St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-18
THE LOCAL CAAVASS.
Both Parties Preparing to Do Great WORK
in the Remaining Two
Weeks.
The Labor Vote and the Foreign Vote
Drifting Steadily to the
Democracy.
CoIored Mer Arrayed for Ames--No
din,s Enthusiastic Work on
the stump.
N.vor A,nes at the Post of Duty
Various News FROM 'ho
Campaign.

Two waa,,s more remain in which to ac-
oor,,,1ish whatever work yet must be done
n secure victory, and both political parties'
in fact. all three Of them, are acllNeS oh
Gagged. The Republicans are making luo
most desperate efforts To save hehheP'n
county, but it is conceded the odds are h''ro
AGAINST them. Mayor AmeS VIII lead the
ticker and the boldeSt Republican Is COM
peled TO admit his majority IN the County
will he \ good, round one. The heavy Fote
he received last spring is an index OF tne
support he will get this fall. IL Is lrue nc
then received many Repu0llcan Vo'eS' c"o'
by Young men, that he will lose III a SIale
election. bat for every one so lost ne VIII To-
oaive two new ones, The labor vote ne
then received was scattering; this time II
will he practically solid. In the spring the
Scandinavian vote had just begun TO turn.
but to-day it is in full swing, and he VIII
get the larger part of it. Other naturalized
citizens are falling into line, and II Is Sale
10 say that of the votes cast by foreign
horn citizens. he will receive fully four
fifths. The Republicans have recently
snubbed and msulted nearly every nation
alitv. and matters of that kind are quickly
and widely spread about. A week ago
there was great talk of the Irish vote gong
10 the Republicans, but since the SIlngllS
insult given by Republican orator at Fer
gus Falls. this talk has ceased. and there is
no longer any doubt that the Irish vote VIII
be solid for AmeS.
THE COUNTY TICKET
will follow AmeS closely, though the votes
It will receive will not be nearly SO straight
Personal feeling will enter more largely
there and there promises TO be considerable
cutting and SlaShing on both sides. Nhlle
the effect of this may be to reduce some ot
the maiorities on the Democratic ticket,
there is nothing to indicate anything so
serious as the defeat of a single member.
The tide has set so strongly IN favor OF
Democracy that local unpOpularity can
Nave no sarious effect. This is fully real
lied bv the Republicans, who are working
with the energy of despair. Letters have
been sent to all Republican manufacturers
urging them to use all means to induce their
EMPLOYEES to vote the Republican ticket.
They have raised large fund and propose
TO do everything that money will accom-
pIish. Every party man is drawn into the
service and ward meetings are being held IN
numbers. but the leaders are not encouraged
at the attendance and the attendance Is not
encouraged by the speeches, for the Re
publcans are wonderfully short on argyll
ment this campaign. and the speakers start
in with the feeling that the odds are against
TEN.
THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
is working on an entirely new plan and 1t
promises complete success. In conjunction
with this the ward and county meetings
are being held and the attendance and en-
thusiasm are decidedly encouraging. The
number of meetings will be steadily In
creased as the time draws nearer, and the
campaign will be wound up in a burst OF
enthusiasm.
Both parties are giving their attention to
the matter of registration. which begins
this week Last spring the registration of
over 80, coo exceeded the votes cast by
nearly 5000. This is partly accounted for
by the fact that at many precincts the
registration was so heavy that the votes
could not be polled in the time allowed.
The increase of eight precincts will avoid
this to a certain extent, and will also
facilitate the counting of the vote. The
best Judges estimate the vote of the county
at SO. 900. or nearly 10000 heavier than
was cast at the last general election.