-
ment of nearly every member of The
state federation of labor recently In ses-
9lOAl dL Leu w nlS, anu the adjustment
boards of the engineers on the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific, which
have recently been in session, have also
unqualifiedly indoFsed him. His friends
do not think the Republicans dare scorn
these recommendations
The Albert Lea Tribune thinks the OPP
position to Chief Justice Starts renomi-
nation is inspired and fostered by friends
Of the Younger brothers, who wish to
get some more plant Jurist on the stats
board OF pardons.
The Democrats have chosen the Chi
cago Great Western as their official route
to Kansas City. The Democratic special
viii leave St, Paul at $50 p. M, July >
at the same time the free silver Repub-
lican train pulls out of Minneapolis over
the Minneapolis & st. Louisiana will ar
rive in Kansas City at 1880 the next
morning. The rate is the same as that
secured by the silver Republicans, being
$l6.55 for tourist sleepers, including lOdg-
irg in Kansas City, and $3.50 for
standard slcepers.