St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-24
Difference of Views Touching
AmeS and the Vice
Presidency.
John F. Meagher Mentioned
as a Gubernatorial Can
didate.
Ankeny and Winston Named
for Mayor of Mime
apOliS.

SouS, ollu ait UOtu watching anu WALL
ing with feverish anxiety for the time
when prudence and sagacity shall die
tate move on their part. A Shrewd
young politician, who has always been
warm friend and supporter of Mayor
Ames, said yesterday:
81 wish Ames would positively an
nOunce himself as not candidate for
the vice presidency. L don't know that
he is thinking of it at all, but L don't
like to see these newspaper reports fly
ing about. They don't do any good. He
has no show for the nomination, and prob
ably knows it, but he can be nominated
for governor and be elected, though this
vice presidential talk is injurng him.
He has no better friend in the world
than am, but as long as he says nothing
it may look as though he is trying to
gobble everything in sight"
Il don't exactly agree with you, " said
another. Its my opinion the state
might be for AmeS for vice president,
because the bosses would boom him for
that to get him out of the way for the
governOrship. / notice the Republican
papers are also frequently mentioning
him for vice president, and L honestly
believe it is because they are afraid to
have him run for governor again. | be-
lieve he could get the nomination for
governor, though not without a fight in
his own party, and that he would win.
McGill will be renominated by the Re-
publicans, you take my word.'
This was all said Oh the streets in a
rambling kind of way, but a short time
afterward a GLOBE reporter had talk
with an old-time politician, who eX-
pressed himself as follows OH the gen
eral situation:
Il have been running over the pO-
litical field very considerably in the past
week. 1t will surprise many to be told
that in less than ten months the entire
country will have elected new officials,
including the president; that in less
than six months the chief candidates
will be chosen; and that in less than
three months practically will have been
arranged the entire slate for the vast
number of officers to be elected down to
the smallest in Importance in the list.
Yet but little, if anything, has so far
been done looking to the great work be-
fore u.s.
THE PRESIDENCY.
president Cleveland will doubtless
be renOminated by reclamation. In all
our history no president has ever before
SO completely won the affections of his
party. Not even Washington or Jeffer
son at the same stage of the administra-
ton was more firmly fixed in the atfec-
tons, not only of his party, but of the
people. This great unanimity of senti-
ment will go far towards winning pOpu-
lar regard with the moderate Repub-
licans. His administration, to them, at
least, has been surprise. They were led
to believe that no Democrat could or
would give to the country an honest
and prosperous system OF government.
The ''Mugwump," as he has been de-
risively termed by Republicans, will be
numerous element, and states before
that were only slightly Democratic will
now be sure to give Cleveland large ma
jOritieS.
''Such being the strength of our
leader, there will not be as there has
heretofore been, the same anxiety in
the election of proper
CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Hitherto we have been driven by
sheer force of circumstances to Indiana
for a candidate, and in some quarters
we again hear the same cry. A mo-
ment'S reflection on the true situation,
however, will at once show the utter
uselessneSS of looking only to one state.
Indiana is as strongly Democratic state
as there is in the Union, and the strong
the president himself. We may, there
fore, lay it down as a fact that
whatever state or section furnishes the
candidate for vice president that state
will not be Indiana, for she has her
hands full of honors of that kind.
Whilst therefore it may not be a matter
of great significance as to who is given
the second place Oh the ticket, it is
equally true that certain sections should
be preferred over others. 1t is hardly
likely that he will come from the South.
There also seems to be no especial
reason why he should come from the
East or the older states. No necessity
appears either for selection from the
Pacific slope. Looking the ground over
carefully, feel constrained to say that.
as a matter of justice and right. the
candidate for vice president ought to
come from one of the states now known
as constituting
THE GREAT NORTHWEST.
Here is vigorous and active COM
munity, made up from all peoples and
tongues, stretching forward with mar
velOus strength and developing re-
sources which are the wonder of the
world. Excepting Mr.. Lincoln, it has
furnished no president, and his name,
although largely unknown, was readily
tower of strength, since it carried
behind it the energy and dash which be-
lOnged to the region whence he came.
1t is a singular thing that up to this
time no name has been prominently
mentioned for this position. In the
Northwest there has been an occasional
mention of the name of Mayor AmeS.
but hitherto not with any strong belief
that a man from Minnesota could be Sc
lected. lam now firmly of the opinion
that if the Democrats Of Minnesota were
to push the name of DR.. Ames it would
meet with surprising favor in all parts
of the country. He is as well known to
the country as any man whose name has
so far come before the people. The man
who could reduce Republican majority
of 10000 to $500 has been heard of | v
the prominent men of the country as
much as Mr.. Cleveland was when first
elected governor of New York. He is
young. vigorous and active, and his
name would be hailed with delight not
only by the people of his own state but
by those of adjoining states, like WiscOn-
sin and Iowa, where he is almost as well
known. The issue, too, being upon
tariff reform, will have wonderful in
t,rest to Northwestern states. Only the
opportunity is wanted to show that
such states as Minnesota and Wisconsin
are ready to wheel into the Democratic
line. l believe, too, that the selection
of DR.. AmeS would meet with the full
approval of Mr.. Cleveland. They are
strong personal friends and they would
make a ticket that would command
itself to the general favor of the Ameri-
can people.
STATE POLITICS.
eff DR.. AmeS were to receive this
nomination, the party in Minnesota will
have to be looking up proper caDdi-
date for governor, for it is conceded on
all hands that Mayor Ames will be the
nominee for governor. The party owes
this to the man who before made such
splendid fight and came so near carry