St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-25

st. Paul wants the national Demo-
cratic convention in 1892, and as can
didate for that distinction Will be in the
field until the polls close at the meeting
of the national Democratic committee at
Washington on Feb. %, or whenever it
shall be called.
As the great representative city Of
the section that at present is attracting
miration of the world, st. Paul claims
this honor at the hands of the Demo
cratic party. No error was made by the
Republicans in choosing the other twin,
Minneapolis. for their convention city;
the Democracy can there pick up no
blunder; but every argument used to
secure the selection of Minneapolis
now becomes tenfOId more effective
when directed to the Democratic com
mittee with st. Paul as its object.
The advancement of the claims of st.
Paul for this distinction is no new thing.
1t is no newer than the impulse all over
the country which for five years has
made one or the other of the Minnesota
twins the theater of nearly every con-
ventiOn Of national Importance in that
time. But st. Paul was pledged to
assist Minneapolis in the grand enter
prise now happily concluded, and mag
unanimously deferred her own Intentions
until that pledge was fully redeemed.
st. Paul feels that it lent to Minneap-
oils a willing and powerful hand, and
now expects the same friendly and
neighbOrly aid in its turn. This aid
Minneapolis is practically pledged to
extend, and in the grand effort st. Paul
is about to project there will be brought
to bear the combined eXertiOnS of the
two most energetic and enterprising
cities of the age.
The enthusiasm for the Democratic
convention for st. Paul burst out i'll un-
comfortable volume yesterday, stimu-
lated by the triumphant shouts which
went up all over the Northwest for the
victory for Minneapolis. minneapolis
has secured one distinction for Mime
sofa, now let st. Paul secure the other"
was the universal cry. No partisan
lines bounded this enthusiasm. PrOmi-
nent Republicans were as ardent in
their views as the most pronounced
Democrats, and party affiliations were
entirely lost sight of in the common OBJ
ject of securing the lasting benefits and
advertisements of being the city in which
shall be named the next president of
the United States. No organized effort
was begun, and nothing like concise
plans were iscussed-everything was
too enthusiastic for anything like or
ganiZatiOn-but the one sentiment,
heard over and over again, was that
St. Paul must and shall have the
convention. Everything was canvassed,
from convention hall to hotel accommo-
dations, and not an obstacle presented
itself but was speedily overcome, and
the sOfteSt of cotton wool spread
over the pathway to success. There
were doubling ThOmases, of course, for
the SWiftcst ship is not without its bar
nacles, but they merely inspired the
hustlerS with renewed energy. Money
was pledged on every hand, and prom
iSeS were royalty made that when the
time came long purses would be opened,
and there would be no scarcity of funds
TO cover the expenses of entertainment
and the erection of magnificent build
ing suitable to the necessities and uses
of the convention.
Within a few days the first meeting
will be held, and the move for the con-
ventiOn will take on order and organi-
zatlon. Every body is for it, st. Paul
will have the convention. and Minneap-
Oils will assist in getting it. Where st.
Paul and Minneapolis unite for an OBJ
ject there is no such word as fail.