St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-07
CAMPAIGN ECHOES.

1t seems that Merriam is not to fur
nish all the Republican Doodle in this
campaign. Col. Plummer, the spread
eagle orator from Dakota, acknowledges
that heIiaS been paid a handsome salary
by the Republican national committee
to come over here and talk and work for
Merriam's election. oh, no. there is to
be no Doodle in this campaign. Of course
not.-Crookston Times.
A number of Republican papers take
great pleasure in putting Thomas Will
son before the people as corporation
attorney. In doing this they try to lose
sight of the fact that Gov. Merriam is a
whole corporation in himself. Rich, in
dependent and heartily opposed to the
masses, he is indeed beautiful screen
from behind which the Republicans can
direct their missiles at the Democratic
candidate. Mr.. Wilson is an able law
yer and fine statesman. His life has
been a success, achieved through his
own efforts. What can be said of his
OppOnent?-St. Peter Herald
Gov. Merriam will try to capture the
votes of the state national guard by
rbanquets at the Ryan hotel, st. Paul.
The First regiment is ordered to par
take of Merriam's bride on or about the
Goth inst. Thousands of wiser and bet
ter men than our Doodle governor have
ehdeavOred to capture the affections of
those whome they desire to use through
their beilies.-Stillwater Messenger.
More and more it is evident that there
is agony and anguish OF heart in the
Merriam camp of st. Paul, which is be-
coming convinced that the leader will
Be-beaien at the polls, unless they can
IN some way turn the tide. Their frantic
efforts to do so are as amusing as they
are pitiful. The two Merriam morning
daiiieS, the st. Paul Pioneer Press and
Minneapolis Tribune, are both engaged
iii the work OF creating discord in the
Alliance rank, and it is evident that the
programme just now is to break up the
vote OF the new party and force the Re-
publican members of it to vote for Mer-
riam.-Duluth Times.
1t is reported that several conferences
have taken place with a view to with
draw Merriam and indOrSe Owen, to
save the state from going Democratic.
1t is not necessary, gents; the state Will
elect Owen by good sized majority
Jackson Republic.
Scores of Republican papers in this
state are anti-Merriam from head to
foot. Merriam was nominated by the
party convention, and all Republican
papers were expected to indOrse the
work of their convention. Many did so
after few vigorous kicks, while Others
are still kicking. Now the query is. are
these kickers still in the party or not?
They think they are, and that the others
have 1un the machine off the track.
Somebody unite the knot.-Cottonwoo
Citizen.
The only charge which the Merriam
organs have been able to bring against
Judge Wilson is, that he is a railroad
| attorney. The old RAILROAD attorney"
chestnut was mouldy years ago. Of
course Judge Wilson has been en-
ployed as an attorney for railroads, and
sthere are very few good lawyers in the
state who have not at one time or other
been railroad attorneys. Judge Wilson
has made a record in the legislature, on
the district and supreme bench and in
the halls of congress. If these Doodle
grabberS who are now crying railroad
attorney" can find one dark spot, one
act that was not in the interest of the
people, let them bring it OUT CrookstOn
Times.
The men nominated at the legislative
convention of the Republicans this
| week, Messrs. Allen and Baumbach, are
doomed to defeat. While they were in
vested with the halo of unknown
quantity" we did experience a feeling
of dlsquietude owing to the fact that
the district is conceded to be largely
Republican, butwe have seen and heard
them, that is, heard one, and our unrest
is Decentralization Age,