St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-21
RustIfur for Grangers.

Canyassing was the order of the day.
All was agitation in the rOtunda of the
Merchants. and every candidate for every
Office was busy securing pledges from his
friends.
1t was forcibly striking commingling of
men whose desires are set upon pet hopes
sadly diverse. They stood around in
groups holding hands, smiling and talking
pleasantly vet every candidate watched
with anxious and jealous eye the manuver-
inc of his fellow bidder for farmers votes.
Lieut.. Gov. Gilman shook hands with
Speaker Gibbs. Solicitations were exchanged.
Then they separated, and as Gilman talk ed
with Oil Inspector Castle. or let harmless
remark fall upon the ears of knowing
newspaper man, Gibbs would dart furtive
glanceS at him while, the Freeborn farmer
dilated upon his chances to country dele
gate.
Insurance Commissioner MeGilI led the
Ramsey county delegation around by the
nose, and Stanford Newell, II. B. Willis,
S. II. Nichols and Others were exceedingly
docile at the beck of the Chevalier. In Nc
Gilrs company was frequently State Audi
tor Braden and Representative Pattee.
whose honest cOuntenanceS beamed with
hope and childlike confidence.
Oil Inspector Castle and Senator Rice
graSped each other by the hand, prelimin-
arv to the cut-throat conflict. Not word
was said about the acknowledgements
between them, but their remarks were sig
nigeantly brief, and embarrassment clOuded
their efforts to be Intentionally friendly.
Little Frank Kellogg sized up his proba-
biities with group of Gilman's friends,
and HeatWOle, with penetrating
CAUTIOUS CHANCES,
circulated around actively working heart
and soul for Pattee. Nobody was around
to set up fences for Moses Clapp or Lawyer
Buriingame
William Window, of Winona. a name
famous for alliterativenesS and political
intrigues, stood hard by. the key of his
bedroom hanging from his upheld left
hand. his head inclined forward with slight
obliqueneSs, as Chevalier McGill elevated
his magnificent dropping mousrache at an
angie of forty-ive degrees and discussed
the possibility of Slate-making and COM
binatiOns.
Fred Won Baumbach was not idle in the
least. and his significant tete-a-tetes with
Gilman, Treasurer KittelSon, and many
other manipuIatorS of Republican patron
age, indicated that he had an eye to bust
ness. as well as Herman StoekenstrOm, who
chatted with Rev. GjertSOn and other
pleasant gentlemen in whose veins flowed
the blood of the vikings.
And there were John NJ. Sabin, of Still
water, smiling innocently from his lofty
height; G. K. Kindred, of Brainerd, bob
bling about with a sharp eye to business;
Loren Fletcher. of Minneapolis, garrIllously
fixing up matters with one man, while his
hand held another in readiness; President
Sprague, of the Farmers alliance. eagerly
waiting to get a chance to talk with Gil
man; J. T. Williams of Mankato. small
in stature, but dubbed liking of the Welsh"
and cunningly estimating McGilI's proba-
bilitieS land his OWN, as his keen little eye
took in every move of every wire-puller;
Capt. Snider, of Hennepin, figuring votes
for Gibbs; Col. Bobleter, of New
UIm. working combinations; Frank Slocum,
of Minneapolis, counter effecting Bobleter
and making an occasional friend among the
Scandinavans, and others whose little
peculiarties and methods of working would
use up a large quantity of ink if described.
Now and then one would
FALL INTO CONTACT
with an editor like Huntingdon, of Win
dom; Heatwole, of Mortified; Bixby, of
Red Wing, or county officeholder like
Auditor Hubert, of Luverne, and Clerk
Johnson, of st. James, and in addition to
these were fair sprinkling of legislators
and eX-lawmakers.
This picture of active scheming was
droll in the humor of its incongruitY and
conflict, under the thin veil of friendliness,
to the astute observer who knew the par
ticular ambition of each actor and was
fully cognizant of the fact that each was
ready to get at the hearts blood of the
other in oder to get the nomination, and
with it an ignominous defeat when the
people rise up and elect Ames next NoVem-
Der.