St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-18
CURB AND CORRIDOR.

Montana Republicans, like Montana Demo
Gratis, are pretty stiff-necked and set in their
WAYS of thinking on political subjects. and
they are all fighters from away back. But
there is one good point about Montanans
that cannot be too highly valued by the
people of the state, and it is the ease with
which politics is set aside and business taken
up in years when there are no campaigns to
be fought and won or lost and then, Mon
tanans are always loyal to their wonderful
state Yesterday q committee consisting of
Chief Justice Blake and Barnard Brown, of
Helena, arrived i'll st. Paul TO meet a COM
mittee of the National Educational oonven-
ton, which they will escort to Montana
a. il
Chief Justice Blake will be remembered as
President Harrison's apprentice to the terri
toriaI bench, and when the territory became
a state he was elevated to the position he
now holds. He is very pleasant gentleman,
and is considered an able lawyer. He is
very strong Republican, ana in the bitter
contest that resulted in the elections of Sen
ators Sanders and Powers rendered consider
able aid to the Republicans. Now that his
! court is no longer called upon to decide
questions of politics. the chief justice is bet
ter liked by his political opponents. The
strange part of it all is that Judge Blake is a
strong Blaine man, neither his own appoint
ment nor that OF Tom Carter apparently
having made Harrisonite of him.
i
Montana is an extremely doubtful state
politically said Judge Blake in answer to a
question Of the reporter, land there is no
telling how it viii go at the next election.
You see" he said laughingly as he nudged
Barnard Brown, the Democratic president
of the Helena board of trade. lit is pretty
hard to tell how a state will go in which one
party will spend 100000 and the other $500
| in a campaign
"Well, you know the Democrats of Mon
tana have lots of money" retorted Mr..
Brown, land they want everything that is
| going
Speaking seriously. however" said Judge
Blake, Il think Blaine would carry Montana,
as he is the almost unanimous choice of the
party for the nomination. Montana has
been for him ever since 1880, and we still
hope to see him president. In case he is not
a candidate think a Harrison delegation
will be sent to the national convention. The
Democrats are all for Cleveland, and re-
| gard him as the strongest man in the party"
II
President Brown, of the Helena board of
trade, differed with his distinguished CO.
worker and declared that. while he WAS not
politician, he was firmly of the opinion
that the delegates to the national Repub-
lican convention next year will be for any
one else rather than President Harrson-for
Blaine, in all probability, if he is in the field,
and if not, for some one else than Har-
rison.
Davis tho nnnnlar NiPOllpt
| county senator, dropped into the city yester-
| day morning and put in the day attending to
| business for the lively little city of st.
Peter. Senator Davis is saying nothing
| Just now in regard to bis proposed
| candidacy for congress in the Second district
next year. evidently having made up his
| mind not to allow the newspaper attacks In
! spired by his rivals to force him into any
| declaration or explanations. rs his fellow
| senators came to know last winter, the NicOl-
let statesman is pretty good manager, and
! when he considers the time ripe may be ex-
pected to enliven proceedings in the staid
old Second district considerably.
j
"A large cropis nothing new in Nicollet
! county," remarked Mr. Davis to a little CO.
! terie in the Merchants, Yesterday afternoon.
land so you do not see Representative Die
| polder and myself rushing about boasting over
! this years great crop. 1t is larger than
we have had for several years, and the high
! prices likely to be realized make our farmers
| feel in pretty good humor. The whole
southwestern part of the state is away above
par now. and is filing UP with splendid
| class of settlers at very rapid rate. Mime
seta is a great state, and the Second district
is the best part of it,
~
Hon. II. G. Sievers, the Dam0ratic chic T.
tain from Brainerd. spent several hours in
| the city Yesterday, attending to business
matters, and was induced to talk politics be-
fore he left the Merchants lobby. He will
undoubtedly be a prominent candidate
| for the Democratic congressional nomina-
| ton III the new Sixth district next year, and
! odds are freely offered that he will be the
| nominee. In discussing the situation, he
| said:
The Sixth district is a Democratic district.
| 1t gave Democratic pluralities for both gov
| ernor and congressman last year. and think
! it will do so next year Searle, of st. Cloud,
| or Gil Hartley, of Duluth, will be the Repub-
lican nominee AS to the Democratic out
| look all can say is that if am the nominee
believe l will receive the solid support of
| the Democracy of the district, and if am
not. l shall turn i'll and do all i'll my power to
aid in securing the election of the man who
| is nominated"
| =
| Speaker Hogan. of the Wisconsin house OF
| representatives, ran up from La Crosse yes
terday and spent a good part of the day in
the SANITY City. Mr.. Hogan is, of course,
staunch Democrat, and one of that almost in
Vulnerable host who believe that Wisconsin
will hereafter be found in the Democratic
| column. Gov Pecks administration, be de
clares. is one of the best in the history of the
state. aud will rebuilt in his triumphant re-
election.