St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-13
MORTON'S METHODS.
The Republican Candidate for
Vice President in a
Sorry Plight.
He EVinees an Inclination to
Pose as a Political
Judas.
Willing to Sell His Party for
North Carolina
Gold.
Bluff Bets Made by Republican
Gamblers Fail to Scare
Democrats.
Special to the Globe.

Mr.. Morton, the vlce-preSidential candi-
date, and his firm, to deny or explain
his effort TO carry the state of North
Carolina, in order to secure the pay
ment of bonds held by Mortons firm
which were repudiated as fraudulent by
the Democratic government of the state,
created an immense sensation, and has
thrown the Republican headquarters
into CONSERVATION. They have been
badly ratified several times lately, but
never so badly as by this affair. The
bonds in question are said to be
held by Morton, Bliss IL Co. to
the extent of S25O,0OO. They were
issued without proper authority of law
or consideration by ring of plunderers.
They were sold in the North and
chiefly bought by MOrtOn'S syndicate.
The courts of the state have held them
to be invalid. They are, therefore. dead
stock OH the hands OF the bankers. Be-
sides state officers, judges are to be
chosen i'll North Carolina. and it is said
if the Republicans carry the state
Morton and his associates in the Oppo-
sition will feel assured of getting full
value for these dlscredited securities.
Attention was first drawn to the
matter by the fact that when Morton
went into the Republican headquarters
he asked particularly about the state of
North Carolina, Quay and all the rest
we're for time puzzled to know why
their candidate for vice president
seemed to care more about the Tar state
than the whole of the rest of the country
and seemed more anxious about the re-
suit there by a long shot than about
his election as vice president. This
SET THEM TO THINKING
and talking. That loose-tongued estab-
liShment, which pretends to great reti-
cence and discretion, met with its usual
fate of having its secrets known all
over. Inquiring visitors then went to
work, with the result of disclosing the
reasons for Morton's concern about a
Southern state, and the reasons were so
directly in accord with the purely COM
merciaI nature of ''Some fellow like
Norton" as ingalls, called him, that
suspicion soon became certainty. But
1t was expected the firm would
be able to say something in
explanation, but when Mr.. Cross.
MOrtOn's partner, was called on to-day
about the matter. he fatty refused to
say anything, whatever, and, on further
questioning, his denials took such a
shape as to really confirm tile whole
story. There is serious talk among the
Republicans here tonight about asking
Morton to get OFF the ticket. His pO-
Sition as director of the Canadian
Pacific railway, especially i'll view of
THE FRAUD PERPETRATED,
in falsely dating back his resignation.
his inability to contradict the charge of
violating the laws of the United States
by hiring foreign contract labor. and
his general dumbness and inetficiency
as candidate, except in drawing checks,
render him obnoxious to his own party.
Even as a check drawer he has not
proved himself half as much success
as was expected, and evidently means to
make the election pay his own way if
he can. There is a deal of talk about
the pay envelope scandal, and to-day
DemOcraticheadqua are tiOOdedwith
specimens of bull-dOZing envelopes and
there are many very indignant letters
received from employees who are deter
mined TO revenge at the polls the insult
put on them by the operation of this
part of the machinery of Republican
headquarters. In all directions the Re-
publican campaign is breaking down.
and candid Republicans are not slow to
acknowledge it. The local nominations
have fallen fiat. The ticket will run as
badly as the Gibbs ticket did four years
vote for Hewitt will in nine cases
out of ten vote for the Demo-
cratic candidates all down the
list A particularly close canvass of
New York Just completed shows a
plurality for Cleveland and Thurman of
about 1900. If. however, the current
continues to run as strongly Democratic
as it is now, the Democratic success will
be much greater. 1t is pretty we'll set
tied to-day there is to be a Democratic
union on both congressional and legis-
latiye nominations, and that the contest
between Tammany hall and the county
Democracy is to be confined entirely to
and county offices. The pre-
dicament of the Republican managers
was aptly defined this evening by
very prominent Democrat, who said:
They are just spending their time
hopping around from one rotten
branch to another. On the other hand,
the Democrats here and everywhere
ARE MOVING ON soLIDLY,
enthusiastically and systematically in
support of the nominees of the St. LOUIS
convention. Inc New L OIk local Or
are vi~i"g with each other
in the number and extent of the Cleve-
land and Thurman meetings held in
every district, and those who support
candidates for city offices fra
terniZe without reserve in the Cleveland
and Thurman clubs. The Republican
game of bluff with fat-fried monopoly
money has broken down. The
chief result to the Republicans
is that great part of their
funds is locked up in the
safes of stockholders, out of harms way
until after election. Not less than $780,
300 of Mr.. Quav's fund is thus put away
where it can do no harm to the peoples
cause. 1t has not cost the Democratic
managers cent to accomplish this
important result. as the national
Democratic headquarters have not gone
INTO THE GAMBLING BUSINESS
and the Republican headquarter bets
have been taken up ON business princi-
pies by men who are always on the
watch for such children of darkness,
called suckers" by the bet
ting fraternity. The word is not ele-
CANT. but it exactly describes the pres
emit position of the Republican managers
in the eyes of the sporting world. Some
heavy contributors to the Republican
fund very seriously object to seeing
their money disposed of in this way in
an Intellectual attempt to influence pub
he opinion, while it can be of no pOsSi-
bic use for the purpose for which they
contributed.