St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-16
MIXED IN WASECA.
Both Parties Will Lose Votes
at the Home Of Senator
Ward.
The Republicans Will Carry
the County by Less Than
One Hundred.
Many Democrats Among Those
Who Have Deserted to the
Alliance. .
Wilson's Chances of Carrying
the State, However, Are
Growing Better.

w WlISOu , CLduC6S Oh carrying
the State, However, Are
Growing Better.
Special to the Globe
WAsECA. Oct. IA thorough know
ledge of the political situation OF Mime
sofa, and an analysis of the probable
vote to be cast, lead to the evident and
unanswerable conclusion that
All that is necessary to elect Judge
Wilson governor by sweeping major
ity, is to convince the Democrats of
the state that such is going to be the
result.
If JudgeWiison receives 95 per cent of
the actual Democratic strength, he will
be the next governor of Minnesota.
His prospects are infinitely better to-
day than they were two weeks ago. The
party has in that time put its campaign
under way; the party machinery in
every portion of the state is now in mo-
tion, and the result is that the individ-
ual voters of the party are beginning to
realize their strength and to draw conf
dence with every breath. The more the
confidence the greater the Democratic
vote. for the fewer will be the number
straying off after false gods-the Alli-
ance god, if you willard if
this confidence can be maintained,
increased and finally made general, the
approach of election day Will be signal
lied by one grand party rally about
Judge Wilson's standard that will not
only bring back the stray sheep, but
will be sweep that will carry with it
hundreds of voters never hitherto
Democrats, who look to the Alliance
for relief from Merriamism. 1t would
be foolish and untrue to say there are
not thousands of Democrats who are
prepared to 20 over to the Alliance; of
course, there are double as many Re-
publicans, but that is neither here nor
there. The fact is that many Democrats
now propose to vote the Alliance ticket.
These Democrats are not sore nor are
they backsliders, but they belong to
class which, though strong in princi-
pie, and as unyielding as the Old Guard
in battling against all that is conveyed
in the term Republicanism. have de-
SPARED of electing Democrat in Min
neSOta, and have t-
Turned to the Alliance
as possible chance to drive out Repub-
licaniSm. Merrianism, high taxation.
unequal assessments, rings, monopOlieS
and other synonymous evils of which
the g. 0. p. is slowly but surely dying.
These men are now coming back. They
realize that not only is there chance of
Wilson's election, but bright prospect.
They see that MerriamiSm Will be re-
linked nv tho CItQnt nf fbo ,rhf
full Republican who is not trumpeting
his Intention. They realize that a wave
of unrest is rolling over the prairies of
Minnesota, and that from ground
swell it has changed to an angry white
capped breaker. They observe that the
increased price of everything for sale
has struck on the pocketbook of the
farmer the knell of those who supported
the Mckinley bill. And they, these
Democrats, are coming back to the fold.
and that is why Wilson's prospects are
who deserted the sinking Ship will
never go back. They are getting fur
ther away with every page of literature
they read, every piece of merchandise
they buy, every tariff argument they
hear. The line of demarkation be-
tween the thoughtful farmer of Mime
sofa and the tariff-fattened manufact-
urer of the East-who is and who owns
the Republican party-haS widened into
an impossible gulf.
The fact that the Democratic party is
unifying and solidifying was made very
apparent here i'll Waseca. 1t had been
the current report and the general opin-
ion that WaSeca would give the Demo-
cracy black eye on account of the AL
lance, and even Judge Wilson re-
marked, as he approached this city:
II should not wonder if we were get
ting into an unfayorable locality now.'
But careful examination of the stu
alton results in the discoy cry of rather
satisfactory situation, anG the visit of
Judge Wilson, and his address to the
largest, most attentive and most en-
thusiastic audience assembled in the
county for years. had everything to do
with bringing this about. The threat
ened detection from Democracy to the
Alliance lay in one or two towns-St.
Mary and Wilton, perhaps, exclusively
and was led by few enthusiastic
Irishmen. You know how much noise
an enthusiastic Irishman can make in
politics, so it tranSpired these
Few Seeding Democrats
got all the attention, and people did not
notice that still more Republicans had
cut loose from their party moorings.
Well, these Irishmen are loyal men,
and they now feel that Wilson will be
| elected and are returning to his stand
ard. In all probability they would
have done it anyhow when election
rolled around, but many of them heard
| his excellent speech last night, con-
! feSsed at once and were abSOlved.
There is still some Democratic defec-
| ton, but it is believed it will disappear
| as the campaign. which has just opened
! here. progresses. MeSSIS. d. McLaugh-
| lin, Thomas Bohen and Werner Stencil.
| all bright and active young workers.
compose the executive committee, and
| will make an energetic and successful
campaign. The threatening trouble
over the legislative nominations has
been happily cleared away, and DR.. r.
Q. Craig, of GAINESVILLE, for senator. and
NJ. Ii. Helmc, for representative, are
| the unanimous choice, and will probably
both be elected. The Republicans did
not use W. q. Ward very well, and
| the corpulent ex-senator would be
! justified in being ugly, but
| it is doing him an injustice to say he is
| opposing Merriam, for he is straining
| every energy to hold back the many of
his party men VINO are drifting away.
Chris Wagner. the Republican nominee
for senator, and Otto Hanson, renomi-
| mated for the house. are good men, but
not popular, and their defeat is pre-
dicted by several we'll posted Republi-
cans. The Democrats were fortunate in
selecting strong county ticket, and
| locally the party is in first-clasS trim.
There is wide diversity of opinion
as to the Alliance strength among even
the best posted men. and it largely
| grows out of the fact that the Republi-
| can seceders are very quiet. They are
not proclaiming their intentions from
the house tops, and the Alliance hippo