The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-21
CHOOSING The JUDGES
DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE
WANTS TO HEAR FROM WILL
ING ELECTION JUDGES
BIxBY's FIRST CONCESSION

Red Wing Sage Practically Admits
That Van SAINT Has the Repub-
Iican Nomination for Governor
Tied Up in a Sack-Tams Thinks,
However, Sam Ought to Give the
Boys an Early Convention.
After meeting of the Democratic city
committee at the Court block, Chairman
r. w. Bell and Secretary John c. Hardy
gave out the following greeting to the
Democrats of st. Paul:
The Democratic city committee held
meeting last evening at Democratic mead,
quarters in the Court block and discussed
of election who will act at the city cleo
ton next spring and 1t was decided that
the list of names to be presented by the
committee to the common council tor the
selection of Democratic judges should be
men selected with view of facilitating
as much as possible the work Of cleo
ton The selection of judges of election
Is made in accordance. with the provisions
of chapter 4, General Laws 1888, section So,
which reads as follows: AT least thirty
days before any election in any city, or in
any Incorporated village having two (2)
or more election districts, the local COM
mittees of the several parties participant
ing. at the last preceding election may fur
niSh to the city council or other appoint
ing authorities a list of qualified electors
for the various election districts to act as
judges of election, which lists shall be
certified to by the several secretaries Of
such committees, said judges of election
in cities and incorporated villages, shall
be selected from the lists submitted by
said local committees in the following
manner.
One for each election district from each
of said lists so recommended by the said
different parties, the first to be selected
from the list submitted by the party poll
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city or village at the last preceding gen.
eral election; the second from the list
submitted by the party polling the sec
ond largest number Of votes at the last
preceding general election; the third from
the list submitted by the party polling
the third largest number of votes at the
last preceding general election" 1t was
decided to request all Democrats DESTROYS
OF acting as judges Of election in the APP
preaching election to register their names
with r. w. Bell, the chairman of the
Democratic city committee at Democratic
headquarters Rooms 81, go and SO Court
block, so that lists may be made and am
pie time given to- complete all the neces-
sary details. The names Of two Demo-
Gratis Will be submitted for each precinct,
and the common council must select one
therefrom IN accordance with the election
law democrats DESTROYS of serving in
the capacity of judges of election will CON
Ter favor upon the Democratic citv
committee by complying with above re.
quests as soon as possible. Respectfully.
Chairman Democratic Civ comnittee
John c.: Hardy,
Secretary.
Tams Bixhy, the political groundhos
and seer pre-eminent to the sacred Re-
publican councils of.Minnesota, Red Wing
anu Iahlequah, stuck his head up In ST
Paul long enough yesterday to see If he
could see a shadow, and he did.
+ 1T was marked Van SAINT In several
places, and 1t was SO dominant in til.
political atmosphere that Tams not only
craWled back into his hole for six weeks
but 1t is a serious question If he ever
does stick 1t up again
II is different down in Washington.
When rams got there, and heard that
the republicans of this state had prac-
tically taken the bit in their teeth and
decided to nominate Van SAINT without
even asking the Red Wing man to wire
message OF congratulation, or even to
put piece in the Red Wing Republican,
that would qualify his signal lights for
a place on the party band wagon, il
soreIy wrought the emotions of the one
t1me master of Republican strategy in
the state. So he confided to few friends
In Washington that Van. SAINT might
think that he was as good las Nominated.
and all that, but when it came tn the
convention, he would find serious oppo.
sition in member of the present Min,
nesota congressional delegation.
Then Tams wrapped himself up in a
snroud of mystery and left his conf.
dants wondering whether he was giving
them straight tip <or political gold
brick. eOff
But when Tams struck St Paul yester-
day, he observed that the procession had
already begun, and when he saw Bob
Dunn, too, had made a few foot prints in
the sand, pointing Van Santward. Bixby
shed few tears at the passing of the
old guard, and threw himself on the
mercy or his old comrade-in- arms, Har-
r1s Richardson, who spent the forenoon
explaining the situation to the stranger
from Oklahoma
Tams will brace up long enuogh when
submitted to the garrote Of the evening
paper interviewer to reveal the secret
which every one in the state has known
for some time-that the Republican or
ganization has been In very sad con-
ditlon OF dlsrepa1r since the campaign of
1883. There are those who are disposed
to doubt that John H. Steele could have
kept the organization up to the Bixby
standard, even had Eustis been elected
BiXDy, possibly, is one of these But
with the loaVes and fishes Of patronage
carried into the commissary of the en-
emy-and Rosing guarding the post
stores with a jealous eye throughout-the
Republicans have found little chance to
keep up. their old crowds, let alone gain
new friends and resources,
Van having declared for a late conven-
ton, presumably on the belief that he
will have less time to tap his barrel
thereafter, Tams takes issue at once with
this He allows that the one need Of
the Republican party is organization, and
with the memory Of the old battles ring
ing In his BRAIN, he jollies up the old
guard by this demand for an early con-
vention to advance the cause of the
party.
The political heller knows what the
early convention means. And so does
Van SAINT. And the heller rejoices that
his old-time master has come back, as It
were from the grave, to turn loose the
supply of sinews "for the advancement
of the party" Let Van get the non,ina-
ton as soon as he can, and then he will
have to take the stump.
This Is one year." Tams said, when
there can be no question of the wisdom
of an early convention, and no reason
why 1t should not be held at the same
time as the convention that elects dele
gates to Philadelphia
I understand Capt Van SAINT is not
disposed to favor the early convention.
and that should have due weight. of
course; but I apprehend that his only
objection to 1t is the fear that 1t might
be construed as an attempt at taking
snap judgment.
II do not think this view would be TAX
en-, as there is not, and probably will not
he anV candidate apofust Uop Cant