St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-04

A bombshell struck Merriam and his little
executive committee this morning in the
shape of the resignation OF member Oh the
state cnntra committee, and this afternoon
John L. Gibbs. Joel P. Heatwole and Stan
ford Newell ale in consultation with Bankei
Merriam in his office at the Merchants Ma
tional bank.
The member who sent in his resignation il
none other than Julius S. Alderman, OF Car
yer county.
Yesterday he mailed his letter reslgnlne
the appointment.
What were his reasons for this move! Does
he state them?
Yes, and very emphatically. Mr.. Acker
man te lis Chairman Newell very plainly thai
he cannot serve on the committee while the
charges of bribery and corruption which
have been made remain unanswered.
The party bosses are scared, and worse
than scared. They are dumbfounded. Their
consultation this afternoon at the Merchants
National is for the purpose of fixing upon
some other man 10 fill the vacancy, i'll the
hope that by announcing the resignation
and the name of the new man at the same
time it will prevent the stampede of the hon
est and reputable members of the party, who
are and have been disguised with the reck-
less methods which attended the nomination
of Banker Merriam.
The greater traitor man has been to
the party the greater is his reward
seems to be the motto of the Repub-
lican leaders in Minnesota.
But how will it work IN actual prac-
tice?
The First district of Minnesota has
for many years been the scene of the
hottest factlonal fights known in the
history of the Republican party Of the
state. For years there was a fight be-
tween the late Secretary Window and
eX-Congressman Mark H. Dunnell, and
after the Owatonna statesman had com
pletely vanquiShed MIR. Window he had
TO keep up continual defensive war to
prevent the people of the district from
unloading him. For long time before
he was finally retired he was not the
choice Of majority of the Republicans
Of the district, but he was as much bet
ter politician than his opponents, and
as they could not combine he retained
his hold. This year he will not be a
candidate, but some of his friends will,
and as consequence there will be a
hard fight for the nomination. Among
those already in the race are:
Gen j. NJ Diment of Steele
Allen J Greer, of Wahasha.
j. A. TaWney, of Winona.
James OBrien, of Houston.
A. ID. Gray. Of Fillmore.
John l.. Gibbs, of Freeborn.
N Kingsley, of Mower
In the district there are but ten coun-
ties, and it will be seen that seven of
them have candidates. Some of them
have no expectation of receiving the
nomination, but they will seek to control
their own delegations. Fillmore is the
center of the old anti-Dunnell feeling,
and at the final wind-up the delegates
will he found to be divided on that line.
The friends of Dunnell attribute his
defeat two years ago to the Fillmore
county Republicans, and they will take
care that no man from there will get
The nomination. Senator Tawney, of
Winona. seems to be rather in the lead
Just now, but he will be bitterly op-
posed by j. Arnold Keyes in his own
county, and the friends of other candi-
dates in Dodge, Waseca and Olmstead,
and will hardly be able to secure the
honor.
This condition of affairs is entirely
satisfactory to the Democrats. who are
already predicting the reelection of
Congressman Harries by handsome
majority.