The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-03
RECOGNIZE DEFEAT
REPI BL1CAN CANDIDATES CON-
CEDE THE ELECTION OF
MAYOR SMITH
WON'T ENTHUsE FOR DORAN
Party Workers in Touch with Sit
uatiOn Admit Their Candi-
date Cannot Hold Par
ty Vote.

The defeat of the head Of the Repub-
lican ticket is conceded by Republican
leaders ard the well informed members of
the party's rank and file. So far AZ the
candidates and chief workers are con
cerned the Cstensible head of the ticket
is a severed member and will have To
make his campaign for himself
1t Is an open secret that Doran is out
of sympathy, not only with a majority OF
the Republican committee, but that the.
other candidates on the ticket are dis
gruntled over his nomination and refuse
to be hampered in their campaign e.Orts
by the mayoralty aspirant. McCardy
who few weeks ago was persona non
grata with a very large majority of the
aspirants for nomination is now the star
OF the ticket anu recognized as its head
by the men who before the nomination of
Doran were most bitterly, if ) crely. 0p-
posed to the ''czar."
Admissions of defeat are an unusual
quantity with Republican wheel horses.
but as applied to Doran they are. even
before the campaign is fairly opened. s1
common that they no longer excite com-
ment
Leaders VIII Not Work for Dornu.
Leaders who have always been IN thq
fore front Of the fight have openly de-
clared that they will not work for Doran
tstAA@AiAeo III nm lIlG message OF lore
gone defeat. Candidates admit that
Doran's 5 chance is hopeless and Official
campaign workers admit that they are
not particularly interested in the fate
Of the mayOralty candidate.
The committeeman make desperate eff
forts to cover up the dissatisfaction in
their ranks. but without any marked
degree Of success. The nomination OF
Doran was not received with resounding
acclaim nv the old
had been in control of the party's affairs
for several years. The slumbering embers
were famed into a brisk flame when
the matter of the selection of a cam
palgn committee was taken up Doran
wanted to secure control of both the
city and county organization and the
executive committee. The politicians
and the other candidates were of an en-
tirely different from Of mind with the
result that Mr.. Doran was quietly. but
none the less effectively, sat upon He
fought the election Of Parker as the head
Of the city and county organization ana
insisted upon the selection Of a. w.
Hornick as the head Of the executive
committee. In the first instance he was
treated to summary whipping and the
attitude Of the other committee resulted
in the resignation of Mr. Hornck Now
both committeeman and candidates are
sore over what they term DCrans inter
ference with the campaign
The candidates on the Republican
ticket who are making the most care
ful canvass of the whole city do Dot pre-
tend to claim that Doran Will be elected
They
Admit the Election of Mayor Smith
and Treasurer Bremen and claim only
a fighting chance for McCardy Their
only vociferous claims are for the elec-
ton of both Judges of the municipal
court and a majority of the council One
of the leading Republican candidates
yesterday said:
There is no use denying the fact that
mr.. Doran will fall far short Of realizing
the expectations of his warmest admirers.
The quality Of his support speaks for
itself. The people viii not enthuse over
him and he will not make the right KIND
Of a campaign. His campaign IDEAS dy
not jibe with those entertained NV the
tried campagners on the committee ana
he will find that he win fall very far
short Of polling the party vote. 1T is use
less TO deny that Mayor Smith viii re-
ceive a very large Republican vote The
primary vote proves that beyond ques-
ton and very large percentage of the
stay at home" Republican vote which
should have been brought out at tha
primary can be directly traced to an
intent to support Smith. Those men ar,
lifelong Republicans and would not ask
for DemOcr attic ballot at the primaries
so they just staid away, with the result
that all Of the other Republican nominees
suffered the loss OF a vote that would
by force Of the showing made have
welded considerable influence at the reg
ular election.