The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-09
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS IN MIN
NESOE0.
n RRttlins Letter From u Jack
SOn boy.
st. PAUL, MINI, Sent, 2s. go

coming, confident Of getting the latcs
home, as well as State news, as daint
lily dished up as first class enterpris
can do it,
While in Jackson, promised you
paper an occasional from st. Paul, bu
press Of duties has so far prevented
but now that politics engrosscs 81
much of public attention, | hay,
thought that you and your readers
would like to know what we Demo
Gratis in this far northern Stata arr
doing, and at the same time urg,
upon all good citizens in Mississippi
and elsewhere, the importance of unity
of action, coupled with Il determine
ton to win for the superb Hancocl,
and the entire Democratic ticket al
the coming November election.
Minnesota, you of course know, is
Republican by from twenty-five to
thirty thousand majority, yet we hope
this coming November election TO
whittle this down to II more modest
figure, and at the same time capture
the entire Congressional delegation
from the three districts of this hitherto
staunch Republican State. land to
that end we are making glorious
good fight all along the line.
In the first district, which is Repub-
lican by about twelve thousand major
ity, and which Dunnell has had in his
pocket for these many years, row in
the party has caused split, Dunncll
running one wing, and Ward the
other, assuring the success of Henry
r. Wells, the Democratic nominee,
who is well known and very popular
banker Of Waseca.
In the second district Henry poeh-
Ter, the present Democratic incum-
bent, has been renominated against
II. B. Strait, Republcan-PoehIer
waXed it to Strait two years ago. and
there's no reason why he can't do it
again. Any way, he's going in TO
win. His district has large German
and you can usually cal
culate that they will support Il Ger
man.
The interest of the campaign, how
ever, in this State, centers in the con-
tast in this, the third district, the
st. Paul and Minneapolis both being
in the third. st. Paul is a Democratic
city by a considerable majority, while
is Republican. The Re
publicans have renOminated w. ID.
of Minneapolis, while the
bearer of the Democracy will
be that glorious old hero, Gen. Henry
Fl. Sibley, of st. Paul. For many
years, the Republicans have carried .
the district by majorities ranging
from two to eight thousand. Two /
years ago, Washburn's majority over /
Donnelly was about three thousand
but outside the vote of the city of Min
neapols, which as | said is Wash
burns home, and which he moved
heaven earth to carry, Donnclly ran
ahead of his Republican opponent, and !
out for the wholesale bribery and large
expenditures of money by Washburn
md his corrupt followers, DOnneIly
would have been elected. Their diff
erences have been the subject of Il
investigation, with
which you are familiar.
For this campaign, Washburn starts
n accused of corrupt practices, which
| committee of Congress have said were
rue, and confronts, not Donnelly, but
hat gallant old hero, Gen. II. II. Sib-
ey, the first Governor of Minnesota,
me of her earliest Congressman, and
man who stands head and shoulders
.bove any man in this whole COM
for his marked ability and
purity of life. He is Il staunch
Democrat, but has hosts of friends
throughout tho District amongst the
who will accord him a
learly support. He is the soul ofhon
+, just in all his transactions, and no
nan living has worked so long and
isinterestedly for the good of the
state as he--a fit companion for the
Ioble Hancock. So that Minnesota
Iide-bound and rock-rooted to the
republican party, as she has been in
ears past = will, in all probability,
end three Democrats TO represent her
Il the Congress of the nation, who
rill be in accord with the Democratic
administration.
Minnesota is quite popular resort I
,r Southerners, who find on the :
horcs of its many pleasant lakes rest
nd recreation, and who return 10 their
ONES after Il few months spent here, j.
nproved i'm health and spirits, and 1
-ell pleased with all they see in this !
md of "sky-tinted waters" I
Robert Sproule, of Jackson, was in @
t. Paul early this summer-seeking
st and health. George Scott and I
lmily, formerly of Jackson, who have n
,ent several summers in Minnesota,
re here again this season. I have 20
$50 met one Of Judge VIM. Yerger's \
ms this summer. u
With three cheers and tiger for Il
-ancock and English, and the ticket
l am, n
Very respectfully,
G.. II. MANsHIP. JR. a
The Gsrant-COnkIiug Idea. q