The Saint Paul globe., 1902-01-16
Grist Of The .
= Political Mil

am not a candidate for mayor" said
Joilh wagner last night l am a Dem
ocrat and always will be- will s1Innor+
the choice of the party. OF course. if
the people wanted me to run for navor
coaIo not refuse on the ground that T
p.eaefred something else. The mayoralty
OF st. Paul is an honor I would annreci-
ate and may some time try for; but 7 will
not file my certificate of nomination
saturday and know nothing Of the
formation of a ticket with myself ae ite
mead A great deal Of pressure has bea1
brought to bear. Some of my rnogt IovaI
4IlenoS are very anxious that [ should
run ana others are as honestly opposed
to it,
Two Of the Republican candidates for
mayoralty honors officially entered tbo
lists yesterday. Former Mavor Kiefar
ana PRESIDENT Of the Assembly Fenton q
warner hled certificates of nomination
MI: Meier supporters claim that thew
Will win, not alone because thew AFRO in
the majority, but because Mr. KiefAsps
long and distinguished services to the
party and his record as mayor entitIe
nm to the consideration and the suffra "a
OF the united party The Warner mer
base their claim of success on the al
leged fact that the younger element of
Tue OF. Paul Republicanism is sOlidly be-
NAA~AA AAAoll4 anu IIGy say that Mr.
AeIers official record will prove a handi-
cap too heavy for his personal popularitv
to overcome
hIeter's popularity by no means rests
entirely in his supposed hoI1 upon tba
German vote. His reputation for honesty
is unimpeached. The fight which has nj.
ready taken on all the bitterness of ner-
sonal animosities, promises to be one Of
the hottest in the annals of local noIiticS
warner campaign was commenced Sow
eral months ago, when he started Out
with the aVoWed determination to land
the nomination for county auditor His
campaign went Ear enough TO include
numerous promises OF reward for the
faithful before the mayoraI.y bee lighted
in his bonnet. Some Of the recipients of
the promises are disgruntled ever the
change, but the Warner men feel that
they will be able to heal the sore spets
with salve from the mayoraIty box and
hold the young men in line.
Winn Powers of the Eleventh ward,
yesterday filed his certificate as candi-
date for the Democratic nomination to
the assembly. Powers was a candidate
two years ago. The nomination came to
him unsought, and when beaten by
very narrow margin he refused to con-
test after his friends discovered irregu-
larities that If corrected would probably
have resulted in his election. Mr.. Fow-
ers is a young man. and as popular
throughout the city as he is in Merriam
Park, where for years he has been recog-
nized as one of the most public spirited
and progressive residents. He is a clean
cut business man, and as publisher Of the
Odd Fellows Review, has made q host
of friends who will support his candi-
daey regardless of party affiliations.
Mayor Smith will appoint no member
Of the council to the board of public
works The Republican bug bear of
Democrat holding two offices will never
be more than the Republican bad dream
that it now is. If Aid. Murphy is ap-
pointed to the board of public works 1t
will be only after his resignation from
the council. Mayor Smith has too fine
a sense of political propriety to even en-
tertain the unwholesome suggestion
which has the earmarks of the wish
fathering the thought.
Assemblyman H. r. Denny yesterday
fled the papers which officially announce
his candidacy for reelection at the hands
of the Republican party.
Assemblyman M. Gordon Craig, of the
Eleventh ward, Is a candidate for re-
election. He fled his certificate of nomi-
nation yesterday.
Wellington Pennington is a candidate
for the Republican nomination to the
board of aldermen from the Sixth ward
and filed his papers yesterday. Mr.. Pen
nington made the race several years ago
and was defeated by Robert Hare by the
narrow margin of three votes