The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
Gfist Of The Political Mil

cent OIL their Improvement association
and yesterday defied the opposition to at
tempt to secure a Sixth ward indorse-
ment for any one else. He said: ''They
don't care to allow their precinct comm =
teemen to indorse Warner or Klefer''
Joseph Smith, justice of the peace in
the Sixth ward is candidate to succeed
himself. He filed his napers for the
Democratic nomination Yesterday. Mr.
Smith has long been identified with the
interests of the Sixth ward He has been
a competent and popular official and his
friends say his reelection is assured
James L. Johnson. Republican. is a
candidate for justice of the peace east
of Wabasha street and has filed the
papers that put him officially in the race
against Justice 1of. Johnson served two
terms in the office to which he aspires
and was beaten for a. third nomination
by Hoff. He believes that the urinary
law will enable him to kill two birds with
one stone-get his Office back and get
even with Hoff
The Republican legislators who have
FORMED an endless chain sort of pro-
cesSlon In and out of st. Paul in an
ticipation of the extra session are all torn
up over the attempt of a minority to Sc
cure In caucus a definite date for adj
Journment and an agreement to limit the
work of the session to the consideration
or the tax commissions report
AT conference of Republican house
members at the Merchants yesterday it
was given out cold. that the caucus will
be fought and fought hard. They say the
caucus iuea originated with the men who
Ilrst champloned the governors desire for
tne appointment of a tax commission
Ihese men, they claim. are now afraid to
trust the handiWork of the commission
TO the scrutiny of the legislature and the
caucus to secure an agreement for a ten
day session is >onlY an attempt to cram
the tax bill down the legislative throat
without a chance for amendment
one OF the most conservative members
OF the Republican side of the house said
Yesterday: IF were satisfied that the
Dill and the constitutional amendments
could receive proper consideration in thir-
" Gays would favor such a limit to the
session. am heartily opposed to the
introduction of the mass of local legisla-
lloh winch some of the delegations are
prepared to spring and [ want the session
10 De brought to a close as speedily as
possible, but I will never go on record as
favoring the railroading Of the tax bill
without digestion.
Lively 1ulSE0SI III the state will ha
virtually affected by this new tax law and
the smallest interest has a right to the
same consideration that the big interests
Will manage to receive. The idea of a ten
DAY session is absurd. That would he
just long enough to allow the big in
tereStS to secure amendments that would
defeat the whole scheme of tax euuaIiza-
tlon. The men who are now CRYING loud
est Tor tabloid session are the men who
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they espoused the extra session scheme
IN the first place, and who, when the
interests behind them were liable to he
plhched, came out square toed against cal
ling an extra session. They are now
afraid to face the consequences of their
own acts"
Albert Berg, former secretary IF state
and member Of the house of representa-
tlves from Rosseau county may be forced
INTO permanent retirement from active
politics, on account of Mrs Berg's CON
unued i'll health. Mrs Berg is suffering
from an acute attack of a nervous dis
order which threatens to become chronic.
She was brought to St Paul several
weeks ago from a Winnipeg hospital in
a condition considered DANGEROUS. For a
time she rallied and last week her nhv-
slclans were hopeful of a speedy conva-
lesence. She has suffered another relapse.
Her physicians have forbidden the visits
OF everyone but her nurses and Mr.. Berg.
who is obliged to give her his constant at
tent1on but who hopes to be able to take
his wife to the South in a short time.
The Goodhue county Republicans are in
a domestic jangle over the selection Of a
candidate for the state senate to sue
ceed Senator DiclIeY. who has been slated
for permenant retirement from the no.
Htical arena. The rural Republicans hay..
settled on Ole K. Naeseth. of Kenyon. as
the proper man to assume Senator Dick
eyS toga. Mr.. NaeSeth is entirely inau
dlble to the Red Wing factions Of the
party, which are apparently hopeIessly
divided among a half dozen aspirants.
The old machine has settled on Albert
Johnson. prominent in Red Wing politics
and now serving as county attorn~--
The Sixth ward precinct committeeman
OF the Republican county organization
met last evening at the rooms Of the Lin
coin club, in the Endicott building, and
after selecting Charles Douglas as chair
man and Frank Haskell as secretary of
the meeting, decided to fill all vacancies
in the precinct committees by election
in the respective precincts.
Plans for the coming campaign were
discussed in a general way, but nothing
definite in that line was decided upon.
1t was agreed that the next meeting
should be called by the executive COM
mittee, and should take place in about
two weeks.