St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-06

III dS ldI DIS III WAS uulOluCus dlJIdtl6Q
an unreasonable, because unreasonable,
amount of attention. DR.. AmeS came
from Europe and was received by
party of designing Democrats and inno-
cent Republicans as citizen and a
brother. There was no politics in 1t
of course not. Charlie FoOte and w.
Pitt Murray and Ed w. Durant would
never have been seen there if it had
meant politics. The genial mayor of
Saltwater would never have darkly
limited of the campaign of 80, as
he passed through st. Paul, if he had
been going to aught but purely social
affair. William Z. Murray could not
have been so indiscreet as to have re-
ferred to his Ames letter if he had
really meant it. Charlie Foote, chair
man of the Democratic city committee
of Minneapolis, who is never happy eX-
cept when matters political are laid on
the shelf, could never have partipated
in anything of partisan character.
In fact, all that the public needed to
entirely and thoroughly convince it that
politics was laid desperately aside tor
that occasion. was the presence of E. &.
PAIL, T. E. Bowen, BaZ Armstrong.
Bob Miller, Pat Kelly, Mike Doran and
a few others to whom politics is so
highly distasteful. In their absence
and in the light of what TRANSFERRED. it
is altogether probable that the great
public regarded the demonstration as
church SOciable.
That DR.. Ames will be a candidate
for governor there is no room to doubt.
The announcement of that fact opens to
view the livellest campaign the state
ever dreamed of on both sides of the
political stile. 1t is difficult to foretell
at this long range which convention will
be more of a bear gardel-the Demo-
cratic or Republican. If Ames is NOM
mated it will be for two reasons: First,
that the terrific war among the Repub-
licans over the Doodle campaign of 'S8
will make possible the election of
Democrat; and second, because there
are many Democrats who believe that
Ames, with all his faults-AmeS, the
great and cOntradicting bundle of fall
ings and virtues-is the only man who
can beat out Republican candidate.
AmeS is the modern Ant8nS. and every
time he is thrown to earth he rises with
renewed strength. His friends will
point to the last campaign and say to
the party opposition: 'You had your
opportunity with Wilson, now give us
ours" And unless there shall appear
some stronger candidate, AmeS will be
renominated in sheer desperation.
Probably no one else would take 1t.
Then will come an "Ames Magnetic
campaign" and the gentle doctor will
be the issue. There will be no tariff
this time. Mr.. Wilson's tariff speeches
last year, though clean cut and logical,
were not enthusiastically received. The
average granger went to sleep over the
high taxation argument, brimful of
force. whereas he enthused over the
Ames talk Of nothing in particular. OF
course, Wilson ran In presidential
year when party feeling was high. and
Ames ran in all off year when the Min
neapolis millers made the only issue.
1t is early yet to say just exactly what
party difficulties are to be encountered
on the other side, but they will be
there. 1t would not be Republican
convention were it not so. The Doodle
campaign of last year has not for an in
slant been dropped by the state press.
and it will loom up In such shape i'll the
convention as to be almost disastrous in
any event. Were Minnesota ordinarily
close state, that campaign would surely
turn the tide. Gov. Merriam has wisely
said nothing all this time, and is
leaving his cuisines administration"
to talk for him. In fact. he has
never done much talking, but
his enemies say he has had plenty
of the yellow orators to express his
views, the denominations being tens
and twenties in unlimited quantities.
Like every other politician, he has made
enemies, and every mothers son of
them will use the Doodle argument
when it comes to fight. Merriam will
be candidate for denomination and the
opposition will be deadly. A cOmpr0-
mise on man like Braden may promote
peace. but in the event of victory for
either the Merriam or anti-Merriam
factions there will be a war that should
leave the state an easy prey for the
hungry Democracy with Ames at their
head.