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Show dm Toliticat Vebv Voint. EEMI The most notable phase In the political situa- mmB tion at present is the fact that among the uuiner- IfX ous influx of candidates for city olllces none of HR the politically -wise are -willing to admit that they III nre attached even in tho remotest degiee to tfio H Reams' machine. To those who are familiar fg with the chcumstances of the late campaign this Wmk is an amuBing circumstance, which will he remem- ER i beied in the primaries and the 'coming municipal fre olectlon. The political workers are now lecalling WBt the fact that when Kearns was victorious in the Wmf nefailous political intrigue vlitch sent him to RSeI the national capital, local Republicans were al- HH most unanimous in rushing into the Kearns Pk1 camp and announcing (post-election)) that they ENn$ were with him and would remain forever en- mjB thralled by the sublimity of hfs intellect, and in- HIH cidentally, his mazuma and success. The fact HH that they are now rushing madly out of his sklr- H- mish lines and joining the hosts of the independ- II - ents shows conclusively that they have come to BK the conclusion that, by eggregious political blun- B ders, the senior senator has crippled himself for the next senatorial sweepstakes. It Is well known by those who are cognizant H j or the political inwardness of affairs that the 1H ' approaching mayoralty contest will have a weighty fm bearing on the next senatorial melee. It is for Hjji fhis reason that Mr. Kearns is exceedingly desir-M desir-M ous of having a man at the head of municipal IK affairs who will listen rapturously to the dictates K of his King Silverite wisdom. With this last K desperate resource in. view, the King Silverite H has made an effort to bring Hoyt Sherman into JE ' the mayoralty race, not because he wishes him H . elected, but in order to' place himself In such a MK position that, with Odell opaquely awaiting his Wnki endorsement on the other side, he can at the Wjk last moment rush a dark horse (Mr. Knox, for In- IBl stance) into a dignified occupancy of the mayor- um alty chair. This is exactly the method the King KI Silverite adopted in the late senatorial contest, fW I when, to gain a victory for his legislative ticket, A& Be assured people who were fearful of the per- P sonnel being in favor of Smoot, that the legis- WL lative dice box was loaded for Keith. K In view of the Importance of the coming elec- Hpi . tion on the future senatorial election It Is na- H tural that ex-Congressman Sutherland, and pos- fl p slbly Hon. W. S. McCornlck, will have a deep H ! interest in the outcome of the municipal contro- ffi i versy. Mr. Sutherland has not yet announced his Kl ? choice for the place, but it appears to be reason- Hr ably certain that his patronizing smile will not HL beam upon Odell, on account of the latter's well- Hw known late flirtation with Mr. Kearns and the BpfL fact that, through the ill-advised suggestions of Hk his political managers, -he has been guilty of some 'H grievous political blunders. With political affairs HH shaped in this manner, It would appear that Mf. m Odell's only chance for election, which would as- Kf- suredly at best be a remote one, would be in If becoming the announced candidate of the Kearns Km, tribe, as the Heavenly Twin faction, and what is Hyl f more important, the Independents, have discarded wti&& him on suspicion. HH Htt And in reference to Calllster and Anderson, HmE the Twins Heavenly, they must assuredly be con- Pfr sidered as being in the running. It is true that IPf!' they wero considerably annoyed by the announce- Hfll ment in these columns that they were disposed HI h to Support Mr. Silver, but they are not disposed to HI r relinquish this promising candidate on account HIP of the premature announcement of the fact that v ' he would be an entry in tho mayoralty handicap. L , At' the same time these are troublous days for I the Heavenly Twins. Just at present they are tp ' debating whether they shall launch one of the tB!" '"to Twins (Mr. Calllster) Tor governor next year, and if so they do not wish to arouse any undesirable un-desirable antagonism attho present period. Another An-other thing which will interfere with their political po-litical blue prints is the fact that City Auditor Reiser will probably enter the race for state auditor. au-ditor. If this be so, and Calllster persists In running for the governorship, they realize that it will be necessary to kill Reiser off, as he comes from the same precinct as the Twin statesman, and both are aware that this will be a difficult political decapitation to encompass. So the lovely Twins peer into the future with acceleiated uneasiness. un-easiness. ijt t)t While the bullets will fly fastest in the mayoralty may-oralty battle, there will still be a puissant contest con-test for the subordinate offices. In the treasurer ship arena the chief gladiators will be Joe Mc-Knight, Mc-Knight, Frank Swenson and J. E. Openshaw of the Third precinct. It is probable that McKnight will be the strongest of the candidates mentioned, men-tioned, on account of his long service to the party, his erstwhile presidency of the Young Men's Republican club, and the fact that he is extremely popular among the party workers, besides be-sides his being fortunately unallled with either of the fighting factions. From present appearance appear-ance the fight will be between McKnight and Openshaw, the Third precinct candidate. Kess-Ier Kess-Ier and Frank Matthews are the candidates in that precinct for the city recordership, but as the precinct cannot expect moie than one municipal office and belligerency would ensue as the result of the endorsement of either Matthews or Kss-ler, Kss-ler, it appears probable that the Third will come up solidly for Openshaw and ignore the other two recordership aspirants. to v tv Down in the Second precinct there will be many ambitious youths looking for the position of city auditor, since Mr. Reiser has definitely an- . . , ,, , nouncell that he will not make a third race for the place. Among these is Mr. J. J. Meyers, who has not yet, however, definitely decided whether he will be candidate fof city councilman, city au ditor or piovision inspector. His fi lends suggest that he try first for the councilmanic prize, so that, failing in this, he can enter on the day foi lowing for the auditorship, and if the political destinies are unfavorable there he can launch a petition at the mayor for the appointment as pro-vision pro-vision inspector. If the ammunition proves to be wet in all three instances, it TS suggested that he can then hire himself out to a museum as a first-class contortionist. W (, tV It Is a fact not generally known that Judges Diehl and Tanner Will remain in office until the doleful ending of the year 1904. Thereafter city Tustices will be elected, like unto the district judges, for a term of four years. e & e The independent element are watching with much serenity the internal strife in the two leaJ Ing factions, and are preparing to effect a strong oiganization which will defeat the warring cliques. |