The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-20
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IN PRIMARY RACE
Contests In Today's Election
Viii. in Many Instances, Be
Close and Exciting

dates for Office in Hennepin county will
line up for the fifty-eight places which
are to be filled. Following is list Of
the offices for which candidates will be
named:
Four district Judges, congressman.
mayor, judge of probate, clerk of the
court, four county commissioners,
sheriff, county auditor. county treas,
urer, register of deeds, county sur.
veyor, four members of the park board,
members of the library board, super
er, city comptroller, city treasurer, tfir-s
teen aldermen, sixteen members of the
legislature.
Many Men Enter
The Republicans have more eandi-
dates in the field than the Democrats
and there is only one place on the coun-
ty ticket where the candidate has no
opposition This is the case of Hugh
Scott, the county auditor. He will sue.
ceed1 himself assthe candidate for the
place.
On the Democratic ticket there are
fewer contests: In many instances only
one man has been named for a place,
and in several wards there is only one
candidate for alderman. For the city
boards there are only enough can
didates to fill the ticket
There is new ticket in the field this
year and as result the work of count
ing the votes. will be more prolonged.
The. Prohibitionists of Hennepin
county have succeeded in securing
recognition, ticket and a portion Of
the judges of election.
The campaign has been strenuous
ever since Prof William Peterson,
who was the first candidate to declare
himself. fled as candidate for the
from the Eleventh ward. This was
along in April.
Republicans at War
The Republicans are torn with strife.
having six candidates for the mayoral-
ty nomination, five for congress- a half
dozen for county treasurer and four
teen for the four places on the judicial
ticket
They have not been chary in the
expenditure of money and rumor has
it that the greatest. expenditure has
been in behalf of D. P Jones, who was
the reform mayor for few months
after the flight of former Mayor Ames.
That the primaries will leave some
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expected by the members of this party,
and the rancor will inure to the benefit
OF the Democrats, who, as rule, have
placed in the field one of the strongest
tickets. ever. presented by a political
party in. Hennepin county.
The result of today's primaries prob
ably will show whether the voters
league Which was organized, is with
or without Influence in the city. 1t has
devoted considerable attention to al
dermanic and county commission can
dldates and has made numerous reports
and recommendations.
Some candidates have been indorsed
and others condemned
Theses findings have been printed in
the newspapers and yesterday the
league secured advertising space in all
the newspapers and repeated its adj
monitions to vote for good candidates,
naming them in the announcement.
Judgeship Is a Puzzle
Fourteen candidates for the district
court will puzzle the Republican vot-
ers. The two retiring Judges and
twelve others are candidates for the
four places on the ticket. Speculation
is rife as to the result, but no man
seems to be able to figure out a slate
which hts neighbor will accept.
The Democrats have six candidates
for the four places and the nomination
of Judges Brooks and Pond seems as
sured.
Fight for Congress
The Democrats have three candi-
dates for congress, William H. VIII
liams, who managed the Hearst cam
paign in Hennepin county; DR.. c. H.
Koehler and George r. Robinson. The
contest is between Messrs. Williams
and Koehler.s with the advantage
claimed by each.
Three men5slead in the Republican
race. They are Congressman Fletcher,
Dr.sAssA. An1es and H. E. Fryberger.
A. H. Hall and w. T. Coe are still in
the running.
1t Is the belief of the old time Re-
publicans that Uncle Loren will be
named as candidate for what he
has promised shall be his last term,
in public Office, but the followers of
Ames are confident he will cause sur
prise among the wise men when the
Haynes VS.. Rinehart
The Democratic contest for mayor
is between Mayor Haynes and Or,
Vile Rinehart. Mayor Haynes has the
advantage of having served the city
TOT two years and given an adminis-
trat1on Which seems to have suited his
friends, for they are loyal to a man.
Mr.. Rinehart and some of his fol-
lowers complain that the mayor has
made the mistake of keeping too many
Republicans on the police force and of
occasionally appointing one to va
cancy. Mr.. Rinehart has a platform,
the principal planks of which are mu-
nicipal ownership of public utilities,
cheaper street car fare and dollar gas.
X. X. Odell is also candidate
Republicans in Muss
There has been a keen rivalry be-
tween the supporters of John A
Schlener, d. P. Jones and u. G. Will
liams, the leading candidates for the
republican nomination for mayor and
the fight today promises to be bitter.
The anti-Jones people accuse him or
entering the field after he had prom
ised John A. Schlener that under no
circumstances would he be candidate
for mayor, and that heswas interview
ed to this effect Id the newspapers
The party WORKERS who put parti-
sanship above everything declare Mr..
Jones has bolted every Republican
candidate for mayor for six years
Webster in 1898; Ames in 1900 and
Powers in 1902.
They also accuse him of a threat not
to support the entire ticket. Mr.. Jones
says he viii not bind himself to vote
for every Republican nominee, but
will support the ticket as whole
John A. Schlener. who was defeated
by Ames in 1900, claims he is entitled
to a vindicatjon and Coroner TT q