The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-30
LOCAL DEMOCRATIC
RANKS ARE UNITED
Beginning of Campaign VIII
Find Party Leaders Working
in Harmony.

lie OSIllOCIdNy WILL pISoCiiS q oOiiN
front to the opposition at the spring
election" said a leading Democrat yes
terday. mot in many years could you
find so few sore spots as there are
this year. We have a united party Or
ganization and we are going to win.
THE danger to the Democratic ticket
is overconfidence, however, and would
not be considered as insisting that it is
a cinch. We need the efforts of every
man in the party, and it looks as
though we were going to have this.
With proper effort by our leaders and
interest by the workers, we will admin
lister such a defeat to the young men
who have corraled the local Republican
organization as they nor their fathers
ever dreamed about. There is nothing
that can stop the tidal wave of sue
cess, and it will be well for everybody
on the opposition side to get out of the
way"
Continuing, the speaker said: 1.-TWO
years ago, with a fight in our party,
Mayor Smith won out handsomely, and
this year, with practically every DEM
ocrat lined up for the head Of the
ticket and the whole ticket, we are 60
ing to win and win by such majority
as will be remembered for long time
A Republican evening paper COM
plains LIldC There 10 apathy III IAlC oCF-
enth ward, and explains it by saying
that the head of their ticket and several
candidates for assembly live in the
ward. The party whip will be cracked
fiercely in the Seventh, and everything
from Roosevelt to Reeves will be ap-
pealed to as an incentive to vote and
vote the Republican ticket.
Local Republicans and the local Re-
publican press seem to be much eXer-
cised over the fact that the Democratic
to be made Of the registration books
in room in the city hall. The books
are constantly under the jurisdiction of
a clerk from the city clerks Office, and
City Clerk Redington has told the Re
publican bosses that they have the
same right to copy the books. One
evening paper has been to considerable
trouble in vain effort to secure pho
tograph of the group of young ladies
engaged in making the copies, but has
met with nothing but rebuffs.
A Republican has broken into print
with a guess On the result Of the city
election, and gives Col Fred P. Wright
a majority of 1850. Democrats are not
making figures at this early stage OF
the proceedings, but when made they
will differ very materially from this es-
innate.
| The executive committees of the four
| Republican clubS--the Lincoln, Roose-
welt, Ramsey and Mckinley clubs-met
last evening at the Lincoln club, and
| each committee named one member to
confer with the city executive COM
! mittee relative to ratification meet
ing. The representatives of the clubs
will meet with the executive commit
tee at its next meeting, and the when,
| be determined upon.
/ AID. Andrew Dahlquist has filed his
| primary election expense account. The
statement shows he expended $36 in
his canvass. p. J. Giesen yesterday
| paid his filing fee of S. as Democratic
candidate for the assembly.
Frank M Eddy, of G3enwood, who
had been in the city for some days, left
last night for West Baden. Ind, to
spend some time at the baths. r. G.
Dunn, who is at Hot Springs, Ark. is
expected home late in the present week
or early in the next.
Simon Clark, surveyor general of
| logs and lumber and a prominent polit-
] ical factor in st. Louis county, is at the
Merchants. He is generally assigned
/ to the administration crowd in state
| politics, and, 1t is said, will lead the
fight in his county to perpetuate the
/ present machine.
A. T. Stebbins, of Rochester, who Is
a candidate for a place on the Repub-
! lican ticket as railroad and warehouse
| commissioner is in the city. While
| am not making any fuss about it, y
said Mr.. Stebbins at the Windsor last
! night, my canvass is progressing sat
1 isfactorily. The First district seems
very friendly, and in spite Of the fact
that We have two candidates for JUS
! tice of the supreme court in the per-
| sons of Chief Justice Start and Justice
| Lovely, there is no division of senti-
ment among us. We are all making a
friendly campaign. State Auditor
Iverson is usually credited to the First
| district, but he has not lived in the
district for something like fifteen years,
| and while We are proud of him as
| state official, he can scarcely be charg-
| ed to us. 1t seems probable that one
Of the railroad and warehouse COM
| missioners will be chosen from South
ern Minnesota and this encourages me
| to think 1 will be nominated by the
| convention"
Spike Harrington enters vigorous
| denial to being included with certain
| supporters of the Republican party
ST am a good citizen. working hard fol
a living, and am at present employed
on the street force" he said yesterday
at is hardly fair to rake up the past
or to push me over into the ranks OF
the Republicans"
4 4
Christian Holbeck, a Moorhead al
derman and an old settler, is a candi
date for district delegate from the
Ninth district to the national Demo
cratic convention.
ut would please me-" said one OF
the leading Republicans Of the First
ward to The Clio b e, ito learn the
identity of F. P. Wright's political tu-
tor. The Republican candidate fol
mayor came out our way Monday
evening and did what he. had beer
warned not to do-failed to mention
John o. Linden, the Republican candi-
date for alderman. We all know thai
Linden will have a hard fight to lanc
} the place, and for that reason he needs
, every boost that can be given him
Wright had been told of this, but ap-
parently he did not dare to speak II
| a complimentary way of the alder
| manic candidate, fearing that the op-
| position to Linden would extend theil
enmity to the candidate for mayor. o.
! one thing am sure, Wright mus
| commit himself on the aldernanit
! 1,rOpoSifion or he will not carry tbt