St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-07
AMEs' AspfRATIONs.
Their Trend Now Is in the Direc-
tiOn of the Governorship-He
Means Fight.

tiOn of the Governorship-He
Means Fight.
Special to the Globe.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June eff Mayor
Ames ever had any serious thought in
connection with the presidency,
which is very much doubted, he has GER
tainly abandoned it now. What he
wants is the nomination for governor of
Minnesota, and the indications are that
he will make fight that will
either result in his decisive vie
tory or his utter defeat. If he wins,
it means the wiping out of the
power of Doran. and if he is crushed,
the continuance in power of the Doran
wing. Ames is indiscreet as man can
well be. He calls it frankness, but it
passes the limit Of candor. He is
blamed by several for the defeat of
Mayor Smith, in that he allowed his ju-
bilant anticipations to
GET THE BETTER OF HIM,
and this marked the course Kelly and
Doran had to pursue to win. Ames is
much more communicative here than at
home. He made this statement this
morning to the Globe-Democrat: ''If
the Democratic party of Minnesota sees
fit to nominate me as their standard
bearer in the coming campaign, will
make most thorough canvass for gu
bernatorial hOnors, and l pledge the
Democracy of the country that if
| am nominated the state will be
Democratic by from 1000 to 1,50O ma
jority. / want them no longer to con-
slider Minnesota among the solid Repub-
lican states, nor even among the doubt
full. Iplace it among the solid Demo
cratic states of the Union. I was, in
fact, elected governor of the state the
Republican machinery, chicanery and
fraud, would have been to-day the gov
ernor of the commonwealth. | gave
them the benefit of the doubt, however,
and chose to forego the complications
of a contest for the seat, preferring in
stead my knowledge of the method
used by them for another campaign.
Tell the people of the country from the
very nature of her institutions. Mime
sofa is naturally Democratic, and
whether l am candidate or not she
Will SO 1IClllOCldUlC db lllC Gltc-
ton in November. propose to remain
on the stump until we are redeemed
from Republican misrule and hypocrisy.
The former bosses of the Democratic
party in the state. who have held it un-
der2Republican rule
FOR THE CRUMBS WHICH FELL
from the Republican table have been
dethroned and stand to-day objects of
pity among their forper admirers and
worShipers. We will relegate them to
life where they can earn living by
honest industry. Hereafter Minnesota
Democracy will represent the people
and not the interest of bucket shops
and criminal commercial industries. I
have positively declined any
honor at the hand of the
Minnesota delegation Notwithstanding
was chairman by virtue of my election,
as the first delegate at large from the
state, and declined the chairmanship
and all other honors at the disposal of
the delegation.
Commenting on this, the Globe-Demo-
crat says: SIN order to appreciate the
fight that Mayor Ames has been making
the public must understand that he has
had pitted against him
THE DEMO CRATIC BOSSES.
Kelly and Doran, who had for many
years controlled the patronage of the
state. The state campaigns had been
reduced to mere matter of form until
two years ago. when the rank and file
of the party throughout the state began
to call for Ames, of Minneapolis, who
had the spring before ridden into the
mayoralty of that city on the strength of
his personal popularity by the majority
of $500 votes. The mayor accepted the
Nomination, and, throwing down the
gauntlet to the bosses who had conspired
to defeat his nomination, fearing lest
his personalrpopularity might elect him
and divide the control of the states pat
ronage, he made the liveliest Demo-
cratic canvass ever witnessed in the
state.