St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-28
Each Has Financial Questions
And Sources to Debate
Upon.
The Democrats Feel Confident
at the Present Time of Will
sons Election.
A Grist Of Opinions From Po-
litieal Leaders of Both
Parties.

exception of recess at 2:30 for Dime
the committee was in session until
last evening. The main object of tn,
meeting was finance, question more
serious to the Democratic party in Min
nesota this year than to the Repub
| licans, who have at their command more
money than any party was ever known
| to have before is this state. The financia
questions under discussion by the
commi ttee yesterday were the paymen
| of legitimate campaign expenses, and a
consideration of the sources of supply
now at the disposal of the committee
| The best news brought in by the cOun-
try members of the committee was that,
at the present time, Eugene Wilson is
the choice of a majority of the voters
of Minnesota for governor, and will
remain so If the proper work is done al
once. AS to the readiness of the people
to bring about a political change, there
was not diScouraging report received.
The list of speakers for the October
stumping is SO far completed that the
gentlemen upon it will take the field
next Monday.
REPUBLICANS CONFAB.
The executive campaign committee
of the Republicans met in the Drake
block yesterday afternoon with a large
attendance of outsiders, most OF these
being from the Fifth district. Every
precaution to secure secrecy is being
taken by the Republicans, and if a
traitorous one lisps he does it in dark
closets. 1t was given out yesterday
afternoon that the committee will begin
the October campaign with 100000 at
its command, some part of which comes
flfat oil NhA
is enormous, but the expenses calculated
upon by the committee are enormous as
well. Their local campaign speakers
are to be paid $500 each for the next
thirty days work, and for their subsi-
died newspapers they are paying,
it is authoritatiyely reported, eS1, 500
each in this FORM 900 copies of each
paper to be distributed each week until
the campaign closes, and for which the
state central committee pays $3.50 a
paper. Then large number of private
campaign workers are to be sent at once
INTO the doubtful counties, to stay there
and watch the Democratic and Prohibit
ton progress until the close of the CAM
paign; these workers receiving salaries
of from $25 to $40 week and expenses.
Back of all these expenses is fund
that one of the Republican committee
men denOminateS as the reserve"
That, he kindly explained to brother
Republican in the hearing of the GLOBE,
was for ''quick and speedy" work in the
first week of November. The object of
Yesterdays meeting of Republicans
was to debate where the best work was
to be done. where money was needed,
and particularly what could be done to
stem the tide of diSatfection in the Fifth
district.
SHORT TALKS. ~
Loren FletcheT-They may bang
away at the old man just as much as
they please, but there are no flies on
him, nor ScabS either.
Rogert Waite, Mile Laos County-In
my candid opinion, four-fifths of the
farmers in the Fifth district have de-
cided already how they will vote, and
speeches and money won't change
them. l don't think all of the Re-
publican state ticket is going to be
cut, but Merram's name will be Den
mis- with them. The majority vote of
the district will be divided between
Hugh Harrison and Eugene Wilson.
DR.. Robertson. Graceville-l have
taken the stump for WilsOn,:and in
/ am not an enthusiast, but the Fifth
district will give majority for Wilson
and Canning. The farmers are with us.
J. 4. Leighton, Marshall County
The farmers i'm our section will not vote
for Merriam until he has proven better
than he has that money was not used
by his friends in the state convention.
ROckribbed Republicans are few and
far between in our county. Daniel
Buck has great many more friends
where | live than A. +. Rice. By the
way, why don't you expose Rice'S little
dicker with House File 151?
Ignatius Donneily-The Farm and
Labor party is watching the other two
parties scratch. Let the CALLED jade
vince; our withers are unwrung."
Foster Johnson, Lake Park-I voted
for Garfield and for Blaine. voted for
Ames and this year L shall vote for
Hugh Harrison. Eugene Wilson is
better man than Merriam. but there is
too much money in both of the old
parties. The ProhibitionistS are a lit
tie the cleanest this year. AT least, L
think so.
q. W. Holland, Brainerd-My canvass
for Judge is looking capital, and hope
to be elected. The Fifth district is we'll
shaken up politically.
w. t. BOnniwell, HutchinSOn-Thi
is a Democratic year, and the rural
ROSTERS are going to put in big votes
for Cleveland and Wilson. OF course,
Judge Macdonald is going to be re-
elected. Now that he is home, things
will hum in the Third district. The
farmer vote is with us, indOrses our
platforms and understands at last that
we are in sympathy with their interests.
l.. p. Hunt. Mankato-They can say
what they please about Merriam, but he
has the executive ability to make fine
governor.
NJ. Mullen, New Ulm-The Demo
Gratis of Brown county are united and
entnusiastic-mOre so than ever before.
Senator Buchanan, Sank RapidS-Mer-
riam is all right. You know the boys
have to kick little after every cOnveu-
ton, but they will be in line by election
day. We have just nominated Flynn
for the house again OH our legislative
ticket, and we are going to elect him.
Gilman? Let me see-Gilman-ha ha!
he's all right, too.
r. S. Cook, Pipe stone = Donnelly
made speech last week in our county,
but he didn't change vote by it. The
farmers know the old fox too we'll.
They laugh when he cracks joke, but
at the ballot boX-well, they won't vote
for him. The impression in the south
western part of the state is that Don
nelly has temporarily loaded himself
to Sabin, and we don't want Sabin.
Mr.. Aarness, Montevideo-We have a
good field for Democratic missionary
work. Merriam is not popular with us
at all. McGill was the choice of the Re
publicans there, and his defeat has made
them quite sore. We will give Wilson
big vote.
&C. Stringer, Hastings-As the stu
alton is to-day, Wilson is elected gov
ernOr.
D.. III. Freeman, st. Cloud-The re-
port is not true that Gilman and Barto
will stump the Fifth district together
for Merriam.
A. Barto-Now, see here, I'm all
right, and so is Merriam and the rest
of the Republican state ticket. Of
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