St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-04
Secretary Mattson and Col.
Jones Are Not on the
Slate.
Editor Owen, Of Minneapolis
p a Probable Farmers Can
didate.
iDonnelly Repents and Pulls
m Down His Man, DR..
Fish.
Random Political Notes Gath
cred From a Fertile
Field.

be the features OF the Republican state
convention, which has been called to
meet in st. Paul OH the Oath OF this
month, and some of the state officials.
who are calculating OH securing renom-
nations, are destined to have a rude
awakening at that time, when, without
the least notice or warning, new and
perhaps unheard OF men are trotted out
and placed on the ticket in the places
and for the positions they crave so
earnestly and believe so firmly they
are to have without contest worth
mentioning. Of course, the bosses
know what is going to happen. but they
are not very apt to give anything OF
this kind away-it isn't their custom,
you know.
But who are the officials that are
booked to be shelyed?
To careful observer of the present
campaign who has viewed the situation
in the light of past events. as well as in
the broad glare of locality, nationality
and manipulation-the three most pow
erful factors in Republican campaign in
Minnesota-the chances of two OF the
present corps of state officials for secur
ing denominations have seemed rather
scaly from the very beginning. They.
are Secretary of State Hans MattSOn
and Clerk of the Supreme Court j. w.
Jones. Both of these gentlemen are
disposed to feel very sangulne over
their prospects. but little investigation
into the facts as they are will show that
neither of the two has positive strength
enough to stand for moment against a
slate, that can and will be made the
evening before the opening of the con-
yentlon.
What is the exact situation now as re-
spects the makeup OF the next Repub-
lican state ticket?
Gov. Merriam is sure to receive a re-
nomination. He is an American. Prince
Albert E. Rice is to be succeeded as
candidate for lieutenant governor by
Senator Gid S. Ives, of st. Peter, also
an American. Col. Bobleter will be re-
nominated for state treasurer because
he is a German and a good fellow. At
tOrney General Clapp will also be given
his place Oh the ticket, simply because
the bosses dare not do otherwise. He
/ is an American. and makes the third of
that nationality on the state ticket.
Now but two offices remain, those of
secretary Of state and clerk of the
supreme court. Is it at all likely that
Col. Jones, another American. will
be given one of these? Is it
not fact that every Republican state
ticket in recent years has contained
representative of each of the great
Scandinavian natiOnalitles, Swedish
and Norwegian? Under these circum-
stances it is very safe to say that these
two nationalities will be given the NOM
ination for the Offices mentioned. Merit,
fitness and ability will cut no figure in
the contest whatever. 1t will be case
of necessity, and Col. Jones will go
down simply because he was born a cit
iZen of America.
But how will it fare with Col. Matt
son?
+ Of course he is representative of the
Swedish nationality, but The has lost
his grip" to use common expression,
and came within an ace OF being
dropped from the state ticket two years
ago when not single change was made
in the ticket outside of governor. Since
then he has continued on the down
ward scale in the march for popular
favor, and will enter the coming state
convention positively without a del
pend from start to finish. OF
course he will not believe this
but the political bosses who can see a
day or two ahead prophesy that he will
drop with such thud that he will not
bob up in state politics for some time to
come.
1.-The facts are" said a well-known
Merriam leader yesterday, that Col.
Mattson will be defeated by E. P.
Brown, a popular Norwegian from Blue
Earth City, and this will of necessity
force the convention to place some rep
resentatiye Swede on the ticket for
clerk of the supreme court. can't say
at this time who this will be, and pre-
sumo it will not be decided until the
delegates reach here. | do feel sure,
however, that both Mattson and Jones
are going to be shelved. as 1t is neces-
sity to have both their places for other
people.
Who will be their Moses?
Now that 1t has become settled
thing that there will be a farmers state
ticket placed in the field at the coming
alliance convention, speculation as to
the size of the row likely and able to
be kicked up in that gathering by the
Sage Of Nininger and his thick-and-thin
supporters has given way to an epidemic
of guessing as to the man likely to be
chosen to head this ticket of the
grangers. The alliance officers, and
in particular President Hall and Secre-
tary Lathrop, are decidedly non COM
municatiye on this subject, and refuse
to discuss the matter of candidates at
all. They claim, and rightly, too, no
doubt, that were they to boom any man
for the gubernatOrial nomination it
would be regarded as an attempt at
bosSism and slate-making, and OH that
account be very obnoxious to the farm
ers who will be gathered together in
st. Paul two weeks later for the pur-
pose of looking over the field and pick
ling out the most popular and available
man to be found to place at the head of
the ticket.
1 But with the near approach of the
convention 1T is Impossible to prevent
the grangers from discussing the merits
of different gentlemen IN various parts
OF the state. Last evening such dis
cuSsion was started in the lobby OF the
Merchants, when very prominent al
lance leader asked another what he
thought of S. NJ. Owen, of Minneapolis,
as a candidate for governor.
He is just the man, was the re-
Spouse that came without a moments
hesitation.
'Owen is with us in this movement"
continued the first speaker, land l am
Satisfied he detestS protective tariff as
much as any of US, and. besides, he has
done more, perhaps, than any other man
in the state to educate the farmers of
Minnesota on the tariff question. He is
well known in all parts of the state, and
would infuSe more ylg0r into the cam
paign than any other man that could be
named"
This was subsequently preached to
alliance men of all sizes and degrees of
Importance and influence, from Secre-
tary Lathrop to Gen, j. H. Baker, and all
are agreed that. if S. NJ. Owen will ac-
cept the nomination, he is just the man
to lead the down-trodden farmer to
victory this year. The talk OF Gen.
Baker being candidate is without
foundation, as the Blue Earth states
man would much prefer, if he ran
for office at all, to take
congressional nomination and
try Congressman John Lind
heat in the redoubtable Second dis
trict In all probability if Editor Owen
x,,;E o;ua n ic foDcopt fan RaEQr will