Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-05

state committee requested State Secretary
Brown to SO group the democratic and populist
electors that the names Of the four populists
Endorsed by the democats should follow the
names Of the five straight democratic electors.
Secretary Brown declined to do 40, alleging
that il he did he would have to change the
order in which the nominations Of the peoples
party were made, proceeding which the cleo
ton law expressly forbids. The democrats then
appealed to the district court of Ramsey county
for mandamus, but the court decided it had
| no jurisdiction. There the matter rests, but
it is understood that the proceedings may be
used in the future as the basis of contest in case
the republican electoral ticket is elected.
PoPULIsT-DEMocRATIc ELECTORS.
The four populist electors Endorsed by the
democrats are William Meighen Of Forestville,
Fillmore county; A. L. Stromberg Of Forest
Lake, Washington county: James Dillon Of the
city of st. Paul; Rev. A. H. Holloway of Sabin,
I Clay county. All four we're democrats up to
1880. Meighen is an ex-state senator, popular
and is believed to be a clean, honest man. A..
L.. Stromberg is Scandinavian and is Sec
rotary OF the Farmers Alliance. He is a
shrewd, cautious man. not q strong or out
spoken partisan, and has hitherto voted the
democratic presidential ticket James Dillon
has always been known as an Irish democrat OF
pronounced type. He is a man obstinate IN
his convictions possessing meager education,
ana has no particular standing or popularity
Rev.A. II. Holloway is Congregational minister
who is engaged in farming. Until 1884 he was
republican. He voted for Cleveland in 1884
and 1888. He is held in considerable esteem
by the farmers of the Red River valley. The
four may be regarded as rather commonplace
individuals who have not achieved any great
prominence politically and against whose char
scters nothing has been said.
Another feature of the acknowledgements
party movement is their combination in the
the reelection of Senator Cushman K. Davis.
The democratic legislative candidates are re-
ceiying the Enforcement, where possible, of the
populists, and in some cases democratic candi-
dates are being withdrawn after an assurance
has been given by the populst candidates that
they will vote with the United States
Senator. As a similar fusion of the democrats
and alliance in 1880 left the republicans with
only SO votes on joint ballot in the legislature
out of total vote of the branches OF 1913 the
present combination, although not as extensive
as Ill 1880. Is a serious menace to the republl-
cans and threatens the defeat of Davis.
PROBABLE DEFEAT OF REPUBLICAN JUDGES.
A third feature of the fusion is the threat
ened defeat Of the republican candidates for
judges of the supreme court The republicans
nominated vanderburgh. republican,; Dickin-
son, republican. and Mitchell. democrat in the
belief that the democrats would accept the con-
cession of Mitchell and indorse the republican
nominees as in former years. The democrats,
however, nominated Mitchell. democrat; Buck.
democrat. and Canty, democrat The peoples
party nominated CAVITY. Democrat Buck, demo-
crat. and Dawson, populist
The republican politicians concede the cleo
ton of the four pOpulist electors Endorsed by
the democrats. They think they may control
the legislature and have ten majority on the
joint ballot. They fear that the republican
candidates for judges of the supreme court
will be defeated. They claim the election of
five republican electors and the whole state
ticket. Democratic managers believe the popu-
list vote will be SO large and will so undermine
the republican vote that the democratic ticket,
presidential, state and legislative, will be sue
cessful.
The populist leaders are making the claim
that they will poll a much larger vote than did
the alliance state ticket in 1880, and they are
sanguine of success for their whole ticket. The
uncertainty as to the effects of the operation of
the new election law and the confused political
situation make the managers of all parties
chary of predicting or giving ont estimates.
There is no fusion in the congressional dis
tricts. and the probabilities are that three
democrats. three republicans and one peoples
party candidate will be elected