St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-13
Chagrin, Disappointment and
Madness OvepWhelm the
Republicans.
The Flank Move Of the Dem
ocratic Managers Badly
Upsets Them.
Rampant Enthusiasm at All
of the Democratic Meet
ings Last Night.
Notes Of the Campaign Now
Entering Upon It's Clos
ing Stages.

Chagrin, disappointment, madness
and despair have taken possession of
the generals" in The Republican camp
since the mastery flank movement eX-
ecuted by the Democratic state central
committee, changing the electoral
ticket, has given the ''privates" pleas
ant chance to covertly intimate that
"redoubed efforts'' will be necessary
now to come anywhere near achieving
victory, and that lots of Uncle Sans
hard sugar" will be required to prop
erly sweeten the fraudulent protection
pills wavering Republican voters are
to be coaXed to swallow.
AS hard slap in the face-the blow
that signals sure defeat-cOmes to
modern gladiator at a crisis in the stlug-
gle, so has come this sledge-hammer
body blow to the Republican managers.
At first inclined to smile in Sickly sort
Of way, to feign courage they had not,
presently they become very much
veXed, then petulant, and finally down
right fighting mao, but lacking any re-
serve force to execute their angry Senti-
ments.
Talking to Republicans about the eff
feet of the Democratic Endorsement of
the four Peoples party electors is an
entertaining pastime just at present.
The manly, straight-Out fellows say
they are glad of it; that what they want
is a fair fight, and an expression from
the voters on the One-sided issues to
which they are bound by the Minneap-
oils platform. The men who talk thus
are the ones who go with the Republican
party from force of habit and training;
who make no pretenS!onS to being highly
moral in politics, and have no eApec-
tations of office or financial emolument
from Republican victory. The fell
lows who giggle painfully when the
subject is mentioned and who charac-
teriZe the partial fusion as an ''indica-
ton of weakness" are the ones who
have the greatest fear of the effect on
the national and state tickets, intuitive-
ly realizing that this move of the Dem
Ocratic campaign managers has vastly
wider significance than is at once ap-
parent. Their fears have caused them
to analyZe the thing carefully, and that
the analysis is not at all satisfactory is
made painfully apparent by their ac-
tions.
The certointy that four of Minnesota'S
votes are already lost to Harrison is but
small part of the cause for rejoicing
among Democrats and gloomy forebod-
ing among Republicans. Every man
who Is at all converSant with the drift
OF political movements knows that the
election of the men Immediately con-
cerned Is not to be the beginning and
end of this matter. The shrewdest and
most partisan of Republican workers
clearly perceive that the Democracy
has secured signal advantage bifore a
vote is cast; that the resulting agitation
of their followers who are at ali Shaky
is going to be source of possible dali
ger and positive weakness; that the
new life and hope infused into the DEM
Ocratic legionS is certain to inspire the
latter, especially in the urban districts,
to make supreme effort to Shatter for
ever, by one powerful, vehement as
sault, the illegally acquired and badly
used power of Republican cabalS in
Minnesota.
There is but one sentiment among the
rank and file. as we'll as among The act
i've leaders of the Democracy, that this
last move to weaken the enemy is one of
the hapDleSt and NEST potent ideas for
good to the people in the state and ma
tion that has ever yet been put into
practical effect in Minnesota. 1t pre-
sages victory for the Democratic ticket
as surely as it vexes fhe vampires of the
long entrenched rings and cliQues that
have done SO much to beSmirch the fair
fame OF the state. 1t heralds defeat and
rout for Republicanism by the renewed
courage it Will impart to the patriots
who are laboring day and night for the
election of Cleveland, Lawler, Castle
and the entire Democratic ticket.