The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-08
The Political Game
il, st. Paul.

Edward G. Krahmer. late of the regis
ter of deeds office, makes a fiat denial to
the runner that he has hankering for
the Republican nomination for city treas
urer. Mr.. Krahmer is one of the stall
warts of the Third ward and, despite his
denial, may yet conclude to again break
into the political field.
Dollar gas promises to be one of the
issues in the coming campaign, but which
side will be the first to adopt it as one
OF the planks of the official platform is
yet to be learned. Assemblyman Wheeler
who has higher ambitions than the legiS-
latfve Office he now fills, is preparing to
use it as his campaign slogan, but. there
are others who. are figuring on wrestling
the honor from him.
Aid. Knauft of the Second ward, an
| nounces that he will not be candidate
for reelection II have had enough Of
it. he says. IF the people of my dis
trict are agreeable, 1 will try and repre-
sent them In the state legislature For
the last named Office there are number
of aspirants, notably W. w. Dunn and
Tim Sheehan. Mr.. Knauft has already
opened campaign headquarters in the
Second ward.
Aid. Holt, of the First ward, refuses to
put himself on record as to his future in
tentions, but it is pretty well known that
he will ask for a denomination. William
III. Van Allen, GIG Jolai. street, is named
as a possible opponent. He is president
of the Stationary Engineers union.
How the Democratic end of the two
great parties stands on the labor question
was amply demonstrated last Tuesday
evening when, at the meeting of the
board of aldermen, not a Democratic
voice was heard in opposition to the
proposition to demand of the next Of
fetal paper that it carry the union label
at its head. Aid. Knautt and Holt were
alone heard in opposition.
Ex-Mayor F. B. Doran, it is said, is
very much chagrined over the refusal Of
the Lincoln League Republican club to
stand for his proposition to attempt the
adjustment of the police commission.
Mr.. Doran is president of the charter
commission and his influence with that
body he proposed to use in securing a
sugar-coated amendment that would
einch the Republican machine for all
time to come. The club. however. knew
the temper of the voters and fatty IN
formed Mr.. Doran that it did not care
to jeopardize party interests to satisfy
his ambitions.
The Republican city and county central
committee is billed to meet tomorrow
evening to prepare for the coming CAM
paign Those interested deny that the
meeting is called for the purpose of pre-
pairing a slate, but one will be fixed just
the same. President Warner, of the as
sembly, is said to have the lead for the
mayoralty choice, and C. p. Slime for
the connptrollership
For the life of me- said a prominent
Republican yesterday, Il cannot see why
Comptroller McCardy insists on antag-
oniZing the school teachers of St Paul
Two years ago he came near disrupting
the party's chances and running his OWL
but still he persists in opening. an old
sore. I don't, deny there was lack of
funds to pay the teachers their salaries
but he would have certainly bettered his
own chances by going down in his pocket
and advancing the money rather than
permitting some outsider to play the
philanthropic act, I am disguised with
him.
Assistant County Attorney o'Neil is he
latest to be doomed for a place on the
municipal bench.
George IhaHer has not dStyet mace
good his announced intentions of going
after Comptroller McCardy's scalp, but
he is doing lots if talking as to what he
will do.
Ex-Chief of Police M. N. Goss wants
seat in the assembly. There is a faint
recollection that Mr.. Goss was not all
he should be and it is possible the Re-
publican organization may refuse him in
dorsement.
County abstract clerk building inspec-
tor deputy county auditor, clerk of the
municipal court and now the city en-
gineers department. It's a long list OF
scalps Bank Examiner Pope has to his
credit as far as Ramsey county and the
city of ST. Paul are concerned, and the
odd feature of the raid is that all who
have so far landed in the net are Re-
publican officeholders. And it IS said
there are more to come.
The bank examiners expose Of some Of
the methods that has made the engineer
ing department anything but edifying is
just now a topic of interest among the
politicians While admitting that some
of the men under him have not been ex-
actly true to the confidence he placed in
them, yet Mr. Claussen thinks the whole
affair a blow at his future. He says that
in the end Mr.. Pope will have to admit
that the presence of any criminal intent
existed largely in his imagination.
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