The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-22

Along with the grand old mems" dis
para cement of the bold rough riders
comes another knock at the hopes of the
young men TO get recognition in the party
IN a more acceptable shape than the
mere permission to get out and work or
vote as per directions when the time is
ripe. Johnny Selb, candidate for alder
man from the Fifth, is the butt of the
old ones wit. Selb claims the proud dis
tinction of being the first Republican
candidate for any old city Office with
nerve enough to run on a platform 1t
is Selb's platform as much as his youth
that the old timers refuse to swallow,
and naturally enough, as it contains
planks entirely foreign to Republican
policy OF municipal government. Johnny
says he wants and agrees to stand for
municipal lighting, reduced telephone
rates, sale of franchises. competition in
municipal contracts and to force the
street car company to furnish adequate
transportation facilities. The result of
Selbs presumption in daring to advance
even theory Of reform is that he and
his platform are dubbed the Jokes of
the season" by the gentlemen who are
too busy attending to their personal ad-
vancement to bother with reform.
Both the Doran and Warner factions
have another grievtnce. The Warner
people are sore over the action Of the
Lincoln club in advocating, even as
loosely as it did, Frank ArnoId's g.
cent street car fare scheme, which they
construe into a direct slap at their man.
Warner has already received all they
think he needs at the hands of the Kiefer
crowd, who with the cooperation OLA
Republican city Official they blame for
the newspaper attacks on the genial
president of the assembly. The Doran
people do not care so much about the
alleged Endorsement of Scent fares
because it is so drawn that it will not
be necessary for them to pay the slight
est attention to 1t, but it is on the cards
that the Lincoln club will have nothing
to do with the ambitions of the former
mayor and is preparing to take an ener-
getic dig at him by placing at least a
partial ticket in the field.
Fred Schiffmann unmasked part of his
batteries yesterday, by calling bluff and
exhibiting his certificate of nomination,
Which he says he will file when he "gets
good and ready He says the man who
files late will stand just as good a show
as he who rushes in on the strength Of
Jolly handed him by a crowd with
an able-bodied thirst, and that he can
afford to wait He says when he has
sounded the political nerve centers to
his satisfaction he will know just where
he is at" Schiffmann gave it out cold,
yesterday that he will not support Kiefer
if the latter is nominated. And by the
same token he has not admitted to any
one that he will support Doran, in the
event of his nomination. SchiffmGrn ex-
plains his def to Kiefer as simply a re-
turn of a compliment paid him by the
colonel two years ago. He says that at
that time Aiefer in a half-hearted way
said he would support anV Republican
candidate but Schiffmann whom he de-
clared to be the limit. Schiffmann'S
friends claim that the colonel was not
satisfied with his verbal knock but that
he forced the city employees to contrib
ute to fund to down the oil inspector.
Practically the same charge is laid at
Doran's door, who it said used the same
means to defeat another scheme in which
the king of the Windsor hotel Republic
ans was interested.
John McGrath is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination to the board of
alderman from the Sixth ward, and yes
terday filed his certificate of nomination.
Mr.. McGrath was formerly a member Of
the police force. He now conducts a
grocery store an Cherokee avenue
George H. Root, Of the Seventh ward
yesterday entered the political arena as
a candidate for Republican nomination to
the assembly. Mr.. Root is city man for
the Crescent Creamery company.