St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-11

result in the state convention, the rank and
file Of the party throughout the state are
giving little heed. To them it is matter
of little moment whether campaign is
conducted under the management of Doran
or Fuller Glenn or Donnelly, so long as it
is successful.
THE CONNECTION OF MAYOR AMES
with this anti movement and the effect
upon his campaign of the result as thus
far determined, has assumed much greater
interest than the movement itself, though
current events would indicate it is not of SO
much Importance, from the very fact that
conventions have Endorsed Kelly and Doran
and at the same time declared for AmeS.
1t is assumed in the outset that the guber-
material candidacy OF Ames is alone and
singular in the party, he being the only
Democrat who has pronounced himself
candidate. Gen. Becker, of the railway
and grain commission. is mentioned in con-
nectiOn with the Office and with the
announcement comes the information that
he is the candidate of j. j. Hill. However,
the same backing has been accorded G. A.
Gilman, aud in generous quantity, with
an equal degree of probability. The hand
OF Hill, while popular rumor credits it with
being ofttimes felt in the politics of Mime
sofa, is seldom seen and rarely made thus
apparent; so Jim HilPS candidate" who
ever may bear that honor. will be known
hereafter by results, rather than at this time
by his words or by others. Mr. Doran is
also hOnOred with. mention of the same
kind, but the candidacy of the statesman
from LeSeuer is of the contingent Kind,
with the contingency rather vague and lnl-
probable When the announcement was
first made, Mir. Doran disclosed the pres
ence of a string, so the candidacy is gener-
ally regarded as one Of his little pohtical
Jokes. Various other names have been
mentioned in connection with the nominal
ton, but the fact remains that Mayor AnleS
is the only candidate and that he engreSSes
the talk and the work in this direction.
SIMPLY THROUGH IMPULSE,
the man being always stronger than the
politician, he went into the anti-eosS con-
vention. Friends of Kelly and Doran adj
yised him to stay away. Col. Glenn, his
chief adviser. strongly advised against use
less and entangIing alliances and urged him
to absent himself, But actuated by no
other desire than to be Democratic, he dis
regarded all this and went. For Mr. Kelly
he has always prof6SSed friendship, though
! he regarded Mr.. DOran as hostile to him.
| Il do not blame Kelly and DOran for any
thing they have done" he said just before
he left for St. Paul. land had l been in
their place 1 would have done just the same.
But don't believe in the principle of mid
dlemen. l want to see the people meet the
executive with petitions The party did
wrong in comforting this power on Kelly
and Doran. but they were all right in ac-
cepting and employing it, and did just as
any one would under the circumstances"
Since the decentralization of the leaders Of
the movement Ames has preserved
the most nonchalant demeanOr. 1t
does not affect me, that l
can observe" ne SAID. These
counties are deciding, in their own pleasant
and vigorous way, who shall lead them and
represent them. 1t is their own local
| fight" The defeated leaders, Fuller and
| the rest contend that AmeS was the issue
| involved. but the friends of the latter Smil-
| ingIy accuse the vanquished of poor gener-
alship and advise them not to sulk i'll their
tents. but to swallow their disappointment
and join the fight for the party welfare.
Now that the preliminary Skirmish IS over
and the Kelly forces on top, the supporters
OF AmeS can see no reason why they should
be on the losing side.
THE AMES CAMPAIGN
has not begun, and will not begin. unless
the nomination should be rendered the
mayor with great degree of unanimity.
1t is his claim that he has done no work
and will do none to secure the nomination.,
allowing the counties to express their SEN
| timentS without argument or pressure. II
| the nomination falls to him, then he Will
''buckle Oh his armOr and carry the war
| into every precinct in the state" His can
didacy, in the beginning, was matter OF
| 4 ha hln
Minneapolis campaign of last spring. which
| turned over thirteen thousand votes, and
converted unalterably thousands of Repub-
licans. it was a sentiment general through
Hennepin county, the banner Republican
county Of the state, that if there was man
who could redeem the state, AmeS was the
man. The sentiment spread rapidly
| through the state and letters began pouring
| in from every quarter. His undertaking
course in and out of office, in regard TO the
| labOring classes, welded their affection to
him. and from among the Scandinavians,
whose good will he had obtained, came
pledges of support, coupled with the earnest
| request to become candidate for governor.
All of this accorded with his personal am
bition and he decided to make the race, and
| the decision once taken, he set about it in
his own impulSive, unmethodical way. He
has no heutenants, no bureau. What has
been done in his behalf was accomplished
| by his friends on the one hand, out Of pure
regard for the man, and by those. on the
other hand, who expect to be beneiiciaries
! by his promotion. 1t was not work III the
sense OF organization, but was merely the
dissemination of that sentiment which, as
Mr.. DOran feelingly expresses it, ''has made
god of Ames." 1t is that sentiment
which, it now seems, will nominate and
triumphantly elect him.
GLENN, THE WARWICK
of Hennepiu politics, is an element in the
preliminary campaign not to be overlooked.
| The doughty colonel, while occupying no
official position, is regarded as the head
and front of the last municipal campaign,
and is politician Of no mean order. The
friends of Ames all over the state bate
their breath, however, when the disiuter-
ested loyalty of Col. Glenn is mentioned.
They say he has his eagle eye on the chair
manship of the state central committee,
the seat now warmed by Mr.. Doran, and
that the ambitions of himself and Mayor
Ames are so closely interviewer as to be
| inseparaDle. This, they say, is IAN en-
tangling alliance" and likely to be the only
stumbling block in the way of the nOmina-
ton of AmeS by reclamation. The claim is
freely made that neither D0ran nor Kelly
will offer the slightest opposition to the
Flour City mayor, but will heartily support
him, both before and after the convention.
providing he will cut loose from Glenn; but
that if the elevation of Glenn is to be made
part of the Ames programme. the war
they will declare will be the hottest in their
power. 1t is supposed that, in his qnet
way, Col, Glenn has knife whetted for
Kelly and Doran on account of his failure
to get the Minneapolis pOstohice and is
anxious to down them, while Doran.
whether he desires to retain the chairman
ship or not, has no intention of being
thrown out the back window while the
front door is there.
GLENN'S DEVOTION
may thus be put to the crucial test. II his
| ..rl;1oo,- for tho ohairn,a nchin SbOuid