St. Paul daily globe., 1892-10-30
Ben Harrison Will Get the EX-
Congnessman's Vote This
Year,
But the Letter of John B. Is
Not Clearer Than Is Nee
eSSaPy.
Nora Donahue'S Money Tied
Up by a Breach Of Prom
iSe Case.
General News of the Day
Gathered by Vigilant
Globe Reporters.

DAY morning that good authority eX
listed for saying that Hon. John b. Gil
fillan is pretty thouroughly IN accord
with the other eminent Republicans
who have embraced Democratic prin.
ciples it announced fact. The d thor
lty for that announcement did exist
and does exist. But the an
nouncement had visible and
laudible effect upon the Republic
ans of Minneapolis and their organs.
The Tribune affected mirth. The Jour.
nal was mad. boiling mad, all the way
through its somewhat looSely-fitting
draperies. The announcement that MI
Giifillan was considered friendly to De-
mOcracy was real scandalous," i" the old
girl said. Even the tribune, in its eX-
cess OF mirth, counterfeited OF course.
stamped its cloven hoof and called the
simple announcement, couched in terms
fiattering to Mr.. Gilfillan, malicious
canard''
But upon II. c. BeIden. the law part
ner of Mr.. Giltillan, the announce
nent had the most startling effect. He
said:
That report is without the suspicion
Of truth. and it is a falSehOCd through
out. Why, they might just as well say
that President Harrison would bolt the
Republican ticket. As Mr.. GItillan's
law partner characterize it as without
foundation and unworthy OF serious
consideration"
Mark the beginning of the last sen
teuce: las Mr.. GiItillan's law partner,
J. etc. But of that later
Mr.. Gilfillan called at the.GLOBE Office
last night with this simple statement:
MINNEAPoLIs, Saturday Evening, Oct. %
1s92--Editor St Paul DAILY GLOBE, st. Paul,
Minn--My Dear Sir: | cannot find words to
suitably express nv astonishment when.
npon my return TO the city late this evening,
my attention was first called by friend TO
en article relating 10 myself i'll your issue of
this date In your article you truly say that
y am not disappointed Office seeker nor
Forehead; that my Republicanism has never
been questioned $50 far as l know. and that
] am not shouting my political beliefs from
the house tops: but beyond this your article
Is radically and sadly i'll error. believe |
am as staunch a Republican as lives
In the state of Minnesota, and a Jealous ad-
mirer and supporter Of the present admins
t1ation, and shall surely vote for its continu-
anee i my life is spared until the Sth of No
vember and retain the ordinary use of my
senses. l am most positively firm believer
b. he doctrine of honest money and the pro-
tectirc policy, so-callcd, including reciproc-
ity. rs essential to an efficient and heathful
administration of this government ;land these
principles have earnestly proclaimed. not
from house-tops, but upon all suitable occa-
Pons. and expect SO 10 do while life lasts.
very truly yours, j. B. GILFILLAN.
Mr.. GilGlan's letter is neither long
nor voluminously expressed. 1t does
not cover the ground it might. But it
will do.
When MI Gilfllan was in the GLOBE
Office last night he didn't seem dis
turbed i'll the least about what the
GLOBE had said about him-not half so
trnGh nf hn Al inn,
met Oh the streets. But he was not
elone. IL. c. Belden was with him.
Now Mr.. Belden acted very much as
the caged tiger is supposed to
bet. While Mr.. Gilfillan was
speaking with the man at the desk
Mr.. Belden eXcitedly paced the floor.
The hardwood still bears the impress
bions made by the impact of his walking
stick. Mr. Belden said not word; he
looked several standard width col
ulnnS of double-leaded great primer
The scene conveyed the impression that
Air. BeldeD was the party injured, il
any one. by the GLOBES announce
Dcnt. The scene recalled Mr.. Belden's
language to an evening edition inter
view, 'As Mr.. Gilfillan's law partner,
characterize" etc.
Does the secret lie there? Is it simply
question of business, as 'Jane" says?
Possibly yes, possibly no. The fact re-
mains, and it wears a significant mien,
that the law partner. not the prin-
eipai, Is the man most wrought up by
The disclosure.
Mr.. Gilfillan'S position is clear, so far
hs he has made it clear and no far ther.
lie might have written much more had
be desired.
Aid. George Durham has been buying
horses Tor the city. Some people have
grown suspicious. The council has
ordered all investigation. Now Dur
nam appears with half-c0iumn sex
planarion' to prove that nothing wrong
ercpi into his dealings with the COM
mittee. Ills transaction was merely a
private transaction, he says. But the
lions" between the city and its Off
elals. Would it not be well, since
Durham is a candidate for reelection
10 elect in his stead Hugh Jennings,
who will not be looking for any ''private
transactions" with the city? But first
let the council investigate this particu
ar ''prIyate transaction" And while il
Is about it. shouldn't the council learn
who that "one member of the commit
lee" on fire department was who came
TO Durnam's stable to buy horses?
Who knows Charles S. Cairns, Repub
ticam nominee for the legislature III the
Thirty-firSt district? Everybody know:
Cairns. The ebulitiOu caused by the
work Of the notorious CRUSADERS ,
Briggs, Young and Seloyer, sent Cairn:
to the top Of the pot. Once there, Cairn:
began to boast of his efforts to cas-
Ddinm upon the city of Minneapolis il
fostering the Infamous spy system
Yes, Cairns was the man. His running
mate this year is smooth, sly, slippery
sleuthy Emerson Cole, the man VIII,
always has a scheme, and who is alway
irving TO work IT for K. Cole. Calel
Miller and Willis NoXon are the men t,
1efcat them.
Biichfedt has been let alone for som,
titne now. This is not as it should be
although Blichfeldt's silence and ob
scurlty partially palliate the oversight
For man who has been openly charged
with the commission of indictabl
DflcnseS and who has never seriousl
answered the charges, Mr.. Blichfeldt i
wearing remarkably smooth front.
Almost every one outside the all to
numerous Plrmmer family, which nov
mCnopOiiZeS large section of the Re
publican county ticket. will vote fO
james E. Egan for county surveyor
Not man WHO has business with
souniy surveyor lives in Hennepi
county. but SAYS, James NJ. Egan is th
best county surveyor Hennepin eve
had.
The registration books were ope
again. Yesterday the ju iges wer
ready to receive names until o'cloc
last night. II looks as if heavy regis
iratiou went OH last hight. considering
that Tie registration OF the first tw
days was unusually heavy. 1t wa
Saturday night. and the laboring me
gOt Dn} 10 register in large numbers.
Fli 0gt AMI send in a name coupon
for re Gf,d Ir.ze competition offere
b. fAe AinaeapOhs Improvement Com