St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-18
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.

Heatwole's expose of the railroad at
torney does not seem to have the desired
effect. and large majority of the citi-
Zens of Minnesota will vote for Judge
Wilson for governor, Notwithstanding
Door JOePs timely warning.-Faribault
Pilot.
The editor of the Crookstop Times
says that he was offered $1,000 in cash
by one of Merriam's financial agents to
support the Republican ticket in this
campaign. The Republican managers
have been calling for specific charges.
The Times editor stands ready to swear
to his statement when occasion re-
quires. Will the Republicans call on
him to make the affidavit?-DuIuth
News.
Therefore the tariff on farm products
can be of no possible benefit to the
Minnesota farmer.
The recent prices of potatoes illus
trate this. Instead of the price being
enhanced, being raised by the McKih-
ley bill. as it is on imported manufae-
tIred goods since it became a law, pota-
toes have actually declined % cents OR
more.
The Mckinley bill thus helped the
price none; it has not helped the farmer
The simple reason is, there is a much
better crop of potatoes than was ex-
pected, the supply is likely to fully
equal the demand, and the price falls.
Ii the tariff really does help the West
ern farmer, under the Mckinley bill,
there should now be a rise in cattle,
hogs and wheat, ard other products.
But there has been no rise and there
will be none unless the supply becomes
ShOrt.-FreeDorn Standard.
When Com stark vnfad for thp NnK n
ley bill, by which the chains of Oppres-
sion were rivited tighter than ever be-
fore, be knowingly voted against the
will of the people who honored him with
their suffrage. Is such man eutitied
to your vote this year?-Long Prairie
Leader.
Without any direct knowledge that
the Merriam men are now putting out
great amount of money TO carry the
election, the people are beginning to
feel that the state is being flooded with
it. There seems to be ''boodle" in the
very air, and the men who make it their
business to take it are already lifting up
their heads and pushing out their hands
in eXpectancy.-Duluth Times.
"Cush'' Davis refers sarcastlcaIly to
the Alliance as the ''client" of LAWYER
Erwin. Perhaps Mr.. Merriam would
Davis. Perhaps, after all, patient
would be more appropriate WORD, for
Willy Willie is getting Sick-awfully
sick.-Stillwater Call.
MIR. Marsh took the case of Gov. Mer-
rlan, who is reputed to be worth a
million, and the return of whose per-
Sonal property for ten years he had a
certified copy of. Merriam is the owner
Of one of the finest houses in st. Paul.
1t is magnificently furnished. The
floors are covered with the richest car
pets anu the most costly rugs; on the
walls are rare paintings, and the parlorS
and halls are adorned with Statuary.
bric-a-brac and articles of vertu. Yet
when he made his return for taxation.
put the entire value of his household
goods down at $500. He is horse
fancier, and his ables are crowded
with valuable animals. some, it is said,
being worth $4,000; yet in making out
the list for the assessment, the entire
value Of his costly stud never exceeded
5000. He is reputed to be worth 81 ,0O0,-
600; yet in all those ten years his re-
turns showed that he never had to his
credit in the bank single dollar. He
wears in the bosom of his shirt a dia-
mond worth at least $500. His personiS
adorned with other jewelry: his wife
mas. 1t is SAID, SlO.UO0 diamond neck
lack: besides such other iewelry as
would naturally belong to leader of
fashion; yet when Gov. Merriam made
out mis- returns under the head of
jewelry he put down the value at $500.
Mortified Independent.
Merriam's organ, the Pioneer. press,
calls farmers the enemy" while Mer-
riam came up to Polk county ami sends
out free trains to bring in 1.-The enemy"
to listen at his speeches.-PoIk journal.
When the Doodle runs dry in the Re-
publican party it will be cold day, hut
with all the money in the state of Min
nesota at the command of the Republi-
can party, 1T cannot defeat Hon. Thomas
Wilson for governor. Sank Centre Az
alanche.
As this paper has often said, the Pho
neer Press, during three years and nine
months of every four years. condemns
the Republican protective tariff policy
as Infamous. and in the other three
months calls itself a Iier by urging its
readers to vote for the policy it has con-
demDed. In all our sixty years we have
never seen such an unequal struggle
between a very feeble angel and very
strong devil as the Pioneer Press fur
nishes.-Le Sueur Sentinel.