St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-11

there seems no probability that the judicial
ermine will be spotted by political mud
singing. On The bench all party distinctness
must be forgotten. The just judge must do
hibitionist and the Alliance man the same.
Anything else would be injustice. This
strict regard for justice is difficult to obtain
when judgeship is made political prize.
IT'S not easy for even the most equitable
judge to accord the same treatment to man
who has worked against him and maligned
him in the heat of a political campaign that
he would to an earnest, hard working friend
who had helped him to attain his judicial
dignity. All these reasons, and more, are in
favor of non partisan judiciary. There are
none OF weight on the other side. h
The four men who are most actively seek
ing the place on the Democratic judicial
Pond. CAVITY and Brooks, all good men and
good lawyers. The chances are that there
will be six men on the judiciary COMMITTEES
for each of these candidates: OF course that
may precipitate a deadlock. In such an
event the nomination may go to man who
has been mentioned for a judgeship, but who
has not sought it-Ben Davenport. Should
he be decided upon, there would be no cause
standing, both as lawyer and as a man. is
all that any one could ask in judge. with
these four men before it that committee can
scarcely make mistake.
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And now it is proposed to force Uncle
Loren" upon the Republican city ticket in
order that he may help out the state ticket,
especially that part of it represented by the
banker with the sunset whiskers, who is any
thing but popular in Minneapolis. Such
scheme is doomed to almost certain failure.
While the Fletcher, who glores in having
had many tussle with the st. Paul fellows
without ever getting left may be willing to
enact the role of martyr for the grip which
1 will hrrH, fhn hnf~ rs ffrn
congressional nomination two years hence,
he is not going to do anything
toward holding up the hands of the youthful
Billy. The Merriam banner is always before
in front of it on the other side. 1t is not
likely that he will now turn in and work for
the man whose name is to him as gall and
NORWOOD. Nor is the scheme to scatter
the Potter forces, as outlined in the evening
exhumer of fanciful political plans, altogether
feasible. The men whose first choice Potter
is have long been aware that Fletcher is
playing possum game and have deter
mined to thwart any movement not calculated
TO favor their man. Implicit trustfulness in
the Fletcher manifestoes and announcements
and pronunciamentos belongs not to them.
They have learned that Loren can talk and
mean little. They intend to nominate Potter
for mayor.
Judge Thomas Wilson and Senator j. N.
Castle were in Minneapolis last night in
consultation with the leading Democrats
relative to the formation of the state central
and congressional committees. 1t is as good
as decided that Col. M. w. Glenn will be the
Hennepin county member of the state CEN
trail committee. The congressional COM
mittee will not be appointed for a few days
yet. Judge Wilson had but little time
for aught else than the receipt of congratu-
lations from Democrats and Republicans
alike.
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Chairman Foote may appoint the county
committee today, but it is probable that ne
will no more than have time to make up the
judiciary committee. Capt. o. C. Merriman
expects to be able to announce the city COM
mittee in q few days.