St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-12

machine. were with him. Yale, of Wi
mona; Edwards, of Fillmore; Potter, of
Houston: DeMent, of Steele, these were
the ancient ones who demanded his
nomination and forced it upon the bal
ance of the convention. DR.. Wedge did
not support him and said, after the end,
to the GLOBE, "The nomination does
not please me-" Lovely said, II cannot
lie; am not satisfied with the nomina-
rose in his seat as Dunnell was nomi-
mated and said, 81 shall vote at the polls
against Dunnell." Ralph Metcalf, of
the Winona Herald, the leading Demo-
cratic journal of the district, thinks
JUDGE WILSON'S
majority in Winona and Wabasha cOun-
ties will be 5000, and in the district not
less than 1,500. James O'Brlen, OF
Houston, remarked as he went away
from the convention hall, SIT will be
nip and tuck for Dunnell to carry HOus
ton county," and yet Mr.. O'Brien was a
hard worker for Dunnell in the conven-
ton. Senator Halvorson would not ex-
press an opinion as to how Freeborn
would go. DR.. Leonard claimed 200
majority for Dunnell in Olmsted. Mayor
Nelson offered to wager Charlie Stew
art that Dunnell wOnld not carry Ohm
sted, but the latter declined with the re-
mark, ''There are too many soreheads
to make it safe to wager"
1t is impossible to name a delegation
in the convention that has not gone
home with from one to six bitterly dis
gruntled delegates. The talks
OF SECESSION
are open and sharp, and promise in
themselves campaign of great cOmpll-
cations.
1t was Wabasha county that gave
Dunnell the two votes necessary to
nominate him on the last ballot, the
Conkey vote remaining solid.
The blame for Dunnell's nomination
is put upon MIR. Conkey by those who
fought the Steele county man. This is
not wholly just to Mr.. Conkey, who
could not have delivered his full thir
teen votes to any other candidate.
He might have given ten, per-
hapS, but three of the Fillmore
were really ready to go to Dunnell at
any time. The success of the Dunnell
men was largely due to the manner in
which they held together. Their
strength would not break, and, although
badly beaten in Tuesdays contest,
came together Wednesday morning in
tact. Not enough votes outside of them
could be received to make another
mans nomination possible after the tug
had commenced. As noted early In the
Leonard, but failed to seize the Oppor-
tunity. Winona, if she had united,
could have named
A NEW MAN,
but harmony kept away from her: On the
final vote only Messrs. Smith and Berry
were the only two of the twelve left to
vote against Dunnell. Even young MIR.
Laird. who had so valiantly opposed
Dunnell at the start, came eto his aid at
the last.
The story OF the convention is the old
tale of machine organization against
the people. 1t was nothing more nor
less. and it is not surprising that the
victory for Mr.. Dunnelll is the most
costly he ever purchased. He has
united none of the factions of the party
connot fail to imperil his cause.
The platform on which he stands is
the subject of inceSSant ridicule. A
document that declares as this does
that
''THE WANTS
and sutferings" of the soldiers are things
to which they are ''justly entitled" can
hardly command respect. Nor can its
uncertain utterance on the tariff and
half-hidden defense of high taxes be re-
ceived with enthusiasm by the intelli-
gent tariff reformers of the DISTRICT
From the unfortunate speech of Yale
at the start to the unkind illusions at
the last to the ''innocence" of Mr..
Lovely, the convention was one ap-
parent constant effort to open old sores.
The citizens of Rochester did all in
their power to entertain their guests.
Their doors were Hospitality opened,
and they made the stay highly agree
able one,