St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-18
The Labor and Prohibition Votes
the Campaigns Uncertain
Elements,
But the Democratic Candidate Expected
to Gather in Large Proportion Of
Both of These.
Wilson Known to Have Opposed Tax
Title Sharks When a Member Of
The Legislature.
Mayor Ames Developing Abnormal
Strength Among the Farmers
in Southern Minnesota,
Who Would Vote for Him En- Masse
In Preference TO Gilman or
McGiIl-
The Conditions Against Lovely.

McGiu-
The Conditions Against Lovely.
Special to the Globe.
ROCHESTER, Sept. 17.-PrognOSticatorS
with pencils in hand, are already getting IN
their work. and there are hundreds OF men
who can tell you just how 1t is gong 10
come out. An encouraging sign IS that
nearly every man who makes up table hg-
ures out majority for Judge Wilson. AS
a rule, the man who makes out the hgureS
is ready with reason for the faith that Is
in him, and one can hear variety OF eX-
plantations rs to why this county will 90
one way and that county another. The
result, however, is pretty much always the
same. There are two somewhat uncertain
elements in the campaign. and these must
be taken into account in all the calculations
the labor and the prohibition votes. Mr..
Lovely is making a desperate effort to cap
ture the labor vote, and in that direction
only does he have any hope Tor success.
Men in his interest are engaged in OrganlZ-
ing lodges of knights of Labor in most OF
the principal towns in the district, with the
end inview of controlling that vote for him.
Every point that can be made in his favor is
being pressed upon the attention of the
laboring men, and all kinds Of
PLEDGES AND PROMISES
are being made In Winona the master
workman of one of the lodges has pledged
himself to Lovely, and is openly working il
his interest. He has gone so far as to
promise Lovely the labor vote OF Wlnona,
but sensible men laugh at such presumption
and consider it most prepoSterOuS for any
one man TO take upon himself the task OF
delivering the labor vote to any candidate.
There are four or five other lodges III
Winona. but none Of them have 50 far
taken Any action looking to the support OF
either Lovely or Judge Wilson. Lovely
has no claims to entitle him to the support
OF the labor classes, while Judge Wilson's
record shows him to have always been OPP
posed to mOnOpOlieS, corporations and rings,
and all his efforts IN the legislature have
been in the interest of the poor as against
the rich. There is good reason to believe
that when the time for voting comes
around the labor men will be found pretty
unanimous for Wilson. But Lovely will
leave no stone untuTned to get into the
good graces of
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR,
posinr meanwhile as the workngnlan's
friend. He is recognized as the especial
candidate and champion of the saloon eie-
ment. and in this direction, also. he is
making strenuous efforts to strengthen HIM
self and rally the support OF the vicious
classes who revOlve about these places. lie
has placed himself in such a position on
this question that Temperance people and
the better element of the voters. will not
touch him. In order to influence sentiment
against Judge Wilson he or his friends.
have started the story that the judge is
ProhibitiOnist. Nothing could be further
from the truth, as ali who are acquainted
with the Judge well know. de is opposed
to prohibition. but is in favor OF practical
license law that will restrain the traffic and
keep it in proper bounds. This has always
been his position. and it Is believed the
temp erance and Prohibition people will
support him-aS will also the more respect
able class Of saioonkeeperS and liquor men
in preference to Lovely. It may develop
that the Prohibition men will hold
THE BALANCE OF POWER.
If there is a majority for Lovely of only
200 or 800 the Prohibition :men would have
it in their power to change the result by
voting for Wilson, as it is believed they
will cast q larger vote than they did two
years ago. when they polled 595 votes for
Bierce. their candidate for congress. 1t is
Prohibition vote will reach 1000 or more
in the First district this year. 1t is always
accepted as a truth though the philosophy
Of it has never been clearly demonstrated
that votes cast for the Prohibition ticket
are so many taken away from the Repub-
lican ticket If this be true, Lovely will
suffer in proportion as the Prohibition vote
increases. And if this undertaking that
their cause was hOpeleSS-Sh0uld go direct
to Wilson. the result would be do"bly dis
astrouS to Lovely. And it is likely to do
lust this very thing. Judge Wilson will be
stronger among the farmers than Lovely
he will draw largely of the soldier vote.
The conditions are all favorable for him. 1t
is expected that some of the Scandinavians
who voted for Biermann Will go back to the
Republican candidate this year, but large
proportion of them will remain with the
Democrats and vote for Wilson.
THE REPUBLICAN DETECTION
from Lovely will be on a scale that will
astonish that gentleman when the votes are
counted. Therefore. taking all these facts
into consideration, conservative and we'll
posted men are convinced that Judge Will
sons chances are decidedly better than
Levely's One of the leading citizens Of
Winona, who has given the matter close
attention and has been in correspondence
with men Of standing in the different cOun-
ties. furnished your correspondent yeSter-
dav with the following estimate. comparison
being made with the vote of 1884. have
since showed it to Judge Wilson and some
of the best informed men here, and they
concede that the estimate is very conserva-
tive. everything being in LOvely's favor in
stead of being exaggerated against him.
There has not been man but cOntended
that Judge Wilson's majority should be in
creased in every county given to him, and
that Lovely's should be decreased, especially
In Fillmore and OlmSted counties: