The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20

mayor of the city where such an cleo
ton is held is a member of the cam
wasting board, but holds that he can
not act If he should be a candidate
for any Office at the primary election.
1t therefore happened that Mayor
Smith was not competent to serve on
the board, but according to custom and
precedent it was expected that he
would be invited to name substitute.
But such a course was not pursued, the
mayor not even being notified that the
board intended to meet.
Mayor Smith himself is not making
any complaint about this apparent
snub, but his friends assert that to all
appearances he was made the victim
of a species Of very petty politics. The
law provides that the Judges of the
district shall name the substitute MEM
bers of the board If any are required,
but according to custom the county
auditor suggests the names.
A Minnesota man who reached ST.
Paul yesterday from Washington
brought the report that Tams Bixby
would be in Minnesota early next week.
Bixby, it is said, may take hand In
the internecine fight now on in the Re-
publican party in this state.
A report is in circulation that Con-
gresham James A. Tawney. OF WI
mona. has notified the poStmasters
throughout his district that he expects
them to take no active part in state
politics, if they value their jobs. 1t
is said that Tawney has ambitions of
his own.
:, 49,, ex-,,,, +1,o es;vty,
district that c. J. Gunderson, the Alex
andria lawyer mentioned in connection
with the Republican congressional
nomination, will not be a candidate
against Congressman Buchanan. but
may conclude to become a candidate
for the Republican nomination for the
judgeship in the Seventh judicial dis
trict. John w. Mason, OF Fergus Falls,
has already announced himself as
candidate for the nomination, and
Judge L. L. Baxter will be candidate
independent candidate.
Albert Berg, former secretary OF
state, who was member OF the COM
mittee on resolutions at the Minneapo-
lis Republican convention of Thursday,
was bitterly disappointed at the con-
ventions failure to make a straight
out declaration in favor of Canadian
reciprocity. He is vice president of
the Canadian Reciprocity league fer
Roseau county, and is an ardent be-
lever in the expediency of a recipro-
cal trade agreement with Canada. He
was the only member of the commit
tee on resolutions, however, who was
willing to go on record as making an
unequlvocal statement in favor of reel
Tx,ff a
Grimshaw was permitted to have his
way.
A Republican evening paper COM
plains that there were too many DEM
ocratic votes cast in the Fourth,
Eighth and Ninth wards at the prf-
mary election. 1t is pretty generally
conceded that, from the Republican
standpoint, there were too many Dem
ocratic votes cast in all the wards Of
the city.
City Attorney Michael has ruled on
the claims of the Socialist Labor and
the Socialist parties. His ruling is, in
effect, that the Socialist-Laber party is
entitled to recognition as party, and
that if the Socialists wish to appear on
the city ticket they must acquire a le-
gal standing by petition and must use
some other name than that of Social
lists. Mr. MichaePs ruling is based on
supreme court decision of 1902.
The Prohibitionists yesterday filed
their city ticket by petition. the candi-
dates being: For mayor, DR.. w. A.
Powers; for comptroller, f. r. McMan-
igal; for treasurer, N. r. Frost.
The Democratic city and county
committee meets to map out its plans
for the city campaign Monday even
ing at Democratic headquarters. The
name of Peter ]. Van Hoven has been