The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02

SDemocracy has triumphed in st. Paul!
The conspiracy on the part Of the re-
publicans, the reform and progressive
elements to take away from Robert A.
Smith his sinecure, the mayoralty Of the
city, has been defeated. Mr.. Smith has
majority of 1,5ll votes, receiving
1876 votes to 1924 for Hoffman,, re-
publican. - -. ,,..... .
The democrats also elected seven Of
the nine assemblymen, and nine Of the
eleven aldermen, and reelected their
candidates for controller and city treas
| urer ~.
John w. Finehout, who happens to be
a republican, led in the race for munich
pal Judge by more than two thousand
votes, but this was a personal rather
than a party triumph.
About all the consolation the repub-
licans got for their hard work is that
they made the democratic gang hustle
as they have never hustled before, and
spend their money, too. =.
The democrats had been taking things
easy until about two weeks ago. Peo-
pie had got 50 in the habit of electing
Bob Smith mayor that his reelection
seemed to be foregone conclusion. The
republicans even had trouble in getting
anyone to run against him, but finally
a young man named Hoffman, consent
ed. He didn It take his nomination as an
empty honor, nor an advertisement for
his business as haberdasher, but
started in to win. He put in eighteen
hours a day electioneering, and had
back of him the element that is largely
responsible for stirring the old town up
and making it shell out for few i'm
provements, such as an auditorium and
goose-necked street lights, la Mime
apolis.
Hoffmann's Campaign.
Hoffman, g personal record was clean
and the only thing that could be said
against him was that he did not sell
shirts made in st. Paul at his store
Perhaps this defeated him, for an ap
peal to "patronize our home indus
tries' always touches the spot in St
> Paul. 5.ss.
His campaign was rather adroit. HI
didn't abuse nor ridicule ode Bob
as some Of his predecessors had done
He was accustomed to say that Boz
was a mighty fine old fellow, personally
!, but his reelection simply meant thai
he would sit in the office and read his
newspaper while Dick O'Connor would
! run things. Realizing that John O'Con
a0rs popularity aS chief HE Of Rof h
n nounced that if he was elected he woul'
e keep John as chief of police. The res
o of his argument was against the bossisn
| of the democratic gangsters and til,
h need of young blood in the administra
e ton of city affairs to keep pace witt
j. the Commercial clubs tune Of '"kee]
Z, things moving for st. Paul.
) Woke Up de Gang.
- Mr.. Hoffman, and his hackers sue
% ceeded really too well in their efforts t.
arouse public sentiment, for they ais
woke up the members Of the * gang,
v who were up and doing also. Since tn
demise Of the st. Paul Globe the demo
Gratis have been without an organ, blu
20 space was hired in the papers and onl
baking powder war could have give
greater delight to the advertising $mal
o ayers, for the republicans followed sui
g and fulminations, double-leaded, doubl
Ce column, and adorned with half-tone cut
RI of candidates were fred in broadside
d. atrpure reading matter rates.
Is AS far as could be judged Saturda,
)e it was a close race, with eide Bob
70 coming down the track breathing har
vs. and with his whiskers flying; Hoffman
le close behind and running easily. The
lie there was hurry-up call from Die
= O'Connor Office and messenger
brought in the ward workers from a
i over town. The ba 'r'l was tapped, an
G. word passed to Ego after 'em AN
q. they went.
S Being Tuesday, II Rained.
y Tuesday came, and it rained. M
8 Hoffmann's frantic appeals for til
new order of things and the solem
d Iwarnings of HalbertS of the citizen
q league, availed not with the bus 1pes
: man who had left his gum shoes
81 home and didn It like to get wet, viii
2 the Dick O'Connor boys, staunch an
u true, sloshed around and carried the
Il mud-stained banner to victory.
- This is plainly the view Of Franl
q liz H. Briggs, Homann s campaie
q manager, who says:
d The weather was against u.s. tt
g vote was hard to get out and some {
= it did not get out at all. So
d. The Pioneer Press thinks the resu
S was largely due to the reluctance
y people to submit Mr.. Smith to Il
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