The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-16
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Il ana not a candidate for mayor" said
John Wagner last night. am a Dem
ocFat and always will be. 1 will support
me cholce Of the party. OF course. if
the people wanted me to run for mavor
could not refuse on the ground that 7
preferred something else. The mayoraItv
OF 81. Paul is an honor I would aDDrecf
ale ana may some time try for; but will
not lille my certificate Of nonoina tion
Saturday and know nothing of tho
formation Of a ticket with myself as its
mead A great deal Of pressure has been
brought to bear. Some of my most loyaI
friends are very anxious that I shonld
run and others are as honestly opposed
to it, PPo"0o
Two Of the Republican candidates FOR
mayoralty honors officially entered tho
lstS yesterday. Former Mayor Kiefar
ana PRESIDENT of the Assembly Fenton G.
w arner MED certificates Of nomination
MI. hIefer's supporters claim that thew
VIII win, not alone because they are in
the majority, but because Mr.. Kiefe~s
long and distinguished services to tha
party and his record as mayor entitIe
nm TO the consideration and the suffra oe
OF the united party. The Warner mon
base their claim of success on the al
leged fact that the younger element Of
the St Paul Repufblicanisrn is soIidI1, ha-
hind their man and they saw that Mr.
Kefers official record will prove handi-
cap too heavy for his personal popularity
to overcome.
hlefer's popularity by no means rests
entirely in his supposed hoii upon the
German vote. His reputation for honesty
Is ummpeached. The fight which has al
ready taken on all the bitterness of ner-
sonal animosities, promises to be one oP
the hottest in the annals Of local politics
Warmers campaign was commenced SOW
eral months ago, when he started out
with the ayowed determination to land
the nomination for county auditor. His
campaign went Ear enough TO include
numerous promises of reward for the
faithful before the mayoraI.Y bee lighted
in his bonnet. Some Of the recipients Of
the promises are disgruntled ever the
change, but the Warner men feel that
they will be able to heal the sore spcts
with salve from the nayoralty box and
hold the young men in line.
Winn Powers, of the Eleventh ward
yesterday filed his certificate as a candf-
date for the Democratic nomination to
the assembly. Powers was q candidate
two years ago. The nomination came to
him unsought, and when beaten by a
very narrow margin he refused to con-
test after his friends discovered irregu-
larities that If corrected would probably
have resulted in his election. Mr.. Fow-
ers is young man. and as popular
throughout the city as lie is in Merriam
Park, where for years he has been recog-
nized as one of the most public spirited
and progressive residents. He is clean
cut business man, and as publisher Of the
Odd Fellows Review, has made a host
of friends who will support his candi-
6aey regardless of party affiliations.
Mayor Smith will appoint no member
of the council to the board Of public
works. The Republican bug bear of a
Democrat holding two offices will never
be more than the Republican bad dream
that it now is. If Aid. Murphy is ap-
pointed to the board of public works 1t
will be only after his resignation from
the council. Mayor Smith has too fine
sense of political propriety to even en-
terrain the unWholesome suggestion
which has the earmarks of the wish
fathering the thought.
Assemblyman II. r. Denny yesterday
filed the papers which officially announce
his candidacy for reelection at the hands
of the Republican party.
Assemblyman M. Gordon Craig, of the
Eleventh ward, Is candidate for re-
election. He filed his certificate of nomi
nation yesterday.
Wellington Pennington is a candidate
for the Republican nomination to the
board of aldermen from the Sixth ward,
ard filed his papers yesterday. Mr.. Pen
nington made the race several years ago
and was defeated by Robert Hare by the
narrow margin of three votes