The Saint Paul globe., April 28, 1898, Page 3, Image 3

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SPLENDID TRIBUTE TO DR.
RUDOLPH SCHIFFMANN
What Some of the City's Lrndinß
BuNiiieMN Men and Republics iin
Have to Say of the Demot*rut-Cli
l/.-nv' Caudidatc for Mayor
How Dr. Schiffmann Conducts
Hin Buhluchm in the Interest* oi
St. Paul.
More convincing testimony to Dr.
Rudolph Schiffmann's firm loyalty to
the city of St. Paul than that offered
by many of the city's leading business
concerns interviewed by The Globe
yesterday, cannot be desired nor se
cured. The tribute paid by these busi
ness men to Dr. Schiffmann Is in real
ity more eloquent and significant than
the studkd euloglums of the platform
orators who, of nectssity, deal in glit
tt ring generalities.
For the purpose of ascertaining ex
actly where Dr. Schiffmann stands as
a citizen In the estimation of those fel
low citizens who have been brought
into business contact with him for an
extensive period, The Globe has so
licited expressions of their opinions
from these gentlemen.
They were universal In their praise of
the doctor. All commended his loyal
policy in continuing to manufacture
his goods at a point so far distant from
the seaboard, from which they are
shipped in such large quantities to all
the countries of the world. Dr. Schiff
ma-nn adheres to this policy at much
inconvenience, not to say additional
cost. Many a time has he undergone
the disagreeable experience incident to
his supply of goods running short at
the sea port in consequence of delays
and accidents in transit across the con
tinent. But while a foreign trade of
such proportions could be much more
easily and economically handled from
some point on the Atlantic seaboard
than from the city of St. Paul, Dr.
Schiffmann has sturdily refused to con
sider any proposition involving the re
moval of his large manufacturing plant
from this city.
One of St. Paul's leading Republi
cans, in commenting yesterday, on Dr.
Bchiffmaiin's stanch loyalty to St.
Paul, said:
"I happened to be In Dr. Schiffmann's
Dfflce a few months ago when he had
Just met with the unpleasant experi
ence of having a carload shipment des
tined for London delayed some three
Weeks in transit. I asked the doctor if
It would not be more convenient for
him to manufacture nearer to the sea
board, where he could get prompt
trunk line and steamer connections,
and he informed me at the time that
he would not for a moment think of
removing his business from a town
where he had started years ago in a
small way, where that business had
prospered, where the happiest days of
his life had been spent, and where all
his interests were bound up. To quote
his own words as nearly as I can re
call them, he said:
" 'I came to this city when it had a
population of 18,000, and I have lived
to see it develop into a city of 145,000.
Its growth has been a matter of pride
to me, as it has been to every pub
lic spirited citizen. No amount of In
convenience my foreign trade might
suffer would ever lead me to even con
sider a proposition involving the re
moval of either my residence or my
business from a city whose Interests
are so dear to me.' "
What Representative McGill Says.
C. H. McGill, the manager of tlie
McGill -Warner company, of this city,
said, in epeaJiing of Dr. Schiffmann's
record as a business man:
"There is no more desirable business
to be had than that of the Schiffmann
company. We do our share of their
printing, lithographing, etc., and our
relations with the doctor have always
been more than pleasant. An order
from him for any job, large or small —
and he is one of the largest consumers
of printed matter in the Northwest —
means spot cash as soon as the order
is delivered.
"I have seen quotations he has re
ceived from Cincinnati and Chicago
concerns where, owing to the peculiar
character of the work, they have been
able to give lower figures than any lo
cal concern, but I am pleased to say
that Dr. Schiffmann has been so loyal
to St. Paul that he has always placed
the order here at an advanced price,
where St. Paul workmen would reap
the advantage of it."
W. H. Dorr's Statement.
William R. Dorr, treasurer of the
Home Danz company, had this to say:
"We have been supplying Dr. Schiff
mann with all of his tin cans ever
since we started in business. Not only
do we supply those for his American
trade, but also those for his British,
German, Scandinavian, Belgian, Hol
land, Austrian, Hungarian .and Swiss
export trade, all Stamped out In the
language of the country to which they
go.
"Dr. Schiffmann is not only one of
the finest and most courteous gentle
men to do business with, but he cer
tainly is one of the ablest business
men In the Northwest. Owing to the
large orders he places we know that he
has frequently had lower quotations
from outside parties than we have been
making him. Still, he never places
an order for tinware outside of his own
city."
Enjreiie Vlllaume'N Praise.
Eugene Villaume, of the Villaume
•j-"> — 'V_- r ~-. If life is worth
* i * % having it is worth
/v. . taking care of.
P , *^flt_r__)<'f flu . Recklessness does
*>l * h4 |S not pay, either in
fX^(A _l_ * jn our wor * : or
When people
r\ __*^___! \ .read of a young
[5 /j pJvJ-flll /man who has
O^-JkJ, I^IL //keen killed
l\Q xJ/j A"_wt) / / w k' le perform
\-^P?s*^\uJ~-l&!l[ I I ' ng some reck
-1/7 _*^Tyb JSffifl\ / / less feat on a
V i \ < I / I_Sj_ / / toboggan or at
N^ToTVj*-' ' iWHI/ / - some other haz
% <.'2&%'\ \hß« I ardous sport,
v«"*i_*'''l \P__n/ // their sympathy
\^r l K_BjJ/ // is mixed with
11 fy&^'ff surprise that
if fis^" 111 any human being
\h}W§lf/ should thus care
% lf/£Sjp' lessly risk life.
J*^*; There are thou
sands of men who
_re recklessly risking their lives while they
go about their common every-day avoca
tions. They over-work, they do not take
sufficient time from business or labor to eat
or sleep or rest, or to care for their health.
Outraged nature throws out danger signals,
to which they pay no heed. They suffer
from bilious or nervous disorders, from
6ick headache, giddiness, drowsiness, cold
chills, flushings of heat, shortness of
-breath, blotches on the skin, toss of ap
petite, uncomfortable sensations in the
etoinach after meals, loss of sleep, lassi
tude and trembling sensations. These are
the advance symptoms of serious and fatal
maladies.
All disorders of this nature are cured by
Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery. It
restores the lost appetite, gives sound and
rcfreshinp- sleep, makes the digestion per
fect, the liver active. It purifies the blood
and makes it rich with th» life-giving ele
ments of the food. It is the great blood
maker and flesh-builder. It makes the body
active and the brain keen. It is the best
of nerve tonics. Thousands have testified
to it? merits. No honest dealer will urge
upon you a substitute for the little extra
profit it may afford.
The man or woman who neglects consti
pation is gathering in the system a store
of disorders that will culminate in some
serious and possibly fatal malady. Dr.
Pierces Pleasant Pellets are a safe, sure,
rpeedy and permanent cure for constipa
tion. One little " Pellet " is a geutle laxa
ti\ i, and two a mild cathartic.
Box & Lumber company, when ques
tioned by the reporter, was warm in
bis prajse of Dr. Schiffmann's business
methddi__ He said:
' ror eighteen years we have been
malting packing cases fo£ l ; n6 jlootor,
and for the past eight years have b" *m
supplying him with large orders for
iion strapped packing cases for for
eign ship-merits. Our relations have
been the most cordial, in fact, they
could not be otherwise when dealink
with so broad-minded, generous and
business-like a man as Dr. Schiffmann.
One thing I can say, above all others,
is that an unfilled order from him is
as good a collateral as a United States
bond in financial circles."
C. B. Lyon'a Tribute.
C. B. Lyon, the well-known drug and
chemical broker, on East Fifth street,
Mr. Fisher, of the Fisher Paper Box
company, and many other leading mer
chants and business men, all over the
city, when approached, paid the high
est tribute to Dr. Schiffmann's quali
ties as one of the solid, progressive,
capable and wide-awake business men
of whom St. Paul is Justly proud.
POSES AS A PBOPHET.
Sample of the Talk- Col. Kiefer Is
Now Making-.
Col. Kiefer is posing as a prophet, and goe3
to headquarters for his utterances. He blas
phemously announced last evening, in the
One Minute, Mr. McCardy.
Let us have the truth, Mac.
You are responsible for a lot of garbled figures that are be
ing sent out from the office of the city clerk addressed to Re
publican voters, are you not?
In the statements made in the circular containing the fig
ures, you assume that th e Republicans of St. Paul .are idiots?
This on the quiet and between us.
No one in possession of his senses would pay attention to it,
eh? Of course not.
You tell the Republicans that you have paid off a couple of
millions of the city's debt during the Republican administration
of affairs, don't you? Election dodge? Sure It won't react?
Isn't it an absolute fact that when you went into office you
came into possession of S3me three-quarters of a million dollars,
turned over by the preceding Democratic administration, to be
applied to the payment of the debt?
Before the close of that fiscal year, had not this sum been
Increased to a million dollars by provision made by the preced
ing Democratic administration?
You say that the indebtedness has been decreased. Is It not
a fact that more than half the decrease was provided for by
Democratic administrations?
Don't you think you m ght answer these questions to show
that you are not a chump?
course of a speech at Vega hall, that it had
been decided by God that he would be elected.
"I will be elected," he said. "It is decreed
by right, it is decreed by justice, it is de
creed by God in heaven that I will be
elected."
KNOWS CAPT. M'CARDY
COARAD MILLER WAS BESIDE HIM
FOR TWO YEARS
He Says if the Voters of St. Paul
Knew the Comptroller as He Does
That He Would Be Buried Under
an Avalanche of Votes—An
thony Yoerg'i Business Qualifica
tions.
Conrad Miller, who was associated
with Capt. McCardy in the^ administra
tion of the city's finances, and prob
ably knows something of the hollow
ness of his claims to sharpness, does
not like the position taken by McCardy
and some of his supporters. The sug
gestions that have been thrown out
that Mr. Yoerg is not fitted by educa
tional endowments for the office that
McCardy occupies is absurd, but Mr.
Miller had something to say yesterday
concerning the candidates that is
worthy of attention, for he knows both
of the men. Mr. Miller said:
"I happen to know that Mr. Yoerg haa
educational and busines qualifications
enough for any office within the gift of the
people of this city. He was first educited
in our public schools. From there he went
to one of the St. Paul business colleges, and
In due time graduated with high honors.
Not satisfied that he had all the education
he longed for, he took a two-years' course
at the state university at Minneapolis.
Still not satisfied, he took a year's course at
St. John's college, at St. Joseph, Minn.
"Mr. Yoerg has shown himself, while a
member of the common council, and again
while a member of the school board, to be an
educated business man, of no small cal.bir.
"If Mr. McCardy had one-half the educa
tion that Mr. Yoerg has he would have
proved himself a better accountant than he
did during the past year, when he stated
that there was no money with which to pay
the school teachers any longer. This was
advertised all over the United States, and
did St. Paul more harm than Mr. McCardy
can ever answer for to his God. Every
body knows that within two days after that
statement was published Mr. McCardy ad
mitted that there were funds available for
teachers' salaries to the amount of $176,000.
No small error for an expert accountant
"Again, some six or seven years ago. when
the business men's union, or some such In
stitution, hired him as their expert ac
countant to examine the books of such firms
as wished to secure aid to enlarge their
plants, in every case, so far as I have been
able to learn, the money invested on the
O. K. of Mr McCardy has been lost. Did
that show any business qualifications in Mr
McCardy which especially entitle him to the
support of business men, or does it furnish
any reason why he shou'.d be kept in an
office that he has used to further his and his
friends' private ends? I know whereof I
speak, and will say without fear of contra
diction that Mr. Cardy has violated his
pledges to the tax payers from the first day
he stepped into the office to this; has cov
ered up wrong doings of others in order that
he himself, in that way, might escape pay
ing his just dues to the city government
"If the voters knew Mr. McCardy as I
now do. having had the honor to be city
treasurer the first two years Mr. McCardy
was comptroller— how he has fed them on
all sorts of statements, and, as he told me
at the time, to catch their votes— he wou'd
as he deserves, be defeated by such a ma
jority that he would realize that the pem'e
of St. Paul have no use any longer for a no
lit'cal hypocrite.
"Mr. Y'oerg was a brewer, and was very
successful as such, but has had nothing to
do with the brewing business for the past
eight years. During those years his money
was invested In other enterprises, which re
ceived Mr. Yoerg's personal attention and
the success of those enterprises sufficiently
attest Mr. Yoerg's qualifications as a busi
ness man."
|j An Erwin-Bell-Scannell Sheet. ||
1 1 From the Pioneer Press, April 27. 'I
,' We suppose it is the disreputable Bell- l!
l[ Scannell crowd, represented by Bill Er- <\
J, win, which has undertaken to circulate, !>
ji In an underhand manner, through an ob- i 1
,i scure sheet, charges against Dr. Schlff- t
/ mann relating to his alleged conduct while ( i
< a member of the school board and the !>
( i park board, which no one ever heard of i 1
lj before and which no reputable sheet would >'
i| publish without some groundwork of facts \
\ behind it. <|
To Foreclose a Trust Deed.
The St Paul Trust company yesterday
brought suit against Edward R. Gillman and
others for foreclosure of a trust deed for
$75,000, which was given Aug. 1, 1592 to se
cure the payment of $75,000 In bonds.
The deed covers lots Nos. 22, 23, 24, 25
and 26, block 7, In Holcomb's addition to
St. Paul, and the building known as the
Gillman terrace.
Union Depot Meeting.
The directors of the union depot company
will hold a meeting on May 11 to definitely
act upon the plans of Architect Frost, of
Chicago, for the remodeling of the present
structure.
THE ST. PAUI, GLOBE— -TtfURSDAY APRIL 28, 1898.
MR. JENSEN'S CITY BALLOT
WILL BE SCRUTINIZED BY
THE FULL BENCH
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Five ' | [illiiilhins for Restraining
ttrill'TH Made Quest loiin Come
Up Before Ju<ltrc Ilium V-t the
Maticrs Ire of Moment untl Musi
Be Decided Illglit Away, Court
Decide* to 'nil in IIIn Col!ciik'"<*m.
The entire district bench of Ramsey
county will sit this morning on the
various applications for orders to the
city clerk to make the ballot equitable
in the matter of the representation al
lowed the Democrat-Citizens on the
official ballot.
Pat Scannell, Bill Erwin and Corpora
tion Attorney Markham were the per
sons consulted by the city clerk in mak
ing up the ballot, but Mr. Markharn
only will appear for the city clerk in
defending the position he assumed.
Erwin and Pat Scannell, according to
report, were in the office of the city
clerk on Sunday when the ballot was
made up, but it is understood chart they
were not present as other than friend
ly advisers to the clerk.
There were five applications made to
the court for restraining orders, one
of them being by the trades and labor
assembly, as intervenor.
One is made by J. C. Michael and
others for an order to the city clerk
to show cause why he should not place
the names of the candidates of the
Democrat-Citizens' convention under
and Immediately next to those of the
Republican nominees.
Another asks for an order requiring
the city clerk to accept and file the
nominating papers of Dr. Schiffmann
and the gentlemen on his ticket.
Another is the application of H. H
Fuller, and sens forth that Dr. Schiff
mann is the nominee of the Independ
ent Democrats, and demands that his
name be placed on the ballot as such.
The members of the charter commis
sion, by H. J. Horn and others, ask
an order directing the city clerk to
place the charter proposition on the
ballot in such a manner that it may
be intelligently voted upon
Mo £} tz , Helm intervenes 'in this for
the Trades and Labor assembly, and
asked that every chapter of the char
ter be put on the ballot, so that each
could be voted upon separately from
the rest. This last contention was
heard by Judge Bunn in chambers, and
the application was denied, after ar
gument.
T. R. Palmer represented the Demo
crat-Citizens' committee in the vari
°^ ap R lications - Th * applications and
affidavits were read to Judge Bunn in
chambers yesterday afternoon, and Mr
Markham made some explanation
about the charter proposition. The
other matters were thought to be of
sufficient moment to require careful de
liberation, and must be decided in !it
lll 1a iudse bought the mat
ter could be disposed of more effectual
iL and ,, wit _ 1 more cw tainty and expe
dition by having the entire bench sit
It was arranged that there will be a
hearing this morning at 10 o'clock be
fore the full bench.
The city clerk, in commenting on the
various applications, expressed some
alarm that the delay caused by the
applications would seriously interfere
with the chance of there being an elec
tion next Tuesday. He pointed to the
difficulty of getting the ballots printed
unless the printer had plenty of time.
There are to be 46,000 printed, and they
in he hands of the c^rk for
distribution by next Sunday. Mr Jen
sen said it would be the fault of the
wThTk 18 .*/ such a calamity should
befall the city, and the present admin
istration would hold over a couole of
years. X v "
Yesterday morning Mr. Jensen for
mally refused to accept the nomination
r/n cr nf te^ dere £ for flling h * the chair"
man of the Democrat-Citizens* con
3«* The matter was a formality
and introductory to the application
made to force him to accept
HE IS FOR SCHIFFMANN
CHAIRMAN SPICER, OF THE POP
ULIST CITY COMMITTEE,
Declares Himself at a Meeting of
Democrat-Citizens in the Fifth
Ward C. D. O'Brien Received a
Flattering; Reception Tells
Ahout Republican Methods
Three Policemen Complain.
Chairman Splcer, of the Populist city
committee, attended the Democrat
thl 1 ™„ meeti ? g , at C ' S ' R s - hall in
the Fifth ward last night.
During the course of the meeting Mr
Spicer took the platform and said from
that time on he was v/ith the Demo
crat-Citizens and their entire ticket
H £r Wll i send in hl s resignation today"
Mr. Willus' announcement was re
ceived with warm applause.
Another pleasant feature of the meet
ing was the reception accorded Hon
C. D. O'Brien by his old neighbors in
the Fifth. The hall was crowded with
enthusiastic Democrats brought out by
the announcement that he and other
friends of the Democrat-Citizens ticket
would speak to them. Conrad Miller,
the first speaker, paid his respects to
Mr. McCardy In a way that convinced
his hearers that J. J. is not so faithful
a watch dog as he would have the
people believe he is.
C. D. O'Brien needed no introduction.
He was vociferously cheered as he
arose to speak.
"You are here to perform a duty,"
he said, "to prepare yourselves for the
selection of your servants for the en
suing two years. In selecting your as
sistants or help you pick out those
whom you think can most intelligently
and honestly serve you. What would
become of your business if you did not?
You are the judges as to what party
is right.
"We have on one ticket Dr. Rudolph
Schiffmann, a man of unspotted char
acter, a man who has not sought the
office. He had been vilified and lied
about. Do you approve of a party who
does that?" he asked.
The party who Indulges In slander
DEMOCRAT-CITIZENS' TICKET.
Mayor DR. RUDOLPH SCHIFFMANN
Comptroller ANTHONY YOERG
Treasurer RICHARD S. M'NAMEE
MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES.
JOHN W. TWOHY, .
J. J. EGAN.
j — i ASSEMBLYMJEN.
HENRY G* HAAS,'.
E. F. BERRISFORD,
A. B. OVITT,
D. F. PEEBLES, 1
PATRICK KELLY JR.,
JOSEPH HOREJS,
JOHN G. WORDELL,
LOUIS NASH,
ENOCH JOHNSON.
ALDERMEN.
Second Ward J. MAGILL SMITH
Third Ward HENRY S. STERNBERG
Fourth Ward .ANTON MIESEN
Fifth Ward J. j. QLEASON
Sixth Ward FRANK W. BAER
Seventh Ward HUMPHREY BARTON
Eighth Ward MATHIAS BANTZ
Ninth Ward EDWARD L. MURPHY
Tenth Ward p. a. PIKE
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
West of Wabasha P. R. M'DONNELL
East of Wabasha JOHN J. CLANCY
Sixth Ward JOSEPH SMITH
Tenth and E:eventh Wards W. H. JONES
CONSTABLES.
JOHN O'DONNELL,
M. J .FLAHERTY,
MAX COHEN.
should be rebuked, he said. Kiefer was
a man who made politics a profession.
He lived by politics, and in order to
do that he had to create machines to
keep him in office. "He is a man,"
said Mr. O'Brien, "who makes one
office a stepping stone to another.
"With such men the cry was, how much
salary am I going to get and what
other office can I get? With such a
man for mayor, you cannot get a satis
factory administration.
"Did anything like the Gruber case
ever happen under Democratic rule?"
he asked. "I have been here a long
time, gentlemen, and it ls the first
time I ever heard anything like it."
Three policemen had called, Mr.
O'Brien said, at his office In the last
twenty-four hours and had informed
him that their captains had compelled
them to contribute to the Republican
campaign fund. They were assessed by
the local managers of the party for the
purpose of putting a set of men jn
office. ..j a
He asked them to select men who
were not a party to such transactions.
Then Mr. Spicer, chairman of the
Populist city com<m'ttee, took occasion
to declare himself -for Dr. Schiffmann
and the entire Democrat-Citizens' tick
et. He would send in his resignation
today, he said, and from this time on
he would be in the fight for good gov
ernment. He received a royal wel
come.
Mr. Claude Jackson sang some songs,
which took the house by storm. Other
speeches, good one, too, were made by
John Ives, P. L. McGhee and Frank
Ford, of the Seventh ward.
M'CARDY'S RECORD.
Why He Delayed the Completion of
the City Hospital.
McCardy's stubbornness and disregard for
the rights of the people, in his desire to make
a record that will look economical on the sur
face, is brought to light In his record on the
city hospital equipment question.
It was in 1893, and the city hospital had
not been finished.
The city council, Mayor Wright, every of
ficer of the city government, had investgated
the conditions at the hospita:, and all of
them were in favor of the immediate comple
tion of the hospital. McCardy went out to the
place an* was taken Icto the typhoid ward
where there were eight men in various stages
of fever lying in a small and frightfully
smelling room. McCardy had to hold his
nose while he was in the place. Yet that
same night he announced that he would not
consent to an appropriation for the comple
tion of the hospital. Ho wanted the matter
Kiefer's Nomination Would Be '-So
Obviously Disastrous."
From the Pioneer Press, April 4, 1898.
The results of "the Republican primaries held last evening
show, as was expected, that none of the candidates will have a
majority on the first ballot. Except in Kiefer's case the full
strength of the candidates is not shown in the returns from the
primaries. For a large proportion of the so-called uninstructed
delegates are understood to be for some one of the candidates
opposed to Kiefer. The combined strength of the other candi
dates largely exceeds his, and if it can be concentrated on one
acceptable candidate^as It probably will be-^the Re
publicans will enter upon the campaign with some
hope of winning. The nomination of Kiefer would be so ob
viously disastrous to Republican hopes of success in this cam
paign that it seems highly improbable that afty successful ef
fort can be made to unite the different factions in his support or
to Impose the burden of his candidacy on the party in face of
the conceded strength and popularity of the Democratic-Citizens'
candidate. The Republican city convention can be trusted to de
cide this important question wisely and for the best Interests of
the city and of the party.
delayed because the expenditure of any more
money at that Juncture would make the rec
ord of the administration for expenditures for
the year look bigger.
Which very well illustrates his Ideas of
economy.
SIXTH WARD GERMANS
Hold an Enthusiastic Meetlnu - and
Listen to Many Addresses.
The Sixth ward meeting, which was held
last night at Ltedertafel hall, did not In any
way detract from the meeting of Germans
held in the rooms of the Sixth Ward Demo
cratic club on South Wabasha street, last
night.
The meeting was attended by some 250 rern
resentative Germans of the West side, who
listened to several German speakers, among
whom were Dr. Schiffmann, Anthony Yoerg,
Louis Betz, John S. Grode and Judge Smith,
all of whom spoke in German.
The meeting was also addressed by Jacob
Stlner, who talked on municipal ownership;
J. M. Hawthorne. J. J. McCafferty, D. F.
Peebles, Louis Nash and Frank Baer.
Louis Betz administered a roast to Erwin
and said he changed his polities oftener than
he did his shirt.
John Beissel presided as chairman and
John Hammes acted as secretary. The meet
ing was enthusiastic throughout, and every
mention of the name of Dr. Schiffmann waa
greeted with cheers. '
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HON. JOHN It. HAWTHORNE
DOES SOME CANNONADING
He Tells the "West Side People of
the Knifing of Dorcn, of the Coii-
Mplracy of Kiefer and I'd Roger-,
o* the Attack of Rebecca Taylor
in an Obncure Weekly, of Col.
Kiefer** Record, Etc.
Hon. John M. Hawthorne stood on the
platform of Ltedertafel hall ast night,
and in the presence of a large audi
ence trained his guns on the Kiefer
battlements from the time that Col.
Kiefer was in the distillery business at
Post Siding or running a saloon on
j Jackson street up to the time that he
failed to get an appointment from Pres
ident McKinley a few months ago.
Mr. Hawthorne had all kinds of am
munition, and he used it freely.
j He told about the bluff of the colonel
j (who, he says, is no colonel) In offer
ing to raise a regiment and invade
Canada, and then of "Col." Klefer's
business record. Mr. Hawthorne ex
posed Klefer's conspiracy with Ed Rog
ers, referred to the colonel's hypocrisy
and the "brass ring." It was the moot
lively cannonading witnessed during
the present campaign. In part Mr.
Hawthorne said:
j I brand ingratitude as the basest of crimes.
I detest a man who goes back on his friends.
I I admire an open enemy, but I dread a
j secret foe. I have some respect for Pontlm
j Pilate, but I loathe the Judas Iscariots of
I every age and land. I am a personal friend
;-of Frank B. Doran. I stand aghast at ih?
I way he has been slandered by word and deed
| in the Republican party. Frank B. Doran is
i one of nature's noblemen, who can neither
j be bullied nor bought, and because he was
| not pliable, because he would not stoop to
j dishonorable trickery the Republican ring,
consisting of Kenney, Kiefer and Billy John
| son, had no use for him.
It ls well known that Among the men who
' put their time and money Into furthering the
! ambitions of Col. Kiefer, were Frank B.
Doran and Charles E. Chapel, and how tai
he rewarded them? The political history of
this city tells the revolting tale, and ton'ght
the political scalps of Frank B. Doran and
Charles E. Chapel dangle at the girdle of this
Sitting Bull of St. Paul politics. This Kiefer
of office-seeking fame has a record toward th-3
men who helped to advance him in place and
preferment, which entitle him to nave an
other letter added to his name, and that U
the insertion of the letter "n" after the lat
ter "k," then his name would be 'Knifer."
His name would then represent a knife, al
though an exceedingly dull and rusty one »t
that. Yet, for party reasons, many Repub
licans think they should keep their mouths
shut and allow Mr. Doran to be the subject
of slanderous lies, studied insults and bass
Ingratitude.
Mr. Doran alone was turned down — was
abused — was cursed and hissed. If he did
well why didn't you renominate him? ani yoj
admit that he did well. The fact is a p*aca
was wanted for Col. Kiefer. McKinley had
turned him down for commissioner of immi
gration and had also denied him the por lt 01
of minister to Venezuela, and he came back
with the same old slander on the Germans
.of St. Paul by claiming that he held their
vote in his pants pocket and hipnotiz'd
enough of the Republican leaders to make
them acquiesce in the infamous treatment of
Mr. Doran.
The Chapel EpiHOde.
The Republican congressioal convention for
this district was held in Taylor's Falls in the
fall of 1896, where F. C. Stevens was nomi
nated for congress. Col. Kiefer, as usual,
was after office. He wanted a third term,
' but the delegates thought they would get
I more votes by nominating another man, so
they nominated Mr. Stevens. On the platform,
j sitting with Col. Kiefer, was Charles E.
Chapel, who was then sheriff of this county.
When the campaign was good and warm a
story was circulated to the effect that Chapel
had stated upon the platform at Taylor's
Falls that he was opposed to any man hav
ing a third term, and, as Chapel was running
the third time for the same office, the state
ment was used against him with telling effect.
Every person at the convention knew that
Chanel never made any such statement.
Chapel asked Kiefer if he would not publicly
deny It. Kiefer replied that It would be a
pleasure for him to do so, and asked Chapel
to hire a hall in the Eighth ward, among
the Germans, and said he would go out there
and deny the story upon the platform. Chapel
accordingly went to the expense of getting out
several thousand handbills, half in German
and half in English, announcing there would
be a great meeting at the corner of L.f.nd
and Edmund streets, and that Col. Kiefer
and others would speak. The meeting was
held accordingly. Kiefer was there and made
a speech. He confined himself to national is
sues, and it Is stated that he said there that
16 to 1 meant $16 of silver to $1 of gold
He was approaching the end of his speech
when one of Mr. Chapel's men said to him:
Col Kiefer, don't forget the object for
which this meeting was called— to deny tho
yarn that Chapel stated at Taylor's Palls that
he was opposed to you for a third term "
Then Kieler turned around and said: "I
shall not say anything of the kind. I will
devote my time exclusively to national Issues,
and will not mix up In this county affair "
The colossal Impudence of the fellow and
his transcendent nerve ls all the more ap
parent when he asks Mr. Chapel and Mr
Doran to reward his disloyalty by seating
him in the mayor's chair if possible, and
thereby giving him an opportunity to knife
somebody else and get back Into congress and
explain to the members of that body what IS
to 1 means.
Kiefer and Canada.
There are in St. Paul today at least 3.0C0
voters who were born in the Canadian prov
inces. They have never played on the na
tionality string; have always voted according
to the dictates of their conscience, and the
world will admit that they are good men
But they love their native land and do not
•take kindly to Kiefer, the political jumping
Jack, who for the sake of gaining a cheap no
toriety—he had no other— at the time when
President Cleveland put hlB Venezuelan mes
sage Into congress, had a flaming telegram
6ent all over the country that "gallant" Col
Kiefer had stated that he would resign his
position in congress, would raise a regiment
and, at their head, would Invade Canada!
Canada had nothing to do with the Vene
zuelan matter, the Canadians of St. Paul had
never injured him, yet he was ready to put
the torch of war to Canadian villages. And
this is the same "gallant" Col. Kiefer who is
too much of a coward to volunteer for the
Cuban war.
I think the peop:e of St. Paul, after having
been humiliate by this blunderbus of a Kiefer
in congress by two consecutive terms, do not
want him for mayor. After they elected him
to congress they realized, in the words of
Shakespeare that they had "been enamored of
an ass."
Something like a couple of months ago Mr
Ignatius Donnelly and I were talking over
his past record, and he said that he thought
after all, that everything was for the best.
Said he: "If I had not been beaten for con
gress I should probably have nejfer turned
my mind to literary labors. I might have re
mained in politics and amounted to no mors
than Kiefer."
Klefer's Record.
Out of a sense of loyalty to truth, I must
deny that Kiefer received the compensation
of a colonel in the army. The reason he
did not get the pay of a colonel is because he
nas never a colonel. He 1s no more entitled
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! to the tile of colonel In a military sense than
! our friends Col. Welz, of the Ryan, Col. Al
j len, of the Merchants', or Col. Monfort, of
j the Windsor. Those gentlemen, however, are
| genial hosts, and are eminently entitled to
| the word gallant But It does not apply to
j Kiefer. Why, that man Kiefer sat on this
platform last night and applauded a coarse
and vulgar song vilifying Mrs. Root. He
certainly can never again be spoken of as
gallant.
After his return from the war he went into
the distillery business at Post Siding, in
this city, and ran a distillery there for two
years. This was not a remarkably successful
business venture, and It caught fire. It Is
said to have been well insured, and that
Kiefer got the insurance.
Then he ran a saloon, or retail liquor sto.-e,
on Jackson street, in company with Jacob
Heck. This business, through Mr. Heck's
abllltes, grew Into a small wholesale busi
ness, but was finally abandoned.
He was engaged In the tobacco trade on
Eagle street for some time.
He has always hypnotised the Republicans
with the idea that he had the German vote
in his pocket, so he got the nomination for
mayor, but was defeated. Prior to this time
he had been clerk of court for a couple of
times.
He organized a hail Insurance company,
which was a great success when there were
no hall storms, and was very successful In
collecting In premiums. But when the hail
came one season, and insurance had to be
paid, the hail company became Insolvent.
He organized the Capitol Building society,
j but those who have paid Into that society will
| probably not vote for him, for, like his other
business ventures, If all reports be truo, it
will soon be "where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at rest."
He recently tried to work McKinley for
Immigration commissioner, and used all his
efforts to do up Powderly, the labor leader.
Then he tried for some German mission or
CGnsularship. or some other foreign appoint
i ment, but was not as much of a success as
he was in the saloon business.
He then returned to St. Paul, and, with
the aid of Terrence Kenny and Billy Johnson,
succeeded in effecting the midnight assassina
tion of Mr. Doran from a political standpoint.
And now he is running foi mayor, and last
night I heard him deliver the following
speech from this platform, and I am Informed
this is the same speech he makes all over the
city:
"Mr. Shairman, and zgentlemen, I assure
you dat It ees a great bleasure to be here
tonight and to see dis pig crowd, and all dis
enthusiasm. Why, zgentlemen, a pig crowd
means lots of friendts und friendts moans
votes und votes means a mayoor, and a
mayoor means me."
When he was through the Democrats ap
plauded and exploded with laughter, while
a blush of shame and humiliation came over
the cheek of every Republican on the plat
form.
Klefer's Conspiracy.
Kiefer has been for some time trying to pre
vent Mr. Stevens' renomlnatlon for congress.
He accordingly entered into a deal with Ed
Rogers that Rogers use his great Influence
with the Republican voters to secure him
tbe nomination for mayor and that If he
was nominated and elected he would throw
his influence to get Rogers the nomination
for congress.
Rogers is carrying his part of the bargain
through. Personally, I like Rogers, and he
has got an excellent force of deputies. But
if Rogers runs for congress, especially under
this infamous Kiefer deal, he will be fought
to the bitter end. I hardly think the Re
publican party stand ready to ratify any un
derhand deal by which Doran or Chapel or
any other good man would be cut to pieces.
The Brass It In if.
An aggregation of rlngsters are the Knights
of the Golden Circle, as they call themselves.
I call them "the brass ring." This ring ls
composed of Terrence Kenny, A. R. Kiefer
and Billy Johnson; they form the center, and
they occasionally take in, when they think
It Is safe, a decent man . like Ed Rogers.
Sometimes the cog slips, and it slipped on
Johnson, whereby he missed the nomination
for city treasurer. Terrence Kenny is known
to the world as having a reputation some
what similar to that of our late lamented
ancestor, Mr. Adam, who at one time lived
in the Garden of Eden, and who, according
to a Genevan translation of the Bible, need
ed a pair of breeches.
Kiefer a German.
Col. Klefer's sole claim to distinction Is
that by some freak of nature or some in
scrutable Providence, he was born In Ger
many. No grander people exist on the face
of the earth than the Germans. No more
honest and upright people, as a class, can
be found among men, but a man ought to
have something to recommend him aside from
the locality of his birth. It is said that Judas I
ißcariot was born in Bethlehem of Jude— . !
which was also the birth place of Jesus !
Christ. And that Jefferson Davis was born j
in Virginia, wbich was also the birthplace of '
Washington. Hence the accident of where
a man is born ls neither in his favor nor
against him. Now, while I concede the sta
bilty and force of character wheh tbe average
German possesses, and while I wish to say
that a German is a grand fellow, yet a Ger
man-American ls a still grander man, and
! our candidate, Rudolph Schiffmann, is a Ger
man-American, possessed of all of those at
tributes of hear! and mind which make •
distinguished man. .
Rebecca Taylor's Attack.
Col. Kiefer has drawn from the county and
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nation for his services a great many thous
and dollars. Dr. Sfhiffmann served en the
school board and on the park board for many
years and never received a cent. The only
attack which as been made upon him at
all was an article written by Mi.s Uebecca
Taylor and published in a weekly paper. U
Should be said, however, in justice to Miss
Taylor, that even there she has not attack
ed Dr. Schiffmann personally. She stated to
me this morning that she thought the doc
tor wa3 a most excellent man. ffa ally, what
Miss Taylor attacked was the acts of the
board of education, of which Dr. Schiffmann
was a member, for building eighteen or
twenty new school buildings, and increasing
the salaries paid to the teachers.
The other speakers were Dr Schiffmann
John L. Townley, Louis Nash. Judge Twohv!
? r ?, nk „? a - r ' Antony Yoerg, R. S. McNamee,.
J. G. Warden, R. S. Hare, J. J. McCafferty.
ROUSER n THE FOURTH.
The Deniocrat-Cltlsens* Ticket Is Alt
Rlfirht There.
clu 7 h e hMH Urth ____? Schlffn - a nn and Mesen
club held a rousing meeting at their head
quarters. Eighth and Robert. Oscar Tanken
off presided. The secretary announced that
the club had now 300 members.
snoke ?n a L r »h a .J Ed . Up ? n Enoch Johnson, who
spoke In behalf of the assembly ticket Dr
Schiffmann Anton Mlesen and the entire
Democrat-Citizens' ticket. entire
-i-*-- £"' J ' °' Con nor was the next speaker
SLFmm earnest 'y f or Dr. Schiffmann. He
X, cv K ery I „ man j n the Fourth ward to
Tho b i 3 H! hO, r> lder t0 the wheel - and help ,1c
?.„? nUr ? Democrat-Citizens' nominees.
annuf.L w hy *„* r . ecelve <l *-ith bolstrous.
lnr\ He , SP u ke for half an hour, With
good words of cheer for the ent re ticke
saying succese was bound to crown their
John 13^ Hearn made a plea for Artm
Wnn n \- D f' Sck " fmann and the entire tlJket
W_ -«m ?J ?? Wa l rece , iv «> with loud che3rs.
™„? B d . f tbe I ele ? ted hfm 'or alderman he
would try and assist in passing such law",
and improvements for the Fourth ward as hl<r
constituents would from time to time be in
need of.
John Clancey made a few remarks In behalf
of the entire ticket, saying if any one wai
to be scratched let it be his name, before
any others.
Aaron Poupeney spoke next and refuted the
attack made by the Dispatch against the
club, its officers and members, as we',l as
to himself personally.
Oscar Tankenoff urged the support of the
voters for the entire ticket
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DEMOCRAT - CITIZENS' MEET
INGS TONIGHT.
Fourth Ward— French citizens at Union
Francaise hall. Tenth street, between Cedar
and Minnesota. Geo. C. Lambert, John B.
Olivier, F. L. McGhee, O. Savard, Frank Rob
ert Jr.. R. S. McNamee.
Fourth WaTd— Central hall. Sixth and Sev
enth streets. John Cavanagh. Dr. Corneliua
Williama. Dr. A. J. Stone, T. D. O'Brien. John
E. Hearn, Anton Mlesen.
Third Ward— 3lß-320 East Seventh strfet. C.
D. O'Brien, Pierce Butler. F. L. McGhee,
Louis Nash. Moritz Helm. John Ives, John D.
O'Brien.
Eighth Ward— Brandl's hall. Eighth Ward
Banner club. Pierce Butler, M. J. Cosfllo
T. R. Kane, J. J. McCafferty, Conrad Miller,'
H. A. Louehran.
Eighth Ward— A. O. U. W. hall, Front
Btreet, Como villas. P. J. Geraghty, Mathlas
Bantz, H. A. Loughran, James Loomis.
First Ward— 666 Decatur street, First Ward
Schiffmann club. John Cavanagh, T. R.
Kane, D. F. Peebles, Louis Nash, John L.
Townley.
Ninth Ward— Harbeck's hall. Rice and
Geranium streets. Louis Betz, T. D. O'Brien,
Hugo Hanft, E. L. Murphy.
Second Ward— Third and Forest streets.
Young Men's Schiffmann club. M. J. Cos
tello, Frank Ford, M. J. O'Connor, J. M.
Hawthorne.
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The Kahlke Klondike party, twenty in all,
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Both of thes? parties will travel in special'
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