The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-29
MOOCHER KING is A
LOYAL REPUBLICAN
M. L. WooIworth Passes Up
Opera to Attend Lincoln
Club Meeting.

Mortimer Livingston Woolworth,
known to his familiars as king Of
the Moochers," and representing con-
stituency including Marcus Spike Har-
rington. Lumpy Shoe and divers 9TH
ers who 'tmooch' the court house and
city hall when not otherwise employed
at the works, led the applause at the
reception rendered the Republican can
didates and the city executive COM
mittee by the Lincoln club last night.
A number of the most prominent
members of the club were detained by
engagements at the opera, but while
Woolworth evidently had dressed for
the opening night of the season OF
grand opera, inclination took him to
the fifth floor of the Endicott building
and the Lincoln club rooms. He ap-
peared with a bloed-red carnation in
his buttonhole, but the other aper-
lures in his raiment were untitled at a
late hour. He mingled freely with the
common herd at the Republican gath
ering, deigning to shake hands affably
with the candidates and to cheer each
with a word and nod. When one OF
the speakers was called upon he
clapped his hands enthusiastically and
was heard to remark upon the con-
clusion of the remarks that the speaker
was the goods" and worthy place
in the city hall. Woolworth was par
ticularly insistent that Assemblyman
Frank G. Arnold should be heard, and
in order that there should be no de-
bate, President Arthur W. Lyman
called on Arnold early in the evening.
It was explained later that the
"moocher' had found postal card in
vitation which a leading Republican
had carelessly thrown away as being
of no personal interest to him, and
not looking at the address had con-
cluded he was invited. While some
what unexpected, his presence was a
diversion from the thoroughly respect
able air which usually pervades Re
publican meetings and gave zest to
what otherwise might have proven de-
cidedly conventional.
Among the other speakers were Ar
mand Albrecht who spoke of the
charter amendments and said that
legislation is necessary before the
charter changes could be submitted to
Clark, Eli Warner, M. j. Fitzgerald,
Col. f. P. Wright, James Drummond,
S. Pope Spates, J. ]. Ermantinger,
Thomas Montgomery, II. T. Holbert,
Gates Johnson, John @. Adams and
F. B. Doran.
Du1uth's candidacy for the Republic
an nominating convention has not been
taken very seriously by anybody OUT
side of Duluth, and there are indica-
lions that the Republican state central
committee, to whom is committed the
duty of calling the convention and des-
ignating the city which is to entertain
it, has taken the same general view Of
the situation.
The convention will be held in ST.
Paul, and it will probably be called
for late in June or early in July. Two
years ago the nominating convention
was held July 1, and it is safe to say
that the 1904 convention will not be
far from this date.
Chairman Robert A. Jamison said
yesterday that he had not had any
consultation with the other members
Of the committee as to a meeting Of
the committee for the purpose Of issu-
ing a call for the convention, and he
did not think the committee would get
together before the latter part of May
for the duty. The committee will prob
ably meet some six weeks in advance of
the conventions date that ample time
may be given for compliance with the