St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-26
Over the Results Of the Re-
publican PoW-Wow by
the Lake.
The Nomination of Harrison
Creates Little Enth usiaSm
Among Gophers,
Who Claim the Sanity City
as Their Temporary
Abiding, Place.
Talks With Leading Citizens
and Politicians and the Sen
timents They Express.

Whistling to keep up their courage
was the predicament in which the Re-
publicanS of st. Paul were placed yes
terday by the announcement of the re-
suit at Chicago, and it was not difficult
to see that revulSion of feeling had
taken place. Wherever groups of
men assembled to discuss the nominee
the Blaine or Gresham element pre-
dominated and the name of Harrison
had about the same effect that we'll
dampened blanket would upon the
eager politician. Still they had to make
a show of being satisfied, although it
was with wry face that they sought to
impress listeners with an idea of the
strength that would be developed by the
man from Indiana before the campaign
ended. There was a little consolation
for one crowd of anxious Republicans
on Third street when some Sangulne IN
dividual hung out a placard, lit Will be
President Harrison in November" and
they made the most of this prediction.
1t was suggestive of
a FUNERAL RATHER THAN A FEAST,
the manner in which Republicans talked
of the outlook, and special stress was
laid upon the failure of the Minnesota
d, legation at the convention to insist
upon change in the tariff plank. This
seemed to give relief to some OF the out
spoken party men when they turned
away with sigh from the contempla-
tion of the head of the ticket and poured
out the vials of wrath upon the state
delegates. Then, too, Harrlson's record
on the Chinese question while in the
senate was not Of a reassuring nature,
so far as the Pacific slope was concerned,
and an excited byStander declared that
it would be equivalent to splitting in
CalifOrnian'S face to ask him to vote for
Harrison. Business was neglected for
the time being, and everywhere that
crown assembled politics was sure to be
the uppermost topic, and, if they were
Republicans, only gloomy forebodingS
were INDUCED in. On the other hand,
the DemocraticS were particularly Jubi-
liant. and lost no time in declaring that
it meant walkOver for Cleveland, some
of the most enthusiastic going so far as
to say that when election day rolled
around nobody would know that
HARRISON WAS RUNNING FOR AN Of
FICE.
They could not refrain from chatting
and badgering their political opponents
at every opportunity, and the latter sub
mitted as gracefully as possible to the
inevitable. Prominent business men OS
both parties expressed their views at
follows:
Dairy Commissioner Ives-The ticket
pleaseS me, and | think Minnesota will
be good for 10000 majority for Harrison
and Morton.
Ex-senator McMillan-It is very
creditable nomination.. Gen. Harrison
is man of unimpeachable character,
and will unite all the elements of the
Republican party.
Ex-Gov. Ramsey-A capital nomina-
ton. There is not better man i'll this
| country than Gen. Harrison. We would
| have carried the country with any
ticket that the Chicago convention NOM
| mated.
w. r. Merriam-We needed an Indi-
ana man on the ticket, and Harrison
will sweep the country.
Hon. P. H. Kelly-No man can be
called weak who held a convention in
suspense for week, as Blaine did.
| Harrison is weak man. Democrats
will breathe easier, now that the man
from Maine is disposed of.
Senator Hickson. of Herman-Harri-
son is as good as they had in the lot al
Chicago. But won't there be music at
|
they try to adopt the national platform:
George F. Sabin, of Stillwater-We
did not nominate our strongest man al
| Chicago. The platform will give Us
trouble in this state.
Samuel NichOlS-I would rather have
seen it Harrison than Blaine, although
the latter is the ablest man in this coun
try to-day.
Hon. Michael Doran-l did not think
Harrison's candidacy was serious
| There is not much known of the man.
Mayor r. A. Smith-Why, Harrison is
very weak man. Eugene Williams
beat him all to pieces for governor.
don't think he is nearly as strong mar
as Gresham.
County Attorney Smith, of Minneapo
lis-Put up good representative man
We would just as soon slaughter him as
| anybody else.
Sheriff Linden, of Grant County-We
had hoped in our part OF the county thai
it would be Gresham.
Mai. Loder-Harrison can't begin t(
carry New York against Cleveland.
Richard O'ConnOr-fm sorry it was
not Blaine, because [ wanted to see hin
beaten again. This is good nomina
tion-for our side.
Aid. Kavanagh-The Republicans ir
st. Paul take about as kindly to Harri-
sons nomination as the saloon men die
to high license.
c. Tyson Butcher-It's good nom
nation for the Democrats. Harrison
| has been q bitter man to all except his
personal friends. The South has nc
love for Harrison.
Edwin S. ThOmDsOn-l think it's {
very excellent nomination. l know
Harrison personally, and [ think he.
one of the finest men l ever met.
John Baugh-It did not make mucl
difference who was nominated: the
Democrats will carry the country thi:
fall. anyway.
Henry j. Horn-We haven't heart
much about Harrison, so we don't know
much about him. [ think he's a gooC
man, though.
Gov. McGill-I regard the nomination
of Gen. Harrison as one of the very bes
that could have been made. He il
without political entanglements, Il
abreast of the best political thought o
his party, and comes from tried ant
good presidential timber. Will he b,
elected? Without doubt.
Hon.. s. G.. IverSon-I thought i
would be Blaine, but FIN satisfied will
Harrison.
Deputy Todd don't like the nom
ination. It's not good one from til,
standpoint of merit or political sa
gacity.
w. L. Vincent-The nomination
makes me sick. l wanted Blaine.
q. G.. Thomas-The Democrat
needn't fear about the Irish vote witt
Harrison on the Republican ticket.
Deputy Treasurer Sander-l think th
next president will be Harrison.
Matt Jensen-I don't think we cal
elect Harrison. Blaine might hav
pulled through.
Mai. Hjortsberg-I don't know any
thing about the man. What has h
done, anyway?