The Saint Paul globe., 1902-01-24
Gist eshae Political Mil

The first charge of the Rooseveltfan
rough riders did not result in signal
victory. Fourteen members of the Roose-
Welt club yesterday waited on Armand
Albrecht with the clubs proposition OF
Endorsement in exchange for his consent
to become candidate for the Republican
nomination for mayor.
Mr.. Albrecht told the Rooseveltian
delegation that he deeply appre-
ciated the honor they wished to
confer upon him, but that he could not
afford to take the Office and suggested
that they hunt up another Roosevelt to
lead them lie also suggested to the
Rooseveltians that it might be less than
courtesy Oh their part to ask him or any-
one else to subject themselves to the
cross7f1re of the factions now in the field.
lie declined to reserve his decision for
two weeks, as requested by the deiega-
ton, and some of its members are cock
sure that he will be openly in the race
within week.
The activities of the Roosevelt club are
rapidly leading to a state of war within
its own exclusive precinct President
Lindeke is not SO thoroughly committed
to the young blood idea as a majority
of his political warriors, and is at the.
head of a movement to secure the club S
Endorsement of Car McCardy When
Mr.. Ltndeke's s project was broached there
was immediate trouble and trouble that
will not down. George Thane has a lot
Of friends among the rough riders, ana
while they are, for the most part, willing
to get along without a club Endorsement
of tAe younger man, they draw the line
at an Endorsement of McCardy The
Thane men say they are In the majority.
and that If the presidents scheme Is
pressed they will take things into their
own hands before the primaries and turn
McCardy down real hard They saw
that at the primaries Thane will get sew
en- out of every ten Roosevelt votes, and
that they will take the proper steps to
insure against a snapshot Endorsement
of the ''czar' by minority Of the club
The redoubtable Spike" Harrington
has announced his intention of becoming
candidate FOR Republican nomination to
the assembly and filing his papers at once.
Mr. Harrington says that for years he
has been kept down by the iron-shod
heel of the machine politicians OF his
party. With the protection of the prt-
mary law he purposes to throw himself
On the suffrage of the people and teach
the machine men long needed .esson
Mr. harrington thinks that the dcccnr
Republicans are tired of the gang rule to
Wn1ch the party has long been subjected
and that he is called upon, with f. e.
Doran. another victim of the professional
politician, to stand forth as champion OF
the peoples right to name their own law
makers and executors.
Luxe Finnegan, of the Ninth ward, is a
candidate for Democratic nomination 10
the board of aldermen. Mr. Finnegan
filed his certificate of nomination yester-
DAY. He is young, energetic and well
known in the ward he wishes TO renro-
sent. Mr.. Ffnnegan is a salesman for the
Red Star Yeast company.
Representative J. c. Pope, Of Mora, is
frankly olrtspoken in his opposition to
the procession caucus proposed by Gov.
Van SAINT. He believes if the legisIat,,re
may not have sufficient time for the
most careful consideration of the pro
posed tax code, that it is the duty of the
members to vote against it's passa ge