St. Paul daily globe., 1889-12-08
n Social Session Over Future
Problems at the Merchants
Hotel.
uggeStion Of a Scheme t.
Down Merriam and Then
Senator Davis.
Dave Morgan's Political Nov
in Locating in Blue Earth
County.
His Plan to Get Solid in thc
Second District and Down
Lind.

-tOU SONcEuHlSilJ cut III bHO poiltlN0i
world, after all. 1t is safe to say that
not thought Of either ever occurred to
any one of certain group of pr0mi-
nent Minnesota Republican politicians
that held council of war in the Mer-
chants yesterday. This group was
composed of ex-senator ID. NJ. Sabin.
of Saltwater; Hon. Il. b. Langdon and
Hon. Loren Fletcher, of Minneapolis.
Shortly before neon the saltwater
statesman reached st. Paul, and went
at once to the Merchants, where
he met the Flour City statesman, acci-
dentally, of course. The council"
which then began was continued till
late i'm the a ternOon, the big combina
ton dining together at the Merchants.
Senator Sabin appeared as jolly and ap-
parently felt as good as though
he had defeated Gen. Washburn
year ago. Mr.. LangdOn
smoked his fragrant Havana as care
fully and as meditatively as usual.
while Uncle Loren" looked as though
he was ready to grasp his little hatchet,
and SALLY forth and do up his enemies.
What was the meaning of this con-
ference? Does it mean that Mr.. Lang
don is to be the antl-Merriam Minneap-
oils candidate for governor next year,
with Senator Sabin casting longing eyes
on Cush Davis seat in the senate?
It's well-knOwn fact that Senator
Sabin cherishes no very friendly feel
ing for either Gov. Merriam or Senator
Davis; for. while he and many other
good politicians considered it the part
of good politics for both Senator Davis
Nd I,n IN hnln Mn SoAIn
rather than the Minneapolis candidate,
the influence of both Merriam and
Davis was east i'm favor of the Minneap-
oils miller, quietly, OF course, but there is
where it landed. nevertheless. For
these reasons Mr.. Sabin will shed no
tears at the political funeral of either of
these two statesmen. who refused to
help him even when it was TO their in
terests so to do.
A fact that needs not to be demon
strated is contained in the remark that
Fletcher is laying for Merriam and
he cares little more for Davis. Indeed
it hasn't been six months since he
openly declared in favor of taking the
next United States senator from the
country outside of the Twin Cities.
This declaration, coupled with the"spOt-
caSh-pay-aS-yOu-gO" interview. would
seem to place him in line with Mr..
Sabin on certain things political.
But how is it with Mr.. Langdon-
where does he stand?
1t Will be remembered that Mr.. Lang
don didn't Overexert himself at the late
session of the legislature in working for
Senator WaShburn, and he never was
particularly 'stuck" on the governor; !;
so what is more natural than for him to
join Sabin and Fletcher and make
common fight to down both
the governor and Senator Davis?
The combination is practically
Minneapolis and Saltwater against St.
Paul, and will undoubtedly be bitterly
fought by st. Paul Republicans. Min
neapOlis now has the congressman, a
senator, foreign minister, and most
all the federal appointments 10 which
the state is entitled, and now she wants
the governor, and is willing to concede
a senatOrshiD to Saltwater.
But how will the people at large re-
ceive such combination? Looking at
it in any way it possesses nothing to ap-
peal to the people outside MinneapO-
lis and a few local points. 1t has as
much doodle" as the crowd that
dOwned McGill and will undoubtedly
uSC IL IuS6 dS lC Olllf OllCS
who will hail the advent of this cOmbi-
nation are the political heelers and
strikers who infest the North Star
state from WinOna TO Pembina and
from Saltwater to Ortonville. What a
picnic it would be, to be sure!
But. while this combine may defeat
the denomination of Gov. Merriam" 5"
said a prominent Republican, ut can
not win. The people of Minnesota Will
not swap one gang of cOrruptioniSts for
another. The next governor of Mime
sofa must be a man more closely
allied with the people than either
Gov. Merriam or Mr.. Langdon.
am firmly of the opinion
that the next governor of Minnesota
will come from the country, and if the
Republicans don't go there for the can
didate, the Iowa revolution will be re-
peated in Minnesota"
~
It is amusing to note the different
views entertained by the politicians as
to the object of this conference. All of
them are more or less political, but
some of them don't think that
the scheme involves Mr.. Sa-
place of Davis. There's a big prison
labor deal in the wind" said a leading
citizen of Saltwater to the GLOBE re-
porter yesterday, land | think that Sa-
bin, Langdon and Fletcher are anxious
only to get possession of Gov. Merri-
ANS seat, and while they would all like
Mr.. LangdOn to have the place they
are ready to unite upon any one who
can be controlled by them and who can
defeat Merriam in the convention.
Hon. d. i. Morgan, who represented
FreebOrn county in the house last win
ter, has lately removed to MankatO,
ostenSibly to practice law, but really 10
run for congress as soon as he becameS
acquainted through the Second district.
FreebOrn county is in the First district,
and Mr.. Morgan saw that it was mighty
poor place to run for congress from,
In the first place FreebOrn is so over
wheImingly Republican that she never
needs any cOnciliating in the way OF
congressional nominations, and, besides,
the First district is too close politically
for any man who was in any way con-
nected with the feat of ''doing up" Milo
White in the congressional convention
of 1886 to be elected. Mr.. Morgan al
that time was Mr.. LOvely's partner, and
| Is generally credited with being the man
who succeeded in nominating his man
after MIR. White had been nominated
That convention, it will be remembered,
was very much like the Republican
legislative causus at Bismarck a few
weeks ago. and Mr.. White was euchered
out of the congressional nomination in
almost exactly the way in which NJ. n.
johnson was "dOne up"
But the Second district is Republican
by 1000 to 1900 majority, and a nOmlna-
tiOn is equivalent to an election. John
Lind can't hold on much longer, and, as
there is a great dearth of congressional
timber in that district. Mr.. Morgan could
not have made better location. ''Man-
kato," said Senator Ward, ''is good
place TO run for Office from. 1t is Gen.
trally located, and Blue Earth county is
strong in conventions, think MOrgan's
move was political, and if he wants to
20 to congress it was wise one. John
Lind can't expect to hold on much
longer, even if he has few enemies. and
apparently no opposition. j don't un-
derstand." continued the portly senator
from Waseea, chow it is possible for a
man to make as few enemies as
Lind has made. He is extremely