St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-07
Lind Far Ahead.


morrow on the first ballot by the Republican
convention as congressman from the Sec
ond district. Mr.. Lind is wonderfully
popular throughout the district, not except
ing Mankat0, the home of his chief oppon-
ent, E. f. freeman. On every side can be
heard the assertion that Lind is the coming
man. Even the most confident of the OPP
position do not maintain the contrary very
firmly. The general opinion is that Lind
will be nominated OH the first ballot with
nearly dozen votes to spare, and this is
the view taken by Mi. Lind himself. To
GLOBE representative, with whom he re-
viewed the situation this evening, he said:
shall undou btedly be nominated on the
first ballot. Of course it is natural for a man
to be prejudiced in his own favor, but think
am warranted in saying that much. have
sixty-eight votes absolutely sure and as 1t re-
QuireS SiXty-three votes TO nominate instead
of seventy-three as the Pioneer Press stated.
think am not over confident in claiming the
nomination. Another error which the same
paper made is with regard to the probable de-
fections from my strength in the Redwood
and Lyon delegation. There is not one
chance in ten thousand that / will lose
single delegate. They were elected with the
DISTINCT UNDERSTANDING
that they " ere to support my candidacy, and
they are not the kind of men to allow them
selves to be drawn away from their pledges.
There is neither money enough nor can argu-
ments sufficient be brought forward to in
duce them to desert me. In some of the
other counties which my opponents claim,
while have not been counting upon sup
port, ! have been assured that several of the
delegates are friendly to me, notably in Mar
lin county. There has been some effort on
the part of the friends of Mr.. Collister to
raise the race question, inasmuch
as / am a SWede. having come TO Minnesota
when L was thirteen years old, but so far as
have been able to discover it has amounted to
nothing. In Lac qui Parle county, where
there is some Scandinavian population, / was
successful, but in Jackson and Cottonwood
counties, where there is the same sort of pop
ulation, / was defeated, not i'll the race issue,
but because | did not have time to canvass
those counties. l will be put in nomination
by 4. c. Forbes of Marshall, and the conven-
ton will probably not occupy more than TO-
morrow.
There is on foot understand, an effort to
bring about a combination of the opposing
elements against me, but il they do succeed
in bringing about deadlock, which is I'M
likely, the chances are that q dark horse will
win the race.
AS TO WAKEFIELD.
Regarding the impression that Wakefield
was pursuing quiet canvass with hszzgunS
masked ready to turn them on the conven-
ton az critical moment, Mr.. Lind said:
I am very certain that Mr.. Wakefield is not
candidate and has made no effort towards
receiving the nomination. His absence from
the city at present would tend to confirm the
belief.
1t is well known, however, that Mr..
Wakefield would have liked the nomina-
ton. In fact the Mankato Free Press, in
an editorial inspired by Wakefield, stated
that he would accept the nomination if
rendered unanimously. Mr.. Lind is only
30 years old and is universally liked, his
following being exclusively a personal one.
He has never held all office except Supern-
tendent of schools in Brown county in
1867. AS he himself states: 1.-The ways
of politics and politicians are strange to
me-" Lind's chief competitor will be E. F.
Freeman, who is. of course, solidly sup
ported by the Blue Earth delegation. Any
combination made will center around him
as Collester's strength is small. but there is
/ every indication that the opposition will be
feeble, and that Lind will be nominated on
the first ballot without trouble The old
stagers, however, are taking advantage of
MI. Lind's small acquaintance with politics
and mysterious hints are given out of unex-
pected developments which will prove dis
astrous to that gentleman'S ambition.
SITUATION AT MIDNIGHT.
The latest developments in the con-
greSSional race in the Second district are to
the effect that Lind must be nominated on
the first ballot if he is to be nominated at
all. He claims to have siXty-three votes
| sure. enough to nominate and margin of
five more probable votes. The anti-Lind
men claim this is an over confident esti-
mate; that Lind has no more than fifty
two definite votes, and that the others
claimed by him are Imaginary. They fur
ther claim that if after the first ballot
Lind is not nominated his strength will
shrink materially. They base this claim
on the assertion that many Lind delegates
are lukewarm and would be glad of an ex-
cuse to break away from him, but afraid
to do so because they are backed by Scandi-
navan constituents, and as they wish to
run for various local offices in the near flu
ture, are afraid to antagonize this element.
Several members of the
WAToNWAN AND sIBLEY
delegations are said to be in this boat and
others are ready to follow them. 1t is on
this possible chance Of break from Lind
after his first ballot that the opposition is
basing its hopes for success. Lind recog-
nizes this danger and is making strenuous
efforts to secure the nomination on the first
ballot. If the opposition succeeds in break
ing LindS strength, it will be case as
Candidate e. =. Freeman expresses it. of
''every man for himself and the devil
take the hindmost.'' Mr.. Freeman,
if the break occurs, will undoubt-
eddy lead. He has assurance of
twenty-four votes. and many of the others
will come to his aid, but he himself admits
that Lind has strong probability of sue
cess. In a generous spirit he said to your
correspondent, eff Lind gets there, he will
make good, square, honest congressman"
Tonight unless
THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS,
the chances are that the expected break
will not materialize, but if it does Mr.. Free
man claims the bulk of Lind's strength will
come to him. Collester is practically
out Of the race, and his sup
porterS Will hold meeting
in the morning on the question of his with
drawal LIE Sueur will cast her ten votes
on the first ballot for Quackbosh, but that is
merely complimentary. They are in any
event anti-Lind. Lind counts his strength
as follows: Brown s, Lincoln 4, Lac oui
Parle 6, Lyon Z, Murray 4. Nicollet Z, Red
wood 5, Rock 5, Sibley 6, Watonwan 4,
Yellow Medicine Z, total 63, with a prob
able margin of FIVE from other
counties. The opposition counties
are as follows; Blue Earth 10, Fairbaulc
10. LIE Sueur TO- Cottonwood g. Mobiles 4.
Waseca z, Jackson 4, Pipestone 4, Martin
5, total 81 with possible margin of II
from supposed Lind men. The Lind fac
ton has agreed upon j. ,. Sackett of ST.
Peter for temporary chairman. A Lind Or
ganization, which however, the opposition
find no fault with, inasmuch as he is
AN IMPARTIAL MAN.
and they are not disposed to test their
strength so early in the day. 1t looks as
though there might be developed, with very
little trouble, something of rumpuS over
the race question, and the American dele
gates who are now for Lind will be disposed
to assert their independence of Scandinavian
domination. This is the bugbear which is
haunting Lind's dream at present The
platform to be adopted tomorrow will de-
clare in favor of reduction of the