St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-16
SERENELY CONFIDENT.
Mayor Smith Tells OF the Senti-
ment He Found East.

mayor smith tells OF the Sentl-
ment He Found East.
Mayor Smith arrived home yesterday
and resumed his official functions. He
was in eXhuberant spirits and glowing
health, improved in many ways by his
trip.
Tell you about the Washington trip? Why.
there is nothing l can add that will shed
more light upon IL. Mr. Baker has given the
facts better than | can restate them, and 1t
was happy thought when the citizens com
mittee selected him TO go 10 Washington.
1t seemed to me that Mr.. Baker knew every
body in Washington. and the newspaper
men-he had them all on his staff before he
had been in Washington an hour, and they
did magnificent work for st. Paul. / never
knew public sentiment TO be better turned
upon anything in my life. The Wash
ington papers teemed with st. Paul
enterprise. and the bright Washington CORE
spOndents kept the wires warm in sending
handsome eulogies TO their papers in every
city in the country. When got TO New York
| found everybody alive to our candidacy,
and want to say that there are great many
prominent and influential Democrats there
who heartily favor St. Paul. AL in all, l
think our chances are excellent. The poliu-
cal reasons advanced have had great effect,
and there are several committeeman who can
be relied upon to stand for US when the ma
tional committee meets Jan. p. Yes. we
were the only candidates on the ground, and
we had ready access TO every committeeman
in Washington. They all listened with
attention to our claim. and they all
were impressed. And there were Democrats
from rival cities who thought it good polit-
cal policy to hold the convention here, right
on the heels of the Republican convention.
New York politicians want il, but there arc
hundreds of prominent Democrats there who
confess that it would be better for the party
TO come here. There the convention is in
danger of being held in the interest of q can
didate while here the convention would be
entirely removed from all influence in favor
of candidates 1t would be a convention of
the party ana nothing more, and that is what
is needed to insure victory at the polls next
fall
"Oh, yes; had a delightful trip. The
weather has been superb. We had bad day
in Washington, but the rain soon passed
away and was succeeded by bright sunshine.
1t was somewhat colder in New York. They
have more positive taste of winter than
Minnesota has. l went to New York to visit
my daughter. Mrs. Arthur Page. She lives in
picturesque and delightful suburban resort
and enjoyed the visit hugely.
Il started on my return Sunday morning
rather reluctantly, confess, but felt that
duty called me home to contribute all eau
TO the cause of the city here"
The afternoon was spent by the
mayor in discussing the situation with
William Hamm and other convention
huStlerS. He was anxious to learn
every aspect in detail so he could be
prepared to meet any possible OppOSi-
ton. To these he reiterated that if the
auditorium is assured there is every rea-
son to believe that st. Paul will get the
convention. The first question asked
is what sort of hall the city can offer,
and when rival candidates can offer
better, sentiment will turn towards
them.