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

The enry Independent settles down. to
the conviction tina, Knute Nelson will be the
next governor of Minnesota aef3
1t is the opinion of the Fergus Fails dour1
nal that the Pioneer Press boom for Senator
Davis for the supreme court didn't catch the
wind" Eg1
Here is a trio of booms as elucidated by the
Verndale journal: why not Davis for the
supreme bench, Nelson for the senate and
Lind for governors"
Somehow the Winona Republican cannot
appreciate the eloquent Congressman Bryan,
OF Nebraska and his tariff reform speech
In this respect the Republican stands alone,
grand, gloomy and peculiar
The Wright County Times puts it up this.
way: ''Kuute Nelson is Merriam candidate
for governor, and that means Merriam for
the senate in place of c. X. Davis, if money!
and shire wdness can accomplish it,
The Martin County Sentinel, while admit
ting that Iowa stands by prohibition, the
lower branch of the legislature having tailed
to concur III the local option bill believes,
however, that this is no sign Iowa will go dry.
The Pipestone Star u.s. probably, preparing
''veal on the rack for some prodigal. 1t
says: Gov. Merriam is returning 10 the Re
Merriam have been past finding out.
The following from tine Rochester Record
and Union is hot stuff and true: with
Tariff Reform as our war cry and Grover
Cleveland as our standard bearer, the Demo
cratic party VIII march to victory as surely
as the sun rises on election day."
The governors chair, according to the st.
James Plaindealer, is not to be warmed by
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elected to congress without doubt, but it
thinks John Lind stands in the way of his
succession 10 the state mansion.
The Winnebago City Press-News lines right
UP with the Pioneer Press in nominating
Senator Davis for the federal supreme bench.
Indeed, should the senator secure the ap-
pointment, it would be difficult to say to
which paper he owed the most, the Press
News or the Pioneer Press.
Quantity observes the Sherburne Star
News: 1.-THE first shaft in the plot to do up
Senator Davis was detailed by the Pioneer
Press when it printed column editorial ad
vocating the senator's appointment as chief
justice of the supreme court" SO the sena-
tor is to be done up, is he? And who is
his would-be successor?
With caustic pen the editor of the Slayton
GaZeILe Toys WIFI GOV. NE ram aInDltlOu,
1t says: 'Merriams Twin City political
bosses are driven to their wits end to devise
scheme whereby they may be able to land
the governor in the United States senate.
Merriam has been heavy burden to the Re
publican party in this state, and from pres
ent appearances, if he is not taken out of
the saddle he will ride the party to death.
AS voiced by the Douglas County Sentinel,
all is not peace and harmony in the G. o. p.
of Minnesota The following vigorous kick
is administered to veterans in the Eepubli-
can ranks: 1T will do the big Twin City po-
litical bosses no good to undertake to defeat
the will of the people by sharp wire-pulling
this year. They will only set up pins to be
knocked down by those who are getting tired
of such practices. Merriam, Davis land
Washburn have served the state of Mipne-
sofa with credit to themselves and the peo-i
pie, but they, or their henchmen. havesno
'cinch' on the state or the people. This fact
will be demonstrated if they undertake to-
run things contrary to the expressed wish of
large maj oIity of the Republican voters of
this state"