St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-15

and the idol of the Republicans
of Minnesota. bat he refused 10
do so through a long contest,
and as one of the leading Republican
politicians put it yesterday, ''He mis-
represented the state by voting for that
Vermont iceberg. Senator Edmunds."
Judge" Newell is a man of positive
ideas. and it is not likely that he has
changed his mind as regards Mr.. Blame
since that time, and should the latter's
name be presented he will hardly vote
for him. All the other delegates, how
ever, with one or two exceptions, are
Blaine men. In case that Mr.. Blaine's
name is not presented. the Minnesota
men are not tied to President Harrison
by any means. Several OF them are
friendly 60 Gov. Mex inIey, one or two
are admirers of John Sherman, and sew
are for anybody who can defeat Mr..
Harrison.
When the Fourth district Republicans
elected George Thompson as one of the
district delegates his picture did not 90
out to admiring thousands, through the
patent ''insideS'' and "outsideS" fur
nished the local papers by the Pioneer
Press; but this did not prevent the
people of the state learning that Mr..
Thompson is the handsOmest man in
the entire delegation, not even except
ing Judge Stanford Newell, whose fur
collar and English lamhrequins adorned,
beautified and dignified the columns of
so many local papers throughout the
state Immediately fter athe meeting of
the late Republican state convention.
But Editor Thompson is more than
the handsome man of the delegation;
he is one of its leaders, and proposes to
have something to do with the work of
picking winner" at the Minneapolis
gathering. In the interview published
in Minneapolis paper a day or two
since he was made to decline the office
of president of the st. Paul Press club
in advance, on the ground that he
would be very much engaged during
the national convention, and would be
unable to attend to the duties OF the
office.
1.-The greatest amount of work for the
year will be during the Republican
national convention" this interview
ran, land shall he busy there, There
will be lots of combinations forming.
Harrison isn't going to have a walk
over"
"Who will be nominated if Harrison
isn't?' was question stated to have
been asked Mr.. Thompson.
Mckinley" was the answer ac-
cording to the interview.
Editor Thompson was seen yesterday
afternoon in his private office, where he
was hard at work figuring out the
standing Of the delegates so far elected
to the Minneapolis convention. The
result of his work, however, was not
intended for publication, and so the
GLOBE man was obliged to go away
without it. Col. Thompson was shown
the interview mentioned above, and
asked Whetherthe Minnesota delegation
would be solid for Maj. Mckinley.
1.-The Republicans of Minnesota" he
said, elected four delegates at large,
in whom l believe they have perfect
confidence. These four men were given
no instructions. and will probably do
what they consider best for the party.
No caucus has been held yet, and so
there is no way of telling how the dele
gates do stand. A caucus will be held
before the convention, | presume, and
the situation will be canvassed and
course Of action decided upOn."
But are you for Gov. Mckinley, as
reported?'
81 believe the Republicans of the
Fourth district felt that the delegates
they elected would do what they con-
sidered best for the party, and | believe
that our course will be perfectly salts
factory. The writer of that interview
has evidently suffered no diminution
of his we'll known powers in the Mum
ebausen line. He is probably getting
himself in condition to take the grand
lodge of Elks by storm when it meets in
a few weeks
While Mr.. Thompson is not making
any noise, there are reasons for believ-
ing that he cherishes a desire to spring
The name of Gov. Mckinley on the
Minneapolis convention.