Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-07

THEY skF TEAr THE FIGUr IN TIE MKT PRrsr-
| DENTAL CONTEST WILL BE N raE NORTH
| WEST. AND THEY WANT To SEUTRALIzK Tur
EFFECT OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AT
| MINNEAPOLIS.
A delegation from St Paul is at the Arlington
Hotel consisting of Michael Doran, member OF
the democratic national executive committee.
Mayor Smith Of ST. Paul. Mayor Winston Of
Minneapolis, Lewis Baker and John F. Baker Of
the ST. Paul Globe, and J. Il. McGinnis, mayor
Of Duluth.
They are here to sec IL they cannot influence
the executive committee OF the democratic
national committee TO select ST. Paul the
place for holding the next democratic national
| convention.
Mr.. Baker. in explaining the ground for the
demsid, said TO STAR reporter:
IMPORTANCE OF THE NORTHWEST.
THE republican committee, in locating the
national convention OF that party for 1892 in
Minneapolis comedies that The political battle
OF next year is 20 be fought in the northwest.
In other words, the leaders OF that party ac-
knowledge that they must fight il they expect
to hold their supre macy in this section. and
| that without this section solid in their
favor they have no chance TO win. Gov. Mer-
rlam, the ablest republican in Minnesota voiced
this sentiment when pleading with the republi-
can committee TO como TO the help of the party
In the northwest, in tho following words:
| Another and more serious reason for our
Claim Is that the republican party In the north
west needs very badly some great assistance in
! saving IT from the NAV of the alliance-demo-
cratic fusion. A big convention in Minnesota
would do much toward saving the republican
vote. For instance, the alliance cast 56, Oc0
votes last election. That shows il is n power
greatly to be feared. Should the democrats
and alliance fuse. 70 as TO give the alliance the
goyernorship aad the electoral vote the re-
| publicans would no longer be in il. / repeat
| that unless some big move be made Minnesota
viii be lost to the republicans, a calamity which
We can III afford to bear, now that Wisconsin,
Iowa and Nebraska are lost. The convention
| would have the effect Of stimulating the repub-
!icans, and the great enthusiasm would
naturally result In a great loss to the alliance.
This is our great plea and We think it ID q good
| one
CHANGES IN IOWA AND WISCONSIN.
| iowa, adjoining US on the south, and whose
people are in full accord and sympathy with
| the people of Minnesota. has at two success
/ stve elections chosen a democratic governor
and the last tine on the fullest vote ever cast
| In the state. Wisconsin, adjoining on the
east. was carried against the republicans at the
| last el,ction, and at the same election their
party was in the minority by several thousand
votes in Minnesota, they succeeding in elccting
| but one member of Congressman that one by
| meager majorlty-out of the entire dele
cation, and electing their governor only
through division of the vote opposed
| to him. They lost Montana and they
| feel tina: Washington is now fair debatable
| ground, since the democrats have q saperb
| organization in that new state. The democrats
have an organization in Iowa not equaled in
| ally other state, with the possible exception of
New York, and Minnesota's organization is APP
preaching perfection never heretofore known
| In this section of the country.
| The avowed reason, as said, on the part of
the republican leaders for placing their con-
| ventlon IN the twin cities to attempt to
stay the political tide which is rolling against
| them in this section. To mo il seems like good
| politics for the democratic managers TO accept
the challenge and TO compel the republicans 20
| fight for existence in this section, thus with
drawing their attention. to some extent, from
New York. New Jersey. Connecticut, Massachu-
sets and Indiana. The holding of the demo-
cratic convention in 81. Paul will contribute TO
this result
| NEW YORK DON'T MED IT.
81 regret to see New York putting in an sp-
/ plication for the convention. While the hold
ing OF a great convention in a comparatively
small city, amid a rural popuiation with few
events happening to waken them up, would
undoubtedly do much good to the party in the
way of filling its members with enth usiasm and
/ courage, no such effect would follow in a great
city whose calendar is full OF stirring events
Besides. more than one o: New Works dis
| tllb ulsutO hssitesnlcu are prominent IN the
public mind as Candidates for the
presidential nomination. While in the minds
| of many intelligent men there might be no sig
nificance attached to the holding OF the conyen-
! ton and enunciatluP platform of principles
| from the same locality from which the caudi-
| date Is to hail, yet the country is a large one
and other sections may have prejudice against
| such a monopoly of good things Besides
there are those IN the rural districts
who would not take kindly to having can
/ Il. la4a 4 Lar Il Il
| the shadows Of much-oiscnssed Wall street.
Such move would be exactly to the liking of
Gov. Merriam and his western republican
boomers. The governor does not exaggo rate
in the least the present dangers TO the republi-
can party in the west, but the democracy can,
by single blunder, wipe out all these Diff
culties and release the republican armies from
duty in that section to concentrate their battle
in the close states CT the east and south
CAN TAKE CARE OF THE DELEGATES.
'In taking care of the delegates and visitors
| to the convention the people of ST. Paul will do
the handsome thing. The city is already at
work upon spleudid auditorium, which will
when finished. be equal to any in which a like
convention has heretofore been held. and a
guarantee fund OF 100000 has already been
nearly raised with which to take care of all
legitimate expenses connected with the con-
yention. The question of hotel accommoda-
tons fully discussed and settled by the
minnesota will have no candidate for place
on the national ticket, and therefore if the con-
vention be held in ST. Paul no local influence
will prejudice the party in its choice.
I'm June and July the climatic conditions in
Minnesota are all that can he desired.
Eighteen railroads radirte from ST. Paul; Of
these six run to Chicago and the communicG-
tons south and west are equally adequate. In
brief, tho facilities for ingress. entertainment
and egress nre equal to any on the continent"
Hon. Charles Gibson of St. Loais also said on
the same subject First, the convention will
of course DO held after the one in Minneapolis
it being kind of common law that the party
in power should hold its convention first and
Law down its political program.
Il think il would be wise for the democrats to
hold their convention at least two weeks after
the It'll Of June. Three weeks would be better
SO % tc get the comparison of views and the
general drift OF public thought and sentiment
on the result of therepublican convention. This
would bring the convention 80 late in the season
as to work much against all the cities in this lati
tude from Baltimore and Philadelphia west
| to 81. Louis; they would all be about equally
hot In 1884 the national committee first
passed resolution fixing the convention some
time, l think, about the 10th of July. This was
considered as kicking st. Louis out of the ring
of cities. Ii created big row and the commit
tee then rescinded the resolution and Fixed
the date for the 9Th of June and
st. Louis was selected. There was o
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