St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-12
Whose Sealps He Will Try to
Take in the Congressional
Convention.
The Friends of Barto, Com
stock Et Al. Are Ready
for the Fight.
Wirepulling Upon All Sides
the Evening Before
the Battle.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
ST. CLOUD, June IL
The
Lion before
He ate the lamb
Invited the innocent over to gambol
on the green. Senator G.. B. Buckman,
one of the candidates for the Republican
congressional nomination in to-morrow's
convention, has initiated Aesop's king
of beasts. This noon he took all of his
opponents but Judge Stearns, who had
not arrived, to his home in Sauk Rapids
and set them down to an elegant dinner,
after which he gave them buggy ride.
Such conduct on the part of candidate
for office is so unheard of in Minnesota
that it will create intense surprise. Yet,
irrespective of party, these Fifth dis
trict men are just of that stamp-Whole-
souled, generous to a fault and fair to
foe. am ready to find fault with their
leaning to protection, their support of
Republican doctrines not in conSOnance
with good government and low taxa
ton, but with their social manners
perish the thought-they are princes of
hospitality.
The sole topic of conversation in st.
Cloud is to-morrow's convention. All
of the candidates are here, even the
courtly Judge Stearns; and as for Barto,
he is omnipresent. The Polk, Mar
shall and st. Louis county delegations
arrived this morning, and commenced
work at once. They are all in earnest,
aud the fight promises to bemore deadly
than anticipated.
FOR CHAIRMAN
of the convention Hon. G. H. Graves,
of Duluth, and Hon. w. E. Lee,
of Long Prairie, are both men,
toned, with the choice likely to fall
upon Graves. What the platform will
be, no one seems to care or know. In
the clash of personal interests the great
cause of tariff reform seems to have
been lost sight of. Col. Pressnell, of
Duluth, may have furnished a clue to
the sentiments of the delegates when
he said: 81 don't know what the con-
vention will do, but | am for prOtec-
ton"
| prophesy that unless Barto or Gil
man is nominated the platform will be
an ignominious straddle. not satiSfac-
tory to either Nelson or the farmers.
Mr.. Buckman said to the GLOBE:
at is false that my candidacy is in
the interests of Kindred, and that l am
working to have him nominated. Kin
dred has pledged himself tome and he
will do all that he can to make me sue
ceed My friends will make it dis
tinctly understood that am in on my
own hook"
Nevert heless the name of Kindred,
mentioned so frequently here, makes
every one uneasy. He has not arrived
yet, but many fear that he has laid a
trap for the unwary ones. His victory
i'll carrying the Crow Wing delegation
for Buckman has been the cause OF
much talk. 1t has been repeatedly
stated this spring that Crow Wing had
soured on him. His late achievement
indicates that this is not wholly true,
It-is settled already that E. E. Corliss
cannot be nominated; that BartO'S
chances are very slim; that Comstock
will stand a poor show; that Buckman
is the most dangerous, and Judge
Stearns handicapped by the opposition
of the West to him. Gilman's name, of
course, bobs up serenely, but l do not
think that it will do more than that.
The canvass for Judge Stearns has
not been vigorous one, he having
MOST OF THE WORK
to do alone. His delegates from Cook
Lake and st. Louis are not enthusiastic
and do not think his chances good. AS
the GLOBE has stated before, over-con
fidence has been the worst enemy OF
Barto. His strength is not of that char
acter that will hold together. The gu
bernatorial candidates are going to have
some hand in the fight before it is over
The corridors of the West and Crane
Central are crowded with friends O.
McGill and Schetfer; but, as yet, miss
with a sad longing, any voice for Mill
ionaire Merriam. Here in this grea
farming center, surely friends ought Il
be numerous for that noble friend O
the farmer--Millionaire Billy. But it il
not so.
McGill men are more numerous thai
any other, though any mention of Gil
mans name provokeS enthusiasm
Among the local Democrats | fint
strong preparations being made for
great fight this fall. There is no lacl
of enthusiasm, especially among til,
Germans. The convention will be callet
to order at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing by Chairman CoriiSS.
The only cOntesting delegation befor
the convention is from Wadena county
Ii is thought that the one which come
from Verndale, in that county, will b
coata1