St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-07
WOULD-BE GOVERNORS.
A Member of Congress From Minnesota
Gives His Views of the Guberna-
torial Contest.
Loren Fletcher Fighting for MoGill for
the Purpose of Making Lang
don Senator.
A Kindred Fletcher-McGin Alliance
in the North to Down Gilman
and Nelson.
Strait and Wakefield Dark Horses--
Window Seeking a Chance for
Vindtcation.
Political Gossip.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-After so long
an absence from the state, there is much
curiosity among Minnesota senators and
members to know the drift of politics at
home. Probably there is not member Of
the delegation who is not we'll informed by
letters and kilograms from trusted lieuten-
ants at home, but seeing and hearing is be-
lieving, and to be ON the ground is more
satisfactory than to be 1900 miles away
and things waxing hot and interesting.
The GLOBE correspondent finds from con-
versatlon with various Minnesota repre-
sentatlVeS here that pretty much one view
is taken OF the state of things at home. A
member of the delegation in the lower
house, who allows himself to talk politics.
but is noted for his skillful handicraft in
things political, permits your correspondent
to repeat what he thinks on the situation in
his party at home.
The race for governor is narrowing down to
Gilman and McGlli, and fancy you can say
that these gentlemen are simply counters for
night OF larger kind going on behind the
smoke OF the present conflict. 1 mean that
this is really contest for the senatorship, and
that Loren Fletcher is working McGil to the
trent to put II. Is. Langdon in the senate.
Fletcher wants to be the power behind the
throne in state affairs. With McGill in the
state house he could control the state offices,
and with Langdou in the senate he would
have good deal to say about Minnesota in
terests in congress. The two strings would.
he thinks, nominate him for congress two
years hence. He will, of course be q candi-
date for speaker in the legislature next win
ter. am satisfied that my inference is cor
rect, for observe that all the
KINDRED PAPERS
in Knute Nelson's district are passing into
roll he lotn tnr-h TnCiu
have no doubt Kindred expects to make an
alliance with Langdon and Fletcher that will
help him to down Gilman and Nelson. Gil
man is in the lead now, and think he will
come to the front in excellent condition when
the convention meets. Charley is as sly as
he looks, and always manages by close race
and snappy fight to save his brush and
elude his enemies. Still the villains pursue
him, and this year there are more of them in
bunch than ever saw before. Gibbs, the
Farmers alliance candidate, is about at the
height of his strength. He is a good man,
and his time will come sooner or later, but not
now. The fact is the farmers troubles are
not to be settled by choosing farmer COVER
noa, and if any farmer candidate is ever made
governor it will be because he is just the
man the cities want as well as the rural dis
tricts.'
"Are there any dark horses?'
"a few and they are good ones too. Mai.
Strait, who is toying with his determination
not to run for congress again, tossing the
question now one way, now another, hardly
knowing whether to quit or not, is keeping
his eye on the fight, and can be counted on to
come to the front if the time comes to Justify
it. Strait is a good fellow, with lots of friends
down here, and hosts of them at home. He
is as familiar with public affairs as a monkey
with his tail, and would make good gov
ernor. 49,
WINDOW is DARK HORSE aii' 'iti
in this race, and no man in Minnesota is more
keenly interested in it than he. An election
TO the senate as vindication of the multi
tude of attacks made on him by his enemies
in his party, is his chief ambition in life. He
will be on the track as long as he lives. He
hopes now that Gilman, McGill and Gibbs
will get the convention in a deadlock, and
make it necessary to choose some man out of
the race. Then he hopes to have some one
the name of Window. To be made
governor would in part satisfy Mr..
Window for his defeat by Senator Sabin.
But his principal estimation of the place is as
stepping stone to the senate. l think, how
ever, that if there is any deadlock in the con-
vention another man is likely to be brought
out He is the darkest horse in the state
or out of it, That is Gov. Wakefield. The
downright, positive way in which the gov
ernor has pulled out of the congressional
race this year when but for his refusal to run
he would have been unanimously renomin-
ated, makes him strong man. He has no
desire to continue in public life and would
under no circumstances be a candidate be-
fore the convention, and he has not thought
of his nomination. I am sure. His friends
have, however, and if the juncture comes
that will make it worth WHILE they will bring
him out. He is another man whose public
service has always been credltable, and he
has as few enemies as any man who ever
figured in Minnesota politics. The Scandina-
VANS believe in him, and are just now feel
ing very warm towards him for his assistance
in nominating John Lind for congress-"
McCreary Renominated.