The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-31
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1t was awfully nice of the Pioneer
Press to admit that the working ma
jority'' is not Democratic But that is
not the first time the Pioneer Press has
been obliged to back ungracefulIy from
blind alley nor by any means the first
time the editor in chief has been forced
to apologize for its political news col
umns.
An examination of the council record
OF the votes on the street lighting con-
tracts and the Craig wine room ordi-
nance, only adds zest to the joke perpe-
trated Tuesday night, by Aid. Benny
knauft on a meeting of First and
Second ward Republicans. If Benny
could write his funny stuff in dialect. Mr..
Dooley would at once retire to the also
ran class.
The Roosevelt Rough Rider club has
officially decided that it will not lend its
Endorsement to any candidate for Office.
That may be the cue for the Republican
aSplrantS not on President Indexes list
to come out of the bush where they in
continently fled, when Col. Lindeke
marshaled his flying column for its mem
orable charge.
Assemblyman Charles Nelson, of the
First ward, was urged yesterday by a
committee of business men to become a
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for city treasurer. Mr.. Nelson has
taken the proposition under considera-
uon. He admits frankly that he is not
in a position to make the camraign and
unless something is done for him he will
reverse his former decision to stay out
OF the field and turn his efforts to the
fortunes Of the Doran campaign and
again become a candidate for election
to the assembly This decision. seems to
break up all the programmes Mr.. Nelson
mad laid out for himself Originally he
proposed to work for Doran and in the
fall seek the republican nomination for
county treasurer. Later he decided that
he would become a candidate for lie
city clerkship if the new council is of a
republican complexion. His first change
OF mind was brought about b. the eff
forts of the Republican leaders who are
bending every energy to fix an assembly
slate that will inspire anything like con-
hdence in the taxpayers SO far the Re
publican list of assembly candidates In
cludes the name Of only one man that
can ask for the suffrage of lne party
without causing blush to mantle the
brow OF even the deepest dyed in the
wool machine Republican. They are
anxious to get Nelson back on the ticket
even if he is a third termer. They frank
~ admit that the Democratic candidates
for the assembly comprise the strongest
ticket ever offered the voters of st. Paul
and are sadly in the dumps over their
own offerings. Mr. Nelson would GER
talnly add strength to the very weak ag-
gregation of Republican assembly offer
lngs, even with a third term handicap.
On the other hand he seems to be about
the only available Republican timber for
a candidate against City Treasurer
Bremen. Mr.. Nelson pretends to believe
that Mr.. Bremen can be beaten and in
ferentially by Mr.. Nelson. If those are
Mr.. Nelson's sentiments he can relieve
the Republicans from a humiIiatng posi-
ton by accepting the nomination and be
assured of a rafting contest Put up by
gentleman, whom Mr.. Nelson acknowl-
edges to be good official and a good
citizen.
The Republican legislators are Up in
arms over Gov. Van SAINTS last move in
the complex game of tax legislation The
scheme to force the passage OF the bill
practically without amendments and to
defer its operation until after the next
regular session of the legislature, is
openly laid at the governors door by
prominent Republican officials and party
AodueIS' One Oh the prominent members
of the house yesterday said:
The people generally will at once ap-
preciate the source of this last trick to
force upon them a law which they do
not want and which they have a right
to demand shall be thoroughly examined
and remedied before it is placed on the
statutes. Bob Jamison furnished the
brains for the scheme which the COVER
nor was sufficiently foolish to give the
stamp of his approval
The full significance of the plan out
lined in the governors official organ came
home ID the Republican legislators yes
terday with the report of the proceed
ings of the meeting of the Winona board
of trade. The instructions sent down to
Winona evidently were not clear, FOR
the Board of Trade resolutions show that