The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-15

after day for weeks to the great
"wave" created by popular enthusi-
asm in favor of the nomination of Mr..
Fisher, anduntil within two days of the
assembling Of the delegates his nomi-
nation was accepted asa foregone con-
clusion. But in the midst of all this
Juror one man said, No! That man
was Mr.. Donnelly. He had deter
mined that Fisher should not be NOM
mated for Governor and Fisher was
not nominated. It cannot be denied
that, in this particular at least, the
action of the Convention was dictated
by Nh. Donnelly-thatit was aperson-
al triumph-and hose who would
scout his influence in that party must
face this stern fact.
But, by whatever influence brought
about, it is hard to see wherein the
nomination of Buell. is any improve
ment on that of Fisher. He is man
of mediocre ability, has served in the
State Legislature, is part Of the time
a lawyer and part of the time a farm
er, and whatever Reputation, other
than local, he may enjoy is what was
won through an overwhelming defeat
when he was candidate for Lieuten-
ant Governor few years ago. He
is Bourbon Democrat of the most
uncompromising type, and makes
ratherh grotesque figure in the newly.
fashioned and ill-6tting clothes cut
out for him by the Convention in its
platform. Heis said to be an honest,
well-meaning man, but with nothing
about him to excite that enthusiasm
which the candidacy of Mr.. Fisher
would have called forth. While
holding the Democratic he will lose
largely the Liberal vote, and the Re-
publican party feels that it is entitled
to share in Mr.. Donnelly's triumph.
The selfnomination of Judge La
fayette Emmett for Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court was an act which
for shamelessness is without parallel.
The expressed wish of all the men,
bers Of the bar who were delegates
and the sentiments of all the best men
in the convention were strongly in
favor Of the nomination of Judge
Gilfllan, the present non-partisan
Chief Justice. Judge Flandrau was
placed in nomination, but declined to
permit his name to be used in that
connection and urged the nomination
Of Judge Gilfillan. Mr.. Severance,
Of Mankato, whose name had been
suggested, telegraphed the Convention
to nominate Judge Gilfllan. Judge
Emmett arose twice and thrust him.
self upon the Convention as a candi-
date and his brazen persistency finally
secured for him unenviable success
The Convention gave him the nomina-
ton he sought with such disgraceful
eArontery, and the people an opportu-
nifty to bury him beneath twenty-five
thousand majority for Judge Gil6llan
and mountain of contempt.
E. w. Durant, of Washington
county, the nominee for Lieutenant
Governor, was a member of the last
House of Representatives, and is
chiefly known as a good fellow"
Adolphus Bierman, the candidate
for Secretary of State, is the County
Auditor of Olmsted county, and was
thrown in as sop to the Scandina-
Wan element.
Michael Doran, Of LIE Sueur coun-
ty, Is a local politician, and has never
heretofore been suspected Of being
specially cut out for State Auditor.
Albert Schefer, the nominee for
State Treasurer, is a member Of a St.
Paul banking firm, is. capable and
honest, and would makea good Treas
urer if elected.
A. A. Mcleod, halls from St. Louis
county, and as nobody knows any
thing about him it is safe to suppose
that he was nominated for Clerk of
the Supreme Court to satisfy some
element" or other.
'Dick" Jones, of Olmsted county,
is a rafting sort of fellow, who pos
sesses some ability as a lawyer
and would make a fair Attorney Gen.
eral.
J.W. Sencerbox, Of Scott county,
the candidate for Railroad COMMITS
sioner, has served several terms in the
Legislature, and is generally we'll
thought Of where known.
The ticket is made up of the good,
bad, and indiferent-principally the
Indifferent. It will be seen that, as
usual Northern Minnesota wasignored
southern Minnesota and the Mipneso-
ia valley furnishing the candidates.
GEN. AyER1LL, who has been men-
toned in connection with the Re-
publican nomination for Governor,