St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-22
Congressman "Dar" Hall Con-
sidered a Jonah by Rice
County Voters.
Unless All Signs Fail Some
thing Will Drop on Him
Next Month.
O. M. Halls Election Is Con-
eeded Even by His Polit-
ieal Enemies.
Judge Wilson Handles the
Tariff Without Gloves at
Spring Valley.
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FARIBAULT, Minn., Oct. 21.-Unless
all signs fail this county will give the
Republican congressional nominee in
this district, the present member. Hon.
d. S. Hall, scathing rebuke on election
day. The voters of Rice county are as
a rule well-lnf0rmed men, capable of
thinking for themselves and independ-
ent enough to carry their opinions into
execution. Personally, they have moth
ing against Oar" Hall, and "Oar' Hall
as citizen would be we'll received by
them. But it is different with "Dar''
ball the CONGRESSMAN, who voted for the
Mckinley bill and in all respects so sig
nally failed to represent the intelligent
feeling and sentiment of his district
during the late session. This is not. as
some might think, merely Democratic
view of the situation. 1t is the view
taken by hosts OF staGnch Republicans
in every part and portion of the county.
These men recognize that their present
congressman is a failure. and for this
reason they propose to cast their ballots
for Hon. o. NJ. Hall at the coming cleo
ton. The ability, honesty, high char
acter and zeal of
The Democratic Nominee
is known to the voters of the county.
and no one can have any opinion of the
figure this feeling will cut in the ap-
preaching election in Rice county with
out melting and talking to the farmers.
business and professional men in the
different townships, towns and cities.
They are all acquainted with the salient
features OF. the records of the two Halls,
and no one can tell them how to vote
they know this without any ad-
vice from orators of the PIummer
or Byrnes@ stripe, who have been
sent into the county in such prOfusion
during the past few weeks. The DEM
ocratic organization in the county is in
excellent condition and is doing heroic
work for the county, congressional and
state tickets. All portions OF the county
are pulling together and factions seem
To have disappeared. The county ticket
Is made up of firSt-class and popular
men and is tower of strength to both
Judge Wilson aud Hon. 0. M. Hall.
Local considerations will come into play
to a greater extent with this ticket
than with either the state or congress
sional tickets, but the three will not be
very far apart when the votes are cast,
although there is no doubt that the
The Congressional Ticket.
This, of course, will be for the reasons
stated ahove--the general feeling that
the people of the Third district need an
able man to represent them at Washing
ton. Rice county is one of the oldest
communities in the state, and it never
experiences any very remarkable or
surprising political revolutions-that is
to say. the people are as staid and sober
IN their ways of voting as they are in
everything else. 1t is now and always
has been quite close politically. In 1888
out of total vote of 5000 President
Harrison had the slender plurality of
BIT. and majority of but %. In the
case of GOV. Merriam this plurality
went down to 16l, and the governor
lacked 143 votes of having
plurality over both Hon. E. Nj.
Wilson and Hugh Harrison. In 1886 the
county gave DR.. Ames plurality over
ex-GOv. McGill of 342. Further back,
In 1883, Gov. Hubbard came out of Rice
county with but 240 votes more than
Blerman. his opponent, and so it has
been from almost the beginning.
Neither party has quite had its own way
in the county, and there seems to be
very little reason to look for any aston
lShing changes this year, although
popular sentiment is largely on the side
of the Democracy.
The Farmers Alliance vote w ill not
foot up very largely on election day
even for the head of the state ticket,
and it will dwindle down to almost
nothing in the congressional contest.
1t is generally conceded that OWENS
vote will be drawn in
About Equal Proportions
from both the old parties, and will not,
of itself. make any particular change in
the relative positions of the heads or the
two leading candidates. Many, if not
quite all of the Republican Alliance
men, however. will cast their votes for
Hon. o. M. Hall for congress for the
reason that they want to insure the
election of low tariff man, and they
realize that the cause of their candi-
date is hopeless. and that Mr.. HalI's
platform is entirely satisfactory them.
The speech of Mr.. Hall delivered here
last evening was wonderfully lucid
presentation of the colossal issue of
this campaign" the tariff question, and
to-day there are few Republicans in
this city who do not concede that Red
Wings eloquent son will carry Rice
county two weeks from Oday by from
800 10 500 plurality, and that he will be
elected by good round majority.
Nothing save deluge of Doodle can
carry this county for 'Dar' Hail." was
the way prominent politician of this
city put it to Gil ODE representative
to-day in talking over the political situ-
alton, and this seems to be the feeling
of nearly all the party managers, but
the power of money in politics is Some-
what Over-estimated in old Rice. There
are certainly no counties in the state
that can boast of
Higher Moral Sentiment
and the money which is being doled out
so plentitully by the Republican man
ayers can certainly be invested to more
advantage somewhere else, and it is al i
together likely that Chairman Joel P.
Heatwole is so we'll acquainted with the
sentiment of the people here that he
will hardly counsel any lavish distribu-
ton of Doodle here In the last few days
of the campaign.
The people are all interested in the
coming election down this way,
and a good political speaker
is sure to be greeted by
a large audience wherever he NAV be
sent. Democratic meetings are attended
by Republicans, and vice versa. and if
there ever was such thing as calm
and dispasslonate discussion of great
political issues 1t is going on at present
in Rice county, and it is very evident
that the Democrats are getting rather
the best of the discussion.
Moody as a Prophet.
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