St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-31
KICKING IN DULUTH.
Local Republican Leaders
Ready to Head an Anti
Merriam Revolt.
Spicy Interviews With Some
Of the Best-KnoWn
Leaders.
First District Democrats Will
Meet at Winona on
Aug. %.
herman to Be Trotted Out
for Governor by His Own
District.

ing very SLIM" remarked Zenith City
Republican at the Merchants yesterday.
Sin fact,I might say that there is very
serious detection in the party ranks
over his nomination, and not little
talk of the advlsab: lily of placing an in
dependent Republican candidate in the
field. Although the governor received
the votes of the st. Louis delegation in
the convention, it would have been far
better for him had he allowed the people
of the county to have been represented
as they desired. ST. Louis county is
and was anti-Merriam by large
majority, and the fact that the governor
sent his managers into the county and
deliberately set to work to secure the
delegation by the use of all the means
in his power has, in a manner, enraged
the people. AS l remarked before. it
would have been far better for Merriam
had our delegation cast its votes for
either Nelson or Braden in that con-
ventlon. The governor would still have
secured the nomination. and the loyal
Republicans of Duluth would then have
felt under some obligation to support
him at the polls. AS it is now, many
of the most prominent Republicans in
the county feel that they were not rep
resented in the gathering that named
therefore. not bound to support
the governor at the polls. Of course
the interest the governor is taking in
building up a rival Wisconsin town to
the disadvantage of Duluth has some
thing to do with the feeling that exists
in the Zenith City against him. But
this is not all. Many of our wide-awake
citizens believe that he is in favor of
the Minneapolis wheat ring, which last
year succeeded in diverting millions of
bushels of wheat from Duluth to Min
neapolis. -DuluthianS insist that their
city is the natural port of shipment for
the wheat crop of the Northwest, and
are ready to fight any man OF cOmbina-
ton of men who attempt to rob them of
one iota of what their city is entitled to
by reason OF its exceptional position at
the head of the lakes
This seemed to be very strong talk,
and when the reporter attempted to
question this gentleman further, he
pulled copy of the Duluth Short Line
from his pocket and said: p
"Read what E. G. Swanstrom, the
well-known Republican leader of Du-
luth, has to say on this subject" -
don't care to say much about politics
now," said E. G. Swanstrom. sit is too
hot and too long before election. 1t is
all wrong to talk about nationality in
politics, and | hate to hear anybody
talk about getting the Scandinavian or
the German vote. IeXpect that Mer-
RAM will be elected, but [ do not think
that he will get 1880 majority in st.
Louis county, as he did two years ago.
| think that Judge LOchren, if he would
consent to run. could defeat Merriam"
This expression of Duluth public
sentiment is further backed up by an
interview which reporter of the same
paper had with Hon. Daniel G. Cash, OF
Duluth. On being asked what in his
opinion Gov. Merriam'S chances were
for securing reelection, he said: ''If
there is anything like the feeling
against the governor in certain sec
tions that is represented, his election is
questionable. Two years ago Merriam
got large vote here, and he will feel
| There is a strong sentiment here
against him. and the ST. Louis county
delegation did not represent the people.
| do not know that we will make an
active fight against him, except in a
| quiet way, but unless he is especially
popular elsewhere he will feel the
effect of any opposition"
Capt. W. III. Smallwood, of Duluth,
who two years ago worked for Gov.
| Merriam'S election, is also out in an in
terview, which is especially severe in
it's criticism of the governors attitude
on the tariff question. 81 am disap-
pointed in Gov. Merriam" he said.
mo Republican in Minnesota knows
| where he stands on national Republi-
can issues. One year he is protective
| tariff advocate, and the next he is free
| trader. | am loyal Republican, and
| do not consider it a breach of party
| fealty to vote against him this fall. The
| Democrats cannot put up much worse
| man than Merriam. shall vote for the
nominee in November. Merriam doesn't
exactly suit my political TASTE"
There is to-day but one state ticket
| legally before the people of Minnesota
| although three conventions of three diff
| ferent parties have been held in this
city for the purpose of placing tickets
in the field" remarked we'll Informed
cold water man of st. Paul to GLOBE
reporter yesterday.
''How do you figure that out?" asked
| the reporter.
| ssSimply because the Prohibition party
was the only one to carry out the Aus
tralian election law" was the reply
''Of course" he continued, this would
not affect the tickets except in the large
cities. / do not see how Auditor Brader
can place either the Republican or the
Alliance nominees on the official bal
lot The officers of neither convention
1 No lox +
the Democrats will carry out the law
and then help make row if the state
ballot for the larger cities contains the
names of the nominees of these two
parties"
| Chairman Frank L. Randall, of the
First district Democratic congressional
committee, has issued the call for the
congressional convention of that dis
trict. 1t will be held in the city of Wi
mona ON Thursday, Aug. %, 1890. at
O'Clock in the afternoon. The different
counties in the district are entitled tt
the following representation in the con
yention: Dodge, 5; Fillmore, 9; Free
born, 6; Houston. 6; Olmsted, g.
Steele, S; Winona, Is, and Wabasha, 9
Senator C. B. Buchanan came dowr
| from Ills mOIIioOll equity La LII yCotC1
day, looking as fresh and clipper a:
though he had never taken part in the
exciting wind-up of last weeks conven
ton. The senator was member of the
old Republican state committee, and il
on Chairman Rice'S little slate for {
place ON the new state committee
which will be announced almost any
day now. Senator Buchanan i:
now earnestly advocating the claim!
of his bosom friend, J. G
Flynu, for the nomination for state sen
ator in the Morrison, Todd, Crow Wins
and Mile Lacs district. Opposed tt
Mr.. Flynn are Hon. w. E. Lee, of Todd
Hon. l.. E. Lum. of Brainerd, and Hon
r. G. Dunn, of Princeton. So far it il
almost anybody's fight, but. as the viii!
Buchanan remarked yesterday, "Flynl
will be found OIL hand when the bant
commences to play"
DR.. Ames came over from Minneap
oils yesterday and spent some littl
x;,,o bohpnl,l,inr with fine diffnr9n