Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-20
THE D4TIS-BLAINE WATERLOO

1t was well done. The game of stealing
Minnesota from Blaine was played to sue
cessful conclusion yesterday. The Grant
element of the Republican party controlled
the convention at the outset aud they made
the most of their advantage.
1t was really humiliating and painful TO
witness the foundering of the Blaine wing
of the party. Led by Oush. Davis and Gen
Averill they constantly sought to extricate
themselves from the tolls and IS constantly
failed. The Grant men, disguised as Win
dom boomers, were we'll trained. They did
not miss point and tailed every trick as
rapidly as point was made.
1t was evident as the delegates began to
come into the city that tie "favorite" sonney
gag had taken root. They were called into
CAUCUS and drilled intD their work Yale
of Winons uttered the keynote when he de.
clared th6t only first, last, and all the time
Window man was wanted as n delegate and
jim Baker clinched the matter by having the
caucus pass q resolution to that effect
From that time the eyes of the animal "were
sot," and as Gen. McLaren and one or two
others turned the crank the puppets danced.
1t was a nice piece of political mechanism
and it stole State from man who has been
the universal favorite of the party for four
years past.
The fight in Minnesota was double one.
! Nuo1 Co.. g.. II
@. X. Davis for U. s. Senator. The Grant
men were smart enough to see that it would
be positively hopeless to carry the State for
him direct. They did not need the ten votes
of Minnesota direct, but if the State could
be, by any device, taken away from Blaine,
it broke the backbone of the chief opponent
to Gen. Grants success. Ex-Gov. Davis was
an open and avowed friend of Blaine, and
was also understood as being candidate for
the q. S. Senate. Hence his defeat as q
delegate to Chicago broke the Blaine back
bone and severely wounded the senatorial
spinal column. At first the Grant men
talked of allowing Davis to go to Chicago
with instructions to support Window, but
as they found their strength they resolved
upon no compromise. 1t was consequently
a serious mistake when Davis offered res
olutions Mandatory of Window and received
only kicks and cuffs for his concession.
The convention was bound to ride down
Blaine nationally and Davis locally, rough
shod and it did the work with the remorse-
lessness of the cold blooded politician and
trained Office holder.
We do not gainsay that many honestly
supported Window who at heart are opposed
to Grant and the third term, but these we're
the rank and file. The leaders know that
the fight as it stands is between Grant and
Blaine. They were cunning enough to see
that where votes could not be secured direct
for Grant it was two-thirds victory to keep
them from going for Blaine. That was the
game which was played and won in st. Paul.
For four years every political table has en-
rolled minnesota 10'' in the Blaine column.
No matter by whom the calculation was
made, it was always the same. To-day it
reads emphatically minnesota dntS-Blaine
TO-" That is blow which is fatal to Mr..
Blaine, and Mr.. Blaine's political death is
the triumph of Grantism and the third term
at the Chicago convention. To Minnesota,
therefore, will belong the honor of placing
the third term at issue before the American
people.