The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
Candidate for Legislature in the Thir-
ty-sixth District

ty-SIxth district
Few young men in public life have
been able to win by personal integrity
and attention to the administration of
affairs the wide friendship and respect
which have been accorded James R.
Hickey, representative to the legisla-
ture from the Thirty-SiXth district
(the Fourth ward) and candidate for
reelection on the Democratic ticket.
Mr.. Hickey is a young man, born in
Minnesota. and has lived in st. Paul
the greater part of his life. He re-
ceived his education in the public
schools and the state university of this
state, afterwards taking a law course
at the University of Minnesota law
school.
Since a boy he has been identified as
a worker within the ranks of the DEM
ocratics party, and his popularity was
well attested two years ago by the
manner in which his friends in all par
ties supported him for the office for
which he is now a candidate.
Mr.. Hickeys record in the legislature
is one that shows that he has the in
terest of st. Paul at heart. He intro
duced and secured the passage of a bill
reducing the interest on state school
lands to the actual settler.
He was a member of the elections
committee which heard the Blair-Ma
hood contest, in which it was sought to
unseat Mahood. AS member of that
committee Mr. Hickey drew up a mi
nority report and succeeded in having
it adopted in the face of the fact that
the house was made up of ninety-six
Republicans and only twenty-three
Democrats. In doing this he strongly
demonstrated his ability to protect the
rights of his party and to secure the
loc ric1o
Mr.. Hickey in the last session of
the legislature received the compli-
mentary vote of the minority party as
its candidate for speaker. He was also
chairman of the committee of three
that examined the capitol commission
as to the necessities and need for the
appropriation to complete the capitol.
In the house Mr.. Hickey had absolute
charge of the passage of the $1,5O0,0
capitol appropriation bill and success
fully secured its passage after one. OF
the warmest debates and contests Of
the session. He was also chairman Of
the Ramsey county delegation in the
last legislature.
Other important and meritorious leg
islation enacted by Mr.. Hickey was~the
passage of the police pension bill, pro-
viding for pension for retired and dis
ahled policemen and their widows. 1t
is now IN operation IN 81. Hdui.
Mr.. Hickey also introduced and Sc
cured the passage, over Republican
opposition, of bill more important to
the city of st. Paul than any legisla-
ton enacted for many years; the bill
is commonly known as the Hickey
bill,' and provided for the sale of $780,
600 worth of bonds, 100000 yearly,
payable in thirty years. with sinking
fund Of tenth of mill to provide
for the redemption of the bonds. This
bill has had the direct result Of re-
ducing the taxes from 81 mills to 26h
mills by the first sale of 100000 worth
of bonds, and it is predicted that when
the entire bond issue is made 1t will
have the direct result of reducing the
taxes from 81 to % mills. All Of this
was accomplished by Mr.. Hickey's own
personal effort.
Mr.. Hickey has built up splendid
law practice and is widely known. He
has an alertness for matters Of interest
TO the people of st. Paul and Ramsey
county, and is assured of a reelection
bv all the people, irrespective of party.