St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-02
Probable Outcome Of the Election in Min
nesota, After Summing Up All
the Conditions.
It Looks Like Ames for Governor, and
Rice, Wilson and Mcdonald
for Congress.
Minnesota Likely to Go Over to the
Democratic Column at the Next
Presidential Election.
The Prohibitfonfsts Hope to Make
Good Sho Ramsey and
Hennepin All Right.
A Political Recounoiter.


The noise of battle will fill the air to-day
from the dawnng until the cleaning, and
the fight will be a most desperate one.
every inch of ground being contested with
great fierceness. The armies are about
equal in PORT of numbers; the generals are
pretty evenly matched so far as qualifca-
lions are concerned, and the grounds have
been chosen so that neither has any partic-
ular advantage in the way of position.
They rested upon their arms last night, in
close proximity to each other, the campfires
being plainly visible from the outposts,
and the noise and hustle of preparation for
the work of the coming day being waited
on the air to the ear Of the alert and eau
tious sentry. Every able-bOdied man was
at his post when the tattoo sounded last
night, and all of them will be on hand
when the reveille sounds at break CT day.
with bayonet fixed and cartridge box well
filled. These armies are fine and well
disciplined body of men-the flower of Min
nesota's citzenship-and their valor has
been tested on many a sanguinary field.
They will fight to the bitter end TO-DAY and
when the battle closes tonight the victors
will have scars and wounds enough to show
that the fight was not won easily. but only
by desperate charges and counter charges
and sorties, in which hundreds of brave
soldiers met their fate. To-day will be
fought in Minnesota the battle between the
Democratic and Republican parties.
THERE Is A FULL STATE TICKET
to be elected-goyernOr,l lieutenant governor,
secretary of state. state auditor, state treas
urer. attorney general. clerk of the supreme
court and three judges of the supreme court.
The people will also vote on an amendment
to article of the state constitution. Five
congressman are to be chosen, and several
district judges. An entire legiSlature-47
senators and 1913 representatives-are to be
elected, which Legislature will choose a
United States senator to succeed Mcmillan
(Rep.). Ramsey and Hennepn-and most
Of the counties in the state-Will elect
county tickets. The fight for governor
will be very close and the interest in it will
draw out large vote-not so large, how
ever as was cast at the presidential cleo
ton in 1854. The falling Off is estimated
at 10 per cent. Both sides claim the cleo
ton of their candidates. The highest ma
jority claimed for McGill (Rep.) is IS, 200.
but Republicans generally claim from 5000
10 lU.UUU. Dldlno Hdu fl. O2O
majority in the state in 1884.
The AmeS managers, on the
other hand, claim his election by from
5000 to 5000 majority. The McGill men
base their hopes on 5000 majority in the
Fifth congressional district. g. 900 in the
Second. 1850 in the First and 1000 in the
Third. The more liberal of them are dis
posed to concede Ames from $500 to 5000
majority in the Fourth. There are those,
however, who claim that GcGill will have a
small majority in the Fourth. These cal
culators are generally inclined to reduce the
Republican claims in the Fifth, First and
Third. Summed up and boiled down the
Republican claims hover in the neighbour
hood of 5000 to 10000 majority. Ames'
friends expect 5000 to 5000 majority in
the Fourth, 1000 in the Third and 500 to
1000 in the First. They