The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-07

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over, must be explained the same
way as the other miracles"
Concerning the supporters of Capt.
Lewis. Bede's little Budget. in the
same issue, said he found among the
list the following:
"The Herald and News Tribune
which stole $1,000 from the city
treasury and out of the pockets of
the people.
"The Commonwealth published
by Emil Schmied and John Stone
Pardee) which was coerced to sup
port him by a creditor who is editing
it with mortgage.
"The American Loan & Trust
Company criminals who owe the city
and county $4,000; who have en-
bezzled the peoples money and
ought to be in jail.
1.-THE Gas & Water Company, a
public enemy whose history is writ
ten on a hundred tombstones.
"Bigots who would repeal the
Declaration of Independence and sub
stitute resolution of hate.
"Ex-mayor Davis, the special
privilege agent, who before the con-
vention declared that Lewis was the
candidate of the corporations, but
has been seen since.
page Morris, the Virginia
renegade who denounced his party
leaders two years ago for the
poverty of their intellects,' but has
changed his mind to be city attorney.
doc. Barrett, the escaped carpet
Dagger and spendthrift, who knows
as much about economy as the
prodical son.
"Other orators, some of whose
biographies are found in the records
of the police court and a large col
lection of curios, from India and
other places, who make up the rag
tag and bobtail opposition to the peo-
pies cause.
"Ought any man to win with such
a following?"
Capt. Lewis won and little over
two years later, J. Adam Bede was
out yelling his head off for the g. o.
p, having come under the magic spell
of Mark Hanna.
In the campaign of 1894, Duluth
was diveded into eight wards with
two aldermen each. The democratic
candidates for aldermen that winter
were as follows:
First ward-W. P. Heimbach and
]. T. Hale, endorsed.
Second ward-Alexander S. Wilson
and Phil. M. Graf.
Third ward-W. A. Foote and Geo.
L. Spangler.
Fourth ward-Henry Schiesser
and Frank Osborn.
Fifth ward-C. o. Flynn.
Sixth ward-Wm. Thompson and
DR.. P. Bake.
Seventh ward-P. L. johnson and
| w. J. Matthews.
Eighth ward-John Peterson and
DR.. I. T. Burnside.
Most of the foregoing are unknown
to the younger generation.
Without looking up the records,
the Rip-saw cannot give the names
OF the republican aldermanic candi-
dates.
AS most people remember, John
Jenswold, now Duluth's eminent
lawyer, ran against Lewis and was
terribly defeated. Although a very
moral man and far superior to Capt.
Lewis in mind and morals, he car
ried but one precinct in the city
the old redlight precinct on st.
Croix avenue, in the old Fourth
ward.
Capt. Lewis put his own son Fred
in as private secretary. Harry Arm
strong was made chief of police and,
after two years of service, took his
savings and bought into the Nation
al Iron Works, where he has become
very wealthy. The notorious Bob
Benson was chief of detectives under
Armstrong and everything was fish
that came to his nasty net. Page
MOTHS, after two years of private
life, was appointed city attorney and
Ellsworth Benham, through political
pull rather than ability, was made
assistant city attorney.
doctor, who had been imbibing rather
freely all the afternoon and evening,
was bowling home eastward in his
automobile.
All at once the stimulated doctor
stiffly bumped into what he thought
was another car and he at once be-
gan to swear and complain and stern
~ child, the driver Of the other car
because he had no lights burning.
Getting no reply to his complaints,
the bibulous physician slowly and un-
certainly crawled out of his car to
argue the matter by personal contact
with the Other man.
When lie reached the car which
had failed to display its lights, he
found that he had collided with the
big iron drinking fountain at the
junction of East Superior street and
London Road.
This is a strictly true tale of the
town but it seems inadvisable to men
ton any names.
A little girl visiting in Duluth with
her paren. was taken to the Grand
theatre, the First Methodist church