St. Paul daily globe., 1890-08-02
The Party Must Be Saved, and
Byrnes Is Here to
Do It.
He Will, as He Says, Practi-
cally Take Charge OF the
Campaign.
Kicking on the Arbitrary
Manner in Which the COM
mittee Was Named.
Members Of the Repu bliean
Committee Will Meet Next
Wednesday,.

more GEdn. ndlTz won. joel d6dJWGl0
and Tams Bixby have been placed in
charge of the state committee; and,
what is still more important, Col. Tim
othy E. Byrnes has returned from
Washington, on vacation, of course,
and declares that he is going to jump
into the fight and pull the governor
through.
81 am sure that the vote of Minneapo-
lis will be all right" said Col. Byrnes,
as he toyed with his moustache. sThls
order for a recount of St. Paul has fixed
everything up in good shape, and [ be-
lieve Merriam can be given a big vote
in Hennepin. am going to take my
coat off and get down to work with the
idea of pulling Gov. Merriam through
with good big majority"
lnasmuch as Col. Byrnes has been
given no place on the state committee
it is probable that he will join Oil In
spector Nichols, Darius Reese, Squire
McMartin, and numerous other poll
ticians who expected places on that
body, and, besides hustling on the out
side, act as adviser of Tams and Joel.
Mr.. ByrneS seemed to have no difficulty
in tearing himself away from his posi-
Ever yone, from the president down to
Col. Charles w. johnson, feels little
shaky about Minnesota this year, anu,
naturally enough, all eyes turned to-
ward Col. Byrnes, and why not? The
colonel had served the state in 1888, aid
ed by Fat Fryer Foster and the Repub-
| lican league, and he was just the man
| to do it again, according to the MInne
sofa statesmen at Washington.
OF course, this kindly interest in the
success of the Republican campaign
this year that is being manifested 10y
| Secretary Window cannot be other than
| joyfully received by Chairman Heat
wole, though the latter has frequently
roasted the entire outfit at the national
| capital because all OF the offices
were being given to Minneapolis men.
| Nor will such little trif1eS as these pre-
vent Messrs. Heatwole and Bixby turn
| ing over the real problems of the cam
! paign to Mr.. Byrnes. While they may
| be a little jealous of ''our Tins" great
| talents as leader and organizer, they
will certainly avail themselves OF all the
| tips and advice the colonel cares to fur
niSh.
Since the coming of Col. Byrnes and
| the announcement that he would take,
charge of the campaign and see that the
! ticket pulled through, the entire state
| administration has breathed easier. In
fact, the number of men who sleep.
during the day Oil the luxurious sofas
| in Grain Inspector Clausen's office has
all at once jumped from three to five,
all necessary clerks and employees of the
| office, of course. Several other depart
ments might be mentioned in which the
! same state of affairs can be found. The.
1 70 ot hot EnI a
| render the afternoon maps of all these,
gentlemen easy and comfortable is quite
enough to entitle Secretary Window
| and Senator Washburn to The thanks OF
the Republican voters OF the state.
%. Barrett, of Browns valley, has
during the last few days seemingly de-
med the statement made in the GLOBE
few days ago to the effect that he
| (Barrett) had decided that he could
serve but one master, and that he had
and not the Prohibition party. Mr.
Barrett also sent the following letter to
1 GLOBE:
| To the Editor OF the Globe.
| BRowN's VALLEY, July 29.-In your yes
| terday's issue you state that an alliance COM
mittee recently waited upon me, demanding
| that withdraw my name as candidate for
|
| ton or Alliance ticket and that l had
! dropped the Prohibition. There is not a
| word of truth in the statement NO alliance
| committee has waited upon me except for
| eOngratuiation over the outlook. and to see
that my credentials are properly filed in the
| hands of the state auditor.
j. o. BARRETT.
Now, if Mr.. Barrett ana others inter-
eSted in this matter Will only read the
GLOBES announcement In relation to
MI Barrett, as published in last Tues
days issue, they will see that the
GLOBE never said that Mr.. Barrett had
decided to drop the Prohibition nomina-
ton; but it did say on the best author
ity that Mr.. Barrett was requested to
| ton, he proposed to work for during
this campaign. This was asked him by
! perhaps self-constituted committee
| made up of prominent members of the
| alliance who were never delighted with
the nomination of the Traverse county
gentleman. 1t is on the authority Of
| one of these gentlemen that the
| GLOBE made the statement that Mr..
| Barrett would work for the success not
| of the ticket of the party which nomi-
| mated him, but for that of the party
| which indorsed him. The Prohibition
| lists are well aware of this matter or
| dicker, and it is only question CT few
days until they will have deliverance
for the public on the same affair. Mr..
Barrett, naturally enough. would like to
| get the votes of both Prohibitionists and
farmers, but when it comes to working
he. like many other men before him.
will find that it is impossible to serve
two masters.
The Republican state committee has
! been called to meet in this city next
Wednesday to organize and prepare for
the work of the campaign. Editor Heat
wole will, of course. be elected the
| Bixby is equally as certain of the secre-
taryship. just what this meeting has
been called for Is hard to describe. All
the matters relating to the or
ganization were s'slated" from the
beginning, and about eighteen of
the twenty-five members of that COM
mittee will find that they are simply
there for ornamental purposes. ''fhis
is likely to be campaign in which a
large amount of money will have to be
dispensed in the interest of Coy. Mer-
riam," remarked local politician yes
terday, land this explains why Heat
wole and Bixby were placed in control
of everything. Gov. Merriam don't pro-
| DOSE To UG Ottu blliS
year as he was two years ago."
In yesterdays GLOBE mention was
made of the shelving of Hon. Dan W.
Bruckart as the member of the Repub-
lican state committee from the Seventh
judicial district, and the substitution of
M. d. Taylor. also of st. Cloud, for
Bruckart. This was generally regarded
as an error by St. Paul Republicans,
and yesterday William Henry Eustis, of
Minneapolis, expressed himself as fol-
lows on it:
s.Of course it is Merriam committee ::
that was to have been expected. Mer-
riam is too shrewd politician to lose
control of the state machinery. and''-
with quiet smile-"I don't know that
we can blame him for that. He is the
party candidate, and the lieutenant
governor made ont the list. l am a lit
tie surprised to note the absence of the
name of D. W. Bruckart, of st. Cloud,
but his successor, M. d. Taylor, Is a
good man and will do effective work. l
have not word to say about the COM
1 mittee individually or collectively and