St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-22
The st. Cloud Leader Cons3 is
to Enter the Race Against
COmStoek.
He Will Be Supported by Lead
ing Republicans and Ex-
poets to Win.
Senator Whiteman the Prob
able Nominee ofthe DEM
Ocracy Of the Fifth.
Senator Wilkinson's No nina
ton Heartily Endorsed by
the Press.

SiCno Ill ZIG rlltil ulStrlcG UulS year as
an independent candidate"
This statement was made in the lobby
of the Merchants yesterday by an init
mate friend of MI. Gilman, and may be
set down as a fact. Gov. Gilman was
in st. aul Saturday. and while here
mel a number Of leading Republicans
from various portions of his district,
and in obedience to their request will
very shortly enter the field against
Congressman Comstock.
"The people of Jul district are dissat-
isfied with Mr. ComStock's record dur
ing this session of congress-" remar ked
an ex-member of the lower house of the
state legislature who halls from a coun-
ty not SO very far from Congressma II
ComStOck's home, land they do not hes
ltate to say so. What has he done since
his election to cOngresS?. Absolutely
nothing, except to secure the pas
sage of bills giving corporations
in which he himself holds stock, the
right of way across the Red Lake and
Mile Laos Indian reservations.
Through his efforts townsite companies
have been granted nearly everything
they desired on the reservation. Then
his vote for the Mckinley bill is not ap-
proved by II Republican in ten in the
district"
"Where does Gov. Gilman stand on
these q~ueStions??" asked the GLOBE
man.
Charley Gilman is and always has
been a low tariff man, and the people
who know him are ready to wager any
thing that no party aucuS would ever
be strong enough to force him to the
SIlnnnrt Of q Inn0Cnln nnasnct fhn Ipfnr
ests OF his co nsituents. Mr.. Gilman has
been shabbily used by the Republicans
OF Stearns county. There is a little
clique around st. Cloud headed by Post
master West, Frank Searle and several
others, which has been fighting him for
years. They can control The c%aucuseS,
but the people are not with them. l
know that in my county Mr.. Gilman
can beat COmstock and all his federal
appOintees at the polls"
How about Mr.. ComStock'S reported
popularity through the distrlct??"
popularity! Now, really, give it to
me just a little easy. Why, what has
ne done to give him any standing with
the people. let alone making him popu-
lar? The convention which renumi-
mated Comstock at Little Falls, several
weeks ago, was composed of nearly all
the federal ~officeholders in the district,
and the people weren't in it at all. As
it was, had a well-knOwn man ap-
peared in the field Comstock would
have been defeated. 1t may sound sur
prising. but it is a fact none the less
true, that a number of the dele
gates to the Little Falls convention
were heartily in favor of the indorse-
ment of Kittel Halvorsen. the Alliance
nominee, and only lacked a leader to
voice their sentiments and lead the
way to make a break against Mr.. Com
stock. Look at the Inconsistency of
Mr., Comstock's position. Here he is a
supporter of the Mckinley, running for
congress on "a tariff for revenue only''
platform.
Why is Mr.. Gilman taking this
step?"
simply at the request of his friends.
who have been diSregarded entirely by
COmstock. and who feel that the largest
congressional district in the United
States ought to be represented by a
man who is not entirely under the CON
troll of corporation influences.
"'Do l think he has any show of be-
ing elected?' l do most assuredly.
When the Democrats nominate their
man then there will be a f%our-cornered
tight and a very even One in the dis
tiiSes LII 1900 u lIillt OfCT 0J,UUU NOIGS
were cast for the three congressional
candidates running in the district, di-
Vlded up as follows:
C~omstock, Republican, 81, $50.
Canning, Democrat, 1881.
Scott, Prohibition, 4,254.
"At that time," continued this gem
tleman, mir. Canning was the Alliance
and Democratic nominee. This wear
the Alliance men and the Prohibition
lists have united on Kittel Halvorsen,
aud so it is fair to presume that his vote
will be that of the 4. 254 cold water men
added to the straight Alliance vote,
which will amount to something like
10000 in that district, giving him a to-
tai of 14.000. The vote of the Democratic
candidate will not be over 15,O 0 There
will then be left about $4,000 voters to
be divided between Mr.. Comstock and
Gov. Gilman, and L believe the latter
will get his share of them. If Mr.. Gil
man gets started he will give MIR. Com
stock a race that will be quite as mem
Orable as the Kindred-N Nelson campaign
that fixed upon the Northern portion of
this state the sobriquet of the Bloody
Fifth"