The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-17
JUDGES AND CLERKS AT POLL
ING PLACES ENJOY PRAC.
TICAL HOLIDAY
TWENTY-sEvEN CANDIDATES
RUN WITHOUT OPPOSITION
Horton and Hurd Stir Up Things in
Thirty sixth Senatorial District and
Tighe and Hamilton Keep the
"B'hoys" Busy in the Seventh Ward,
but Quetude Generally Prevails.

The primary election vote was much
lighter than any of the politicians had
prophesied. In some of the wards there
was practically nothing doing, and in
half the precincts the judges did not
have enough to do to keep them busy.
In the senatorial and legislative con-
tests the fight was largely among the
Republican candidates. The contest
for senatorial honors between Horton
and Hurd in the Thirty sixth district
had the effect of bringing out a large
Republican vote. Hazard, the Demo-
cratic candidate, had no opposition
The contest for the house in the Sew
enth ward between Ambrose Tighe and
Hamilton kept the Republican pluggers
busy, and more scent cigars were
given away and smoked during the
day than ever before.
Seven-handed Fight.
The senatorial fight in the Thirty
third district between Dunn and
Knauft was mildly exciting but one
sided. The seven Republican candi-
dates for the two house nominations
kept up the interest to a great extent.
| The Democratic nominee, Berndt Oh
| son, had no opposition.
Walter Nelson, ]. J. Ryder and j.
| Watson Smith had a three cornered
| fight for senatorial honors in the Thir-
! ty-fourth district. McNamee, the Dem
ocrat, had no opposition. Three Re-
publicans and four Democratic candi-
| dates joined issues for the house NOM
| nations.
In the Thirty-fifth senatorial district
| Ives and Zimmerman did not have to
make any fight, each being the only
candidates for senator Renville Chi
nook had things his own way in the
Fifth ward for the house and Hardy
and Phil Martin contested for the
Democratic nomination. In the Sixth
ward Schurman, the Republican can
didate for the house, had no opposition
while Daily, Steiner and Yoerg made a
! fight for the Democratic nomination.
| In the Thirty seventh district A. M.
McGill had a walkaway.
| In the Fourth ward Hickey and
Johns did not have to exert themselves,
| as they were the only candidates for
nomination for house nominations.
Would-be Sheriffs Work Hard.
| On the county ticket interest cen
tered on both sides on the candidates
| for sheriff, auditor and clerk of the
courts. There was so many candidates
| for county commissioners on each
| ticket that the voters had to discard
| from a score of names down to four.
| For sheriff on the Democratic ticket
Miesen, Houck, Murphy and Quigley
kept the voters stirred up Murphy
! had band on tally no, and the other
candidates, while without this hustled
through the wards urging on their
| henchmen. In the five-handed contest
| for clerk of the court on the Demo-
cratic ticket, the work done by Hall,
| O'Reilly, Schurmeier, Wagner and
Vessel was of such a nature as to
bring out full vote in all of the wards.
The Republican candidates for the
same Office, while numbering only
three, made bitter fight Ross Clarke
endeavored to make it plain to each of
| the voters by cards and talks by his
| friends that Ed Rogers should be turn
| ed down for wanting third term,
while Arrol and his strikers advocated
| the throwing down of the other two
and his own nomination.
The fight between the candidates on
the Republican ticket for county treas
urer was waged from the time the
polls opened until they closed. P. J.
Metzdorf had practically no opposition
as the Democratic nominee.
Orr and Lewis Run Well.
For county auditor Keller and Krah-
mer, on the Republican ticket, and
Kahn and Egan, on the Democratic
ticket, made the contest spirited one.
T. D. O'Brien and J. G. Michael had
no opposition for judgeship nominal
| tons on the Democratic ticket, but
on the Republican ballot Messrs. Orr,
Chaplin, Lewis and Countryman were
seeking to get the coveted two places.
Judges Orr and Lewis, it was conceded,
would be the Republican nominees.
Eleven Republicans and sixteen
Democrats on the ballots had no OPP