St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-28


These are the certain element. leaving
thirty delegates in the uncertain element.
There will be cOnteSting delegations from
Chippewa county. favOring Reed and Her
bert. If Reed gets these four votes he will
have a total of u against IA for Herbert.
II Herbert gets them he VIII
have total of Is against II
for Reed They will be for
one or the other, and Denny can expect
nothing from this quarter. This leaves
twenty-siX more votes to distribute among
the delegates. but nothing reliable is known
as to where they will go. There are at least
SIX of the Rice county delegation who are
known to be particular personal and polltl-
cal friends of Maj. Strait. As eX-Marshal
Denny is recognized as the candidate who
has Straits sanction and support ii is rea-
s0nable to presume that some OF these Rice
county men Will
VOTE FOR DENNY
in preference to Reed or Herbert. Two of
them will 90 to Herbert. two to Reed and
one to Denny. This would make the totals:
Reed 10, Herbert 20, Denny ia race
close enough to be interesting and exciting
and full of possibilities. Meeker, kandi-
yOhi and Swift are the unknown and I'M
certain quantities, and their seventeen votes
will decide the fight one way or the other.
All sorts of claims are made by trends OF
the different candidates in regard to these
three counties. but there is no reliance to
be placed in any OF them. In Meeker.
Reed claims three, Herbert two and Denny
one. No one seems to have any clear idea
about Kandiyohi or Swift. Senatorand
Nominated-for-Lieute Governor A. E.
Rice is presumed to carry the vote of Kan
diyOhi in his breeches pocket. but he is very
mysterious ard induStriOusly cOncealS his
intentions. There are certain reasons adj
vanced WHY he should be expected
TO vote for both Reed and Herbert, and
both sides claim to have assurances OF his
suppOrt. 1t is given out here that Rice'S
friends have gotten him into dilemma
through promises made in the state conven-
ton. GoOdhue county, it Is asserted. voted
for Rice for lieutenant governor with the
understanding that Kandiyohi would sup
mort Herbert. while Reeds friends claim
that the votes of Mcleod and Renville were
cast for Rice under an agreement that Kan
divohi should be brought into line for Reed.
II this be true there will probably be
SOME FUN.
- Pledges and combinations made IN the
state convention are liable to cut pTOmi-
nent figure IN to-mOrrOw'S convention here.
Goodhue county has expressed no prefer
ence for second place. While Dakota favors
Herbert after Reed A contesting Herbert
delegation from Renville county is talked
of, but it is not believed anything will come
of it. and the matter will be dropped. There
is the usual amount of anti-conventien talk
about combinations between the candidates.
and some of it is entitled to fair amount
of credence. One story is that Reed and
Herbert have reached an agreement to de-
feat Strait-as a dark horse or as repre-
scented in the person of Denny-at all haz-
ards and by any means. In fact, Herbert
has made the statement in the
district within the past few days
which can be substantiated =
that if it became necessary his strength
would be thrown to Reed to accomplish the
defeat of Strait. 1t is reasonable to sup
pose that if this be true, Reed has agreed
to do the same thing if Herbert develops
the most strength. On the other hand. a
story is afoat that Herbert and Denny have
formed combination for their mutual in
terest. Denny is credited with the design