St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-21
In THE SWIM.
Gossip Concerning Some of Those
Who Bear the Trade Mark of


Who Bear the Trade Mark of
the G. o. p.
They were as tight as clans, those
gentlemen who wear silk stockings and
who stepped into the places left vacant
by the good old granger Republican
state central committee of 1884, when
Editor II. A. Castle was chairman.
These new men tried their hand at elect
ing Republican candidates when Gov.
McGill was SO nearly defeated, and they
are bent now upon trying their hands at
something, they don't know just what.
The truth is they are like corks OF pop
bOttleS-Shut up tight until they come
out: then there is nothing but an eX-
plosion of gas. At present they are
Shut up so tight that they won't even
say they are anti-Mctiill or prO-Merriam.
One or two, however, admit that there
is an anti-NcGill feeling in the sections
where they live. The others are wary
of all questioning and are very careful
to say as little as possible : )
Of course Minnesota has no par
tlcular presidential preference. In
the face of the staring, yawn-
ing, bowling fact that since jim
Blaine (MinnesOta's only favorite) an
nounced himself unwilling to become a
political martyr again, the Republican
party of the nation is all at sea and
troubled and torn by the conflicting in
tluences of Sherman, Gresham, Allison,
Depew, Harrison and a dozen other as
pirants, Minnesota is afraid to even
offer the meekeSt suggestion, and the
state central committee is waiting until
some particular man takes the lead
among the wire pullerS who are to as
semble at Chicago. Then Minnesota
RepublicanS will come out for that man.
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National Committeeman Evans, one
would suppose, should be able to say
what the presidential choice of Mime
sofa is. But is he? Oh, no! He was
hobnobbing with the committee yester-
day and couldn't even offer suggestion.
MI. Evans once said he was a Gresham
man when the choice of Minnesota
seemed to be Lincoln. He made a
grievous mistake then and he doesn't
want to make another. Doubtless he
has received instructions. He prOba-
bly, received some more modest instruc-
lions yesterday afternoon. He was
probably told to be sure and not COM
nit himself when he goes down to Chi
cagO soon to meet with the national
central committee seem to have COM
mon understanding that the vote of
Minnesota will be cast in convention for
the strongest man. whoever he may be.
And poor Minnesota! with her boosted
10000 or $1,000 or 10000 Republican
majority, as it suits the audacity of the
Republican bOaSter to claim, doesn't
stand ghost of show herself, but she
murt come in at the tail end and help
support the candidate of Indiana or
some other very doubtful state. This
is why Mr.. Evans, when he was ap-
preached with the question direct, was
in Such hurry to go to Minneapolis.
He goes to Chicago in about week.
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ooh. that Washburn business is all
nonsense" said Judge NO. Werner, of
Red Wing, in his habitually positive
style, when the idea of Minnesota hay
ing any candidate of her own was
brought I'D. He was equally as posi-
tive in saying that the ''feeling" in
Goodhue county lis somewhat subdued,
but it is decidedly anti-McGill."
E. w. Randall, of the Morris Tribune,
very confidentially asserted: 1--WE in
our county are all anti-McGill, decidedly
so; but we don't know yet who is the
most available man to choose"
E.P. Freeman, of Mankato, who now
says he is out of politics and that he
played his last hand in the complicated
game yesterday, was anxious not to be
understood as declaring any particular
gubernatorial preference, but when the
remark that the sentiment of Blue
Earth county and the Second district
was probably in favor of Merriam, was
SHE'D at him, he couldn't help but adj
nit it.
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That is exactly the situation. They
are ali against MeGill, and that they
don't mind saying, but, while they are
all working tooth and nail for Merriam,
they think it is little early to say he is
the coming man.
Mr.. Freeman was trifle more willing