St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-03
Unlike the Opposition, the
Minnesota Democrats Will
Be Free to Choose.
Opposition All at Sea and I'm
able to See a FactiOnal
Contest.
The Talk Of Cy Wellington
for Governor Around the
Minneapolis Hotels.
Close Fight Between LOchren
ana Canty for the Judge
ship.

L ne democratic state convention,
which will be called to order at noon
today in the exposition building in
Minneapolis. will he remarkable body,
and will mark the commencement of a
new era in the history of the Democracy
of Minneapolis. 1t will he the largest
state convention ever held in the state
by any party, and will be the starting
point Of campaign in which all ele-
ments of the party will enter with more
zest than has been known in the history
of the state. The liberal apportionment
has brought a host OF the younger men
of the party forward, and 10 one who
has watched the large conventions of
Iowa and Massachusetts i'll recent years
will doubt the wisdom of the state
central committee which issued the call.
The Republican papers of the two
cities have been greatly worried over
Figure as they would, they could not
solve the problem and figure out of the
contest the factional warfare they would
fam see. AS il result of this failure TO
grasp the changed condition of affairs
in the Minnesota Democracy, last even
ing saw one Republican organ in Min
neapoliS claiming that the prominent
Candidate SO far named for governor
represents one faction of the party.
while the other organ of the same party
in the Mill City declared that
faction. OF course this is all very
amusing to the delegates who have
been on the ground long enough to
look over the field ami size up the situa-
ton. To them it is evident that this
convention is a very different bouy from
Its predecessors of the last twenty
years.
With its nearly eight hundred dele
gates petty factiOnal quarre!s will re-
ccive no consideration. and there will
be none. Differences of opinion as to
matters of party policy and candidates
may be expected. but they will be hon
est differences of opinion and an indi-
cation of health rather than weakness.
Bnt while there may be and probably
will be several candidates for many of
the places Oh the ticket, no cut and dried
schemes Tor tWo-year-old states will be
presented to this convention as there
were to the convention which met in the
Peoples church. st. Paul, less than a
week ago. and ratified the selection of
the machine candidate, knute= Nelson.
There will be a feeling i'll this cOnven-
ton, which ought to exist in all bodies
of the kind, that the members have been
called together to select the best and
strongest ticket possible, thereby to pro-
mote the interests OF both the party and
the people uf the state.
And this will be the feeling of the
convention which will meet in the Mill
City today.
That there is an unusual interest be-
ing taken i'll this convention is evil
denced by the great number of promi-
nent men from all parts of the state
that poured into the Twin Cities yeSter-
day. Many have come as delegates, and
more as observers. In the latter class
are numerous Republicans who are in
open revolt over the nomination of Mel
son and the disgraceful surrender of
principle which was involved in it.
These men desire to see firSt-class
ticket nominated, to which they will
swear allegiance.
In regard to the matter of caudidat eS
there is a great deal of talk which has
no foundation. According to the oppo-
sition organs. there are any number of
deep, dark and deviish schemes likely
to be sprung Oh the unSuSpecting dele
gates. One of these is to the effect that
the name of Judge Wilson will be
sprung as candidate for the first place
Oh the ticket: another to the effect that
a boom is OIL for Cy Wellington, the
well-known attorney. Both of these
lose their force and become ridiculous
when it is known that the name of Hon.
Daniel w. Lawler will be presented to
the convention by Judge Wilson and
the nomination seconded by Mr.. Well
ington.
And so one might take up each one
of their inoffensive fakelets and show
their absurdity, but the time could be
better employed. For no other place
on the ticket down to the nominations
for the three places on the supreme
bench is there, even an indication at
present. that would warrant any one in
placing name on a probable state.
Several names have beeu suggested for
the nomination for lieutenant governor,
but neither Roach, Brown nor Cham
plin are candidates, and the latter may
be pressed into the service. For the
judgeshipS there seems to be senti-
Tent favorable to the nomination, not
the Endorsement by the way, of Judges
Mitchell, Buck and Canty. For attorney
general Cy Wellington and Judge Nc
Donald are both urged, and in the race
for treasurer are several well-known
and popular Democrats. Hon. ii. G.
Wrig bit and F. Nicolin Jr., of Scott, are
among these.