St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-25
DISCUSSING POLITICS.
The Out-Pourings of Some Choice
SDiritS at Minneapolis.

The GLOBE has set every political
tongue in Minneapolis to wagging Wig
orously during the past few days. Ev-
erything is politics, and everything in
politics is the GLOBE. The local papers
find it impossible to keep in line, and in
their endeavors the GLOBE is mentioned
every third line.
The GLOBE is no hide-bound or
gam" said well-known politician.
THAT is evident. 1t is tied down to no
particular candidate and has no pOliti-
cal debts to pay, so 1t can afford to give
all the news and gossip, no matter who
is hit. 1t has no candidate to boom and
no enemy to silence, but of course L
suppose it Will solidly support the Dem
Ocratic nominees"
"What do you suppose are its inten-
tions toward Mayor Ames"' asked a
byStander.
II guess it has none. He is in the
field, like the rest and the GLOBE
pretty we'll satisfied DR.. Ames knows as
well as any one how much the GLOBE
has done for him every time he was the
party candidate, and if he occupies that
position again, it will probably do as
much, but you can bet your life it is not
booming him at the expense OF any
other Democrat. Amt that right?"
The party agreed that it was and the
conversation turned on other topics.
The fact that the Republican congress
ional committee was in session naturally
led to a discussion of the congressional
situation, and a member remarked:
Loren Fletcher has the district by
the throat and will get the nomination
easily enough if he wants it. He was
chairman of the last convention and
named his own committee, SO 1t
is a pretty solid Fletcher committee.
His party will not openly oppose him,
but there will be Silent vote against
him that will act like stiletto. Such
men as Free Lane will getin their work
on him, you can depend on it. lie will
get some Democratic votes in this
county, but he will never carry it. Rice
will carry Ramsey county by bigger
majority than ever, as the strikes cost
him some votes in 1886 that he will get
this time"
"Well, Fletcher is both shrewd and
POPULAR" said another, land may fool
us ALL"
''What do you think of Ames'
chances" asked little man who had
been silent.
For vice president? Never had any,"
"NaW, l mean for governor"
sob, well, that's different. He'll be
the nominee, beyond a shadow OF a
doubt. Two years ago he was nomi-
mated largely because there was
no other candidate. Now the
! don't care what opposition may arise
~
fight him, he'll be the nominee. There
were no other candidates last time be-
cause the state was hopeless, and there
may be none this time, but you mark
my words that any other man will find
the state just as hopeless. Tariff sentl-
ment, Cleveland policy and popularity
and all that will do much, but they
won't carry the state"
"Won't Doran and Kelly fight Ames
and beat him again?'
'Kelly don't believe will. Doran
will not if Ames has the tact to go over
and make it up with him. The one
great trouble with Ames is that he
thinks that he is little god and knows
it all. He can't realize that people are
for him simply on the point of avail
ability. If we Democrats could simply
put a man in the chair, why Eugene
have to run him and elect him, Ames is
the man. He can get more votes than
any man in the state, Democrat or Re-
publican"
''Then there is Glenn?"
yes; there is Glenn, and the suppo-
sition is he will be against Ames. Then
I'll love Ames for the enemies he has
made. Glenn's Sixth ward speech last
year defeated Ames, and [ think it will
be better if no such opportunity occurs
again. tell you Ames has his ups and
downs, and history shows that every
time he is defeated he comes up stronger
next time and gets there. | am express
ing the sentiment of Minneapolis in this
I'm Sure.N