St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-16
REVIEWING THE TICKET.
Democratic and Republican Opin-
ions On the Nominations of Tues


day.
Capt. j. j. Thornton, of st. James, was
at the Merchants yesterday. He said, re-
ferring to the Democratic state convention,
that it had placed in the field one of the
strongest tickets that could be imagined
and one that stood a very good show OF
being elected He said that much de-
pended on nominees of the Republican
party, but that if either Gilman or McGill
was nominated for governor, Mayor AmeS
would be elected. The opposition to Gil
man, he said, was throughout the southern
portion of the state, and if nominated he
would lose hundreds of Republican votes in
that locality, which would go to Ames. In
case McGill was the nominee, he expressed
the opinion that a decided opposition would
manifest itself which would materially help
the Democratic ticket. He thought the
Democratic platform was very attractive
document and one that would draw great
many votes from the Republican ranks.
Especially pleased was he with the planks
touching the erection of a soldiers home
within the limits of the state. This, he
thought, would solidify the surviving SOL
dlers and draw them to Mayor Ames, whose
military service was well known. He
claims that the Republicans could not
neutralize the action of the Democrats in
that respect as they had been in control OF
the state for many years and no such move
ment had ever been attempted. 1t would
have the appearance of hollow mockery if
the Republican convention adopted a
similar plank in the platform, and would
deceive no one.
Speaking of the contest in the Second
Iiutr ot ho hot
cratic congressional candidate would be
nOmina ed next week to run against John
Lind. He did not know who the nominee
would be, but said that he had heard the
name of ex-senator NJ. S. Wilkinson men
toned in that connection and understood
that the ex-senator would not refuse the
nomination if rendered him.
GILMAN SOMEWHAT SILENT.
Lieut.. Gov Gilman was not disposed to
talk about the Democratic state ticket, as
he stroled about the corridors of the hotel.
He said that Mayor AmeS. the Democratic
nominee for governor. had always treated
him cOurteOusly and fairly, and if selected
to make the fight against him as the Repub-
lican standard bearer. he 1.-THE speaker), in
tended to reciprOcate the favorS. He said
that it would not be proper for him to eX-
press himself on Mayor AmeS' strength as
such comments from possible opponent
would be out of place. He did say, how
ever, that Mayor Ames was very popular
in the northern part of the state, but was
not prepared to admit or deny that Mayor
Ames would carry that portion of the state
against any other Republican nominee but
himself. If he admitted it, he said, that
it would be misconstrued as magnifying his
own popularity and beittling that of the
other candidates; and by denying it he
might not be doing justice to the claims of
the other parties.
Referring to his own canvass for the Re-
publican nomination, he said that he felt
quite confident OF securing it. but that to ac-
cOmplish that result he had plenty of work
between now and the time for holding the
convention. He said that he had no
umbrants as had the other candidates, and
was compelled to make the fight alone. His
health, he maintained, had been very bad
during the past few weeks, and he was
therefore handicapped but now his health
had greatly improved and he felt better able
to continue the contest