The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-19
VOTERS ARE URGED
TO REGISTER TODAY
Polling Places VIII Be Open
From 6 This Morning Until
9 O'Clock Tonight.

The Importance of registering today
is being dwelt upon by the managers
of both the Democratic and Repub-
lican parties and an extra effort is be-
ing made to interest the voters who
did not vote in the primary election
to the extent of securing their pres
ence today in the voting precincts and
having them enrolled.
The polling places will be open from
a. m. to 8 p. m, and all day yesterday
there was stream of judges of cleo
ton leaving the city clerks office with
| the necessary books and blanks for the
purpose of registering the voters in
the various voting precincts.
Under the state election law in
cities of the class of st. Paul it is alb
solutely necessary that a voter be reg
istered before he can vote, and the
Importance of registration cannot
therefore be underestimated. 1t is be-
ing urged home that it is the duty of
every man to vote and it is therefore
the duty of every man to register.
Considerable speculation is being in
dulged in by the men at the headquar-
ters of the rival political parties as to
the total registration of the city for the
election of 1904. The most conserva-
tive estimates are $4,000, and they
range as high as 10000 Possibly a
| figure about midway between will
more nearly represent the registration.
The primary election showed some
thing of a falling off from that of two
years ago, but this is easily explained
by the fact that both Mayor Smith and
Col. Wright for mayor were practically
POTnnTQn i'm hx-
| spective parties and comparatively lit
tie interest was taken in the primary
| election except in certain wards.
There was a great outpouring of the
Eighth and Ninth ward voters last
night and st. Demands hall, Rose and
Albermarle, was the receptacle. The
big auditorium was packed to suffOca-
ton and scores stood throughout the
evenings speaking at the rear of the
hall. The interest was manifest from
| the time Chairman Clemens Thebald
called the meeting to order until long
after II o'clock, when the last speaker
had finished, and at the mention Of
the names of the favorites on the Dem
ocratic ticket there were hearty out
bursts of applause. Mayor Robert A.
Smith,. who was present and spoke
| briefly, received a yeritable ovation,
and the names of Matthias BantZ and
John j. Brennan, candidates respectively
in the Eighth and Ninth for alderman,
were cheered by the friends that filled
the hall.
1t was the best ward meeting that
has been held thus far in the cam
pa1gn. AS was only proper, about one
half the speeches were in the German
language and the addresses given in
the mother tongue were especially well
| received.
John S. erode made the principal
! speech of the evening. Mr.. erode
talked for nearly an hour and discussed
| the issues very fully. He recited the
history Of the administrations given by
Wright, DOran and Kiefer, and COM
pared their failures to the successful
and businesslike administrations of
Mayor Robert A. Smith during the past
four years He told the truth about
the taxes, taking his figures from the
official records at the city hail. and he
showed to the evident satisfaction Of
his hearers that there was absolutely
no merit in the claims made by the
Republicans that taxes were higher
now than under the administration of
Wright in 1924.
Thomas D. O'Brien followed with a
! brief address,. Mr.. OBrien said that he
was not one of those who believed it
a mortal sin for Democrat to vote
for the candidate Of another political
party, in local affairs when his own
party candidate was inferior to the
man put forward by the opposition
party, but there could: be no excuse
this year for any Democrat voting any,
thing but a straight party ticket.
1T is the best ticket ever put before
| the people of st. Paul by either party
Mr.. O'Brien declared. mo Democrat
could be justified in scratching one
i0Iz yofo
| and you will go home with a clear
| conscience of having done your full
duty"
''The police administration is the
best advertisement St. Paul has ever
had. Why, it is so good that up to
three weeks ago the Republican news
| papers were praising it and Candidate
Wright said it was SO effective that he
would not remove Chief O'Connor if
he We're to be elected. But his people
began to laugh at him for making his
| campaign along this line, and he and
his friends have been driven to abuse
| the same police force that three weeks
ago they were praising so highly.
| Why, the police force of the city is so
| efficient that the traditional animosity
| of Minneapolis towards st. Paul has
| been overcome, and in his recent mes
| sage Mayor Haynes, Of Minneapolis,
| acknowledged the cooperation of Chief
| O'COnnor and his men in cooperating
with his own force to keep the Twin
| Cities clear of criminals and crime
| Mr. O'Brien cited the numerous great
| public improvements that had been be-
| gun and completed in Mayor Smiths
administration, and said that no faint
of scandal had approached any one of
! the administratio achievements in
this direction There really were no is
sues left for the Republicans, and they
were only fighting the wind in their
| efforts to create something on which to
! make their campaign.
| Michael DOran Jr made a most eff
| fective talk, in which he urged the
voters of the Eighth and Ninth to re-
! flute the claim Of Col. Kiefer that he has
| the votes Of the two wards in his in
| side pocket. Kiefer had made a fail
1 ure of his administration as mayor, and
| anyway he had been so kindly treated
! in the past that he could be returned
| as burgOmaster of Lake GerVais with
no damage done.
Referring to the Republican claims
of extravaganza, he showed the cheap
ness of the charges by citing the Re-
publican charter commissions recon-
mendatiOns for an increase of $50, 900 in
the annual appropriation for the fire