St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-24
Gossip of Political Nature From OFF sials
and Private Citizens t..
Prominence.
Arguments Before the Supreme Court on
the Validity of the Oleomar-
garine Law.
Those Who VIII Teach st. Paul's
Schools Next Year--A Missing
Husband and Wife.
Discussing Moreue--Men Who Were
at the Hotels--The Local
Roundup.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
The Tickets are Being Scattered
ME-. Pattee not Committed.

The Tickets are Fseing Scattered
MT. Pattee not Committed.
Some of the tickets that Secretary Fuller
has been sending out to the antiKeily-
Doran Democrats, admitting them to the
conference to be held in Pfeifer's hall on
July l, have reached Democrats whose
sentiments are presumably not strongly
against those two gentlemen. One OF these
was sent to gentleman in Litchfield with
q blank space left for a name to be hlled In
Either in Jest or earnest, the recipient put.
In the name of Marshall Campbell and sent
1t to that gentleman at his st. Paul address.
AIr. Campbell said he had no particular
use for it, and forwarded it to prominent
Democrat in New York state. In speaking
of the conference, Mr.. Campbell said that
if nothing else it would probably be har-
monious, unless there were other
cases of ticket distribution similar to his
own, as it was given out that tickets would
be given to only those whose sentiments on
the point of the meeting were known. MIR.
Campbell was asked how he explained the
appointment of Mr.. Ankeny to the post
nastership at Minneapolis. He said that
the general policy of making appointments
On the strength of the Endorsement of lead
Ing Democrats in the locality interested,
hnd the recommendation of the member of
the committee from that district had been
followed Somebody had to be appointed.
Mr. Ankeny was indorsed he believed, by
Dir. Oswald, aud by the Hon. D. c. Merrl-
man. the late Democratic candidate for
congress, and the president had made the
appointment accordingly. MI Ankeny was
also backed by Mr.. DOran, and he had made
8 strong fight for him.
DOES NOT DECLARE HIMSELF.
The Hon. w. S. Pattee, of Mortified,
came to st. Paul yesterday morning. His
name has been mentioned quite prominently
in connection With the attorneys eneralship.
MI. Pattee said to a GLOBE reporter that
he had never, as yet, announced himself in
the field for that position, nor had he
authorized any of the statements in any of
the papers in which his name had been
mentioned. He was not prepared, just at
present, to say that he would Or would not
be candidate. Mr.. Pattee expressed HIM
self as somewhat surprised that in Red
wood Falls, the home of the Hon. o. B.
Turrell, who has congressional aspirations,
the Hon. John Lind, of New Ulm, should
carry the convention. Mr.. Pattee expressed
the opinion that the warmest political fights
of recent times would be seen in the state
next Idlt, anu T0llldTh6u llldG Ho WIS uOt
particularly anxious to take hand in them
as it suited him pretty well to attend to his
own law business.
1t was said at the Office of Hon. Michael
Doran yesterday that that gentleman would
probably be absent from st. Paul until
sometime next week.
Owing to the repairs that are going on at
the state capitol building, the state convcn-
ton of the Prohibition party will be held in
market hail. 1t will occur at noon of July
z. G. T. Wells, secretary of the state Or
ganization, has issued card in which he
says that this is the first delegate conven-
ton of the party in Minnesota, and the
number of counties that have elected dele
gates indicates that the attendance will be
large. All the railroads offer excursion
rates to delegates and visitors. Rev. d. A.
r. Leonard, late Prohibition candidate for
governor of Ohio. will be present, and with
the workers in the state. will work to
awaken enthusiasm.
Several of the anti-Kelly Democrats from
st. Paul were in Minneapolis last evening con-
ferring with sympathizers in that city relative
to the conference to be held July 1. On their
return they said the details of work were
progressing satisfactorily to all concerned.