St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-09
THEY'RE OFF THE TRACK.
Gilman and McGil Give Way to Cit
izen Ewing for Governor.
He Then Will be President and Will
Reform the Calendar.

minnesota will give the next president
to the United Statesr' exclaimed Citizen
Samuel n. Ewing, as he hustled smiling!y
into the GLOBE office and laid document
on the city editors desk. It read as fol-
lows:
To Fellow Citizens of the State of Minnesota:
The Republican and Democratic parties in
particular, Citizen Samuel N. Ewing presents
himself as candidate for the Office of gov
ernor of the state of Minnesota for the term
beginning January, 1887.
Issue-Reform and United States of North
America calendar time.
To the Prohibition Party:
Sympathizing with fellow citizens in the in
terests of temperance, request that in the
future you work and vote with either the Re-
publican or Democratic parties. Two par
ties in a republic are enough. More tend to
discord.
Prohibition, wrong per sc, as well as i'm
practicable.
Prohibition and temperance must be separ-
ated, state and nation.
SAMUEL N. EWING.
Minneapolis, MIMI, July 26, 1886.
$50 you're going to be governor, Citi-
zen?"
''Oh, yes, it's all arranged. I met Gil
man on Washington avenue the other day,
and said [: Governor, Minnesota will
furnish the next president of the United
States 'How's that said he. Why
said l, it's all arranged. 1 am to be the
next governor of Minnesota and then
president of the United States He
acknowledged the strength of my position
as the Christ of Revelation and we fixed it
all up. He's off the track, now, and so is
McGill and Gibbs. Eve got clear field"
How about Mayor Amesw
Hes agreed to pull off, too. so there is
no opposition, and the work of the great
reform goes on. Even the Salvation army
yields. Yesterday, as l was passing the
NicolIet house, somebody hailed me and
asked if had any or the new Bibles with
me. l said had and the man said had
better give one to Capt. Evans of the Sal
Walton army, who was passing. [ did so,
and in just twenty minutes [ had him con-
verted and praying. Nothing can stand
the onward march of the great REFORM"
what do you mean by North America
calender time?'"
''JuSt this: You see at this time Young
America is marching under the Hebrew cal
endar. In the fourth century the Roman
empire espoused Christianity and marked
time beginning with the birth of Christ.
1t marked the new era. We are now in
that same position; being the the new era
and want the United States to establish
the new calendar of time. This occurred
to me in singular way. l was in Wash
ington city, where had gone to see con-
gress and the president. You heard about
that? Yes, well 1 saw the president and
when 1 told him the Democratic
and Republican parties had agreed
upon me for president. he actually shook
in his boots. [ explained it all to his salts
faction, but when | went he turned and
said: Very well, Citizen Ewing. you at
tend to the reform and will run the affairs
of the government Well. as l was say
ing, went on to the capital and the first
person l saw was Col. Charlie johnson. Of
course, he knew me. l told him | was the
next governor of Minnesota as president of
the United States. He seemed to regard
it as a joke. but reminded him that when
l predicted the election of Mayor Ames by
| over 5. 600 majority, he regarded that as a
joke also, his smile ceased and he was con-
verted soon afterward."
but, about the calendar"
''Oh yes, Pm coming to that. Last
January, when | was pursuing my scrip
| tural investigation to find convincing argu-
ments of the want of inspiration in Genesis
and st. Matthew, suddenly my head seemed
to go up. [ could not control it in the
least. Then number of darts seemed to
strike me in the head. That is what call
the electrical phenomenon | experienced
1t was as if a current of electricity passed
into me and 1 have since learned to regard
it is token am right. went into the
National hotel at Washington and was
assigned room. doubted at first whether
the room would suit me-whether it was
| sufficiently quiet for my studies, when sud-
denly the darts came and l knew l was in
the right place. About the calendar? On,
yes. Well, as I came out of the depot to
the National hotel, noticed a clock-d dial
on the building. but no hands. Then the
| thought flashed across my mind that a new
calendar was what we required We have
| been pensioners Oh the past long enough.
That explains the calendar reform. Now
you understand my mission. There will be
no conventions or election in Minnesota.
for I will be made governor unanimously.
You maTannounce Gilman and McGill are
off the track. They told me So"