The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-23
FORMER UNITED STATES A7rop-
NEY GENERAL NOT INVITED
TO BOOM VAN SAINT
COMMITTEE WILL ASK
JAMES M. BECK INSTEAD
democratic City and County Organ
ization Busy Preparing for the Final
Day OF Registration-PostaIs to Be
Mailed to All DeIinquents Urging
Them to Register.


campaign speeches. the Republican
state central committee is endeavoring
TO press Assistant United States At
torney General Beck into service.
MI. Beck represents the government
in the taking of testimony in the
Northern Securities company case
now in progress in this city, and is
speaker of some ability. The Repub-
hcan state central committee Thought
1t would be a master stroke to secure
Mr. Beck for couple of speeches in
the Twin Cities, as his appearance on
the political platform would be a
boost" for Gov. Van SAINT
IN the selection of Mr.. Beck as the
one to lend hand to the Republican
campaign in Minnesota, the commit
tee passed up prominent Republican
IN the person of John w. Griggs, for
mer United States attorney general.
and as such member Of President
Mckinley's cabinet
Mr.. GriggS is also of counsel in tba
Northern Securities case, and likewise
has reputation as an orator, but he Is
engaged on the other side, and his an
pearance on the political platform
couId not be used as campaign ma
terial by Gov. Van SAINT in the en-
deavor to make the public believe his
position in the Northern Securities
case is for the benefit of the general
public.
Chairman Jamison, of the state CEN
ual committee said last evening that
there had been some talk of securing
Assistant Attorney General beck to de-
liver one or two speeches before the
campaign closed but the matter had
not been settled
Last Chance to Register.
The Democratic City and County
organization are already at work pre-
pairing for the registration on Sat-
urday. This will be the last day on
which voters can register for the COM
ing election, and the precinct commit
tees are checking over the books, and
will send to each Democratic voter who
is not registered a postal card request
ing him to visit the registration booth
on Saturday.
Four Democratic Meetings.
-Four Democratic meetings are sched-
uled for Friday evening. The Third,
Fourth, First and Eighth wards will
hold meetings.
In the Third ward D. w. Lawler, T.
D. O'Brien and T. R. Kane will be
among the speakers at the ward or
ganization headquarters, 260 East
Third street.
In the Fourth ward at Sherman hall,
Sixth and Wabasha streets, F. L. Nc
Ghee and George r. O'Reilly will speak,
as well as a number of candidates on
the county ticket.
In the First ward, John L Gieske,
candidate for congress; D. w. Lawler
and Prof. Peterson of Minneapolis,
will address the meeting, which will be
held in the tent at Payne avenue and
jerks street.
The Eighth ward Democrats will
hold a rally at Tschida's hall, Arundel
and Lafond streets. The speakers will
be John S. erode and Frank Martin.
Wouldn't Name the Figures.
A. f. Ferris, who, besides being a
candidate for the senate, is also man
aging Senator Buckman's congression-
al campaign in the Sixth district, ar
rived in st. Paul yesterday. Mr.. Fer
ris shifted a satchel from one hand to
the other and expressed the opinion
that Buchanan would have handsome
majority, but declined to give out any
figures.
Democratic Rally in Seventh.
D. w. Lawler, T. D. O'Brien, George
r. O'Reilly and T. r. Kane will speak
at Democratic rally in the Seventh
ward tonight. The meeting will be held
at Dayton and Western avenues.
Apathy Among Republicans,
The Republican organs have COM
menced the howl about the Democrats
spending money with lavish hand in
the state campaign, and as Congress-
man Morris says there Is an "unex-
plainable apathy" in the Republican
ranks, it may be that the Democrats
are hiring Republican voters to stay
away from the meeting scheduled by
cfa afrn1
tee.
Congressman Page Morris who has
been doing some stump work for the
Republican state central committee
and Gov. Van SAINT, reports most I'M
explainable apathy in the Republican
ranks.
81 don't know that ever saw such
an absence of enthusiasm in the ranks
of the Republican party" said Con-
gresham Morris to friend yesterday.
Casually, it has been no trick at all to
get up a meeting and have an audience
of from 200 to 500 persons. This time
it is very different, and the meetings
have attended are far from satisfac-
tory in point of attendance"
Their Election Assured.
County Treasurer Metzdorf and
County Attorney Kane are two candi-
dates on the Democratic ticket whose
reelection is assured. M. j. Bell, the
Republican candidate for treasurer,
has been an officeseeker for so many
years that even the voters of his own
party are giving him the cold sholdrer.
Messrs. Metzdorf and Kane are not
satisfied with having their election as
sured, but are working hard for the
success of the entire county ticket.
Eighth ward Democrats to the num-
Der of 500 attended a mass meeting
last evening at the ward headquarters,
Charles street and Western avenue.
John L. Gieske, candidate for con-
gress, delivered an interesting talk on
the subject of trusts and monopolies,
and promised the voters that his vote
in congress would always be in the in
terests of the people and for Demo-
cratic principles.
f. L. McGhee made one of his mimi
table political speeches, and referred
pointedly to the condition of affairs in
the Office of the county auditor under
a Republican administration He urged
the voters to work and vote for the
entire ticket and assist in making the
county administration as strongly
Democratic as the city administration
was.
Clemens Debald and T. C. Daggett
spoke briefly on the issues of the cam
paign, and were followed by T. Nc
Hugh, f. Kelly and Coroner A w.
Miller.