St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-15
MINNEAPOLIS.
THE FIGHT GOES ON.

Tams BiXby, the quandam secretary
of the Minnesota Republican league,
does not deny the soft impeachment of
Judge LELAND in regard TO his connec-
tion with the Anti-ProtectiOn league.
1t is a fact that TamS used to shine in
that organization and was quite an
adept at denOuncing the iniquities of
the protective system. That was after he
got his present position. Now he thinks
protection. and President Tim ByrneS
are two great institutions. ''How do
you reconcile your cOnduct?" asked a
GLOBE reporter, as TamS abStractly
looked at pretty girl who was sending
out pictures of British flags as campaign
documents. u don't reconcile it at all, :"
he said. He means to say that, like the
small boy, he is sorry he "dOne" it and
won't do so any more.
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There is Joy in the hearts of A. 81.
Blethen, L. ii. BOardman, George w.
Cooley, Capt. T. c. Babb and other
aspiraRtS to the mayOralty of Mlnneapo-
lis. Since they heard Mayor Ames
would not run again, nothing has so
pleased them as the declaration Of
Loren Fletcher, that he would not ac-
cept the nomination. Said he:
Under no circumstances would l be
the Republican candidate for mayor this
year. If | had wanted anything this
fall | should have made fight for the
seat in congress. l want no Office at
all. And yet they claim that it is
necessary to nominate me for may
or so as 10 harmonic. Now, hon
eStly, do l look like man
who needed harmOniZing? Did you
ever see a man who looked and acted as
though he was in more perfect accord
with all mankind. and also with the
hidden forces of nature, than myself?
Did you ever hear of musician that
was fool enough to try to harmonic
one Of Beethoven's symphonies"
Several otherwise serious Republican
politicians affect TO make light of the
GLOBES announcement of a possible
citizens and taxpayers legislative
ticket being placed in the field. IL is
10 laughing matter, gentlemen, and, II
may be added, 20 board of trade matter,
either. These heavy taxes are not to
be sneeZed at.
Judge \. c. Bailey, the good natured
Justice who presided over the last Dem
ocratic convention, is sorry he ate the
perSimmOnS. He finds himself in
predicament in the matter of APP
pointing a county committee. While
he wants to do right, he is be-
tween two fires. On one side he
is urged by those who want to
see an imperSonal committee that viii
work for party success only; on the
other he is pulled by cOterie that
wants TO secure a committee that viii
serve them and be at their disposal two
years hence. Poor Judge Bailey! The
path to political pre1erment is lined
with thOrnS.
OF all the campaign claptTaps ever in
vented or designed, that employed by
the Republican league is the worst and
weakest. About nine-tenths of the
matter being sent out is i'm relation to
one thing-a British flag bearing the
portrait of Cleveland. The retaliation
message was a severe blow to this kind
of campaign, 6ut the documents were
there. and as the pretty girls had to be
kept busy, out they went.
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SIS there any precedent" asked
Democrat, ''that would justify COM
mittee in removing a candidate from
the ticket?" There is. Even congress
siOnal candidates have been pulled off
for party good. and there are innumera-
bic cases in which a committee has in
duced a candidate TO decline. The lotus
must be kept free from the mud.