St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18
JUSTICE TO M'GILL.
The Ex-Governop's Friends
Again Pushing Him to
the Front.
Merriam, Scared, Writes a
Peculiar Letter to Sena-
tor Davis,
But the Senator and His
Friends Refuse the Of
fered Bait.
The Democrats Can Win if
They Can "Get To-
gether.
Justice to McGill.

justice TO McGlll.
Strange and almost ineXplicable as
the statement may seem in politics as
in religion, an appeal to the emotional
and sentimental in man often wins
when cold, hard logic would fail. While
no one will assert that the average voter
of Minnesota is very sentimental sort
of creature. or that sentiment will lead
! him up to the polls in "blocks of FIVE"
yet at the same time the cry, or appeal
for Justice to McGill" is going to cut a
very considerable figure in the cam
paign leading up to the Republican
nominating convention next wear.
That McGill is again in the field as
candidate for his party's nomination for
governor next year is now admitted by
many of the leading politicians OF the
state, and loudly asserted by the men
who last year stood by the ex-governor
to the end. Naturally enough. McCIill
! feels that he was not treated exactly
right last year, and there is now no
doubt that he is ''in the hands of his
| friends"
| But has the ex-governor any strength?
| For numerous reasons Gov. McGill is
much stronger i'll his party to-day than
| he was year ago. The administration
| of his successor has produced diScOn-
| tent and dissatisfaction on every side,
not only among the politicians, but
also among the people. His course and
his appointments have neither pleased
his friends nor conciliated his enemies,
and next year Gov. Merriam will go
| into the canvass for denomination OPP
| posed by the same men and elements
| who fought him year ago, largely re-
| inforced from the ranks of his last
| years supporters.
And then. too, Gov. Merriam is
| charged with being too exclusive"
Merriam is the first governor of Min
nesota, who has been inaccessible to the
! people," said prominent Republican
politician a few days ago. Anyone
could reach McGill, Hubbard. Pills
bury, and Davis, not one OF whom ever
thought of hedging himself and the OF
flee about as Gov. Merriam has done.
He's too high and mighty altogether
since the election, and he'll get drop
next year" But the disposal of the
state offices is the rock which has
wrecked Gov. Merriam as it did McGill
| before him.
MORE OFFICES NEEDED.
The governor of Minnesota hasn't
enough offices at his disposal at present,
and, in the future, if men who are
elected to that high Office have political
aspirations for the future, they must
| either see to it that a number of new Of
! fees are created and made appOintive,
or else they must make fewer ante-elec-
| ton promises. At the present time ev-
cry township and village in the state
| expects. nay demands. an appointment
| from each newly-elected governor, and
| in consequence, the army OF the dISap-
pointed and kicking becomes so
| large that it is great menace to the
! COVER n0r's future prospects politically.
The disposal of state patronage dam
aged McGill greatly. bus it has been
much more damaging to Merriam.
Duluth was promised railway COM
missiOnership, didn't get it, and is kick
ing vigorously. Gen. j. 81. Baker. Blue
Earth's old war horse. was largely re-
sponsible for Gov. Merriam's nomina-
| ton, and was to be cared for. He has
been cast aside, and is now ready to
| Join Eli Warner. eX-InspectOr James
| and Editor Hunt in war on the state
| administration. The unceremonious
bouncing given Warden Stordock last
week won't help the governor any i'll
! the Western portion of the Fifth district.
! nor among the ScandinavianS generally.
! And, by the way, the people of that ma
! tiOnality have never been so shabbily
treated in the history of the state. The
removal of Gen. Chris Brandt and War
! den Stordock will be remembered and
! rewarded later on.
But it is not necessary to enumerate
! the enemies that have arisen from
among the governors friends Of last
| year. They are legion. Join them to
H. Ta(l Snhn
horts of a year ago and you will have a
somewhat imposing and powerful array
united to down business administra-
tion."
Among the politicians of the First
congressional district Of this state for
more than twenty years Gen. F. W.
| Seeley, of Lake City, has been recOg-
| nized as leader. For more than six
| teen years he was the postmaster of his
! town and a political power throughout
| the district. A few days ago had a
| short conversation with him, in which
he expressed himself strongly on this
matter.
Il was talking to Loren Fletcher not
| long since,' he remarked, land he de-
! clared that if Merriam purchased re-
nomination nothing could prevent Min
neapoliS giving 5000 Democratic major
|
| ernor's denomination has already COM
menced." continued Gen. Seeley, land
! it will be kept up from now right on
until the Republican convention meets
| next year. Every opponent of Merriam
last year is against him now, and there
| have been many reinforcements from
the ranks of his whilom supporters"
| But the governor has lost another
strong body of his last years supporters.
The friends of Senator Davis have at
| last ''taken tumble" and they will be
against him from now on. In connec-
| ton with this a most amusing incident
| is related by friend of Senator Davis,
| which shows that the Governor is al
ready a little fearful of the future.
| Senator DaYiS'S friends are at last on
| to Mr.. Merriam" said this gentleman,
land he will receive no aid from that
| quarter, although in his desperation the
governor has written a letter to Senator
| Davis, in which he pledges himself not
| to be candidate for the seat in the SEN
ate now held by Senator Davis"
But this won't go down this time
| with the senator's friends" he contln-
ued
'"Ihey recognize the fact that when
! the legislature has once been elected,
Gov. Merriam can, and undoubtedly
| WOULD, enter upon cam palgn IN which
Senator Davis would be unable to enter.
The time to end Gov. Merriam's sena-
torial ambitions will come in the next
| Republican state convention. and IN
less all signs fail they'll end right there.
and no amount of pledging and promis-
ing can save our governors bacon this
time. His political promises are not
quoted at par at present anyway, I'M
derstand."
And the campaign of 1890 has already
| commenced.
How it will end and who Of the many
andidates-Snider, A. E. Rice, Mer-
RAM, McGill and Scheffer-will be the
nominee of the Republicans of Mime
sofa for governor year later are only
matters of conjecture at the present
| time. However, it is hard to see just
how our present governor can be re-
nominated with the en- tire field arrayed
| against him.
THE OTHER SIDE.
"COuld the Democrats of Minnesota
get together next year, the next gov