Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-13
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
Specially Reported for the Daily Globe
THE REASON WHY.

tSEASON WHY.
TIE GTe05 Prohibition Secret Out-Whu
pacnncies We're Left on, the Iicl:et-Char.
tey RObinSOn, 10. S. COrser and Il. p. Lane
U"nt to be on the Ticket, but DON'T Ham
TO offend the Germans-Erri1a Fnsts to
Keep that Secret.
At the Temperance convention on Friday
j. @. Erwin, the manager, strenuously OBJ
jected to nominating candidates for register
OF deeds, Senator, and portion of the Rep
resentative ticket. He stated that he had nc
objection to giving his reasons to the faith
full, but did not want
THE REPORTER OF THE GLOBE
to learn the reason why. He did hope
he remarked, that the brethren would
be cautious enough to keep this
secret away from the newspaper men. He
objected to Mr.. ,Iest being nominated for
register of deeds, because he did not think
him competent to discharge the
DUTIES OF THE OFFICE,
and if the convention would only have the
Offices in the hands of the committee he
would guarantee that the reasons should be
satisfactory.
This put the GLOBE man on his metal,
and yesterday he secured cant-hook and
commenced
FISHING FOR THE SECRET.
Securing the services of a competent
operator on the wire fence telegraph,
negotiations were opened with some
of the leading Prohibition representatives in
the city, and the following facts were de-
veloped:
a Il o{n ,,.ol L.,
START FOR sCALPS
it was first determined that they would not
help to raise the hair of any man who was
at heart IN sympathy with their movement.
A self-constituted committee interviewed
number of candidates, and discovered that
Charley Robinson, E. S. Corser, Josiah
Thompson, Jr., and A. P. Lane were in full
sympathy and accord with
THEIR MOVEMENT,
but they did not desire to have their names
placed openly upon the Prohibition ticket,
but they were ready to commit themselves
to the payment of the
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
OF the Prohibition party, provided tho hon
est y temperance men would not nominate
them IN open convention, but would place
the matter in the hands of plant commit
tee who would insert their names on the
Prohibition tickets when they came to be
scattered
THROUGH THE COUNTY.
This would give Charley and Elwood and
Josiar the Little an opportunity of visiting
such portions of their respective bailwicks
as were chiefly populated with the Germans
and others opposed to the p inclple of pro-
hibition, and
SET EN- UP FOR THE BOYS
while at the same time they would lose no
temperance votes, but would on election day
receive the support Of the honest and con
sistent prohibitionists. In other words.
these gentlemen seem inclined to
GARRY WATER ON BOTH SHOULDERS
or rather stale beer on one shoulder and
dirty water on the other.
The GLoBE has no comments to make ex
cept to use the wire fence telegraph and get
the facts before the public.
Mr.. West, whose claims to a nomination
as register of deeds should have been para
mount, because he is an open, honest and
consistent prohibtionist was not only brow
NS'SoSAA
OPENLY INsULrED
and his claims secuted by Erwin, who was
working in the interest of Charley Robinson
u Go. The claim of Mr.. A. M. Greeley for
the position of Senator from the Twenty
seventh district (and no more honest or able
man could be sent by any partly were quietly
ignored, because Mr.. Greeley was a gentle
man Of too much character to solicit the
nomination. AS for
THE LITTLE JOSIAH,
his papa was on hand, and prayerfully looked
after his interests among the probabilities,
while Sonny was looking after the Cheer
guzzling, whisky Destroying voters through
out his district. See?
AS for A. p. Lane, the reason WHY he
was nominated was because he had taken an
active part
WITH THE NATIONALS,
and he feared that the uncomfortable cues
ton would be asked by the workingmen,
'Under which flag do you train?'' Lane
has no sympathy with the Republicans, but
is on the stump for Donnelly, and thought
it would not look we'll to have hi ,
name appear as a candidate for any other
party, while he was making a fight for
greenbacks.
1t was all nicely cooked up, and only half
dozen of the sleepy old fanatics discovered
any evidence of the
MOUSE IN THE MEAL
until Erwin had accomplished his purpose,
and sold out the 'sReform'' Christie
EleesomO party, body, boots and breeches!
how much d5d they pay for the job, any
how? En- Erwin?