St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-30
Davis waning restige.

As illustrating the decadence of Gov.
Davis popularity, talks with two prOmi-
nent citizens by a GLOBE reporter are given.
One is well-known politician of Albert
Lea the other of Wabasha. They were
seen at the Ryan hotel. The Albert Lea
gentleman said:
Politics in Freeborn county has been
asleep since election. Nothing has been said
except an occasional kick by Republicans
and Democrats alike against the high tariff
notions of c. X. Davis. The senators and
representatives consider themselves in-
structed to vote for Gov. Davis for the United
States senate. Those instructions were given
before the governor made his high tariff
speeches. If he had made those speeches
before the county convention met that nom
mated the legislative ticket think the con-
vention would not have passed the resolution
of instruction. There is I o doubt but that
large majority Of the Republicans OF our
county are opposed to the present or any
protective tariff. The members will vote for
Davis on the first ballot aud may stick 10 him
(under the influence of the Lovely crowd).
Unless they have the Lovely crowd at their
back they may be led of for a low tariff man,
after few ballots, if approached right
think Lovely and his friends feel as though
they are Indebted to the governor. If SO they
will sacrifice any principle on the tariff ques-
tiOn TO promote his election, and they will
use all the members from this county for
their purposes.
The views of the Wabasha gentlem n
were expressed as follows:
For some years past c. X. Davis has been
quite favorite in our county, and during the
last summer it was not an uncommon thing TO
hear prominent Democrats say that in case a
Democrat could not be elected to the United
States senate, they preferred Davis to any
known Republican. But surprising revolu-
tion of feeling has occurred since the opening
of the political campaign last fall, and it is
doubtful if there is to-day any Republican OF
prominence who occupies lower place in the
political esteem of the Democrats of our
county than c. h. Davis. Tlis change OF feel
ing is due to two causes, for both of which
Mr.. Dana is himself alone responsible. When
he raised his voice in this district in opposi-
tiOn to that idol OF Democracy, Hon. Thomas
Wilson, he committed what seemed TO, many
greVious offen3e; but when he an
no need that SO great was his hatred
of Democracy, that he would scratch
the Apostle Paul were he on that ticket.
his ofenSe became too great in the eyes of
Wabasha county Democrats to admit of re-
pentsnce. The three members Of the house
from our county are Democrats in every
sense of the word and will not, even hOugh
left alone, vote for Davis, and cannot be in
veigled into any combination having his cleo
tion as its object. In case they fiUd it i'm
possible TO elect Democrat they will, i'll all
probability, cast their votes for Hon. Charles
NJ Start in preference to all Republicans
Henry Burkhardt, senator-elect from our
county, is very liberal Republican, and,
while he is very reticent as to his choice for
senator, it is morally certain that Davis is
not his man. Democrats generally, and very
many Republicans, are outspoken in their op-
position to Davis, and if the political pulse.
as felt in Wabasha county, is an indication of
the feeling of the entire body polite, Hon.
C. K. Davis will be obliged to either grace
fully accept a defeat or take his revenge by
hereafter "sulking in his tent