St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-16
Already Minneapolis Politi-
clans Claim Him as
Their Own,
Else He Must Come From the
Countrywide second
Tenn.
Change in the State Press
Gilman Joins Fletcher
AMI Ian gdon.
Disappoin msnt Over Wash
bufn's Custom House Bill
"A New Candidate.

Who will be the next nominee on the
Republican ticket for governor, Is
question that lealing Republicans In
Minneapolis are quietly asking eacn
9th r every d ~ now. ThOutn there IS
very little being done openly in the
political field at present, there is good
deal of 'privtte OFF &c chat on this
matter. H5nnepin comfy Republicans,
it is we'll knoWh, hiv5 ma lie up their
minds that the next governor of Mime
sofa must come from the City at the
Falls" or the county. They say that the
custom of giving Incu n5ents two terms
wa, trampled upon last year in side
tracking McGill, at the sam time HONOR
ing all the other state Offi ialS with
denomination. and that il SIch tact cS
are resorted to by the friends of tn e
present governor wien the tima CONES
Hennepin's "4OJ' WILL see that Merriam
treated as his pre- leceSSJr wis. EhiS
feeling. however, is not universal IN
Minneapolis. AMI strong pressure Is
being brought to bear on the few VINO
think otherwise. If the pressure has
the desired effect it will work much to
tie disadvantage of the st. Paul candl-
date.
A great deal of uneasiness over
spreads the anti-Merriam army IN Min
neapoliS over the sudden and uneX-
peeted closing up of the state press on
Gov. Merriam'S candidacy for second
term. They look upon this as very
queer. They say that for time DUR
ing the summer almost all the RepuOll-
can papers of the STATE were ready 10
behtad Merriam, and were Wiling 10
accept any candidate In preference 10
the present governor: but the silence
which they have observed for some time
past on this matter has given the Mn
neapOlis wire-pullers more trouble than
anything since last election. They VIII
not openly admit that they have bee
caught with their stockings down. but
are ready to confess th"t the sudden
change of heart on the part OF the couii-
try press cannot he explained by them.
Ii would never do for these politicians
to insinuate anything derogat, ~ to the
independence of the country editors, tor
such a move would alternate the outside
vote. and no man might attempt to
struggle against such odds.
These are the bare facts that stare
"Uncle' Loren Fletcher and his right
bower, r. B. LangdOn, who always
saws he is. s.out of politics." but works
harder in that line of business than any
other man in the state, Charley Gil
man excepted. The st. Cloud man. It
was alleged, was in financial straits
short time ago, but his political oppo-
nents will look in vain for the expected
crisis. 1t is said that when. the Fifth
district warehouse became involved he
called upon Mr.. Fletcher for assistance.
and the same was Forthcoming immedl-
ately. r. B. Langdon is also said TO
have given the St. Cloud man more
than the latter really required. Every
one knows that Gilman Is p0wer1n
the Fifth district, and while he has not
been friendly TO Merriam ever since the
latter'S nomination. which he was not
slow to pronounce as ''UOught with hard
cash." he is now doubly in favor of the
Hennepin twins for any office they may
SEE fit to enter for.
Fletcher, if his word were taken, was
never a candidate for any Office, and
Langdon always accepted office because
his friends asked him to. LangdOn is
as full-hedged candidate for governor
as Merriam is, and Fletcher is as much
in the race for congress as he was
when Gilfillan carried off the plum. The
triple combination has been made, and
while the wire worked well in stating
Fletcher and LangdOn's political ambi-
tions, the current was broken before it
was announced what Gilman was pro-
missed for his undivided attention.
Minneapolis Republicans are not
II. % hi 1rrlJz
custom house bill. Since the subject
generally supposed that when such
bill was introduced in congress it would
read ''to make Minneapolis port of
entry" with district independent of
the St. Paul one, but when the bill was
introduced in the senate, few days
ago By Washburn, it had cold
wave effect on the young Republic
cans of Minneapolis. The bill merely
provides for deputy collector
and such other officers as the secretary
of the treasury may deem necessary,
but these appointments must be made
by Collector Edwards, of st. Paul, and
he may appoint a man from Freedom
county with assistants from Farlbault
or Red Wing, il he wishes. Ii Mime
apolis man gets the first place, he will
probably not pay any more than, $3.50
day; whereas if Minneapolis had been
made port of entry, handsome salary
might be attached. This is poor news
for Commissioner Odell, who had
practically fixed up his business pre-
paratory to moving into the new public
building. There will be candidates
enough in sight, however, before the
bill becomes law, and already the name
of A. B. Hush. treasurer of the Flam-
beau club, has been mentioned in this
connection. The FlambeauX will all
support him, and he is said to have the
Endorsement of Thomas Lowry, Bob
Evans, "GeDe" Hay, Frank Davis, and
County Attorney Jamison. These
names were secured sometime ago.
office of collector of internal revenue, I
but as Washburn was pledged to Mar !
Gus johnson, Hush gave up the night,
but kept the Endorsements: which, it is
said, he has since attached to his appli-
cation for deputy collector at Minne-
apOlis.
The office-seeking Republicans are all
playing in hard luck. Some of them
canno. get any Office, while those who
have been nominated for places have
not yet been assigned to duty, and
their appointment does not count for
anything. This is the case with our
friend, Col. Mcintyre, who was APP
pointed some three weeks ago as door
keeper for the South Minneapolis dis /
tillery in place of Mai. Landberg. The
maj or, how ever, continued to tend to
business at the old stand and draw his
81 day, while the colonel is remaining
awake nights figuring out how long it
takes the administration to assign him
TO duty. Landberg, however. is salts
fed, and says the administration would
do well to revise the tariff before con-
sidering any more appointments.