St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-24
ESPAIR !.
The Radical Camp Routed
and Put to Flight.
Sensation Created by the
Land Fraud Expose.
Cilfllan Must be Pulledfrom
the Ticket at Once.
Loren Fletcher or Albert Schefer
May Succeed Him.
The Bosses Confer in Minneapolis
and st. Paul.
Most Exciting Day Of the Cam
paign For Politicians.
GiIfiIIan a HeavyLead.


There was great and unusual commotion
in the Republican camp at Minneapolis yes
terday, and trouble and turmoil sat pictured
in the face of every captain and lieutenant
as they hurriediy rushed about in anxious
consultation. A copy of the GLOBE
peeped out of the coat-tail pocket of each
excited partisan as he climbed the stairway
leading to the headquarters, and was swal-
lowed up in the crowd of dem0rallZed poll
ticians who paced the floor and knitted
their brows Never in the political history
of the county has campaign organization
been so thoroughly stirred up as was this
cOhOrt of workers when they read IN yes
terday's GLOBE the expose Of j. b. Gill;
lan'S participation IN the John Martin Lun-
Der cOmpany'S big land grab. The copy
that goes TO headquarters was thumbed to
pieces by its numerous readers, and the
supply in the hands of newsdalerS was
quickly exhausted without half meeting
the demand. At 10 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing consultation in county headquarters
was hurriedy held, after which individual
members rushed off to consult Loren
Fletcher. c. 4. Pillsbury. r. B. LahgdOn
and other party leaders not on any OF the
committees AT O'Clock in the afternoon
the local llleUlD6TS Vi Tic QlSlItCb
were summoned to consult with
THE PARTY LEADERS,
and for two hours were locked up in the
committee room. Over the trsnSom floated
angry and excited words. with other evil
dences OF the heated session within. When
the gentlemen emerged. their faces were
eloquent with traces of the scenes they had
passed through. but every lip was sealed. AS
they descended the stairs one was distinctly
heard to say to his companion: 'Gilhllan
must come off the ticket"
Half an hour later. the information
had been widely disseminated throughout
the city and had received the usual perver-
sion. 1t was gaSped out that Gillian had
been Withdrawn by the congressional com
mittee and Loren Fletcher substituted.
and in this shape reached The ears of a
GLOBE reporter. One of the managers of
the campaign was sought and asked if the
reports were trne. He said,
RATHER NON-CoMMIFTAL.
1.-THE committee is scattered all over the
district. How the deuce could II be called so
hurriedly toGethtr:'
''Was there meeting of any kind?'
Eyes, there was meeting.
Ibid it discuss GiIfau?"
'Amone other things, yes"
''was the committee called together?'
"Believe it was
t'Will Gilhllan be pulled off the ticket?'
''HoW the d do know. and he broke
his buttonhoie and hurried away
In Republican and Democratic head
quarters the removal of Gilhllan from the
ticket was the general theme of converse
ton. In neither was there anything out in
terest manifested. Said Chairman Il ne
hart of the Democratic committee: Il hope
Gillian will stick. He is the easiest man
to beat by long odds" The Republicans of
the county never had any sincere affection
for the West side icicle. and the announce
ment did not destroy their nerve worth
speaking Of On the faces of the leaders
there was expressed
ONLY EXCITEMENT, NOT REGRET,
and il was believed that deep in their in
most hearts they rejOiced at the turn affairs
had taken. The current belief now Is that
the committee will assemble on Monday
and pull Gillian of the ticket. substituting
q name Loren Fletcher shall send in at that
time.
1t is wel-known fact that it was only
with clenched teeth that the leaders in Hen
nepin county submitted to the mandate
from Washington To give Gilfillan rennm-
inatiOn. Everything had been arranged for
Loren Fletcher and while his friends were
Fletcher was made chairman of the con-
ventiOn. and when the usual motion was
adopted, nstructing him to appoint the dis
trict committee, he smiled sardOnically
when he said he would consult the candi
date before making the selections. When
the committee was announced. it was de-
nounced by the friends of Gilfiilan as "a
committee, not to help elect the candidate.
but to
FIX THINGS FOR FLETCHER
two wears hence'' Gillian did not even
know who Preston, the chairman, was, and
when his business and address were given
him he noted them down for his guidance.
Since then it is charged that several mem
bers of the committee are openly working
against him. and that the plan Is to defeat
him and allow Fletcher to say: Il told
you So" When the Knights of Labor cir
cuar against Gillian was made public the
anti-Gilhllanites shrugged their shoulders,
and when the announcement was made
that Ralph Beaumont the chairman of the
Knights of Labor committee, would be
here to speak against GilhIlan. they smiled
and said nothing. The article in yeSter-
days GLOBE set them wild again. and
when the report went around that he was to
be pulled from the ticket it met with ready