St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-30
LAYING THEIR PLANS;
Candidates Nelson and SearIe
Believe in Commencing
the Campaign Early.
And Commence With a Dinner
With President Hill, of the
Great Northern.
Banker Mendenhall, Of Du.
luth, One Of the Members
Of the Conference.
Why Capt. Reed, of Glencoe.
Came to the City on
Wednesday.

The Republican campaign will lsy
commenced at once, although the state
central committee may not be an
nounced for a few days. Yesterday.
the head OF the state ticket, Knute Mel
son, the Little Norwegian" who left
his farm to come to st. Paul to accept
the gubernatOral nomination of his
party, dined at the Minnesota club with
President James j. Hill, of the Great
Northern; Banker Mendenhall, of Du-
Iuth, and Judge ID. B. Searle. of ST.
Cloud. Whether plans were LAID fOl
the success of Mr.. Nelson in the
state and Judge Searle in the
Sixth district, where he is
running for congress on the Repub-
Gun ticket or not, great deal of time
was spent over the dinner, and when it
came to an end candidates Nelson and
Searle rejOined their lieutenants i'm the
Merchants lobby looking as CHEEKY
and hopeful as though they had their
ce 'tificates of election in their pockets.
No, the Minnesota club is not far
mers' society, although Farmer Nelson
and Farmer Hill and Farmers Searle
and Mendenhail hold their conferences
within its walls.
This purely social meeting of these
four gentlemen furnishes the friends
and supporters of Hon. Ii. G. Kendall,
of Duluth, with food for reflection. At
the time of the Sixth district convention
it was common talk among the Searle
delegates that there were a great manv
prominent Duluth Republicans opposed
to Mr.. KendalPS nomination. In fact
in speaking of this one of them said
publicly:
'sAt our meeting last evening we had
assurances from great many of Du-.
luth's best Republicans that they were
Searle. One of these men came into
our headquarters and told us that Ken
dali was not the choice of the Repub.
hcans of Duluth, and that Judge SearIe,
would be given the usual party vote in
st. Louis county,"
Was Banker Mendenhall one of the
anti-Kendall men who called at the
Searle headquarters during the Duluth
convention?
During the Sixth district fight the
Kendall men charged openly that the
Searle in his canvass. This was rot de-
MED, and at the Duluth conventions
there were no Kendall delegates
present from any of the coun,
ties tapped by this lire of
railroad. Under these circumstances
a conference between Judge Searle and
the Great Northern magnate causes no
particular surprise, but the addition of
Knute Nelson to the party does. for the
reason that Mr.. Nelson's friends have
been claiming that ne resigned his posi-
ton as attorney for the Great Northern
some time ago and has since devoted
himself to farming, they say.
President Hill is one of the shrewest
and brightest men in the country, and
his ability is recognized by all in those
branches of business in which he has
taken hand. Those who know him
best say that he is as clever at the game
of politics as at railroad building and
managing. If this is correct it NAV be
that Farmer Eelson and his friends
were comforting with Mr.. Hill yester-
day with the idea, or. rather. the inten-
tion of inducing him to accept place
on the Republican state central COM
mittee.
That the party had good time was
demonstrated by the high spirits in
which MIR. Nelson returned to his hand.
shaking engagement at the Merchants.