St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-31
BUNC0MbE IN CHUNKS
Enthusiastic State League Re-
publicans Predict over
whelming Victory.
But Wiser Heads, at Meeting
and Banquet, Give Them
Advice.
Anti-Buell Resolutions Pre-
sented to the Cleveland
Club Last Night.
North Star Association Com
~1o;%k1 Moo%:,,o ~ Two CnH-
North Star Association Com
mite Meeting--Two Sud-
den Deaths.

Yesterday the much-heralded meet
ing of the committeeman of the State
League of Republican clubs and the
members of the state central committee
was held in Minneapolis. The Union
league acted as host on the occasion.
The meeting was held in the Union
league rooms, and was as dry as any
meeting of political nature could
be. The local Republicans eX-
pected to gather about 100
of the representative Republicans
of the state, but succeeded in mastering
not many more than half that number
Many letters were read during the af-
ternoOn meeting from men who could
not attend, and all of them breathed
about the same reason for nOn-attend-
ance-the seeding season. A notable
feature of the meeting was the absence
of the old-line Republicans. The stays
of the Union league and the men who
have fought Republican battles in
Minneapolis since Minneapolis came
into existence were conspicuous by
their absence. The business of enter
tanning the visiting politicians was
turned over entirely to the kid" ele-
ment in the party.
John Goodn0w. as president OF the
State League of Republican clubs,
opened the business in the afternoon by
reading a long annual report He first
gave history of the league move
ment = or the club movement
the Il publlcans prefer to call
it. He told about the appoint
ment Of the famous committee Of 100 to
organize the state. the sending out OF
the letters to Republicans in all parts Of
the state and the resultant meeting in
Minneapolis, where lie was elected pres
ident. The most of his report was given
up 10 these historical "reminiscences.
AT the close he gave the members of
the league some advice. 1t was not
necessary for the Republicans. he
said, to win over any Democrats in
Minnesota in order to win. Ali the
party mad to do was to get every Repub-
lican to vote straight. Then the hear
ing of reports from the various counties
began. The rep0I terS were allowed to
attend on condition that they suppress
any matter that the president of the
state league might ask 10 be held out;
consequently much interesting matter
will not appear in the daily papers.
In the main, the reports from the
counties were rather dry. 1t was notice
able that but few OF the committeeman
had anything to report about the organ
lZatiOn of clubs. They all promised to
do so as soon as the crops were in the
ground, but they could not get at 1t
just now. Another thing, most of them
thought it unwiSe to begin cam
palgn too early. They found that. the
Democrats were alive throughout
the state and would make hard fight
in the coming campaign. Many of the
reporting committeeman tried to assure
the world that the Alliance was fast
disappearing from the earth. 1t was
evident, too, that Ignatius Donnelly and
"Doc" Fish could not have counted
many friends among those present.
They came in for rap from almost
every man. Some of the speakers
referred to Donnelly and Fish i'll Ian
guage that cannot be reproduced in
newspaper. Humorous references to
the "dollar verdict" were also numer-
Gus. Many of the speakers said that
the "hold your wheat" had done meal
culable good to the Republican cause.
More of them frequently spoke of the
effect upon the farmer of "a cents a
bushel for his wheat, and inferred that
it would drive them into the Republican
ranks. just what the connection
between Ga cents for wheat and Repub-
licanism many Of the listeners could
not make out. Some of the wiser heads
among the assembled warned the Re-
publicans that they must not expect the
Alliance to die so easily. They assured
everybody that the Alliance was work
ing right along just as hard as ever,
while the Republicans were reposing
in fancled security. Aud so it went.
1t took so long to receive these reports
from the counties that but little time
was left for the discussion of other
business.
The matter of holding mass meeting
in Minneapolis during the Republican
national convention came up and was
discussed as fully as the time would
permit The whole matter or arranging
for mass meeting was left to the pres
ident and the secretary. They will prob
ably communicate with the members of
the league throughout the state and as
certain the feeling. Then the meeting
adjourned to the banquet at the Guar
anty Loan building.