The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05

but he will find it out. A quick,
sharp dash for the state auditor
ship seems his one best bet.
There is a horde of aspirants
for Halden's well worn shoes.
E. Fl. Hatch, Of Eveleth, who
creditably but unsuccessfully
contested Halden's right to the
office two years ago, is fully ex-
pected to again throw his derby
into the ring.
Will S. Mccormick, former
city auditor and prime favor
tie with Commissioner Fred j.
Voss, is mentioned by host of
friends and admirers as just the
man to get Halden's number.
State Senator George M. Pc
terson also is mentioned as a
man able to chase Halden out Of
the courthouse but many declare
that he is a Halden man, there
fore must take orders from the
boss. Others declare that Senator
Peterson. and Halden have split.
Mr.. Peterson, like a good poll
tician, says nothing.
A. P. Cook, former postmaster
and present superintendent for
the county poor commission, is
suspected of having longing eyes
cast on Halden's powerful place.
It even is declared that Mr.. Hal
den had the county poor commits
sion created, with a fat salary
for the superintendent, SO as to
please the Willcuts following and
remove a dangerous opponent.
The joke Of it is, the poor COM
missioners are appointed by the
district court judges, therefore
Mr.. Halden cannot dictate, either
to the commission or its superin-
tendent.
Mr.. Cook has ample ability for
a county auditor but he, also, is
saving wood on his present job
and keeping his mouth almight-
lily and tightly closed.
There have been rumors that
even w. A. Hicken would not
get real angry if asked to run
for county auditor but there is
suspicion that Halden has in
formed Mr.. Hicken that if he has
further political ambitions, he
will do we'll to aspire to nothing
higher around the courthouse
than the shoes of Ham" Little,
county commissioner for the Sec
ond district.
Mr.. Hicken is strong out that
way and would make the fur fly
if he cared for so dinky a job.
Still, $1,000 a year with $500 for
travel expenses, including an
automobile and chauffeur, car
not be considered so very dinky
in these troublous times.
Walter Bergen, city clerk, has
been mentioned.
Tilton E. Lewis has some
warm friends on the iron ranges
who will boost for him if he
says so.
Jack McGregor also has much
favor with a big bunch Of business
men.
Little Tammany, the wing Of
the great democratic party that
pulls down all the political plums
in this neck O. the woods, al
ways fares badly when Col. A.
G. Weiss is away. It's the old,
old story of the boys tearing
down, when the cold Man" is
gone, what it took him years to
pile up.
When Col. Weiss was danger
ously near deaths door in the
Rochester hospital, Fred B.
Lynch, the Big Boss, picked a
democratic postmaster for Du-
luth when he rather knew that
Col. Weiss had promised the job
to Marcus B. Cullum.
Now, when Col. Weiss was in
New York, recently, having hon
ors heaped on him by the Asso-
ciated Press members, a neat
little trench was lost in the city
hall.
After withdrawing commits
sioner Silberstein in the Herald
and giving him clean pedigree,
the willy old republican threw
Walter Gonska to the lions,
thereby losing a democrat from
the city hall, giving civil service