St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-22
POLITICAL POTPOURRI.

SIT must be simon pure case of the
Office seeking the man," said Senator
W. 81. Greenleaf, of Litchfeld, sin the
event of Judge Strait making the run
for congress in the Third district to sue
ceed Representative Macdonald. Ordi-
narily, this district is Republican, but it
was blocked out as a Democratic strong
hold, and this, coupled with Judge Mac
to roll up majority of 1000 for him
two years ago. What Knute Nelson is
to the Fifth district, Hon. II. B. Strait
is to the Third district. so far as per-
s0nal magnetism is concerned and abil-
ity to bring out full vote. tits definite
ly settled that Editor Herbert, of Red
Wing, will not make contest for the
nomination this year, and Capt. Reed,
of Glencoe, is the only one that seems
to be making an active canvass. One
drawback to Mr. Straits candidacy,
however, seems to be the idea that he
has represented the district long enough
in congress and that he should now be
willing to stand aside in the interest of
other aspirantS.
''But if the Republicans want to re-
gain control of the Third district
they will have to bury all chickering's of
this sort and put up man with whom
they are sure to be successful and cease
experimenting in year so fraught with
Importance. Judge Strait has repeat
edly refused suggestions from his
friends that they should be allowed to
make an active canvass for him, saying
that he did not propose to engage in a
scramble for the place under any cir
cumStanceS.
''Still if the nomination should be
lN.,@ @l0
which meets the 2Sth of next month
Judge Strait would accept, and that
would mean an election. Hitherto
when Judge Strait has been the candi-
date in the Third district he has drawn
off large number of Democratic voters
who esteemed him very highly and
when he was out of the race in the last
campaign that element naturally drifted
over to Judge. Macdonald, where they
belonged"
Perhaps it was coincidence, but to
one of an observing turn of mind it was
rather significant that yesterday after
noon some of the leading young Repub-
licans of the state met Hon. w. r. Mer-
riam in his private office, and it is not
hard to guess what was the principal
topic of discussion. First and foremost
was Hon. Thomas Lowry, who seemed
to be doing the honors, and he was not
kept waiting long by Capt. S. p. Snider
and the newly-elected delegates to Chi
cagO, MeSSrs. E. F. Davis, of Minneapo-
lis, and Editor Joel p. Heatwole, of
Northtield. 1t was a pretty lengthy
conference that was carried on, and a
prominent politician who had stationed
himself on the porch OF the Merchants,
where he could command view of all
visitors to the bank on the corner, could
not refrain from expressing wish that
Loren Fletcher could be in his place
and scan the prospect. All the partici-
pants in the conference in the bank
were young, active and energetic Re-
publicans and politicians, and then,
too, rather goOdly sum of campaign
material could have been realized by
tapping the pockets of the principals.
None of the gentlemen named would
vouchsafe any explanation as to the ma
ture of their visit to the st. Paul bank
er's Office beyond the statement that
personal matters were discussed, but
that scarcely seems reasonable under
existing circumstances. Friends of
Capt. Snider are not at all backward in
declaring that their man wants to go to
Washington as the successor of Hon.
Edmund Rice, and he is ready and
anxious to enter into any combination
that will further his ambition in that
regard. Young Republicans mean to
be heard from very emphatically in the
next campaign in Minnesota, and they
are circulating about very industriously
setting up the pins for such of their
numbers as have expressed desire for
political preferment, and are willing to
come to the front with the sineWs of
war.