St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-26

are great many of our nationality VINO
find themselves alone in this country.
they have no knowledge of our laws
and the first thing they know
they get into trouble. In all
such cases they write to Col. MattSon
and he helps them out. know that the
colonel seems rather bruSque and unr
every one exactly alike-the poorest
man stands the same show and is treated
with as much courtesy as the wealthieSt.
His defeat was cruel, and it will be felt
in the approaching election"
1t was Nelson or nobody with the five
Norman county delegates to the Repub-
lican convention. They were elected
and instructed for Knute Nelson, and
when he was defeated they quit taking
any part in the deliberations of the
body. They remained in the convention
throughout the afternoon, but when
called the lnvariable response was,
norman county declines to VOTE"
''The fact is that the Farmers ALL
ance is so strong in Norman county
that the nomination of Nelson,'
remarked a delegate, was the only sal
walton of the Republican organization
there. These delegates knew this and
Nelson was laid on the shelf"
ssTalk about the delegates in that con-
vention reDreSenting the Republican
voters of the state" said Southern
Minnesota man derisively yesterday,
"Why it's absurd. Take Lyon county,
for example. In the Republican county
convention held in that county, but five
towns were represented, and this hand
full of delegates proceeded to choose a
Merriam delegation. Many other coun-
ties were in similar tlX.
Although no call for a meeting has
vet been Issued it is quite likely that
Chairman j. W. Lawrence, of the Demo-
cratic state committee, will call meet
Tuesday OF Wednesday next. The
meeting may be held in Minneapolis
and at the West hotel, although this
has not been decided upon. The call
for the convention, with the apportion-
ment of delegates to the different
counties. will be issued at this meeting.
H. Rasmussen, the present clerk of
court of Clay county, is being NEIL
toned by his Democratic friends as
splendid candidate for the Democratic
nomination for clerk Of the supreme
court. MI. Rasmussen is good party
worker, and contributed largely TO Sc
curing majority for Bierman in Clay
county in 1883.
"WIlie'' Nichols, Darius Reese,
George Lamb and several other skid"
leaders, who just at present seem to
represent the Republication of Ram
nd q of
chants in billiard playing and several
other innocent diversions. The cam
paign fund seems to have been placed
on tap very early in the season. Oil
Inspector Sam Nichols chaperoned the
aggregation.
Four new men were placed on the
state ticket by the Republican state COLI
yention, but Senator Ives. of st. Peter,
is SO we'll known that he can hardly be
denominated thew man." The CAN
didate for secretary of state, f. 2.
Brown. however, is comparatively I'M
known outside of the Second district.
He was for many years register of deeds
of his county, and is personally very
popular at his home in Faribault county.
A Norwegian by birth, he came to this
country thirty-siX years ago, and has
become good deal of a Yankee.
p. j. Mcclure, the nominee for
auditor, has for ten years been county
auditor of Polk, his home county. and
has made very good record. He is a
young man, but is one of the shrewdeSt
politicians in the state, just the same.
G. p. Holcombe, the man who defeated
Col. Jones for the nom ination for clerk
of the supreme court, is the sheriff of
Washington county, and has held the
Office for some time.