St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-19

great organizing powers. This one, in
the Judgment OF many Republicans, has
proven itself to be VIGOROUSLY incapa-
bic. The McGill men have not hesi-
tated to charge much of the misman-
agement OF the campaign of 1856 to
Heatwole, and what Pillsbury cost the
party every one knows. Nearly half
the committee took no part in the cam
paign, and the credit for most that was
done is given to Stanford Newell. The
faces of Henry A. Castle and John
Espy will be missed from to-morrow's
meeting.
DIR. Mayo, the sturdiest Democrat of
Rochester, in discussing First district
politics yesterday said:
"Dunnell will be badly scooped. 1
can see no way by which he can be
elected. The prohibition vote is going
to be heavy figure against him. [ do
not know of Democrat in Rochester
or Olmsted county who will vote for
prohibition, but there are many so
called ''cranky' temperance Republic
ans who will.
Gov. McGill's seeming silence about
the campaign may have fooled the
country into the belief that he is not in
tereSted i'll the final result, but here in
st. Paul no one doubts for minute but
that he is making the most strenuous
efforts to secure the nomination. 1t
was noticed some time ago that his
friends were making canvass for
something which they would not re-
veal. The secret popped out yesterday,
when it was reported that campaign
fund of $4,000 had been placed at the
governors service. This indicates that
he is in for blood. In this connection
the GLOBE can afford to repeat what an
intimate frieAd of one of the candidates
for governor said the other day.
ITO my personal knowledge" he re-
marked, this campaign for the Repub-
lican nomination is the most costly ever
known in the history of the politics of
this state. | am well aware of the fact
that already over $4,000 has been spent
in the indirect or direct purchase of
country papers; that the postage bill of
one candidate has been over $1,000, and
that the total expenditures of all the
candidates combined by the time the
convention meets will not have fallen
short of $1,000 000."
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1t is now reported that Maj. Strait
will not enter the field as a dark horse
candidate for governor, but the status
of Lieut.. Gov. Rice remains in doubt.
MIR. Rice is reported as saying that he
would not be candidate for any Office
this year, believing that owing to the
tariff and temperance issues the Repub-
lican party was doomed to defeat. Un
the other hand. Senator Marcus John
son said to the GLOBE that Mr.. Rice had
expressed himself as being willing to
stand again for lieutenant governor.
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Gen. Jennison. for all of his stalwart
Republicanism, is raising ''merry Ned"
with some of the brethren of his own
household. The GLOBE reproduces
certain correspondence which Gen.
Jennison has in his possession. The
name of the Red Wing correspondent
is withheld for obvious reasons:
RED WING, July Ii, 1ssS-Hon. Albert
Scheffer, st. Paul-Dear Sir: Hundreds of
Republicans i'll this vicinity would rather see
you elected governor on an independent
ticket, than McGrll on the Republican ticket
Yet they have heard that you said to Joel P.
Heatwole, Esq, that if McGill was nomi-
mated, and HeatWole, an advocate of Hon.
W. r. Merriam nomination, took the stump
for the nominee, you, also, would speak at
all his meetings for the same cause, and
asked Heatwole if he would do SO. to which
he gave an enthusiastic response in these
words: Not by - sight,
In behalf of these anti-McGill Republic
ans 1 ask you to answer by Yes or
No: Do you intend to run inde-
pendent in case McGill is nomina-
ted for governor by the Republican conven-
ton? a refusal to answer by distinct and
unqualified affirmative will be considered in
The light of a negative declaration. Re
spectfully etc