St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-09
Mr.. Nelson would not

lIltiiuS.
"WeIl. that is not true" said Mr.. Gil
man. II know that Mr.. Nelson has sent
no telegram, letter, or message OF the
kind and I believe that he would accept
the Republican nomination if it were
offered to him.
That there will be warm contest IN
the Republican state convention. now
seems to be settled beyond a doubt,
and there will be music by the full band
long before the head of the ticket has
been nominated. The alliance of Mill
neapolis and the Fifth district Gilman
Nelson crowd, limited in at the GLOBE a
few days ago, is becoming reality, and
as Charley Gilman spent last evening Ill
Minneapolis, it is safe to say that the
details of the combination are already
mapped out with two of the sharpest
and Shrewdest wire-pullers in the state
behind them in the persons OF Hon.
Charles A. Gilman and Uncle Loren
Fletcher. Of the delegates to the
july convention elected so Tar
Mr.. Gilman claims that not near all are
for the denomination of Gov. Merriam.
Monday the Sherburne county Repub-
licaps held theil convention and elected
delegation favorable to either Judge
Rea. Of Minneapolis, or Judge Collins.
of st. Cloud, rather than Gov. Merriam.
The delegates are E. F. Hurd. L. K.
Whittemore, M. FL. Dixie and l.. Beary.
Sherburne county is in the Fourth
district, and, united with the Hennepin
county delegates, give Mr.. Nelson
| total of 40 members out OF total OF liz
| to which this district is entitled i'll
| the convention, and not nearly all
| the counties have chosen their repre-
| sentatives as yet. Merriam's friends
81, Dor otrA oc1r-
| ington-a total of 35. AnOka, ClhSago,
| Isanti, Kanabec, Pine and Wright, with
a total of 26 delegates between them,
| have vet to elect, and it is not unreason-
able to estimate that Nelson will be able
| to get from 6 to 10 of the rs if he really
| is in the race. With the Fourth district
| divided evenly between the governor
| and the Fifth district leader, the Fifth
| solid for the latter, and scattering votes
| here and there throughout the remain
! ing three districts for Nelson, the con-
| test would be SO close that it would be
very interesting. Indeed, neither can
| didate would have much to boast over.
| The Fifth district has 125 delegates to
the Republican state convention. and III
| all past contests when it was necessary,
| Messrs. Nelson and Gilman have con-
| trolled practically all of them.
"If the Mckinley bill becomes a law"
| SAID John Ii. Allen, of the large whole
| sale grocery house of Allen, Moon 81
Co.. Yesterday, ''the Republican party
| might as we'll retire from business, and
| think the senate is aware of the effect
| it will have on the party in the future.
The large business houses III various
parts of the country that have required
| fnY
propose to calmly submit to being legis-
lated out of existence, and if they are
some one will suffer for it to the full
extent of their power and influence.
The people are every day becoming
more and more aroused to the injustices
wrought by laws framed like the Nc
Klnley bill, and 1t is only matter of a
little time till they are swept out OF ex-
iStence.o
| From the tariff the convention took a
local turn, and Mr.. Allen said: II
think Congressman Suider Will have
hard work securing a reelection. He
| ought to get few votes in st. Paul on
account of his failure to get through an
appropriation for our public building.
It is an outrage that st. Paul should be
left out when Kansas City, Milwaukee,
and other cities get what they ask for.
hope the Democrats will put up some
one who will divide the Minneapolis
vote with Mr.. Snider. [ feel sure in
that case that the citizens of st. Paul
will reward Mr.. Snider'S failure to do
anything for them by voting nearly
solidly for his opponent"
The views of Mr.. Allen on both the
tariff question and the congressional
contest are those of a careful business
man, who takes an interest in political
matters for no selfish purpose, and
under the circumstances, they are en-
titled to more consideration than several
| columns OF slush from the professional
politicians. When the business inter
ests of this country decide that pro
tectiye tariff is not to their advantage il
will speedily be eliminated from the
statute books. "But, as gentleman
remarked yesterday, 1.-The active man OF
affairs has so little time to devote to the
study and solution of economic prob
lens that it takes some Time to con
vince him in such matters. But the
business men of this country have
had considerable time during the pas
two wears to devote to the solution OF
the causes OF the general depression
| that has prevailed in MANY branches OF
trade, and they have made up thell
minds that protective tariff is deiu
sion, snare and a plucking OF the
many for the benefit of the few."
The officers of the Farmers Alliance
| for themselves as individuals, have IN
vited the various labor organizations