Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-26

of doors to weep, or get drink. The scene
| was touching.
| After extending regrets that should meet
4 him under such painful circumstances, pro-
pounded the startling query SLOW do you
figure it?''
was the reply, "WInona and Dodge are for me,
though some say can't depend on Dodge. l
think can, however. | was over there at the
| convention and they wanted to instruct for
me, but would not let them, and so they just
passed complimentary resolution. That gives
| me sixteen votes"
| "Do you count any other votes on the
start?"
II don't know for certain. There are ten
| anti-Dunnell votes from Freeborn, and l hear
some of them will go for me, but l don't
know this. | think, too, | am the second
choice OF some of the Wabashaw county
delegates"
"Do you think combination with Dunnell
| to secure your nomination possible?n
"No, sir VERY emphatically]. / can't COM
bine with any one, and especially with Dun
| nell, for am friend of Window. OF course
| l shall be glad to get support from any quarter
possible, but l shall not make any CON-
| binations'
This was said with an air of solemuity and
| firmness, which showed that he fully realized
| the responsibility of the OCCASION, and the
| peril he is in of securing the nomination,
which is just about as probable as that the
editor of the p. p. will go to heaven.
''What do you think Mr.. Whites vote will
be?' was my next poser.
81 cannot say as to that. He is not here
yet. / understand he is counting on Dodge
county, but don't think he will get it."
With this response Mr.. White and the Fill
| more delegation entered the hotel, having Just
arrived, and our interview was temporarily
suspended.
Ii there is anything dote on and wax cor
pulent on, as 1T were, it is fair play, and /, of
course, became Immediately anxious to devote
my talents to the interests of
MIR. WHITE,
until such time as l could seize the ear of the
fourth candidate, Mr.. Lawrence, of Waba-
shaw.
AS soon as Mr.. White had registered
placed my services at his disposal for an in
terview. la response to my solicitous in.
quiries in behalf of his boom, he said, Il will
have forty or fOrtY.two votes on the start
more than enough to nominate"
"What votes do you count"
well, there is Fillmore nine, Mower seven,
makes sixteen; Olmsted ten, makes twenty.
six; Ten from Freeborn, makes thirty SIX, and
six from Dodge, makes forty.twO."
was almost inclined to smile smile as he
read the counties over on his fingers. IL was
very much like the boy out fishing, who an.
nounced that when lie caught that one and
four more be would have five
Still, with that true missionary and Chris
tlan spirit which always characterize GLOBE
representative, braced up my left shoulder
against hotel counter and asked: "Do you
think you can count on all of those on the
start?"
"Well," la little hesitatingiyl sYale claims
Dodge and IT don't get that will only have
idlrty-stx. lie mas no business with Dodge
m.
10 work IN the river counties, and instead of
staying down in Houston where he belonged
he came up into Dodge and begged them to
instruct for him. They would
not do that, but they passed
a complimentary resolution for him.
Judge Edger;on was in Dodge county in Win
dom's interests, and guess the judge has got
Yale delegation, for Window don't want
Winona man to be representative. They won't
vote Tor ale great while | imagine"
with perhaps an unreasonable curiosity to
see how the remaining tbirty-six would hold
out, l said; "Do You think you can count
on ten from Freeborn?"
That is a very peculiar county," was the
qualifying reply. "They are very odd people
ever there. They are all Norwegians. Knute
Nelson should make note of this | went
over there Saturday and fohnd KIttelson at
work like beaver for Dunnell. They held
the primary in Albert Lea in peculiar way.
Ihey let i'll every one who was a voter, no
matter what his politics. They said there were
only about fifty Democrats there, and they
guessed we would get as many as Dunneli,
and SO everybody voted. That is about
the way they did all through
the county. They are all Norwegians and
very peculiar (Knute should note their pecu-
liarlties). guess they are governed a good
deal by what the county seat does. and when
in -
ventiou some of them changed. l don't
know what did it, but they are
very peculiar. They are all Norwegians.
Possibly they will not all vote for mel can
not say for certain. They are Norwegians,
aud very odd. No one can tell exactly what
They will do, as they are all N@rwegians.
may have three or four of them"
"In that case you would only have thirty
two or three votes" This time braced nv
right shoulder on the hotel counter as 1
asked, Can you count on all the rest you
have named?"
81 think so. They say Dunnell has bought
a couple OF Norwegian votes away from me in
Mower county, but do not think it is trnc.
The chairman of the delegation is warm
friend OF mine, and sharp man, and guess
he knew who he was selecting for delegates
DO you expect any trouble from the boiling
delegation in Olmsted county?''
mot particle. We had forty votes to
eulTIy-tWo WITHOUT Ine delegates IRON Pleas
ant Grove, which they objected to our admit
ting. think am as likely to get the seven
votes from Steele as Dunnell is 10 get the ten
votes from Omsted"
"You feel confident of your nomination,
them"
Certainly do. l did not want to be
candidate. wanted Yale to run, but he said
he could not, and Window does not want him.
Window is for me. / have been friend of
Window ever since he has been in public
life. | expect it was owing to my
location that | was selected, but,
after | became candidate, then
l wanted it OF course. Mr.. Yale was ouly
brought out to carry certain counties. Win
dom is doing all he can to secure my nomina-
ton and l expect to receive it.'
parted company with Mr.. White deeply
impressed with the idea that the Norwegians
are very peculiar people. Kuute Nelson
ought to secure Mr.. White to stump the Fifth
district for him.
THE CHANGE OF FRONT OF FREEBoRN
county was more sudden than Capt. Castles
Kindred speech at Detroit, when Col. Johnston
called him out Saul of Tarsus, Castle, and
the Freeborn county Norwegans, who are very
peculiar people. ought to be handed down to
pos'erlty as synonym of the most sudden
conversions on record.
The Dunnell men say, aud say it boldly, that