The Saint Paul globe., 1902-03-20
CONSTARLES.
Arthur Gaines. John IT. House.
John LOhmann. Peter MunkhoIm


The first primary election ever held in
st. Paul is now thing of the past, and
the general opinion is that it was. on
the whole, a successful experiment Over
lS,O00 voters, or fully rs per cent OF the
total vote, participated in the primaries.
The Democrats polled approximately TO-
400 votes and the Republicans $500 The
Democratic primary vote was almost as
large as the vote which elected Robert
A. Smith mayor in 1900. The Democrats
cast a majority Of the votes in the
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and
Ninth wards, and the Republicans In
the First, Second Seventh, Tenth and
Eleventh wards.
The primary presented few surprises,
and the results on the whole are in ac-
cord with public sentiment before the
election. 1t is generally agreed that the
tickets nominated by both parties are
stronger than the average city ticket.
The Democrats, by an overwhelming
vote, again chose Robert A. Smith as
their standard bearer, his majority ex-
ceeding the total vote received by John
Wagner, his only opponent
Mayor Smith made an unprecedented
run in the primaries, carrying every ward
in the city.
AS was generally predicted, Frank B
Doran captured the Republican mayoralty
nomination, his vote equaling the COM
bined vote of Kiefer and Warner his
leading opponents. DOran polled about
10 per cent Of the total Republican vote.
He carried eight wards. the First, Third,
Fourth Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth
and Eleventh Col Kiefer carried two
wards, the Second and the Fifth and F..
G. Warner carried the Eighth, having
seven more votes in that ward than
Kiefer Leighton secured much larger
percentage of the total vote than was
accorded him in the prediction esti-
mates.
Close on Judgeship.
The Democratic candidates for the
municipal judgeship had a right merry
fight. and the result is not a certainty,
even at this time.
Kelly. Oppenheim and O'Neill ran neck
and neck with a close and exciting fin
ish The early returns seemed TO assure
the nomination of Kelly and Oppenheim,
but O'NeilI showed up strong in the later
returns, and on the face Of present fig
ures is nominated. William Louis Kelly
Jr. has a clear lead over his opponents.
The question Of second place will not be
fully decided until the official count -
made On the face Of the returns ONeiu
leads Oppenhem by forty-nine votes. but
there are three precincts to hear from.
Two Of these precincts are i'm the German
strongholds of the Eighth ward, and Op-
penheim's friends claim that he viii Sc
cure a sufficient majority here to insure
his nomination. Mr.. O'Neill comedies the
Sixth precinct of the Eighth ward to OPP
penheim, but claims that he viii hold his
own in the Ninth precinct Of the Eighth.
O'NeiIl also claims the Thirteenth Of the
Sixth, still unheard from. Mr.. Open
helm declares that lie IS satisfied that
he Is nominated and awaits the official
count with confidence. The result will be
very close.
Judge Hine and John Finehout had
things their own way for the Republican
judgeship nominations, scoring more than
two to one against their opponents.
DR. Rudolph Schiffmann leads the Dem
ocratic assembly candidates, having Sc
cured over two-thirds of the total vote
cast DR.. Whitcomb. Henry G. Haas and
Michael Doran Jr follow closely with
very complimentary votes
Assemblyman Howard Wheeler led the
about 4,500 votes. closely followed by
Messrs. Schurmeier and Pruden.
Betz and McCnrdy.
Louis Betz ran away from his two
opponents in the race for the Demo-
cratic comptrollership nomination. hav-
ing 200 more votes than the combined
vote OF Messrs. Miller and Prendergast.
]. ]. McCaro-' had an equally easy thing
of it for the Republican nomination. de-
feating George Taane by more than two
to one.
There were few surprises In the alder