St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-16
FARMERS IN FORCE.
All Ready to Put an indie
pendent State Ticket in
The Field.
Anxious Republicans Schem-
ing to Prevent Independ-
ent Action.
Baker, Buck and Nelson
Prominently Named as
Ticket Heads.
Anew Geographical Deal in
Politics On With the
Republicans.


Republicans.
Now come the farmers, and, unless
money or chicanery shall interpose,
they will to-day put a complete state
ticket in the field. They began to
come in yesterday, and by last night
the prominent hotels were filled with
them, headquarters being especially at
the. Merchants and Clarendon. Great,
staiwart men most of the delegates are,
with broad shoulders, full, bushy boards
and bronzed countepances. Familiar
faces are among them, too-faces OF
men who have filled important state
offices and sat in the legislative coun-
ellis. Old. shrewd politicians are not
a few of them, and the present war
they are waging for their rights is not
the first, by many, of the political
battles in which they have participated.
The farmers are not alone at the
hotels. In and out among the throng
were many recognized Republican
wire pullerS--men who do the fine
Nelson-one endeavoring to persuade
the granger it would not be we'll to put
in ticket this year, and the other slyly
putting in word for the smooth corpo-
ration counsel from Alexandria, ''juSt to
make him solid with both conventions"
you know. The farmers are all talking
politics. When it runs to men it in
cludeS "Jim" Baker, zig" DOnneliy,
.sBill'' Merriam. "Dan" Buck and Knute
Nelson, but generally it is the tariff
that is. under discussion. The willy Re-
publican worker hides his head when
the tariff is mentioned, for clearly he is
not in it.
1t seems the consensus of opinion that
Gen. Jim; Baker will be the nominee
for governor, though Barrett. KelSo,
Nelson and Donnelly are all mentioned.
"Nelson will be dropped at once,"
said delegate. last night, ''when the
fact is stated that he is opposed to the
bonded warehouse idea, on which the
farmers are practically agreed. Beside
that, the belief that Nelson has made an
out-and-out deal with Jim Hill and w.
w. Braden would defeat him were he
now first choice. which he is not, by
large majority"
The State Farmers alliance will meet
this morning at 9 O'Clock in the state
capitol. There were upwards of 200
delegates at the Merchants and ClareE-
don hotels last evening. In all 500 del
egates are expected to be in attendance
this morning. Many of them will ar
rive on the early morning trains. All
of the officials of the alliance were on
hand last evening, and the executive
committee held several private meet
Ings. These were reported to be for
the purpose of completing the organiza-
ton of to-day's CONVENTION. Much sat
isfaction was expressed by the officials
at the class of delegates sent
to the convention. They are al
most solely old members of the
Alliance--men who have been asSoci-
ated with the alliance since its incep-
tion. This is indicative OF the strong
movement there exists throughout the
state favorable to an independent move
ment on the part of the farmers. A
canvass of the delegates in the city yes
terday revealed the fact that the con-
vention Will certainly nominate full
ticket. Compromise was a word UNI
dreamt of by any of them. A deter
mined effort will be made to getthrough
the business to-day. AS Ignatius DON
nelly put it: I'VE cannot keep the
farmers here two dayS-that is, we
don't want to. So to get through our
business we will probably continue in
session until midnight"
The choice of the gubernatorial candI-
date lies between Knute Nelson, Gen.J.
II. Baker and Daniel Buck. Knute Nell
son is most favorably spoken of,and the
probability is that he will be the choice
of the convention. Gen. Baker has
considerable strength among the dele
gates, but his election is problematical.
His candidature is not likely to be one
which would draw many votes from the
Republican party, and unless the farm
ers' nominee eau do this the Alliance
men might spare themselves the trouble
and expense of holding a convention
and engaging in what must necessarily
be bitter and rancorOuS campaign.
Daniel Buck is probably stronger man
than Gen. Baker, and it is singular
fact that Blue Earth county delegates
are pledged in his favor. This certainly
does not look well for Gen. Baker his
own county opposed to his selection.
Hon. Charles Gilman, of st. Cloud,
was at the Merchants last evening, but
declares his business was strictly pri-
vate. He had nothing to do with the
convention; knew nothing about it,
and. therefore, could not say who
would be nominated for governor. He
could not say whether Knute Nelson
| would accept the nomination if it were
| rendered him by the convention, and in
| that respect would like the GLOBE to
| correct an error made by some news
paper. He knew absolutely nothing as
| to what Mr.. Nelson would do, never
having had any conversation with him
upon the subject.
The name of Ignatius Donnelly has
been mentioned in connection with the
farmers gubernatoriai nomination. Il
| am not and never was a candidate for
| the nomination." remarked Mr.. Don
| nelly last evening. mo one has any
authority to use my name; the state
ments in the newspapers were unwar-
| ranted. / do not want the nominal
| tiOn."
Whatever may have been done or set
tied upon by the leaders of this farmers
movement, it was pretty evident last
evening that the maj GRITTY of the dele
| gates had no definite instructions from
|
particular candidate for governor. The
delegateswill go to the capitol this morn
ing without the least idea of who the
candidate will be that receives the
highest nomination at their hands.
With the major portion Of the delegates
non-committal, it is pretty evident that
if any particular candidate is favored
by the leaders of the alliance his selec-
ton is within the bounds of possibility
| may, if he be popular mau his selec-
ton is certain. Under these circum-
stances it would not be surprising if
the nominee of the convention is some
other person than Nelson, Baker or
Buck.
Little has been done in regard to the
disposition of the minor offices on the
ticket. There have been many names
mentioned. but nothing definitely de-
cided upon. 1t would be difficult to fix
up any slate with the selection OF head
| for tho fiofyat chrOVdpd in On n1unh