St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-25

Minnesota. They know also that Harri-
son represents the monopoly party OF
the country, which is pledged to keep
prices as they are, and that Mark Dun
nell must vote with his party. As
to Merriam, his Eame is never
mentioned in connection with any kind
of policy, and as far as the people in the
lower tiel of counties are concerned. 1t
is doubted whether Merriam knows
what the tariff is, unless it is the tax on
fine wines and Cuban cigars. The
state treasury question is beginning to
assert itself here, and the apparent ben
efits Mr.. Merriam's bank derives from
| Republican administration are the
one thing which brings Merriam's name
on the popular lip. Everything IS the
tariff, and it is discussed by every fire
| side in the district. 1t is surprising to
learn the thOrOughneSS with which the
| farmers have posted themselves, and
the readiness with which they discuss
the one live question of the day. Com
ing over from Albert Lea this morning,
1 met farmer who lives on the lower
edge of Mower county, just jump from
PrOhibitiOndOm. His name is Charles
Enslow, and he has the agency for
Michigan agricultural implement fac
| tory. He was at Albert Lea on Satur-
day night and heard Gov. Wilson speak.
1t made deep impression upon him
and he could
TALK OF NOTHING ELSE.
He said: ''On the question of work
| and wages, / had been protectlOnlst,
but when I heard Mr.. Wilson, ap-
| piled his theories to my own business
and it converted me. If we could get
wood and iron, for our threshers, at
cheaper rate. we could sell the thresh-
ers cheaper and sell more of them. All
sorts of implements would be cheap
ened, and more of them sold. Farmers
| lend and trade their farm machines,
and many use very primitive methods;
| but believe if iron ore and lumber
were on the free list, and the steel trust
was knocked out, 20 per cent more ma
| chimes would be used in Minnesota"
"What do you hear of Wilson's
speech?"
~ tell you it set the boys to thinking.
| He made one point that is good one,
and that is that the West, as an agri-
| cultural region, is paying tribute to
Eastern manufacturers. That's true.
All of our money goes East and is piled
| up in savings banks. We get it back,
but il comes in the shape of mortgages
on our farms, and bears 10 per cent IN
| tereSt. I've asked myself, allowing the
ldIlu 10 d SOOu tllluS, Wno0 t3Oou uOSS -
| do us in Minnesota, and Pm blamed ii
can see that it does us any. Wilson is
certainly right about that"
Judge Henry S. Wells, of Preston,
came over on the train after the Wilson
meeting and was very enthusiastic.
Speaking of the campaign and Fillmore
| and his vicinity, he said: ''The active
work has scarcely begun, though speak
ers have been all through the country.
| The nomination of Merriam created no
| enthusiasm, whatever, and the party is
| In the defensive in every section. After
| all, with candidate that commands
himself to the intelligence and judg-
ment of the people, and campaign is to
be fought almost entirely on the tariff,
| and we are on the winning side. The
| silent vote is all with us, and in our
county
THE CHANGE IS GOING ON
| so quietly and generally. that the Re-
| publicanS cannot meet and check 1T.
We will show heavy gains in every
| direction"
Lars Larsen, a Norwegian farmer
near Austin, said his people were leay-
ing the Republican party in droves.
"Many of US" he continued, ''are going
to the Prohibition party, and | lean
that way myself. My vote for McGill
was the last Republican vote L shall
cast. l intend to vote for Cleveland
for Prohibition. Many Norwegians
will vote for Cleveland this year, and
the rest of the ticket divided, but l am
| certain Cleveland will run ahead of his
ticket. You see we are largely iptlu-
| enced by two cauSeS-our clergy and
our press. The clergy pull us to-
ward the Prohibitionists, and the press
toward lower taxes. Each way takes
us away from the Republicans. Four
| years ago | did not know of a. Scandi-
navian vote in Mower or Fillmore coun-
ties that was not Republican"
"How will they divide this year?"
"Every way, but it will be a Republic
| can loss all around. I'll tell you. l
went to hear Jim O'Brien last week, and
he talked about the war and about Eng
| land. Most of us came over to this
| country after the war, and we have no
| interest in anything so dead and past.
| We care less about England and Ireland,
and that kind of speech diSgustS us.
| Cleveland is for lower taxes on every
| thing we buy, and that is more import
ant than war issues that are gone. and
England that we don't fear" Mr.. Lar
son is an intelligent farmer, and quote
MIN to show the active
| TREND OF SENTIMENT
| in his nationality. l could go on and
give straws of this character to the eX-
| tent of page; and speaking of StrawS
reminds me that DR.. Straw, of Wells,
was at Albert Lea yesterday and said:
''In 1884 there were just four votes cast
for Cleveland in Wells: now we have a
fiourishing Cleveland club of over eighty
members. There are dozens of men
| who will vote for him, but won't come
out openly Just yet" That is lively
straw from Straw. All of this shows
| the quiet working out of the tariff re-
formation, and if the First district does
declare itself very emphatically in No
vember, then the present signs are mis-
leading.
Judge Wilson is expected home in a
few days, and it will do his heart good
to meet the reception now preparing
all over his district. There is feeling
everywhere that when he comes the fur
will fly, and the situation now is that a
blast from him Oh tariff reform is worth
thousand votes. Dunnell has not yet
accepted his challenge, and the belief
is that he will not. Dunnell was at Al
bert Lea last week and was asked his
intention. He replied: 81 am not my
own master. | am entirely in the hands
of my committee" But his committee,
through Mr.. Birkett, of Owatonna, had
already taken the opposite course.
1--WE must see Mr.. Dunnell, and do as
he says" Meanwhile Dunnell is
hustling for dear life, and has made a
speciality of Freeborn county, the home
of John A. Lovely, whom he
so CRUELTY KNITTED
two years ago. Dunnell's- friends say
they are going to carry Freeborn by a
larger vote than Lovely got, but when I
repeated the question TO a friend of
Lovely, the laconlc answer was:
"The HI he will"
The trouble is that Lovely and his
friends are between the devil and the