Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-20
The Democratic Nominations.

The Democratic Nominations.
Pursuant to programme, GEO. L. BECKER
was yesterday, by the Democratic State Con-
vention put up for defeat as nominee for Gov
ernor, an Office he did not want, instead Of
for Congress, an Office he very much desired.
Mr.. BECKER is said to be popular. In the
election in 1857, he received in st. Paul and
Ramsey County just fifty uotes, all told, more
than HoLcoMBE, BERRY and his other COL
leagues on the State ticket. Since then, he
sold out his constituents at Washington to
PHELPS and CAvANAuaH, though he had
higher vote than either; sold out or else
shrank from defending his own rights and
those of the people, whose suffrages he re-
ceived. He was either knowingly false to his |
own duty, for the sake of promised political
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in the future, perhaps this
very nomination, or else he was nerreless
imsbecile, who tried gambling with old hands
like his two colleagues, and got cheated for
his foolishness!
At the same election at which Mr.. BEcKER
ran so ahead of bis ticket in Ramsey Coun-
ty; Gov. RAMSEY obtained over 200 ahead of
his Mr.. BEcKER's Washington scrape
has not helped his popularity; and the gener-
al conviction, that itneeds man of Gov. RS
comprehensive and practical mind to redeem
the State from her financial disasters, by his
sagacious expedients, will still further de-
crease Mr. BIS vote everywhere: These are
I the times when frst-class steersmen, like
D RAMSEY must be placed at the helm to save
: the Ship Henry NJ. RIcG's cabin boy,
who sailed with him over to the port of Le-
!. comptonism, when that Ship-ofStatesman
abandoned DOUGLAS for BUCHANAN, has hard
ly the calbre, if he has the disposition, to as
: sumo command of our State Frigate, when
she is amongst the breakers
s. We have no room to speak much in detail
S of the rest of the ticket. 1t is essentially
weak one.
&c 1t is also chiefly Moccasin and Indian
l. Traders Ticket.
= Besides BECKER, who is a RICE Moccasin
IT LOWRY, for Lieutenant Governor, is an Ole
e. RICE Winnebago trader, formerly interprete
d of the tribe, in the midst of whom for man!
y wears he wore with native grace the verltabl
= breech- clout ITSELF and enjoyed with gusto al
u its incidentals.
d. SAM. ABBE is the Indian trader at Cro'
ly Wing, whose trading house has the question
e. able honor of being the scene of the Otterta
r Canvass forgeries His Democracy woul
ut never suffer from the same suspicious whlc
tn defeated ARMsrRoNG's denomination,
lie JOE BRowN's man, BAAsEN, the beer-cas
ne hero of the Wright County War, is again pr
a up for Secretary of State, to be inevltabl
ng beaten.
of BR,sB1S, for Attorney General, is comp
nd tent enough, but most people will fail to 81
of the propriety of making the Atsorne
nd of the Minnesota and Pacific Rail Roa
r! Company, also the Attorney General OF tt
for State, especially in view Of the complicated ar
tn, delicate questions which are likely to arise
en- the future, in the conflicts between the int
ing ests of the Railroad and those of the publ
'rn "BR1z.," however, will no doubt resign Il
OF Railroad to keep up appearances.
IS Mr.. GRAHAM, colleague of the delectat
, is CAvANAUGn for Congress, is the reverse
ect that individual, being decent sort of ma
Dts. He is the .. S. Receiver of the Land Off
in Joe R. BRowN's town of Henderson, al
'n' was the Juggler's favorite candidate. N
DER GRAHAM is charged with visiting Washingt
Ill CITY the last winter to induce the Admnist
=" on to bring on the land sales now adventist
'"' n Minnesota
ow-
ntv In the geographical distribution Of this pre-
- GUS Moccasin Ticket, the st. Croix Val
90 gets nothing; nor the whole ofthe Lower M
ms sissippi Valley below st. Paul /; nor the
e.. terror range Of counties to the Iowa line.
:: St. Paul has two the Minnesota Vail
10 two; the Upper Mississippi two; and +
~: ~ more County, one !. This is hoggish sor
vas allotment which alone is producing gr
NV deal of dissatisfaction amongst the Terrifi
"" The Platform adopted by the Convent
"a is composed of barefaced falsehoods unwor
Nv of any Convention to utter; and of compl
',,a' ted lodges on vital political issues. But
90 this again.