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

The Pioneer Press as usual, misquotes the
GLOBE in accounting for the recent result in
Heunepin county, and then ouaits the princl-
pal reasons given. 1t quotes the GLoSE as
sa ing there was solid detection o. the
Irish, which is diamotrically opposite to the
GLOBES statement, and. of course, to the
truth. The fact of the matter is tha the
Irish vote was solidly loyal to Ames and De-
nocracy, beta in Hem p and Ramsey coup-
ties. a great effort was male by the RepuD-
licans 10 ALLEVIATE the vote by the ser % OF
mon partisan hIgh License meetings, but 1t
WAS a total failure especial. in Ramsey
county, the home of the PioSo9r Press. PROM
ineut Scan iinavians, however. freely assert
that the advent in politics of Bishop ireland
and Father McGOlrick diverted their support
from the irish on the Democratic ticket, and
this " i'll be borne out by glance at the re-
turns from those precincts where the Scandi-
nayian vote is heaviest However lamenta-
bic it may be- the fact remains that the Irish
Catholics and Lutheran Scandin4vians do not
aft ate in politics and religion, and the latter
object 70 bringing religion into politics and
resen ed it by cutting the Irish candidates at
the polls. In this particular the
Pioneer Press. as usual, is far from the
truth The only real causes in Hennepin
county were as the GLOBE stated: The cut
ting OF the flags and the Monday night riot
and the Pioneer Press may as well reconcile
itself to the fact that in spite OF its venom
everywhere. Not precinct has been heard
from in which he does not lead.
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1t is altogether probable that the election
of Hon. T.. X Davis as United States senator
g not so certain as may be imagined. Mr..
Davis tariff views do not accord with tue
general sentiment of the state, and his recent
campaign speeches have stirred up consider
able opposition to his election. Yesterday
afternoon newly-electeI member of the leg
isiature-a epublican-visited Minneapolis
to canvass the members elect here. He said
lie thought Gov. Davis would never be elected,
aud that if the Repu llicdns woud not enter
the movement there were sufficient anti Davis
Republicans who would unite with the Demo
Gratis and make his election Impossible.
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Senator Langdon is quoted as saying the
results of the election are great blow 10 the
! Republican bosses and is frank enough to in
| cude u eli in the list. Langdon, PilsDury
aud Fletcher, of Minneapolis, and Window,
of Winona. are among the Slain according to
| the ex senator's own idea. There is none to
mourn their defeat.
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Mai Willie Haskell now denies. through hi:
| little paper, that he laid the result To the
| ignorance of the Swede farmers. Denial
wont save the major. He did make use OF
| the expression quoted. and used it in the
| GLOBE oifIce the morning after election.
| Evidently he was afraid to lay il to the wheat
rng.
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Sherif-elect P. P. SwensOn amply deserves
| the election he has just achieved H. was
! elected ~ the people rs one OF them anu after
an honorable, stra IhLforward canvass. All
vino know MIN know he was above any
| trickery, and refused all invitations to join
| pools aud ciiqueS whereby any on the ticket
might have been made to suffer. He was q
good man for the ofice and ne beat good
man.