St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-13
Mr.. DoNAELLY DENIES
That lie Has Formed Any Combination
With Gov. Merriam.
HIS FORCES ARE IN TO STAY.
The Washburn People Try a Desperate
Plan at Brainerd.

Ignatius Donnelly was asked vester-
day as to the truth of the published
Z statement that he had formed senate
rial combination with Mr.. Merriam.
There is not word of truth in it,"
/ replied the sage. ''Mr. Merriam never
has intimated to me that he was a can
didate. We are good friends and that
is all.''
+ "But will not Mr.. Merriam be a can
didate before the end?"
"My impression is that he will not be,
|, unless long deadlock is provoked. and
then we cannot tell what will happen"
''If there is deadlock, will your sup
port go to MIR. Merriam?"
II cannot say where my force will go.
Each man will have his own preference
and 90 to it. feel very kindly to MIR.
Merriam, but, as said before. he is not
likely to be i'll the fight. am in it to
stay and think | shall win. | try to be
pleasant with all sides and succeed. but
have combined with no One."
''Do you and Mr.. Washburn speak?"
"Oh, yes; we have very pleasant
chats together"
doubtless no reference is made by
either OF you to your famous Washburn
speech?''
mo, there are some subjects which
we mutually avoid"
If Gov. Merriam was unaware of
the fact. the first four DAYS of
his official life must have convinced him
that the road to "a higher sphere" is
not through the gubernatOrial Office.
Under no other conditions can mans
patience be more severely tested. The
callers he has had to face is something
astounding, and their claims something
appalling. All day long a hungry look
Ing crowd of Office seekers have filed
into the executive department., and to
them his reticence in the matter of APP
points is simply eXasperating. A deputa-
ton waited upon Gov. Merriam yester-
terday in the interests of the re-appoint-
ment of Deputy Insurance Commits
sioner Todd, and to them his excelIency
iDtimated that ten more days would
elapse ere all official notification of his
appointments would be made. This
brings the date down to Monday,
Jan. 81.
Mons Grinager, q. W. Stone, ST., w.
81. Yale, E. r. Smith, w. A. Poland,
Alvah Eastman and John Cooper found
themselves marching in a group from
the Merchants to the state house yes
terday morning. They are the Re
publican electors of Minnesota for
president and vice president, and. &C
cording to the laws of the United States,
reported their arrival in town and
readiness to elect president and vice
PRESIDENT to the governor of the state.
They will meet at the capitol Monday
at II o'clock and formally cast their
ballots.
The Democratic legislators have Room
8 at the Merchants, which is in charge
of John Landberg. Frequent confer
ences are held there, and the tenor of
the talk is favorable to having Senator
Durant for the caucus nominee of the
party in the senatorial fight If he is
selected number of votes will be given
him and then the Democracy be left
free TO go where it listeth. DIR. Ames
appears occasionally and expresses his
hostility to Mr.. Washburn, and if there
is Washburn Democratin the house or
senate he is yet to be discovered. There