St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-13
CUT The Willy SAGE.
This Is Just What the Men
Who Voted for Owen
Did.
DonnelIy's Vote Is Only a
Trifle Over the 10000
Mark.
Judges Buck and Canty Win
by Malorities of Nearly
10000.
fhe Republicans Secure the
Legislature by a Mar
row Margin.

1gnatius Donnelly's total vote last
Tuesday fOots up tritie over 10000.
This is $4,000 less than the vote pOlled
by S. NJ. Owen in 1890, and shows in a
convincing manner that the Sage of
Nininger does not possess the strength
with the people that even his opponents
credited him with. His failure to poll
the Owen vote of 1890 made the election
of Knute Nelson certain. There is
every reason to believe that had Mr.
Owen been the nominee of the July
convention he would have received at
least 10000 votes; 10000 would have
been the lowest possible figure. But
DOnnelly had control of the inde-
pendent forces and he so handled them
as to render the Republicans the great
est possible service. This may not have
been intentional Oh the Sage's part, for
his inordinate vanity undoubtedly led
him to believe that he had chance to
win.
But, while Mr.. Donnelly does not
seem TO be aware of the fact, the peo-
pie of Minnesota are very Tired of Don
nelly and DonnellyiSm III politics. Don
nelly. The amiable and witty lecturer
and man of letters they admire.
Donneily'S candidacy was the one
thing that saved the Republicans in the
campaign. Had another man been
named by the Peoples party. or had no
nomination been made, nothing could
have saved Nelson.
And the So-called Scandinavian vote
did not save Mr.. Nelson. In the coun-
ties containing the honest Scandinavian
popustion, Mr.. Nelson received but few
more votes than did Gov. Merriam two
years ago. This is a fact so plainly
shown by the returns from Marshall,
Clay, Otter Tail. Swift, Becker, Polk
and other counties that any one who
Will glance at the returns can see it. In
this campaign the Norwegians of Min
neSOta have shown concluSiVely that
they cannot be deluded by all appeal to
national pride.
Mr.. Nelson was elected by the votes
of men who refused 10 vote for lgnatiuS
DonneIly. They are of all nationalities
and creeds, and this refusal sent enough
of them back to the Republican party to
give him his paltry $4,000 plurality. To
Donnelly and Donnelly alone does Mr..
Nelson owe his election.
Returns from several close districts
leave no doubt as to the complexion Of
the lower house of the legislature that
will meet in this city in January. The
KepubllcanS Will have a majority of four
and possibly eight in the lower house,
thus giving them control on joint bal
lot. A United States senatorship will
be al their disposal, and the least that
the party can do is to beSloW 1t on
Ignatius DOnnelly in recognition of his
great services to the Republican ma
chine. Any other disposal of this great
honor will be the baSest ingratl-
tude. Were the Democrats as hyDo-
Pan llrl
they could say at the present time that
they are delighted over the situation
because the Republicans will be en-
tirely and solely responsible for the do
ing and msdoings of the coming legis-
lature. But the Democrats will
not say this because they
regret that an advocate OF McKln-
leyiSm should be sent to the United
States senate, there to misrepreSent the
people of the state for six years.
But the Republicans have lost the
supreme court. While complete re-
turns on the supreme court judges nave
been received from only tWenty-three
out of the eighty counties, enough is
known to assure the defeat of Judges
Vamderburgh and Dickinson by ma
jorities that will exceed 10000 in each
case. In twenty-one counties, incIud-
Buck and Canty are 5000 ahead.
Neither Polk, Otter Tail, Winona, Wa
basha. Carver. Mcleod, Stearns, Clay,
or many more of the counties in which
Judges Buck and Canty are strongest
have been heard from, aud so their ma
Jorities can hardly be estimated. AS
will be seen from the returns from these
twenty-three Judges Buck and Canty
are everywhere receiving the solid vote
of two parties, as we'll as many Repub-
lican votes. Judge Buck will certainly
have 5000 more votes than Judge Dick
inson, and Judge Canty will have that
many more than Judge Vanderburgb.
A good idea of the situation may be
gained by a glance at the following
table: