St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-24
THEY ARE ON THE RUN.
Republican Leaders Secretly Con-
cede They Are Beaten
Out.
Nelson and Davis Men knitting
Each Other in Forlorn
Hope.

There are reasons for believing that
the Republican state central committee
has secretly gwen up all hope OF carry
ing the state for president and for
United States senator. They still cling.
however. to the hope of pulling knute
Nelson through. In this they are kept
up by the belief that he will
be able to poll enough of
the Scandinavian vote to receive
small plurality. A prominent citizen,
whose word is thoroughly reliable, says
that very recently he had a converse
ton with a member of the Republican
state central committee who is at the
headquarters most of the time, and the
committeeman said that both JamiSon
and BiXoy have practically given up
hope of pulling through anything but
Nelson. BiXby is considerably more
deSpairing than Jamisoh, but still ad-
heres to the belief that the Scandi-
navianS will not desert Nelson. The
gentleman says that Biyby believes that
a secret deal is cOnsummated between
the Democratic and Populist state COM
mttee whereby the Populists are to
support the Democratic electors who
remain on that ticket in return for the
Democratic support of the four Populist
electors who have been Endorsed by
the Democrats. If such deal is
cOnsummated both BiXby and Jamison
believe that ii will result i'll the defeat
of the entire Republican electoral tick
Ell. And, of course, they secretly con-
cede the election of the four Populist
electors. if the deal mentioned is not on.
AS to the United States senatorship,
BiXby believes that the fusion OH legiS-
lative candidates in the various coun-
ties of the state has been carried on TO
a sufficient extent TO insure the defeat
OF CuSh Davis. Jamison and BiXby are
keeping their alarm to themselves as
much rs possible. for they fear if it gets
out it Will cause such croSs-firt be
tween the Davis and knute Nelson ele-
mentS as to defeat both of them. There
is no question. the gentleman
thinks. from what he has learned.
that the friends of Davis
stand ready to sacrifice anybody
and everything to save him from de
feat, and it is equally certain that the
Nelson people would not hesitate to do
the same thing to insure Nelson's cleo
ton. There Is evidently very merry
time threading iii the Republican ranks.
And in it the presidential ticket is the
one which the committee is prepared to
drop first. There is little doubt that the
Republican committee is much more
anxious to secure the election of Nelson
than of either the presidential! ticket or
Davis. And the election of Davis
stands next in Importance in their esti-
nation.
If Nelson is not elected Tams Bixby
is out of job; that is certain: aud SO
are a good many Republicans. And if
Davis is not elected a good many other
leading Republicans will suffer.
At the same time the presidential
ticket is not without friends who would
go 10 any extent to carry it through,
even to that of sacrificing both Nelson
and Davis. There is Marcus johnson!
What would he do if Harrison should
be defeated? And there is CAPT. H. A.
Castle, Does any one suppose that he
is going to sit quietly by and permit
anybody 10 slight or cut Harrison? No,
Sir; he would rather be postmaster than
to do that. And there is Charles e.. Ed
wards! And there is John ID. Sloan
And then there is the horde of post
masters throughout the Statel And
how many more one hasn't the time to
count! All these will be out in the cold
world huStling for something to do If
Harrison must go back to his lawsh0p i'm
the Hoosier city. These fellows may
not have very strong representation
in the central committee, but the cen
trial committee will find them very
troublesome quantity if it does not give
Harrison the first show in the job OF
swapping off.
The g. o. D. in Minnesota was in
never such fix before. 1t doesn't
know what to do, and to fill up the time
1t is bowling at fusion and giving its
case away. 1t is confused and routed.
1t is on the run. and all the Democrats
and Populists have to do is to hold
steady rein anG keep it on the run.