St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-21
M'CLEARY IN FRONT
Although 1t Is Shrewdly
Guessed That Charlie
Davis Will Win.
The Mankato Man Has a Ma
jority Counting Verbal
Pledges,
But the st. Peter Candidates
Cleverness May Pull
Him Through.
Turrell and Dunn Apparently
Only Sable Steeds in
the Contest.
Special to the Globe.


Special to the Globe.
MANKATO. Minn.. July 2O.-Deleg4
ates to the Second district Republican
congressional convention have nearly
all arrived. The Turrell men wear a
badge with their candidates portrait.
McCleary, Turrell and Davis are on
hand, and each has opened headquar-
terS at the Saulspaugh. Dunn. Of
Wennebago City, is expected in the
morning. But as he is groomed as a
dark horse his presence is not imperat-
i've. The several candidates are pretty
we'll reported and each is busy inter-
viewing other fellows friends. Each is
confident. The contest between Nc
Cleary and Davis is so close that it was
thought that Watonwan, the last county
to hold its convention, would decide the
contest in favor of one or the other.
TELEGRAM says that McCleary got four
and Davis three, continuing the contest
painfully close. 1t is thought that
should Turrell withdraw, which is not
improbable his strength will chiefly go
to Davis. McCleary, while the can
didate of Blue Earth, is not as heartily
supported as he should be.
At Midnight
it looks as if the contest would he a very
lively one. McCleary is an energetic.
talented gentlemen. but having his
habits and inclinatiOns well formed be-
fore entering political lines, it is pretty
hard to adapt himself to the practices of
the professional politicians, and hence
he Is liable to be imposed upon. He is
truthful man, and, accrediting
the same manly attribute to his
fellowmen, is disposed to accept
what is told him. He conf
IDENTIFY looks for his own NOM
nation if not on the first, certainly on
the second or third ballot. Seventy is
the vote claimed Oil the first ballot, and
this expectation is based on the reports
received from friends and supporters in
the several counties. He is supported
at home by a delegation of his own Sc
lection. But he has an adrOit and skill
full opponent in Charlie Davis, of NicoI-
let. Davis entered the field quite late,
but he has availed himself of every
hour OF bright sunshine
To Make His Hay
and has good deal of it secured. Mr..
Turrell, of Redwood, though advanced
in years. came down to the convention
with a strong backing from his own 10
cality. He has lived i'm the upper Min
nesOta valley for many years, his kindly
nature has manifested itself in acts of
generosity towards many settlers in the
hour of need, and as credit to
true humanity it may be said
Farlbault county has instructed her
delegates TO support Andrew c. Dunn.
All able lawyer, VINO has pretty good
bar'l, as the result of life of hard
work and economy, but which he is not
likely to use for such fleeing fancieS us
political glory. He is a rock bound Re-
publican. There is nothing resembling
homeopathy i'll his politics, for he fa-
vOrs protection to its fullest limit, and
all its attendant helesies. Andrew C.
was once Democrat, but, during the
TO the rising party, he determined to
swallow everything, present and pros
pective, in its platform, and he has
lived sQuarely to the record.
The Professors Prospects.
McCleary ought to get the nomination
if those who pretend to be his friends
are true to him. He believes that he
has carried majority Of the delegates,
and | have 10 doubt that he has the
promise of enough delegates to nomi-
nate him on the first ballot. But
strange fact in this campaign is that
only two counties have instruct
ed outright for him. His remain
ing support is promised verbal
ly, but not instructed in cold
and unchanging printers ink. Turn
Charlie Davis and his skiIlful supporters
loose in a convention composed of this
kind of material. and they must be
good deal better than the average Re-
publican politician if they do not leave
their impress. He has good trading
do not say he will use it,
but it does not take very keen optics to
see that if Davis is nominated in the
Second district, and being from NlcOllet
county, the home of Lieut.. Gov. Ives, it
is not very probable that
Lightning Will Strike
in the same locality twice, even though
the atmosphere is well charged with
electricity, and the Republican candi-
late for governor taken from the same
'brainy" community. The Scandinavia
an Republicans, trembling and fearful
IF the heavy inroadS which the Peoples
party has made and still is making into
heir ranks in the western counties.
will. Lille the drowning man. catch at
;traws, and, thinking that the nOmina-
ion OF knute, the little Norwegian, may
check and even reclaim part of this
exodus, they may vote and induce their
friends to vote in this congressional COZ
1ention different from their first inclira-
ion and SO as to enhance Knute's sue
,eSS. Do you see point here?