Daily globe., 1882-08-02

entirely upon the canvass made by the
Democracy. Every Nelson paper in the
district has been necessarily shouting
Democratic nominee ever since t
district convention adjourned. They knoao
that defeat for Nelson is certain with
only two candidates. That certainty is
what the GLOBE prefers rather than take
any Fighting chance" which has no
existence in fact.
But while we have used the election
table figures, we regard them as utterly
and absolutely valueless, and only apply
them in response to the great stress which
MIR. Macdonald lays upon them. The
largest vote was in 1880, two years ago.
In new State like Minnesota YOU cannot
base statistical calculations even from
one year to another, and much less for q
period of two years. There has never
been any two years since Father Henne-
pin arrived, when there has been
SO large an immigration into Min.
nesota as in the past two years.
Certainly three, and perhaps four-fifths
OF the whole amount has located in the
Fifth District. This immigration, too,
has been overwhelmingly Republican.
This fact is conceded generally,
The GLOBE desires to go on record
here as predicting that the combined
vote of Kindred and Nelson will reach
$4,000, while the Democratic vote will
not exceed, if it equals that of 1880,
which was s, ,4O5.
The Democratic vote is concentrated in
the towns and along the lines of railroad
and it comes out uniformly, while the
Republican vote is back in the country,
and requires great interest and effort to
bring it out. 1t will be out to man
this fall, and with it the "fghting
chance" of the Democrats will be so in
significant that the argument will never
be repeated.
The contest in the Fourth district,
which Mr.. Macdonald facetiously cites as
clincher, has no bearing whatever, be-
cause the situation is different. If there
was an active, aggressive Republican con-
testant with Mr.. Washburn in the Fourth,
who was sure to defeat him if let alone,
while there was only an absurdly ridicu-
lous "fghting chance'' for a Democrat,
the GLOBE would advocate the same
policy in the Fourth district which it
now favers in the Fifth. The
GLOBE would much prefer, to-
day, to see good Republican
in the field against Mr.. Washburn, who
was sure to defeat him, and all of the
scoundrelly rings and combinations which
he represents, rather than take the
chances of straight party contest with
him.
We apply the same logic to both dis
tricts, but we cannot make the circum-
stances alike in both.
In the First district also the GLOBE ap
plies its Fifth district argument. 1t is
utterly impossible for any Democrat o
defeat the Window White co,n-
blnation. MIR. Dunnell can 4
will accomplish the desired d
if given the opportunity. LIE
is Republican and the GLOBE neither
asks or expects him to leave his party, but
it would make use of one Republican
to defeat another, rather than pursue the
blind partisan course which rivets the
ring chains of the Window Washburn
dynasty upon the afflicted people of this
State. We do not propose one medicine
for one district and another for another.
The anti Window and anti Washburn
Republicans and Democrats can elect the
next United States Senators if they will.
but it is more than probable that the op-
portunity will be lost.
The GLOBE fully understands that
there is to be a Democratic nominee in
the Fifth District. This argument is not
made with the expectation of preventing
such result, but to place on
record, the fact that the move
ment simply aids Republican
ring which every honest man ought to
consider an object worthy of overthrow
regardless of political preference.
Mr.. Macdonald, and those who agree
with him, can take the responsibility of
aiding Messrs. Window and Washburn
to reach the senate. The GLOBE will allow
them the exclusive honors of such VIC
tory, and wish them all the joy they can
extract from their mistaken party zeal.
If we have to attend the funeral, we do
not propose to supply the corpse for the
festivities.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMTSSIONERs RS.