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cles-and have no doubt that. they
will not"


alternates will be selected to the Chi
cago national convention. So far DR..
l.. w Babcock, of Wadena, is the only
man prominently mentioned as dis
trlct delegate from the Sixth.
"On the theory that Fudge Heffel-
finger is a wonderful exponent of the
strenuous life, a coterie Of Hennepin
county Republicans are bringing him
out as candidate for district delegate
TO the Chicago national convention"
remarked Minneapolis Republican
yesterday. There is nothing the mat
ter with Heffelinger, only that he has
never done anything for the party to
deserve any such recognition. He is
the son of a wealthy family, played
football on the Yale team for a num-
Der of years, and-but that's all that
anyone can remember to recommend
him for Dreferment at the hands of
Republicans The only explanation is
that Heffelfnger's friends believe that
ne is so striking an example of the col
lege athlete that Teddy will welcome
MIN with open arms as delegate
When he is compared with J. S. Nc
Lain his claims to recognition shrink
to, an absolute nuility. Hennepin
county Republicans wifi not stand for
any deal of this kind that will endan-
ger McLain's chances of a seat in the
chicago convention"
Senator H. B. Miller, of Luverne, is
In the Twin Cities to meet with the
country editors, and his friends in the
Second congressional district are
sounding the sentiment of the editors
or that district as to Mr.. Millers can
didacy for congress in the district this
fall. There is undoubtedly quite a
sentiment against McCleary's return
from the Second. He is serving his
fourth term in the lower house at
Washington; and it Is charged that he
has no interest in the district While
nominally claiming Mankato as his
home, he is there only occasionally
during each campaign, and during the
recesSes Of the house seldom if ever
comes to the state. He maintains no
house at Mankato, and hasn't even a
room at a hotel. The strength Of Nc
Cleary's organization is not to be I'M
derestimated in the district, for during
his long service in the house he has,
by the patronage Of his office. built
up a powerful machine, and one whose
members will not surrender their
places at the public crib without a
struggle. Miller's recent decision to
cast his fortunes with the Collins
crowd is said to be a part of the plan
to capture McCleary's seat in con-
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carried right into McCIeary's town Of
Mankato, which has been In some
measure estranged by his long stays
In Washington and the East.
The attempted throw down of John
j. Leighton by the Republican leaders
Is one Of the incidents that demon
strates the hollowness Of Republican
claims to friendship for organized la
LEIGHTON 10 lob
leader and has filed for the Republican
nomination for mayor, but his candi-
dacy is receiving. no regard from the
Republican leaders. The fact was em-
phas1zed at the Roosevelt club smoker
Monday night, when the speakers dis
cussed the problems presented by the
miXed-up mayoralty situation, but no.
improved things any by filing his GER
ti11cate Of candidacy. Mr.. Leighton
said at the beginning of the campaign
when he announced his candidacy, that
he was in the race to stay, and he has
not changed his decision; and despite
the efforts of certain Of the party lead
ers to sidetrack him he saws he is very
well satisfied with the situation and
the assurances of support that are COM
ing to him.
Eighth ward Republicans last night
practically unanimously indorsed the
candidacy Of Col A. r. Kiefer and
appointed a committee to ask him to
become candidate for mayor The
committee will wait on Col. Kiefer at
his office Saturday morning at IL
o'clock and deliver the message. Ad-
dresses were delivered by w. r.
johnson, Oar F. Reese, Capt. Joseph
Burger, F. G. Schiffmann and George
Gerlach. All were complimentary to
Col. Kiefer, and he was declared to
be the only Republican who could by
any possibility be elected mayor of st.
Paul at the election to be held in May.
1t was intimated very broadly by sew
eral of the speakers that Kiefer was
really the only popular Republican
candidate in the field, the others thus
far mentioned being the candidates of
the silk-stocking element in the Re-
publican party, and it was suggested
that the Endorsements given Col.
Wright were really not the work Of
ward organizations, but were the ac-
ton of Republican clubs, and the pre-
cinct organizations were not bound by
these gratuitous proffers of support
George GePlach opened the meeting,
speaking in German, but gave way to
William r. Johnson. who was called
to the chair. He admitted that his DO
litical relations with Kiefer had not
always been or the most pleasant char
acter In the past, but he had written
him that he would support him if he
became candidate for the mayoralty.
He considered the present primary
election law a damnable institution,
and charged the present unsatisfactory
condition Of Republican local affairs
to the operations of the law. Under
that law, he said, the Sixth ward was
without g. candidate for alderman or
assembly.
Oar F. Reese was called upon and re-
cited the long residence of Col. Kiefer
in st. Paul and his services to the
city, county and nation. He spoke of
his American citizenship and his war
record. There had never been a ques-
ton of his loyalty, carefulness and
honesty. IF he is nominated he can
be elected" declared the speaker, ''for
the time is ripe for a change. If he is
nominated he will be mayor in fact as
well as in name, and no large inter-
ests will dictate his appointments"
Mr.. Reese had no unkind word to say
of Col Wright but he did not believe
that Wright's Endorsements were from
the great mass of the people.
F. G. Schfffmann said that Col. Kie- !
fer was the strongest man for the Re-
publicans to nominate for mayor. He
did not hear any great demand for his
nomination "by the millionaires down
town, the merchant princes or from
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