St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-01

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so ain disappointed in Bob Dunn, of
Princeton" remarked gentleman from
Northern Minnesota. last evening, at
the Merchants. Il always thought him
a hard but a fair fighter, but | never
thought that he would enter into a
scheme to secure scat i'll the legisla-
ture through technicalitieS, and what l
consider sharp practices. When man
is beaten lie ought to take his medicine;
if he doesn't do this, he had better drop
out of politics. lido not know the Mr..
Price who defeated Dunn, but
understand that he is a
poor man who was unable to spend
cent in his canvass, and consequently
was unable to circulate through the dis
trict and become acquainted with the
voters, OF even the editors. The straight
Democratic tickets in Morrison county
were printed L. l.. Price instead of E.
f. Price, and upon this ground Mr.
Dunn demands that they be not
counted. This may appear honest to
love of fair play about which he
Is ALWAYS prating | would like to
hear him explain just how he can ask
such a thing. | have heretofore been
glad to vote for Bob Dunn, although l
am Democrat, but let him attempt to
carry out his threat of 4 contest, and l
shall spend both time and money against
him hereafter. If he thinks he can rob
Price of his seat because he is poor he
may be wUefully left. ] will admit
that in dead tough legislature like
that of two years ago Dunn could have
won a contest because of his
standing in with the boys. but
he willfind different crowd on hand
when the legislature opens this year.
The big f0urS" of two years ago have
retired, fer good, | hope. and Mr.. Dunn
had better not make his contest. If he
does he will get what he deserves-the
worst of it.
BILLY" Van Fps, the Sioux Falls
banker-politician, is at the Merchants
with Mrs. Van Fps.
Daniel Rohrer, the WOrthiHgton at
torney, is in the city on legal business.
Mr.. ROhrer is considered one of the
shrewdest ami brightest attorneys in
Southwestern Minnesota, and, although
comparatively young man, has come
to be considered one of the best corpor-
alton lawyers in that part of the state.
He is the attorney of the Sioux City &
Northern, and has fought several i'm
portant railroad cases through all the
courts of the state.
Attorney ". E. Dodge, of Fargo, who
enjoys and gr0yS fat working for the
Interests of the Northern Pacific in
North Dakota, and who writes bis name
like professor of penmanShip in q
business college, is in the city and
registered at the Clarendon.
Capt. II. S. Cole, of Fergus Falls, was
prominent figure in the lobby of the
Merchants yesterday.
Everybody knows John Dodge, the
veteran chief clerk at the Merchants,
but all of his friends do not know what
an optimist he is. A day or two ago
gentleman remarked that the hotel bus
mess appeared to be little slack. 1t
was early III the day. and the register
of The Merchants Gid not look at all
formidable, bnt Mr.. Dodge was busy,
as he always is, but he found time to
look over his glasses and annihilate the
other man in short order with the re-
mark:
Did you ever see time that we
were not busy at this hotel? Business
may be slack at some places, but it
never is here: no, SIR
F. J. Leonard. of Jordan, and Byron
Wilcox and Gust Manthey. of Morris,
are tarrylng at the Clarendon.
j. p. Clark and wife, of Deer Lodge,
Mont, are at the Ryan.
Miss Flittie, of Mankato. sister Of
Secretary OF State John Flittie, of North
Dakota, is at the Merchants, en- route
from her home to North Dakota.
'Ignatius Donnelly is the greatest
phantom-chaser of the age" remarked
a Republican politician yesterday. HE
wants to be president of the Alliance
simply because he thinks that through
his control of that party he can force
the Republicans to elect him United
States senator two years hence. A less
hopeful man than he would see that this
is an impoSSibillty; for had he every
Alliance vote he could never be elected
senator. The Republicans of Minnesota
know Mr.. Donnelly for what he ls-a
thoroughly selfish and frig htfulIy
small man. Besides this, / do not be-
lleve the day will ever come that he can
begin to command the support of one
half the Alliance men in the legisla-
ture. He has fixed principles on
nothing. This year lie could not find
words harsh enough to apply to the
Mckinley bill and the principle of pro-
lection, while two years ago he de-
clared that trip through England had
convinced him that protection was right.
He was then playing for the good
will of the Republicans, and the Repub-
lican convention of 1883 was a protec-
Zionist body. In the interests of honest
politics all four parties ought to unite
to down him."
f ] Nichols of Mort horn paaiGa