St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-09
SOME ERRORS.
Kelly and DOran Have Not All
That They Claim

That They Claim.
The adherents of Messrs. Kelly and
Doran must be bad guessers. On the
strength of information from them the
GLOBE yesterday published the strength
of Kelly and Doran in the state cOnven-
ton at 240 votes; anti-Kelly and Doran,
119.
The telegraph yesterday caused
MesSrs. Doran and Kelly to lose four
counties which their friends had claimed
Clay, Freeborn, Hubbard and Polk.
This changes the last total as follows:
Kelly and Doran, strength ........ .223
Anti-Kelly and Doran, strength. 1876
The changes since yesterday in the
delegations chosen since Aug. are as
follows:
Scheffer delegates. Observation-Disclosures. 6
Nelson delegates. .............. .............33 So
Doran and Kelly delegates s.................21
Anti-Doran and Kelly delegates. ...... .68
Unlnstructed delegates. $500. Al
The counties supporting Scheffer are
Norman and Freeborn.
A very vigorous protest from Free
born county against being classified
with Kelly and Doran is published in
the GLOBES telegraphic columns this
morning.
THE OTHER SIDE.
A prominent Democrat of this city,
who is posted on the situation through
out the state, utterly ridicules and
laughs to ScOrn the pretentiouS state
ment of the Doran men put forth in
yesterday mornings GLOBE, and says
that the figures given in the table of
counties are erroneous in dozens Of
cases. He says:
''In the anti-Doran column they have
not i'll single instance conceded us a
county that we are not entitled to; their
own footingS are 119 delegates: add to
this Ramsey's twenty-eight and the
total is 147, according to their own
figures. In ten counties they claim
tWenty-nipe delegates who have already
either expressed themselves or
been instructed against Doran. This
makes 176. A large number of
counties have yet to hold their
conventions: the Doran men have the
''cheek" to claim nearly all of these in
their column !-on what theory | cannot
imagine, for we have reliable ad-
vices that quite number of these
counties are certain to elect anti-DOran
delegates; but even OH the assumption
that the remaining counties (outsde of
Hennepin, Blue Earth, and others,
where conventions have not yet been
held, but are conceded to the anti
Doran side) go as they did last May, we
would get thirty-one delegates, making
total of 207 as against Isl for Doran.
This doesn't look very much like being
a Doran convention, looking at the
matter from conservative standpoint,
When the state convention assemblies
Mr.. Doran will find himself in a mi
nority. He undoubtedly sees the "hand-
writing on the WALL" and is playing
did last spring. At that time he claimed
220 votes outside of Ramsey county
when the result showed that he had
only 179 Gust one-half of the convention,) }
and he undoubtedly secured many of
these by persuading them that he had a
large majority of the convention any
way. That game won't work as we'll
this time, for the delegates are ''onto"
him, and none but those who are
branded with his name vote at his die
tation, OF that of the state central COM
mittee for the temporary or permanent
chairman. The time has now come for
''boss" rule to end, and It's death-blow
will be given by the state convention on
August 18TH" x. Y. Il.