The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-17
CAMPAIGN IS BEGUN NOW
NOTICES OF DEMOCRATIC PRI-
MARIEs WE'RE POSTED YES
T,ERDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NEXT WEEKS CONVENTION
Full List of the Primary Locations
Is Not Yet Reported by
the City Com
mittee.

In order that the notices OF the Demo-
cratic primaries Of next Friday night
might have the full limit required by
the law before the primaries. the chair
men of the ward and precinct organiza-
tons had to get out yesteday. cold as 1t
was, and post their regularly prepared
calls for the voters In each precinct, lin
three public places" as provided by the
law.
The committee labored at some disad-
vantage yesterday. in view Of the fact
that the council had not named the reg
ular polling places until Thursday night,
and, as it was not known how many
Of the booths would be in place, there
was no information available by the COM
mittee as to which precincts 1t would be
necessary to secure quarters in.
The council has ordered forty-one
booths, leaving seventythree precincts in
which other arrangements can be made,
and this left the respective ward chair
men yesterday the task of securing quar-
tiers in which to hold the primaries, the
result being that no list of primary vet-
ing places can be given out until each Of
the ward chairmen has reported his list
to the headquarters, which Will be some
time today.
The call of the committee originally de-
clared that the primaries would be held
at the usual polling place, cor in the I'M
mediate vicinity thereof" and it is pro-
posed to follow out that plan as far as
practicable Indeed, in some Of the no
tees which were posted yesterday, the
placards, which were printed with blank
space for filling in the street and number,
have written in merely the usual place. >
The question has been raised that the
mayor, by failing to appoint successors
to Messrs. Sandell and Mabon on the sec
ond Monday in March, as provided by the
charter, has extended the terms Of both
members for another two years. The
corporation attorney denies that he has
Informed the mayor that 1t was not man
datory under the charter, to appoint the
new commissioners on the date mentioned
in the charter and that the retiring
members would hold until their success
sors were appointed and qualified.
One OF the bright young men who Is
employed as assistant in the office Of the
corporation attorney, however, gave Nick
Pottgieser the former president of the
board. an opinion, under date Of March 10,
1869, which contains the following para
graph:
"I understand the terms OF Office of
John SandeN and e. L. Mabon expired
March ID, but that their successors have
not yet been appointed. Consequently
they continue to hold over until such ap-
pointment is: made and their successors
have qualified
This opinion from the legal department
may or may not have caused the mayor
to presume that he need not appoint the
new members to the board until such
time as he felt satisfied the appointments
would be of benefit to him In political
way. At any rate, the appointments
have not been made, and probably will
not be for about ten days. Some of the
friends of the mayor claim that they will
not be announced until after the conven-
ton.
County Auditor William r. Johnson left
yesterday on a hunting trip to the north
ern part of thte state, Mr.. Johnson ex-
poets to be gone several weeks He says
the trip Is taken because Of ill-health.
which renders him unable to take the
active part in the coming political strug-
gle that his friends wish.
The Chicago Chronicle says of former
Twin City newspaper man and sturdy
Democrat:
The Democratic opponent for ex-Ald.
Eisfeldt in the Twentieth ward may be
| B. J. Mullaney we'll known newspaper
man. His intimate knowledge of public
affairs. it is believed, would make him
an ideal candidate. It was learned that
| Mr.. MullaneY's name was discussed at a
conference in the afternoon between the
the mayor and the leaders in the ward,
but no decision was reached, as 1t was
said that Mr.. Mullaney had not signified
his Willingness to make the race.
More Eighth ward Democrats gathered
in Jessrang's hall last night for their
fortnightiy meeting than have attended
any previous session during the year.
While little business was transacted a
number of speakers were heard and a
/! large number Of minor matters discussed
| pro an2 con. Secretary Milton Garages
| asserted that according to the proportion
of delegates based on the Lind vote in
| the ward, the allowance of the official
call was faulty in that, by a mistake, it
left the ward six delegates short in the