St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-30
BARRETT HAS GONE.
The Prohibitionists Grieve,
But Say Not a Cruel
Word.
They Are Very Warm, How
ever, and Will Speak
Later.
Donnelly and Fish Want a
New and Radical Con-
vention.
Judge Wilson Will Have a
Walkovep in the First
District.

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Walkover in the First
District.
Interesting developments are prom
ised the public in the case of j. O. Bar
rett, of Browns Valley. an account of
whose withdrawal from the Prohibition
ranks was published exclusively in yes
terday'S GLOBE. While the Prohibit
tionists are keeping very quiet at the
present time, their leaders and commit
teeman are keeping tab as to Mr.. Bar
rett's actions. and, should he formally
announce his withdrawal from the
ticket, a new man will be given the
place at once, while the public will be
given statement of the influences that
will have led to Mr.. Barrett's with
drawal. There is little doubt that GER
tain faction OF the Farmers Alliance
will be roasted severely in
this statement, and Mr.. Bar
rett will not escape without
criticism. The Prohibition state COM
mittee yesterday claimed that Mr.. Bar
rett had not notified its members of his
withdrawal, but, on being questioned,
one of these gentlemen said that inter-
esting developments might be expected
in day or two. He also said that he
was aware of the fact that Mr.. Barrett
had been approached by certain people,
and further. that he himself believed
that the Browns Valley statesman
would shortly withdraw from either the
Prohibition or the Alliance ticket.
When Mr.. Barrett was given the cold
water party'S nomination for lieutenant
governor he at once set about working
up the matter of an Endorsement by the
Alliance. His scheme was to secure
both nominations, with the idea of
vastly increasing his vote in that
way. He. as we'll as most other people
supposed at that time that the Alliance
convention would come out hat-footed
for Prohibitions. Had this action been
taken by the Alliance there is little.doubt
that Mr.. Barrett would have had no
trouble in remaining the candidate OF
farmers to indorse Prohibition was the
signal for the commencement of deter
mined fight to force him to cloOSe be-
tween the nominations. He was plain
ly told that he must either drop one or
the other by the Alliance leaders, and,
after much kicking; Mr.. Barrett has,
as was announced in yesterdays GLOBE
decided to give his best efforts to the
furtherance of the Alliance cause in
this campaign.
The Prohibition leaders naturally feel
very sore over this detection, although
they are not willing to say word con-
demnatory of Mr.. Barrett at present.
Congressman Mark II. Dunnell. of the
First district, is now industriously en-
gagged in seeing that his clerks ''frank'
a copy of his speech on the dependent
pension bill to every soldier in his dis
trict. He is. of course, getting his
fences i'll repair for the fall campaign.
He might make little capital, and
possibly few votes. were he to mail an
| explanation of his vote on the Mckln-
| ley bill along with his pension speech.
''Mr. Dunnell is, as usual, preparing
for an oId-fashioned bloody shirt cam
paign," said Fillmore county Repub-
| lican Yesterday, ''but, if he can
| fool the people of his district again,
I shall be greatly mistaken. The people
| of Fillmore county want tariff reduction
| and they are not going to vote for man
| who will not agree to vote and work for
| it in the next congress. Ii Judge VIII
| son is pitted against MF. Dunnell this
| year he will beat the latter out of sight.
Indeed, actually think the judge will
be able to carry Fillmore county in
spite of its large Republican majority
s'Tnat the Republican organs and
leaders are scared over the political out
| look is every day becoming more ev!-
dent" said well-informed Democratic
| leader at the Merchants yesterday.
1.-THE mere fact that they are all mani.
| Testing such an extraordinary interest
| in the matter of selecting candidate
! for the Democracy proves this. They
| pretend to believe that there is to be a
! big fight in our convention when il
| comes to picking out candidate. when
they know nothing OF the sort is at al
! likely to happen. They speak OF the
| -Bierman-Buck-Ames fight as
| though there were such a thing OIL
| hand, when as a matter of fact none OF
/ these gentlemen are really avowed can
/ didateS for the nomination. | WOulC
| advise these organs of the governor tx
try their hands at something elSe-say
the defense of their state issues planE
in the platform-for they cannot create
any trouble in the Democratic camp
this year."
The Great West came out last weel
with the Alliance ticket at its mast
| head, and garbled and distorted &C
count of the Alliance convention, il
which it was charged that the ssplut0
crats'' of these two cities had captured
the convention and dictated the nomi
nations. President Hall, Secretary
Lathrop and every other man who die
| not vote for DonnellY in that conven
| ton are roasted to the queens TASTE
A three-column eulogy OF the Sage O
Nininger is given the post OF honor
All the latter's virtues are paraded tt
such an extent that one might almos
sunnose that the article had been writ
ten by Mr.. Donneliy himself. 4
graphic description of the ''noble" man
ner in which the sage pronounced
the name IS. M. Owen" when the rol
was called on the last ballot is given
and would tend to move one to tear
who had not seen the sage leap to hi!
feet moment later to force j. 0. Bar
rett on the convention as the candidate
for lieutenant governor. The farme
from Luce hit 1T pretty nearly on tn
head when he said the Great West wa
doing its best to divide the Alliance il
the interests of Gov. Merriam.
More convincing proof of this is foun'
in an interview of DR.. Fish, published
in the senior Merriam organ of thi
CITY Yesterday morning, where the doc
tor actually has the nerve to suggeS
that another Alliance convention vii
be called, to be composed solely of tn
ssmore radical element" This woui
evidently hold the list OF delegate
down to Messrs. Donnelly, Fish an
Allison.