St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
Republican Candidates Spent
Yesterday Doing Some
Missionary Work.
Blethen's Candidacy Settled
by the Primaries of Set
urday Night.
Samuel Putnam Sails Into
the Sunday Closers Of the
Big Fair.
Republicans Roasted by a w.
G. T. U. Woman--WiScon-
sin Lost.

Six days shalt thou labor for the cleo
ton of the delegates. and on the sew
enth thou shalt labor with the dele
gates, is the way Republican candi-
dates read it. Rest was not for them
Yesterday. They have worked from
''early morn till dewy eve'' for weeks,
until they have grown thin under the
strain. But they could not stop yester-
day, although it was Sunday. 1t being
the day when most men could remain
at home only melted them to fresh ex-
ertion.
And the situation is no clearer this
morning than it was Yesterday. A few
candidates are reasonably sure of NOM
ination. Most of the places on the
ticket are open to bidding. 1t is con-
for county attorney. J. n. Bearnes has
enjoyed the biennial felicity of mag
lining that he might be nominated, but
it went no further than Bearnes.
Willis A. Plummer is tolerably sure of
the nomination for register of deeds.
Bob McMullen is Plummer's strongest
opponent The advantage, however, is
with Plummer. lie has never fought
losing fight. Not SO McMullen. He has
been up for the same nomination more
than once. only to be knocked down
every time.
John H. Steele is chosen by the win
ner plckerS as the nominee for Judge of
probate. T. G. Harvey and G. 3. Leon
ard are the other candidates. Leonard
ran two years ago. He is weaker than
his party. Harvey came into the race
very late in the day, apparently hoping
that lock between Leonard and Steele
might land him choice. That is his
only chance.
Joe Mannix, for county auditor,
looks like a winner, too. ManniX has
as weak an opposition as any of the
candidates. &. r. Cooley is his might
lest foe. and Cooley's strongest backing
is the Flambeau club. Capt. j. E. Os-
borne has no chance. In spite of the
TIibune's authoritative announcement,
dictated by personal prejudice against
ManniX, that it looks like e. j. Minor
| for this nomination, Minor has never
been in the race. He could not be
nominated under any circumstances.
! He does not bring solid delegation
| from his own precinct even. Nothing
| but an open trade can beat ManniX.
One of the hottest contests OF the con-
vention will be over the nomination for
sheriff. Col. 'Bill'' McCrory never did
stand any chance of getting the nomina-
ton. III spite of his old soldier record
and the letters written i'll his behalf by
pseudo laboring men. The race is be-
| tween George d. Baxter, Chris Filing
sen and James Eye. Eye is running on
his past record, and Baxter and Filing
sen on their hustling abilities. These
two are in the lead. Baxter has the
one vote, and EllingSen is backed by
the Sixth solid. Eye has no one ward
clear. Ii Baxter can't be nominated
Eye will be, for his men will probably
choose Eye before Ellingsen.
Another hot fight will be over the
nomination for clerk of courts. 1t lies
between c. y. Dickey, Henry AItnow
and James w. Nash. George Tirreli is
only possible candidate through trad
ing. Dickey has more instructed dele
| cations than either OF the others.
Then there is the nomination for
county treasurer. That seems, on the
face of the returns. to lie between W.
| A. James and George c. Stillman. Both
| have strong backing. But other candi-
dates are j. W. Hernlund. c. l.. Cove,
William Heggum, J. w. Campbell and
John Peterson.
AS outlined above is the appearance
of the field of Republican candidates as
they come down the stretch to the
| Dul l1i IllQb lclSG uoSu DOSlllOIiS
may change. 1t all depends on the pos
sible rake-o If from the pool box-ballot
box, sO-called. just one fault exists in
the ticket here prognasticated-it pro-
| videS for no SWede or Norwegian
Those nationalities must be repre-
sented. The necessity for supplying
these nationalities with places is the
rock that may knock a hole i'll the bot
tom Of the craft carrying the leaders.
The primaries did not settle the for
tunes OF the county candidates.
While the selection of Republican
county ticket is still an open question
after the primaries, those same prima-
ries decided the fate of at least one city
candidate. Blethen is out of the NAV
orally race, SO far as the Republican
nomination is concerned. He may be
able to get the Peoples party to nomi-
nate him. but the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
He may as we'll close up the head
quarters in the Guaranty Loan building
and let Louis A. Reed go back to his
law practice. The sentiments expressed
| around the Republican polling places
and by the delegates elected TO the
county convention clearly shows that
| Blethen is not the choice of the Re-
publicanS. In a good many places.
more than one could imagine, pros
pective county convention delegates
| were made to prom Use that they would
oppose Blethen for mayor before they
coulG be elected to the county cOnven-
ton even.
Blethen has made the same mistake
this year that he made four years ago.
He began too early. A seasonable com
mencement is good thing for the ''still
hunt" candidate; for the hOOp-la man a
detriment. Blethen is in his political
methods, as we'll as in other walks. es-
sentially "hurrah boy" His campaign
was started under most favorable u.s.
pices. 1t has been running over
two weeks. and all that time
it has been a hurrah campaign.
Its force has been spent. The Republi-
can city convention is still at least two
weeks off, possibly more. The crest of
the wave of popularity has passed
Blethen. He is now behind it, and will
fall further behind constantly. He
wasted all his solid shot in the first
skirmish, and has nothing left for the
real battle but little damp powder that
burns with splutter and hiss.
Blethen's campaign has been truly
| Blethenlon. the story goes that when
Blethen was first put Oh the track his
supporters made him promise to keep
| out of it personally. All they asked him
to do was TO sit i'll his bank office, look
| dignified and admit that he would ac-
cept if nominated. They promised to
do the rest. But Blethen couldn't re-
main quiet. He had to charge into the
middle of the ring and shake
his horns at all sides. A seres of blum
| derS has resulted.
When it comes to hot skirmishes be-
fore the battle in the convention
First ward beats anything in the
| city. The contest between Perry
Long and Aid. John T. Meow
an for the aldermanic nomina-
ton is productive of new developments
daily. Long seems determined to break
into the city council If he has to do it
with jimmy" 1t may be said that
his best friends-the men who helped
send him to the Legislature and who
backed him for the aldermanic nomina-
ton until he was turned down by the
Irish caucus-have dropped him. They