The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-21

With four openly in the field and two
or three more laying low for a good OPP
portunity to jump in, the Republican
cry IS sun for a candidate for mayor
Now they want not only a candidate for
mayor, but a champion who can bring
into the field..an entire ticket. The
primary election law, even in it's infancy
IS not working to suit the wheel horses
VINO refuse to tie up to either of the
members, Of the quartette in the field
and they figure if the party's chances Of
success have gone glimmering the only
thing left to Them is to get to work on
an organization which will in part take
the place of the old time convention
ring.
Warner, as the head Of the city and
county organization, was originally the
man of their choice They now figure
that he Is an impossibility and they are
ready to sacrifice some personally strong
man, new to politics, as the head of a
ticket which would cut into the strength
of both Doran, and Kiefer, with the hope
of getting control of the city and county
organization as a working basis for the
fall campaign. The leaders of this fac
ton have in the days gone by represent
ed some of the most powerful interests
IN the party. They claim that they viii
be able to secure candidates strong
enough to land a part of the council
nominations, If they can find men will
ing to sacrifice themselves for bigger of
fees.
George Thane, Of the Seventh ward,
the one Republican who has had nerve
enough to dispute McCardy's claim to a
life lease on the comptroIler's Office, was
picked as one of the innoeents for
slaughter on the new ticket, but the
sob IL
new to politics, has had the advice of
men not novices in the game He has
picked what he believes to be a winner,
and it is given out that he means to
stick. Thane is young and generally
popular among the younger business
men, regardless Of political affiliation,
and the crowd that put him into the race
has agreed to deliver the goods to him
in return for the younger element, Which
he is expected to march into its camp.
The new ticket men figure if they can
get an entire ticket into the field and
quickly, they will shut the door to
other and possibly dangerous candidates,
any one Of whom might further disar-
range the plans now badly tangled. They
want neither Niefer nor Doran to win the
nomination, which will go to the man
who can poll $500 to 5000 votes If
both the former mayors are put out OF
the race in the preliminary canter, it is
| figured, their hold on the party will be
forever broken and that their hands will
be tied at the next election. According
to the lights of the gentlemen backing
the last scheme, Il were better to finish
up their fight with the former mayor In
the primaries and lose with a fifth man
than to let one of them pop up in 1904
with an 81 told you so'' story, and a
disposition to show the rank and file
how it could have been done had he been
allowed to- run in 1902.
The plans of the new ticket gentlemen,
as we'll as those of the lamblike quar-
tette now in the field, encounter snags
in the person and schemes of one Fred
Schiffmann, oil inspector and resident Of
the Fourth ward. Schiffmann declines
to be tied up to any old losing ticket
scheme, and has ideas of going In to
win for himself His desire to win is
exceeded only by his desire to get
chunk. In the past some of his dear
est schemes have been thwarted by
Kiefer and Doran. If he could not win
with the nomination, he would be sat
isfied to lay both the old time bosses out
The sore spots nursed by Schiffmann
were not all acquired In his ill-starred
race for the Republican nomination for
mayor. Ca .TD.t.
He has long wanted to make his hand
as strong in local politics as it is in the
state game. He has enjoyed pretty
smooth sailing with the younger element,
exclusive Of the Lincoln club strength
but the Doran and Kiefer wings have not
taken kindly to the presumption or a