The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-08
SIGNS OF LIFE
IN CITY POLITICS
A RUSH FOR THE PLACE OF COL.
S. f. ADAMS.
Republicans in the Eleventh Ward
Have a ''Hunch''-It Says Alder
man Peter Nelson Will Be Easy to
Beat-Situation in Some of tho
Other Wards.

Local politics begin to show signs
of activity in spots, the most active
spots being the fourth and eleventh
wards.
In the fourth ward the expected
retirement of Colonel S. e. Adams,
the Nestor of the council, has caused
an early rush for his mantle. Charles
p. Lowell who gave Alderman Merrill
a race last year, is again the avowed
candidate. He sat in the council from
1888 to 1892 as a representative from
the fifth ward and was conceded to
have been one of the most valuable
of men and the hardest of workers.
Preliminary work is also being done
for Perry StarkWeather.
There are many we'll known citi-
zens ION the hill'' who would like to
go to the council, but there is an un-
written law In the republican organ
izatiOn for the ward that ''the hilP'
shall have one representative in the
council and the upper or down town
district the other. AS Alderman Mer-
rill comes from the Lowry hill dis
trict, any candidate from that terri
tory would have very little chance to
be nominated.
In the Eleventh..
In the eleventh ward the repub-
Peter Nelson will now be an easy man
to beat and they are bestirring them
| selves. This ward is the most pecu-
| liar one among the thirteen divisions
| of the city. Altho normally good for
! a clear republican majority of from
700 to 1000 votes it often has a dem
ocrat in the city council and at pres
ent has two. The ward fairly swarms
| with political leaders, most of whom
| losers WI q nj,
maries go against them they become
very busy with their knives. But the
people Of the ward now realize that
it is a positive detriment to the ward
when the city council is constituted
as at present, to send democrats .tc
that body, and every one is preaching
the gospel Of harmony and fair play
At the same time the omnipresent
candidates are seeking to take advan.
tage of the movement. Former AL
| dernan Claus Peterson is said to be
willing to serve the ward again, and i
seems to be accepted that Swan Mel
son will not lie down after one defeat
George D. Craig is spoken of as likely
material, and there will soon bt
others. \ ~.
! The Eighth's Case.
Matters are somewhat mixed in tn
eighth ward, Some Of the chiefs de
| Z
conclusively at the last election tha
r his strength had vanished, but other
} maintain that, while he may not b.
cut out for mayor, he is a good aid
: erman. Should he be nominated h
; will, of course, be elected. Close OBJ
servers declare that if a representa-
tive business man goes after the nomi
} nation Powers will be '*nowhere.'
Cloudy in the Third.
In the third ward the situation
not clear. The republicans have ever
confidence iii Claus Mumn, especiall
since the charges against him hav
fallen flat, but they know tina
the democrats will not hesitate t
distort and magnify the fact of tn
indictment. Alderman Mumm himsel
is placed in a position which annoy
him greatly. He was just preparin
to start the preliminary work of tn
campaign, when the Sutherland gran
: jury incident was sprung. Neverthe
less, he is regarded as the best man t
oppose the Kiichli organization. =
McCoy-Larson Combine.
There will be a determined: effor
= in the ninth ward to break the Nc
Coy-Larson combination, which ha
: ruled that ward for five years. Thi
ward, like the eleventh. is normal
t a republican ward, but frequently
pSIIOI SoIilC duCC1 pollClCdl S1uI1Ci
Harry McLaskey is said to be sur
of denomination in the seventh ware
The recent elections by the Sevent
Ward republican club is construed b
the students of the game to indicat
that everything is coming his way.
1t seems to be assumed that G.
Holmes in the fifth, Nels J. Nelso
in the sixth, A. S. Adams in tn
twelfth, and F. l.. Schoonmaker
the thirteenth, will be 'indorsed''
} they care to be, but matters are fran
ing up for some friction for Joh
Ryan in the first, James S. Lane in til
second and James Dwyer in til
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