The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-22
"KID' REPUBLICANS
CAPTURE THE RE|NS
They Surprise the Veterans by
Taking Charge of the
Local Campaign.

iOOiIlS cIltOIl ". warner Was CIlOSSU
secretary and Frank ]. Haskell assist
ant secretary of the executive commit
tee.
The selections came as a complete
surprise to everybody but a few OF
those on the inside Of the present party
organization. 1t was generally expected
that Fred B. Parker would land the
secretaryship, though he had a strong
competitor in Magnus Norman, of the
First ward. Parker had the strongest
backing and the failure to name him
has created something of sensation in
local. Republican circles, while Nor
mans First ward following is sore on
his failure to arrive.
Warner is chairman of the Republic
an city and county organization, state
oil inspector and one of the Ramsey
county men who has everything at
stake in state politics. His selection
as secretary of the city campaign COM
mittee is obnoxious to an element in
{ the party. but he evidently had the
executive committee in so firm a leash
that there was no escape and he landed
the coveted place. Haskell is an active
young Republican of the Sixth ward
who is credited with designs on a seat
in the next legislature. There is no
objection to him personally, but it is
charged that he will fall readily into
line and permit DR.. Haas, the vice
chairman, and Secretary Warner to
run the committee along any line
that they may select, and that way
is feared by a good many Republicans
who have only the election of Col.
Wright and his associates on the Re
publican city ticket in mind in making
the campaign.
The committee will meet tonight at
the Lincoln club rooms to discuss plans
for the campaign, though several of its
members say that they do not favor
opening the active campaign for some
two weeks yet. The meeting tonight
will be held at the Lincoln club rooms.
which Is temporary headquarters of
the committee, but it is expected to
secure permanent campaign headquar-
ters in rooms more accessible than
those on the fourth floor of the Endi-
colt building.
A fully attended meeting of the DEM
ocratic executive committe was held
last night at Democratic headquarters
in the Globe building. General plans
for the campaign were discussed and
a meeting of the candidates was called,
to be held prior to the next meeting
of the committee March 2S. The ex-
ecutive committee has announced that
active campaign work in the wards
will not be undertaken for two or three
weeks, but preliminaries are naturally
taken up at this time.
A Junior Pioneers association is be-
ing formed in North Dakota, having
as it's prototype the popular social Or
ganization of st. Paul. Unlike the st.
Paul association, however, the North
Dakota Junior Pioneers is to be a po-
1i1o nd ic
strengthen native born DakotanS with
the Republican party.
The league is well under way in the
matter of organization, and its pro-
motors hope to make it as effective a
political power as the Native Sons of
California, without whose favor the
California politician has very uphill
job.
An analysis Of the vote given Rob-
ert A. Smith in the primaries last
his vote-getting abilities and attests
the strong hold he has on the people
of ST. Paul. Mr.. Smith received a
total of 1857 votes, according to the
certificate of nomination just given him
by the canvassing board, out of a total
of few more than 5000 votes cast
for the Democratic candidates for the
nomination. He lacks but 43 votes of
an even 5000, while the three Repub-
lican aspirants for the nomination re-
ceived 1882 all told. The total vote
this year was but a few better than
1900, as against 1925 cast in the pri-
maries of 1902; yet in spite of the loss
of more than 1000 votes Mayor Smith
received 700 more votes for the nomi-
nation this year than two years ago,
while the three Republican candidates
brought out less votes by 752 than two
years ago. Any way it is considered,
Mayor Smiths primary vote is salts
factory, indeed.
It is reported that a number of can
didates are preparing petitions for
circulation among the voters that they
may go on the city ticket as independ-
ent candidates. There is plenty of
time, inasmuch as candidates may file
by petition as late as April 23-ten
days before election.
J. B. Covington, of the Fourth ward,
who made a very satisfactory run for
the assembly, is out with statement
that he is for the entire Democratic
ticket. II want to say through T e
G 10 b e." said Mr.. Covington yester-
day, that feel very grateful indeed
to the Democrats who voted for me at
the recent primaries. 1t was cour-
tesy that I shall not soon forget, and
am going to show my appreciation by
giving the Democratic ticket my heart
lest support from top to bottom"
DR.. W. L. Babcock, speaker of the
last house of representatives, was in
st. Paul last night en- route home to
Wadena from a business trip to New
York and Vermont DIR RahcOct< who
recently declined to be considered a
candidate for district delegate in the
Sixth district, declares emphatically
that he is out of politics and will not
be candidate for anything in the gift
of the people of his district this fall.
A story comes from Minneapolis
that the activity of c. A. Smith, the
millionaire lumberman, in politics, is
accounted for by an ambition, thus
far closely guarded, to occupy a sea :
in the United States senate. Smith
has not been specially interested in
politics for some years other than be-
ing voting Republican, and in some
quarters even this credit is denied him.
1t is pretty generally conceded that
Smith bolted Eustfs in favor of Lind
when they battled for the governors
Office in 1898, and again voted for
Lind when he defeated Loren Fletcher
for congress in 1902. 1t is said that
this record of party disloyalty operat-
ed against him in his candidacy for
district delegate to the Chicago con-
yention, when sPudge" Heffelfnger
beat him by a good many votes in
the race for first place on the ticket,
but Mr.. Smith had plenty of votes to
spare at that. His entrance into poll
tics after several years of quiet has