St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-24
FOOTE HOME AGAIN.
What He Heard in the Way of
Politics While A yyaV.

c. NJ. Footo, looking as fresh and strong as
if he had just emerged from course of train
ing, arrived home yesterday after an absence
of over month. spent in Wisconsin and
few places further East. Mr.. Foote went
away on business, but those who know him
need not be told that he listened a little bit
TO everything he heard in the way of political
discussion. lie was not on that mission
bent but when men talked politics
III his hearing he could not help knowing
what they said. lie was tangled I'D with a
long interview in the Evening Wisconsin, of
Milwaukee, almost as soon as he struck that
town. The interview related to The speaker
ship fight II is needless to say that Mr.
Foole was favorable 10 the candidacy of
Mills. Mills did good deal for the DemOc.
racy Of the Northwest last year when he came
up here to speak, and Mr.. Foote. as a man
who had an active part in the campaign of
last year, thought the Northwestern men
should have all stood by him on the speaker
ship fight. Further than this Mr.. Foote did
not care TO say much about the political
questions.
TO tell the truth he said. 81 have been
away so long and have been SO busy with
purely business matters that il seems as If
never had anything to do with politics. LIDO
not seem to know anything about what has
been going on. l think hat Cleveland is the
choice of the majority of the men | have
met as a presidential candidate. ibut the situa-
ton is a good deal mixed The talk about
presidential candidates had not begun right
while was around where politics was dis
cussed extensively,
w hat about the Democratic national con-
yention for st. Paul: ! think, as did before
went away, that ST. Paul stands a very good
chance of getting the convention. Mil
wauee is making strong effort
Waukee will not get it in my opinion.
The Milwaukee newspaper men have been
getting the Chicago newspapers interested,
as You have seen. The coming OF the con-
u no OH ba
same as its coming to Chicago so far as the
newspapers are concerned. But | noticed
one fact i'll connection with the advocacy of
Milwaukee as the convention city by the
Chicago newspapers-that the Republican
papers are the ones that seem 10 be most in
favor of Milwaukee. My reasons for think
ing that St. Paul will be the winner? Well,
the fight will be between St Paul and New
YORK, think. Now il is between New YORK
and the West. There Is a little bit of a fight
on Ill New FORK among the Democrats-there
is no use III denying that. / do not think
the national committee intends to get mixed
up III that fight. 1t cannot afford to. II
will steer clear of it by taking the
convention away from New York. leaving
the New orkers to fight ii out among them
selves. Indianapolis is looking for the con-
vention. too Well il is an absolute impos-
slbility for Indianapolis TO take care of the
convention. That leaves that city out OF The
question. Milwaukee has not the facilities
for accommodating such gathering, TO come
S. Paul can get the hall The observations
made by the delegation from the Republican
national committee in the Twin Cities will
exercise a powerful effect upon the Demo
cIats when they come TO select place for the
convention. The Republican committeeman
came up here to see what the Twin Cities could
do, and, tell you, they are making favor.
able reports OF what they saw. That will
prove thai we can take care of the conven-
ton There is no longer any doubt of our
ability 10 take care of it, and there is about
The abIl. ~ of the other Western cities. Then.
there ale just as good political reasons for
seLdlIg the convention TO ST. Paul as for
sending 1t to any other Western city. That
IS the way look at the question. ana found
that most of the people whom l met talked
the same way.
"By the way. Chicago is getting to be
great political center. If a man knows
enough about politics to catch the drift of
what is said, he can just sit back and listen
in Chicago, and he will hear all sorts of
politics. II is amusing. enjoyed it,