St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-01
Thus Helping Merriam Out Of
His Present Ppedica-
meAt. e.
Additionally Men Will Con-
troll the Convention
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July is. 81 10

III q nv pupil lUOO ONCHlhSos nv
interview confirms the predictions made
in yesterdays GLOBE that if Don
nelly found he could not swing
the alliance convention for the
banker governor he would either bolt
or lndorse the present chief executive
of the state in farmers convention
that will be Donnelly and nothing but
Donnelly from top to bottom. Here is
a portion of Dr.. Fish's remarkable inter-
view:
"Others are opposed to the state ticket,
ana there is another class, which is a numer-
GUS one, of men like Hall and Lathrop, who
are in favor of state ticket simply because
the people are, but who are themselves not
favorable to such an action But you can
rest assured that SHOULD this last class gain
control of the convention there will be an
other convention"
G"Mr. Donnelly, as member of the
executive committee of the state alliance
joined in the call for the convention
which will meet here two weeks from
tomorrow" continued the granger, sand
yet he is out declaring that unless he
can run things there will be new con-
vention. Well, there will be another
convention, then, for can assure Mr..
Donnelly that the farmers of Minnesota
do not propose to give him another
chance to betray them and their
interests. He talks about devot-
ing his time to serving the
producers of the state, and yet will use
his every effort from now on until
November to divide and neutraliZe the
strength of the alliance. He has been
dubbed the jumping-iack of Minnesota.
and how we'll it fits him. In 1884 and
hn fnr-
reformer. He made brief trip to
Europe. which was devoted exclusively
to advertising his book, a ne blck, saw
that protection was
Bound to Carry
the day. and at once threw overheard
his tariff reform speeches, and said a
trip of the kind he had just taken would
convince any one that the American
system of protection was just the thing,
But two long years have rolled by,land
protection doesn't look so nice to- the
farmers of Minnesota But where do
we find Mr.. Donnelly now? Omathe
low-tariff side of the fence, of course,
and even accused of being the author Of
the rankest free trade speech in Mime
sofa. But, as | remarked before. the
farmers come very near beng ION to
Mr.. Donnelly'S little schemes. and his
kicking won't affect the movement in the
least" 80 %
Another remarkable piece Of news
furnished gratis by Editor Fish is to tue
effect that Knute Nelson's health will
not permit him to accept any nOmlna-
ton. This is absurd. Mr.. Nelson is as
strong and hearty man as there is to
be found in Douglas county. and not
only would his health permit him to ac-
cept a nomination, but it would allow
him to make canvass that would
cause the Republican bosses to Shiver
in their boots from Gov. Merriam down
to his man, Ignatius Donnelly. No one
need worry about the willy Knute's
health just at present. It's altogether
unnecessary.
To show the feeIing of Editor Fish,
and, presumably. Mr.. DOnneIly, who
twas an eminent man before the alli
ance was born and VIII be when it is
dead" according to the sage's letters, it
is sufficient to quote another sentence
dropped by the editor yesterday. After
remarking that he had just returned
from Window. where 800 farmers had
turned out to meet him-tne entire
county was evidently on hand, by the
way, as the last report of Count Stock
enStrOm, state commissioner of StatlS-
ties, shows that there are but 1,02S farms
in all Cottonwood county-the doctor
said:
Hall and Lathrop are trying to lay out
campaign, but we will buck it. If they at
tempt to manage it two-thirds of the men,
Ders of the alliance will kick over the
traces"
Now. who should manage the affairs,
of the alliance but the regularly elected
officers. Messrs. Hall and Lathrop
were fairly and hOnorably elected,
beating Messrs. Donnelly and Fish, re-
speetiYely, and by that election j they
were legally placed at the
Head of the Alliance,
and it is safe to say under no previous
leadership has the organization had
more wonderful growth. Failing in his
scheme of making no nomination for
governor, Mr.. Donnelly and his friends
will bolt, and nominate, perhaps, the
Sage of Nininger himself for governor.
He Will remain in the field until three or
four weeks before the time for the
election and then withdraw in favor of
Gov Merriam. This, of course. is
largely supposition, but it is backed by
ancient history. and SO much of it, too,
that Mr.. Donnelly cannot get away
from it.
The enemies of Mr.. DOnnelly and DR..
Fish have stated that Gov. Merriam is
backing the Great West, which accusa-
ton is vehemently denied by both gen
tlemen. But. whether this is so or not,
the fact remains that in DIR. FlSh's III
terview of last evening may be found a
number of strong arguments in favor OF
this supposition.
Is Minneapolis to be left off the Re-
ioiy nf n,tiro1u0
1t begins to look that way to the
casual observer of the trend OF political
events. The only state Office now held
by resident of the Mill City is that of
secretary of state, filled at present by
Col. Hans Mattson. 1t is more than
likely that the colonel will be defeated
in the Republican convention by Mr..
Brown, and, unless Dave Clough is nolil-.
mated for lieutenant governor, Mlnne-
apolis will have no place on the state
ticket to be made Id st. Paul On
July "a.
OF course the Minneapolis brethren
won't like this, but what can they DO?
They can't defeat the renOminatloni0
Gov. Merriam, and the country delegates
won't have Mattson again under any
circumstances. Some people might think
that the number of federal offices that
nave gone 10 MlulcdpUllS Iuoli ullsIe
make up for this little slight, but this is
a mistake. If there's anything going,
from an election to census, Minnie is.
bound to secure her share of it. And
this is but right.
Outside of lieutenant governor and
secretary of state, the Republican state
ticket of 1890 will be the ticket of 1888.
There is now little or no doubt OF Col.
Bobleter's denominations as Ole Lucken,
of Crookston, can hardly be said to be
in it at all. Auditor Braden will do up
Cutter, of Anoka, about ten to
one, and perhaps even more than
this, if the latter persists in,
remaining in the field. Attorney
General Clapp is another man who has
a cold cinch on denomination. He is a
fine stumper and has host of friends,
and is far too valuable man for Re-
publican convention to throw overheard
in an off year. P. W. WiIdt, of Fari-
hault, would like to be clerk of the SUI
preme court, but, as it is the custom to