St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-06
DRAWN UP FOR BATTLE.
Roardman Seems to Lead the
Minneapolis Mayoralty AS
DirantS.
Another "Fraud" Spasm in the
Journal-the First Com.
mittee.

The Republican candidates for the
mayoralty nomination are drawing the
lines. Tomorrow night the primaries
will be held and delegates elected to de-
eide who the party's candidate shall be.
All observers of the way the politicians
are working. with the exception of the
rabid partiSans of Boaldman, Blethen
and Lowell. believe that Boardman is
the leader. so far. The reason for this
opinion is faith in Boardman's quiet
getthereativenesS. Men who are not
Boardman partisans, but who have en-
tered into the manipulation of primaries
against him, and. therefore, know his
so per cent of the Fourth ward dele
gates and about two-thirds of the
Third ward, besides fair strength
from other sections of the city. Blethen
will draw heavily from South Minneap-
oils. Lowell has no strength to speak
Of A good many men Will slip into the
convention who will not favor either
Blethen or Boardman. Upon these
Lowell depends. The EustiS boom has
been erected upon practically the same
fllmsy substructure. For Eusts boom
really is rising. Eustis will not avow
his candidacy-cannot do it after
his frequent negatives, qualified
and otherwise. But his friends
have permission to work for
him quietly. Should Eustis get fair
share of the Fourth ward delegates, de-
pend upon it, he will be trotted out as
and anti-Boardman men will be asked
to support him. But the delegates with
those characteristics will be few.
Boardman and Blethen are both taking
care that their delegates shall be theirs,
not only for one ballot or so, but for all
time.
So it looks like BoardmaD or Blethen.
And Boardman is the favorite in the
books.
The journal had another spasm last
night over the alleged ballot-boX stuffing
in the Democratic congressional conven-
ton. The spaSm was long and painful
to the Journal-almOSt column long.
Part OF the spaSm was an alleged COM
munication signed ''Workingman." The
communication was probably spurious.
But 1t is interesting, nevertheless, as an
Illustration of what an overgrown fond
ness for classifying, coupled with a
copious vocabulary, can produce. For
instance, this alleged ''Workingman"
saws:
do believe that never in Hennepin county
has there been more riotous ana villain
ously unfair convention of Democrats. Bull
doing. ballot box stuffing, openly, boldly
and glarlngly, took place astounding by its
very enormity and wickedness the mex
perienced and trusting young men, who
formed the majority OF the legitimate voters
there, and who, while fighting openly and
fairly for their candidate. were willing to go
down in honest defeat, but who. because of
their previous ignorance of the characters OF
the men with whom they had to deal, could
not anticipate the shameful and desperate
schemerS and generally villainous treatment
which they received throughout the whole
convention.
That is but a sample. This same
communication says that the writer
thereof personally saw repeating prac-
ticed and personally saw delegates de-
post from two to seven ballots each.
If this man saw all that he is a coward
or he would have spoken of it in the
convention. 1t is not unreasonable to sup
pose that, ii this man was delegate. as
he says, he would have hesitated to de.
nounce the alleged fraud.
But against the outpourings of this
individual who hides under nom de
plume, is placed the evidence of S. A.
Stockwell. No man Will say that
Mr.. Stockwell was not with
the earnest young men" who.
"Workingman' says, were the victims
Of the fraud. He was the hardest
worker i'll the convention for Mr.. Erick-
son. Moreover. he was a teller, and he
acted as teller to guard Mr.. Erickson's
interests. MIR. Stockwell says the cry
of fraud is foolish and without fOunda-
ton. If "WOrkingman" has so much
knowledge. let hin produce it. If the
proof cannot be produced, let this cry
of fraud stop.
A few people are worrying a good
deal about Mr.. Lawrence's nomina-
tion-but they are all Republicans.
If even suspicion of fraud can be at
tached TO Mr.. Lawrence's nomination,
Mr.. Lawrence will not keep it. Re-
member that. Mr.. Lawrence is not the
man to accept nomination with stain
clinging to it.
Frank M NVa has 3nnointed tho Ra.