St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-13
The Republican State Central
Committee Has Changed
It's Headquarters.
1t Will Meet at the Ryan
Hotel to Call a State
Convention.
Senator.Sabin, Homo. B. Buck
man and Farmer Merriam
Setting Up Pins. .
Gossip Among the Politicians
as They Warm Up the
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For years past the Merchants hotel
has been the political headquarters of
both Republican and Democratic lead
ers. and within its walls states have
been fixed up and other campaign de-
tails arranged satisfactorily. But there
is to be new departure according to
the latest bulletin from the Republican
state central committee, which is as fol-
lows:
There will be meeting of the Republican
state central committee at 2 O'Clock p. m.
Tuesday. March 20, 1883, In Parlor K. Hotel
Ryan, st. Paul, for the purpose OF calling
state convention and for the transaction of
any other business that may come before
the meeting
JOHN S. PILLsBURY, Chairman.
JoELP. HEATwoLE, Secretary.
Just what this means no one can
fathom, although those who profess to
be informed declare that, indirectly, it
is a stab at Gov. McGill and the inaugur-
alton of boom for Hon. w. r. Mer-
riam. For some time past Gov. McGill
has been ensconced in comfortable quar-
tiers at the Merchants, and has thus been
enabled to hold constant communication
with representative men OF his party
who have sWarmed through the corridors
III
Since his return from visit to the East
Hon. w. r. Merriam has established
himself at the Ryan and the indications
are that the next Republican campaign
in Minnesota will be conducted from the
sacred precincts of parlOr SKI in that
hotel.
Every evening for the past week or
two and especially since the visit of
| Senator Sabin conferences have been
carried on in which Mr.. Merriam has
been an important factor and his friends
are outspoken in favor of his candidacy
for the gubernatorial nomination by the
Republicans Of Minnesota this year.
Senator Sabin, it is well known, stands
by the president of the Merchants Ma
tional mot only for business reasOna, but
upon grounds of personal friendship and
is not inclined to forward i'll any way the
aspirations of the present governor for
an Endorsement at the hands of his
party in the shape of second term.
Were it not for the well-knOWn ambi-
ton of Mr., Merriam to be the governor
of this state, the incumbent at the capt.
toll might have q fair chance for reati-
cation Of his hopes, but the slate tobe
fixed up at the Ryan at the next meet
ing of the state committee will probably
not contain his name: =, =. ],
III. .i,...-,.=t y754 L ~ n a Z
. Efforts have been made to draw Se1fa
tor Sabin out as to his preferences, bat
( his only reply to such inquiries has been
that he will keep his hands of and. yet
the strongest man win. soOne OF the
most enthusiastic admirers OF Senator
Sabin, and an ardent supporter OF MI.
Merriam as we'll, is State Senator e. r..
Buchanan, of Sank Rapids. He never
misses an opportunity to extol the the m l
its Of his favorites, and, eonse-.
quently, when he was known to.
be- clospted with Senator Sahin s1ast!
evening at the Ryan, the prophets be-s
ganto Wag theirheaAs and predict dire;
disaster to Gov. McGill and his fol-
lowers. - ~ q .''' :s-tR -i;''
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Following upon the heels of these
nightly conferences comes the cali OF.
the state central committee, selecting
Mr.. Merriam'S temporary abode as its
headquarters, with view to keeping;
its deliberations yelled as much as pos
sib1e from the wary, watchful state eX-'
eeutive a few, blocks below.
Them too, this is regarded as proc
lamatior that the silk stocking element
in the Republican ranks desires place
where it can make a much more 'oSten-
.tatious show of luxury and the possible
tiles of it's candidate and his barrel;
hence the Merchants is discarded for
more sumptuouS suite OF departments
at the Ryan. rs.
Hon. Stanford Newell, chairman of
the executive committee, has not been
ehary recently in expressing his opinion
that it would not be good policy to re-
nominate Gov. McGill, owing to the
poor showing that he made against
Mayor Ames in the last campaign, and
In this he voices the opinions OF many
strong men. of the committee who are
entrusted with the temporary control OF
the affairs of the Republican party
Ill Minnesota. AS soon as Secretary
Joel Heatw0le returned from Chicago
when he accompanied the new member
of the national executive committee,
Hon. r. e.. Evans, of Minneapolis, he
sought out Mr.. Merriam, and the cam
paign may be said to have begun a few
evenings ago at that conference. Now,
regardless of all presidents, the COM
mittee is called to meet at the Ryan, and
no one with the slightest apprehension
will fail to attribute this move to the
manipuIationS, if not of Mr.. Merriam
personally, at least to those who are
friendly to him.
~
Every moye that has been made re-
Gently has met with the appreciation of
Chairman Pillsbury. of the state COM
mittee, who has also been prominent
conferree at thesRyan gatherings. It's,
to say the least, singular coincidence
that, just as Senator Sabin con-
cludes, the business which sum-
moned him. j from Washington,
the call is promulgated for the state
convention to select delegates to the ma
tional convention at Chicago, and it
looks as Though the pins were set up
and a combination agreed upon which
caunot help but benefit him in his race
for second term at the national capital.
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THE CHARGE WITHDRAWN,
j. I. Hueston, Who Split a Mans
Ear Released Yesterday.