St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-30
P. H. KELLY.
interviewed by a Globe Correspondent
in Chicago.
Expresses His Opinion About the National
Convention and Candidates.
Especial Telegram to the Globel


CHICAGO, March 29.-Hon. P. b. Kelly,
OF st. Paul, is at the Grand Pacific. He
stated to the GLOBE correspondent that he
came here on personal business and had in
tended taking the nine o'clock train for
home, but changed his mind on receipt of q
telegram that Chairman Barnum,
OF the national Democratic committee, would
be here Monday and desired to see him. Mr..
Kelly did not know whether or not there
would be full meeting of the commission,
or what questions would come up Replying
to the question as to what preparations the
commission had made for the convention
Mr.. Kelly said:
''1t has made none so far. We do not
meet until month after the Republicans.
There has been no subcommittee appointed
yet. That matter is in the hands of Chair
man Barnum and the executive committee. -
Speaking of the use of the exposition
building for the convention, as fitted up by
the Republicans, he said:
"There will have to be some alterations in
the character of the building. If the Repub-
Hcans limit the attendance to nine thousand
enough for US. At the last meeting of the
committee it was decided to admit the terri
torial delegates to seats and votes. At pre-
vious conventions this has not been done.
The delegates from the territories have been
allowed to find what accommodations they
could and they have had no voice in the de-
alterations. There will be no doubt this
inn o6ntIf Il +6o,. - a.
then, increases the actual delegate repre-
sentation, which is not computing the at
tendance of spectators, so that we should
have double the number of people the Re-
publicans haYe.''
''Who do you think will be the Democratic
nominee for president2n
at is too early to tell anything about it.
If Tilden's health were such that he could
run there would be no question as to
his omination and election, but his
most intimate friends assure me that he
could not live through this campaign. Payne
is not candidate. do not consider him
available, because his connection with the
Standard Oil company would raise the cry of
monopoly candidate.''
"What do you think of Randall2"
Randall would be a good man, and
think would win if the party could harmonic
upon him, but that is probably impossible.
He would carry Pennsylvania and
New Jersey to certainty, and probably New
York, Ohio and Indiana. He could
depend upon the south and the opposition in
such states as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan and Nebraska, on account of the tariff
proclivities would make no difference, as
they are Republican under any circum-
stances.'
Mr.. Kelly expressed the opinion that Loren
Fletcher would be the Republican nominee
for congress, to succeed Washburn. AS to
presidential preferences, he thought the
Republicans of Minnesota favored Blaine,
as rule, but owing to the election of
all but four of the delegates to the conven-
ton by districts he thought the delegation
would be badly split up. Democratic prefer
ences in the state, he said, were not as yet,
very pronounced for any one.