The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-18
WAR BREAKS OUT IN
REPUBLICAN CAMP
Friends of II. c. McNair. De-
featedfor Assembly, Go After
the 'Kid" Leaders.

was defeated for the Republican nomi-
nation for the assembly ticket. Nc
Nair7 one of the best known and most
competent of those who aSpired to the
nomination was pulled and hauled by
the kids running the campaign until
he consented, and realizes that, having
consented, the young fellows went out
and proceeded to dig his political grave.
It is now the turn of Mr.. McNair to
dig a few graves on his own account,
and that he proposes to do something
of this nature is evident from the at
titude that is being taken by some of
his friends.
Besides having been Inundated and
humbled which was the purpose in
view when the "kids" invited him to
file, Mr.. McNair finds upon fnvestiga-
ton that some of the older heads in.
the party assisted in the slaughter.
The principal role is assigned to F. B.
Doran, who has a place on the Repub-
lican assembly ticket. Doran is glad
of the part he took in the diSagreeable
affair, and boasts of it to his friends,
saying with that sly wink of his:
I guess McNair will remember now
what he did to me in 1894 when was
a candidate for mayor.
This statement gives the key to the
situation and furnished the reason for
the defeat of Mr.. McNair. His influ-
ence was feared in the councils of the
party, and ever since he had the good
judgment, as after, events proved, to
support r. A. Smith for mayor In 1894,
he has been a marked man. The de-
termination to get him out of the way
was strengthened by the fact that he
seriously considered the idea of filing
for mayor without the consent Of Fen
ton Warner, Ed Parish, doc" Haas,
Webster and few other of the 'skids."
who now have the reins of the party
in their hands. Using the good offices
of F. P. Wright, with or without the
knowledge of that gentleman, this gall
aXy induced McNair to file for the as
sembly. After which they went home
and laughed a laugh of content and
sighed a sigh of relief The remainder
of the plan was easy. Throughout the
city was circulated the story that Nc
Nair was a traitor to the party and de-,
served defeat. Many hidebound Re-
publicans, without knowledge Of the
facts, believed what was told them,
day and failed to make the cross oppo-
site the name of McNair.
And thus is happens, and with good
reason, that the knives of McNair clan
have been newly sharpened, and other
Republican candidates than F.eB. Do
ran may be given reason on election
day to remember the incident.
After having defeated his particular
TO for alderman and having
nominated his particular political enc
my for the assembly, the Republicans
are busy bringing pressure to bear on
Dr. Ohage to induce him to take no
part in the campaign. The kids are
more than active just now in pointing
out that-the health Commissioners would
weaken his position with the people
if he should warn his friends not to
vote for men who have demonstrated
that they are opposed to his policy and
to him. DR.. Ohage is saying nothing,
but it is safe to assert the belief that
he will not pass the opportunity to
take hand in affairs. F. B. Doran,
the candidate for the assembly, and
the pet of the kid" aggregation be-
cause of his strong and bitter part1-
sanship, has at every opportunity op-
posedzDf. sOhage. having openly taken
a stand against him on the public
charter commission Doran has lost no
opportunity to strike at. the health
commissioner. IS Frank Arnold, as a
member of the present assembly, has
also taken great pleasure in obstruct-
ing health department measures, and
it would seem to be asking the doctor
to exercise proVerbial Biblical patience
to overlook these offenses. And the
kid" element 4hatais running the Re-
publican party would also have the
doctor forget that it is responsible for
the defeat of John Marti, who aspired
to the Republican nomination for al
derman of the Sixth ward. Marti was
opposed by a solid phalanx of Repub-
lican politicians and was slaughtered
openly because of his friendship for
DR.. Ohage All of which, and there is
much more, would indicate that DR..
Ohage will be compelled to pocket his
pride if he fails to appeal to the people
to repudiate certain Of the Republican
candidates.
Republican politicians are jubilant
over the fact that they have secured
from their candidate for mayor a
pledge that if he is elected he will
take foreible possession of the police
depar tment. If such thing could be
done places would be provided for a
| number of hungry Republicans. who
have been kept from the pie counter
for 10, these four years. The plan as
outlined by one of the men who is to
have one of the best places on the
| force is that F. p. Wright, in case of
| his election, will remove the entire
| present police commission. He will
base his right to do this on the de-
cision of the state supreme court
| which upheld Gov. Linds action in re-
| moving O'Brien from the state prison
| board The latter had shortly before
| been appointed to the beard, and ap-
pealed to the courts on the ground that
he could not be emoved. The Repub-
licans claim that the decision, which
| upheld the removal, virtually declared
/ that the power that appoints an Off
cial can also remove the same official.
1t was not Intended by the Repub-
licans that knowledge of such an in
| tention of disrupting the present -ex-
cellent police department should leak
| out, but some of the boys" who have
| been promised positions, could not
keep the good news and are accord
! ingly appealing to their friends for
| Republican votes on the ground that
| they are going to be put on the force. .
The shoe workmen and the manu-
facturers are calling upon the kids
| who are running local Republican af-
fairs for an explanation Of the treat
ment of S. IS. Crooks, their friend and
| former co-worker. The only reason
given for. Crooks defeat for the Re
publican nomination for the assembly
! by the young men who have become
| dictators to the party is that they
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