The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-25


fight for the mayoralty nomination. Our
! man would be the sheath for the knives
of ali the other factions, and while he
might be the means Of defeating some
OF them, he could not secure the nomina-
ton.
The trip to Washington spoiled a good
many OF our members. They came back
WITH the idea that they were the real
tllns ana that it devolved upon the or
sdhlzatlon TO step in and rescue the party
from the domination of the old timers
VINO nave no use for young men except in
campaign and at the polls There is
not politician in st. Paul who would tie
up 10 a club candidate if it We're not for
the purpose of pulling some of his own
chestnuts out of the fire. 1t Is apparent
even TO an amateur in politics that we
must play a waiting game If we can
ger small bite we will be satisfied
Inns hight will kill off some of the lead
ers who must necessarily be hostile TO
us and We will benefit by keeping aloof
at least as an organization The action
or the committee Will of course. iurt
US some. Mr.. Albrecht's refusal to ac-
cept the candidacy, which the committee
haa no right to offer him in the name of
the club,will prove injurious in about the
Same degree that his acceptance would"
Some Of the club members base their
objection to the Endorsement of a club
candidate for the mayoralty nomination
on the ground that it is only a clever,
play on the part of the Windsor hotel
Republicans to help them get back at
Col kiefer Schiffmann has been in
tenseIy interested in Mr.. Albrecht's can.
dadacy He has personally urged Mr..
AlDrecht to become a candidate and has
| given members of the Roosevelt club to
understand that he will throw his lnfiu-
ence to Albrecht. Schiffmann's interest
! is so apparent that some OF the Roose-
Veltlans at first not disposed to Mr. Al
brechts candidacy, now declare they
would not support him if he came into
| the race. They say Schiffmann's scheme
/ does not contemplate the nomination OF
Mr.. Albrecht, but that he thinks the
Roosevelt candidate could cut deep
enough into the Kiefer vote to insure the
defeat Of the colonel.
The Republicans who are looking for a
candidate are indeed IN sore straits. Be
side the partisans of the candidates al
ready In the field, who want candidates
to Kill off their opponents, are the factions
that decline to lend theid support to eth
er of the members of the quartette now
in the field. The quest Of the latter fac
ton Is for man on whom the party
can unite and who possibly may lead it
out of the muddle in which the personal
ambitions of the old leaders and party
beneficiaries have led it. By this ele-
| ment the name of DR.. Justus Ohage mas
been prominently mentioned. They be-
lieved that the health commissioner, with
his immense personal popularity and rec
ord az a faithful official. could draw to-
gether the warning factions and pull the
Republican ticket through.
Yesterday DR.. Ohage dashed those
homes by the positive declaration that he
will not be a candidate. He said: II am
not in politics and will not be a candi-
date for mayor. l have no desire for po-
litieal preferment, and under no circum-
stances would I be a candidate against
Mayor Smith,
Assenblyman Charles Nelson yesterday
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