The Saint Paul globe., 1902-03-22
CHOSEN BY
THE PEOPLE.
Continued From First Page.

at the polls May s. Mr.. Holman paid par
ueular attention to the trying demands
made upon the chief executive of a city,
so cosmopolitan in IT'S population as ST
Paul St Pauls mayor, he said, must
not only be clear headed, but he must
be broad without approaching the limit
OF license. In short, he must be that
unusual man, at once liberal and con-
SerVatiVe.
In his management of the affairs Of a
cosmopolitan city Mayor Smith has, Mr.
Holman said, struck exactly the right
course. He is responsible for the splen-
did men on the police force, because hs
appointed the police commission which in
turn created the police department He
paid his respects to the partisan press
gang squawk by saying that the Re
publican party is sorely in need of some
OF the same kind of men to take the
same dlslnterested charge of its affairs
In conclusion Mr.. Holman said the Re-
publicans tried Mr.. Doran as MAYOR two
years, and at the end Of his term defeat
ed him for re election because his admin
lstration was unsatisfactory and recall
ed the significant fact that at TUESDAYS
primary election thousands Of ReDub-
.lcans refused to vote their party ticket
because they could not indorse any of
the candidates for mayor, while many
opposition to the ticket offered them,
and heartily in accord with Mayor Smith
and his adminiStra ton, asked for and
voted the Democratic ticket that they
might go on record for the mayor.
Kane's Glowing EuIogy.
County Attorney T. R Kane made ore
of his characteristic eloquent speeches.
which, though short reused the audi
ence to the highest enthusiasm. At its
conclusion the applause could not be
stllled until Mr.. Kane again came TO
the front of the stage and delivered. as
IL We're, a curtain speech lie dealt with
the conditions surrounding the present
campaign and the history of the city
government commencing with Mayor
Smiths chair in 1886
He said, in part: "As a city grows the
partisan political lines become less rigid.
We are approaching that European stage
when capacity and integrity shall be the
criterion Tor placing men in pubic Office
and the criterion for keeping them there
Citizens can have no higher natives than
the maintenance of the public welfare.
Any change in the present administration
would be unwise, injudicious and danger
Gus. Both candidates are well known.
Each has been weigher in the scales that
test his executive ability. If we make a
mistake this time we make it with our
eyes open. In 1886 Mayor Smith came
into the mayors Office to fill out the un-
expired term of Mayor Edmund Rice. In
lSS he was elected to succeed himself
and in 1890 defeated Col. Kiefer He was
five and a half years at the head of the
city government. and at the end of that
period every city department had risen
to the highest degree of fitness In 1890
our schools We're so good that the citi-
zens of New Jersey and other Eastern
states famed for t7--ir educational insti-
tuuons sent delegations to ST Paul to
study our system with a view to its in
PRODUCTION in their own cities. The fire
department had risen to a plane which
made St. Paul the best risk from the At
lantfc to the Pacific, and the police de-
partment was what it is today and what
it has been every hour that Mr.. Smith
has been mayor of St. Paul-the best in
the world. In 1892 the citizens, ever
prone to change, gave the administra-
tion of the city government into the
hands Of Col. Wright a splendid gentle
man, but a dismal failure as mayor He
imported a chief of police, and crime
became SO rampant that In his absence
from his office his private safe in the
court house was robbed Two years later
the citizens returned to Mayor Smith,
and again every department was raised
to the highest degree Of efficiency In
1896 the spirit Of change again came upon
them, and they elected Mr.. Doran. At
the end of his term the people had learn
ed, if he had not, that he was not the
man for the place. AZ times he was the
personifcation of weakness and vacilla-
ton, again pig-headed In the extreme
He tinkered with the police department
for purely partisan reasons until st.
Paul became notorious as the criminal
dumping ground for all the transconti-
mental railroads. He proceeded evident
ly on the theory that to catch thief one
must be employed. The criminal rec
ords of our courts show that his right
hand man, Reddy Griffin, probably a
very good fellow, went into partnership
with Mr. Doran's police to rob unfor-
tunates Of what little they had left after
the big mitt and confidence men got
through with them. Mayor Smith is not
the candidate of the Democratic party
alone. Hundreds of Republicans helped
make him a candidate and the result of
the primary election is an earnest OF
what shall be returned at the election
May g.
Rebukes Partisan HOwIs.
Louis Nash advocated the Coliseum. slo-
gan for the business men supporters Of
Mayor Smith. Get together aud stick
together" Mr.. Nash took decided ex-
ceptions to the Republican press at
tempts to show that Mr.. WAGNER is op-
rosed to the Democratic ticket and viii
work for the defeat Of Mayor Smith.
Mr. Nash said Mr.. Wagner is a Dem
ocrat ard viii fight for the Democratic
ticket. He paid a singing rebuke to
the Republican press and it's gang cry.
He said: The Republican papers shrek:
liangi Gang! L want TO tell you come
thing about gangs. There are gangs and
gangs. A man with dark skin. but
whose heart is as any Of ours. clean
business man, who has warranted and