St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-19
The Governor Will Run on
a Low. Tariff Plat
form.
And Will Allow Hall, Lind
and the Rest to Go It
Alone.
A New Saltwater Candidate
for Congress From This
District.
ComstOck Not to Have a Re-
nomination Without a
Struggle.

While formal declaration of war has
not yet been sent by Gov. Merriam'S
managers to the five McKinleyites who
are at present miSrepresenting Mime
sofa in the lower house of congress,
actual hostilities have been commenced.
The governor and his managers have
decided to stand by the low tariff senti-
mentS expressed in Merriam's speech
before the Farmers Alliance last March,
and, whenever the tariff question
is brought up IN the coming
state campaign this free trade
deliverance of his eXcellency will
be quoted, and the claim entered that
the governor is as good low tariff man
as either Owen or the Democratic NOM
inee. OF course it has been only two
years since Mr.. Merriam declared that
protection was quite the proper thing,
and that reduction in the tariff would
be followed by starvation wages for all
classes of wOrkingmen. During the
campaign of 1888 MinneSota's present
delegation in the lower house agreed
with the governor in all his wild utter
ances OH the tariff question.
But what vast distance there is to-
day between the governor and the Min
nesota McKinleyites on the all-absorb-
ing question of the day.
Judged by their votes Oh the tariff
bill now pending in the senate, Messrs.
Dunnell, Lind, Hall, Snider and Com
stock stand just where they did two
years ago. They were for protection
for protectors sake" then. and they
stand for the same thing to-day. The
fact that there is clash between them
aed the governor is through DO fault of
theirs, and must be attributed solely to
Gov. Merriam'S sudden change of front
last winter. Naturally enough, these
congressman, who see that they must
make their own fight this fall, ham,
pered by the indirect opposition of the
governor, are not feeling in the best
possible humor over the situation.
''What are the Minnesota congress-
men going to do about it?" was the
question GLOBE representative asked
friend of Congressman OAR Hall
yesterday in the course of short dis
cussion of the campaign.
''Of course, | am not authorized to
speak for MI. Hail." was the answer,
'but L can assure you that we do not
propose to have our man traded off to
help Gov. Merriam out of hard place.
Our congressional platform and candi-
date favor protection, and we have got
to make our fight on that question. Of
ing his campaign on the Democratic
side of the tariff question, we cannot
prevent it, but we shall oppose all
schemes sprung to help the head of the
state ticket to the disadvantage of any
other candidates on our local, legiSla-
tive or congressional tickets" The
WabaSha Herald sizes up the situation
very cleverly in its last issue. How
humiliating the platform adopted az the
recent Republican state convention
must be to the small-fry politicians of
this state" says the Herald. ''In their
Zealousness to convince the leaders that
they were to be relied upon, these little
but aspiring fish engineered through
several of the county conventions resO-
lutions indorSing the Mckinley bill UNI
quallfiedly. Then the state convention |
was held, and the astute politicians of |
that gathering did not dare to even |
lisp the name of Mckinley. He received |
no notice, and his bill was treated to a
sprawling straddle which outdOes all the |
StraddleS in political history. Where |
fore the aforesaid little fish are wonder |
ing if they have not been too previous.
And wherefore, moreover, five congress
men from Minnesota, who voted Tor the |
Mckinley robbery license. are turning |
uneaSily in their seats and wondering |
what must man do to be saved"
Congressional candidates are becOm- |
ing very numerous in and about Still |
water these days. Among those who |
have been mentioned very frequently |
of late are such well-knoWn Democratic |
war horses as Senator Durant. ex-Sen-
ator Castle, Hon. Isaac Staples and w. |
&. Bronson. Good Democrats are very |
numerous in old Washington, and the
list is by no means complete, From
Lake City yesterday came the following
communication suggesting the name OF
Judge Gregory as good man to be
pitted against Capt Snider:
To the Editor Of the Globe.
What's the matter with Judge G. 2. Greg
DRY, of Washington county, for representa-
tive to congress? The voters have known
Greg for 10! these many years, and if he !
should be called out to sacrifice himself for
his country they would "get there" on cleo
ton day.
While you are sizing up the possible timber
to hew out a representative to succeed Snider,
bear in mind the fact that Gregory will square
up to proud edge with any of them. He is
gentleman-cultured. educated, and refined
-and comes direct from the people Try
him. ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
Aug 10. 1890.
The name of Hon. d. T. Calhoun,
the popular and able st. Cloud at
torney, is being mentioned in many
Fifth district papers in connection |
with the Democratic nomination for
attorney general at the coming |
state convention. In discussing
Mr.. Calhoun's candidacy, at the Mer-
chants yesterday, Hon. Dan w. Bruck-
art, of ST. Cloud, paid high tribute to
his worth as man and ability as law
yer.
''Dave Calhoun is one of the best men
in the state of Minnesota" SAID Mr..
Bruckart. land he stands among the
very best lawyers in the district. Heis
brainy fellow, and is we'll qualified for
the Office of attorney general. do not
believe that he would accept nomina-
ton for this office, as he is a candidate
for the nomination for state senator,
and would probably prefer to make the
race for that Office. He is fine man,
and l have very great admiration for
him."
Mr. Calhoun has been mentioned as
likely candidate for congress in the
Fifth district against Representative
Comstock. He is an effective speaker
and is a power OIL the stump. The
Long Prairie Leader indorses him for
the nomination for the office of attorney
general as follows:
D. t. Calhoun. of ST. Cloud. is being favor
ably mentioned as an available Democratic
candidate for attorney general His name
was first mentioned for the head of the
ticket but this last proposal seems more APP
propriate and more likely to materialiZe i'll
the convention. He is a good man and viii
be found worthy and well qualified.
A few of the Republican papers of
this state are in open revolt against
Gov. Merriam, many others are luke
warm in his support, while considerably
less than one-half Of them are doing any
work for him. The times are ripe for
the overturning of the present despotic
Republican machine, and hosts of here
tofore loyal party men will not be found
among the mourners if the present gov
ernor is showed under by ballots next |
election day. The following doubly
significant article was published in the
Herman Enterprise of last week:
Ex-chief justice of the supreme court ex-
member of congress- one OF the foremost
lawyers of the country, an astute politician