St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-21
Apathy Akin to Despair Man
4 ifested by the Party's
Leaders.
Tariff Reform, With Smiling
u
S Face, Bringing the Voters
to Grover.
Ten Thousand Votes Claimed
for the Prohibition Ticket
This Year.
Special to the Globe.


dates for the places of secretary of state,
treasurer of state. auditor of state. at
torney general, one judge of the su-
preme court and three railway commits
sioners. For secretary of state Frank
ID. Jackson, present incumbent, has no
opposition for third term. Treasurer
IWombly is also candidate for a third
term, but he Is less fortunate than Jack
son. having one competitor in the per-
son OF Gen. Beeson, of MarShalItown.
Mr.. Twombly's friends, however, are
very confident of his nomination, and TO
an outsider it looks as if their confidence
was well founded. For the attorney
generalship there are several candi-
dates, and lively fight is in progress.
Attorney General Baker is serving
his third term, and as private
practice rewarded him with but a
meager subsistence before the fortunes
OF politics brought him this official po-
sitlon, he is anxious to retain the place.
His uncharitable enemies say that his
late espouSal of the anti-railrOad craze
was Tor the purpose of winning votes
from the grangers, and not from any in
nate desire to curb the power of the
graSpIng corporations. However that
may be, the fact remains that he has
brought twenty-five suits for violation
OF the railway law, and this is likely to
increase following that would other
wise have been quite small. There are
three other candidates in the field, each
OF whom stands well in his profession.
They are John Y. Stone, of Mills coun-
W; b. Z. 5. WinSl0w, of Jasper, and
Milton Remley, of Johnson. Stone was
candidate for delegate at large to the
Chicago convention, but was defeated
by Dolliver. He is perennial candi-
date. popular in his section and
WITH THE MANAGERS,
but his asperations have been ill-timed
and seldom realized. Winslow is stig-
matlzed as the railway candidate"
probably for the reason that he at one
time acted as receiver for BANKRUPT
road. MIR. Remley's following is largely
local.
There are three candidates for su-
preme judge. Judge Sewers seeks to
succeed himself, but the Prohibitionists
oppose him for the reason that in the
case OF the Big distillery he held that
the prohibitory law was not intended
to prevent the manufacture of
alcohol to export from the state. In
that dissenting opinion he was Joined
by Justice Reed. Judge Given, OF Polk
county, and Judge Granger, of Ala
makee, are his competitors. Sewers
VIII probably be renOminated. although
MS success Is by no means certain. But
the question that will excite the most
interest in the convention is the con-
StTor railway commissioners. This wear
! is the first time in the history of the
| state that this office is to be .iilled by the
| popular vote. The commission. as orig
lnally constituted, was appointed by
the governor, and comprised a LAWYER,
| farmer and civil engineer. Peter A i.
| Dey is the only member of the original
| board who has held to the present time.
lie has been the practical man of the
board, being civil engineer and well
verSed in the matters of railway con-
Structlon and equipment as well as
operation and management. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Dey was the en-
glneer OF the Union Pacific, but when
requested to raise his estimates of the
cost of construction of a section of that
| line. in order that its promoters might
obtain larger subsidy from the gov
ernment. he peremptorily refused. OF
course that corrupt ring had
NO FURTHER USE
for him. Mr.. Day is Democrat, but
there is some talk among Republicans
of taking him up and indorsing him at
their state convention. Gov. .arrabee
is in favor of such plan. In fact. he is
especially anxious that the two parties
should unite upon candidates for these
important. offices and remove their cleo
ton from the contention of party polf-
tics. He wants all three of the present
board-two Republicans and one Demo
crat-lndorsed by both parties.
But the office of railway commissioner
Is fairly lucrative one, and until the
new law regulating the roads and con-
ferring additional powers upon the
commissioners was passed, it was DO
sltlon OF comparative ease, and there
are numerous applicants for the places
In addition to the aspirations of
| commissioners Smith and CamD-
bell to succeed themselves. Sen
ator Lawrence. of Woodbury.
county; Merritt Greene, of MARSHALL.
ex-CommlsslOner Coffin, of Fort Dodge !:
| ex-CommiSSiOner and eX-COngress;nan
Jim" Wilson; Editor John Mahin. of
| the Muscatine Journal: and ex-Goy.
Newbold, OF Henry. are all candidates.
| The location of the present commission
erS, geographically considered, is up-
favorable to them, being all situated
upon the line of the Rock Island rail-
road. The northwestern part of the
state, where the heavy Republican
majority is centeTed is claiming one of
the members and has presented Senator
Lawrence, with the Endorsement of the
entire Eleventh congressional district
| convention. Merritt Greene is a whole
sale Jobber, and his candidacy is sup
ported by the wholesalers who have
been the chief complainants against the
rates put in force by the roads. and
which they insist upon enforcing in def
ance Of the commissioners tariff,
THE COMPLAINT
! is made by the friends of the present
commissioners that the bringing out of
so many candidates in different sections
of the state is largely the work of the
railroads. their object being to precipi-
tate protracted struggle for the pur-
pose of ultimately defeating Smith and
Campbell and naming the compromise
candidates themselves. There is bit
ter contest ahead, which may ultimately
end in row of large dimensions.
There has not been presidential
campaign in Iowa for twenty years
where so little interest was manifested
by the Republican party as at the pres
ent time. There IS absolutely nothing
being done by the managers to
prevent the heavy inroads the tariff is
making in their ranks. The Democrats
| will be large gamers on this issue. and
the Republicans will likewise loose
heavily on account of the prohibition
lists. ST. Johns four speeches in Iowa
have had wonderful effect. 1t has
stimulated the work of organization. re-
newed confidence and set the third
party ball rolling generally. The chair
man of the third party's state commit
tee is sanguine of 10000 votes for Fisk
against 400 for st. John four years