The Saint Paul globe., 1900-11-23
gAIE Makers At WORK
DISTRIBUTION OF LEGISLATIVE
OFFICES is WELL UNDER
WAY
ST. PAUL CROWD IS FIGURING
1t Is Hoped to Land berg as Speaker
Because of HIS Contributions
to the Recent Cam
pafgn.


For Postmistress-AErs Franklin w
! Lee, of Rush City.
For sergeant-at-Arms- M. Bracket,
! OF Minneapolis.
! For Reading Clerk-Frank IT Forbes
| of Minneapolis.
| Having succeeded in securing the prom
1se Of the oil inspectorship for Eli War
| ner, and thus consoled themselves some
what for the loss of Ramsey county's
| standing as Republican county. the
Reese -Warner-Schiffman outfit has turn
| ed its attention to legislative slate MAX
| ing.
The general feeling that the senate Will
continue with the organization of two
| years ago does not apply to the house.
! and it is pretty definitely understood that
the slate as above is being pushed by the
| local leaders who hope to control the
seven Ramsey members of the Republic
an caucus.
The desire to install Albert Berg in
/ the speakers chair is not born of love
of him, but of sense of duty, for it
is patent to all who have watched the
| political Vaccinations of~this iIIustrious
triumvirate that they believe in looking
out for their friends, and permitting
their enemies to do the best they can.
Reese feels under a sense of personal
obligation to Berg for removing to War
road for, as a Chisagoan, Albert might
have fnterferred with Darius congress
/ sional aspirations. But Warner and
| Schiffman are merely actuated by de-
sire to reward Berg for his share in the
| election of Van SAINT, no small one in
! deed, as it has been demonstrated be-
yond a peradventure that the action Of
| the secretary of state in-putting Lucas
name on the ticket with the word Dem
ocratic following, gave Van SAINT the
election which he seems on the face of
the, returns to have That it was an
oversight is hardly to sbe considered, for
the attorney general had ruled, during
the recent campaign, and prior to the
time that Lucas filed his petition, that
an independent candidate in Mower coun-
ty, though a Republican himself, was
not entitled to have his name put on
the ticket Independent Republican"
But Lucas was more fortunate, and the
fruits of the mistake the ST. Paul
triumvirate believes, make it worthy of
such reward as the speakership. which
might in the event OF many-cornered
contest for senator bring Berg into
prominence that would land him in
Washington.
P. P. Quist, of Winthrop, one Of the
candidates for nomination as railroad and
warehouse commissioner before the last
Republican convention, is after the APP
rointment of chief Welghmaster III Min
neapolis.
Minneapolis has four candidates for la
Dor commissioner. John O'Donnen, pres
ident of the Trades and Labor council;
attorney but formerly a stonecutter,
and a member of the stone cutters union,
and George w. Morey, a printer and
Grand Army man.
There are nearly 100 candidates for in
surance commissioner, but Elmer II.
Dearth viii probably be named very soon
after a new governor is inaugurated.
The announcement that Col Fred w.
Ames is to succeed superintendent Doyle,
partment, is worrying the other candi-
dates seeking the same position. It is
believed that DR.. Anles will appoint his
brother to the head Of the police depart
ment before he will let him go without
any office. At the present time the
1nayor-elect is endeavoring to secure for
Col Ames the wardenship of the state
prison at Saltwater.
II is urged that DR.. Ames did much to-
ward changing the vote on the governor
ship in Minneapolis; that he worked hard
a good chance of securing some
plum. If he does not receive a state ap-
pointment he will be made the chief Of
the Minneapolis police. force
The slatemakers have put julius
Schmahl on their slate for the reason
that he seems to have the solid support
of the Second congressional district, which
this year attested its true Republicanism
by electing every one Of the seventeen
Republicans who ran in the district. With
John johnson, of st. Peter, in the SEN
ate, the only Democrat in the entire leg
islature from the Second district, the
power of the Second promises to be a
considerable factor in the Republican
caucus, and hence the grateful yielding
of the st. Paulites who found themselves
lucky to save seven out of eleven.
Minneapolis, with thirteen Republicans
out of sixteen members, is to be given
the sergeant-at-arnls, and may get the
reading clerk if things go well, this be-
ing, in way, a personal appointment
of the speaker.
Mrs Lee being one of the staunchest
Republican editors in this congressional
district, there was little disposition for
them to oppose her, although it has been
customary to give this place to man.
The Minnesota School Journal, speaking
about candidates for superintendent of
public instruction, says Several can
didates, fitted to hold the position, in ad-
dition to these We ramed in our first
issue, have been mentioned ex-Supt. p.
A Nelson has been named by his friends.
We are pleased to say that Supt. Eric
Ericsson would make an efficient officer.
1t locks as if the sentiment is centering
about Supt. John W. Olson and Supt s.
J. Race. Outside the county superintend-
ents' ranks there are many candidates,
more or less active Some of them the
M. S. J. could not support, but most of
them are competent, and, If chosen,
would Z serve the state well; We have
Rowe, George B. Alton, c. A. Morey,
Frank A. Weld, J. D. Bond, c. w. G.
Hyde, Lafayette Bliss and George A.
Franklin.
The Minnesota School Journal also con-
tains this interesting item: 1T IS nat
ural to assume that Messrs. Alton and
Rankin will rot expect reappointment at
the end Of the school year. Having
crowded themselves into the lucrative
business Of publishing and bookmaking,
they will ind no time with q WI which to
serve the state on a paltry $3.50 salary
and expenses. They should, of course,
open the way for others" Alton and
Rankin are as strict partisan men as are
this state. How their own party is go
ing to turn them down after they have
been tolerated by an administration with
which they have not been friendly re-
mains to be seen.
The Minneapolis j journal cut a few
more hundred off Van SAINTS plurality
last night, bringing 1t down to 2,253. This
may be nearly correct, or it may not.
For instance, the returns of Polk county,
as printed in the official paper of the
s5 s9G3tg and sfG% fnd that i Van sant refeYed i
secretary of states Office show Van SAINT
received ZIP and Lind g, ,292. If the jour
nal has used the postal card returns in
the secretary Of states Office then it
should cut Van SAINTS plurality down So
more, otherwise the official paper of the
county is wrong. This is not an isolated
case, SO that it is uncertain yet what |
plurality Van SAINT has.
Several candidates Of the past election