St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-07
The Republican Canvass Be-
ing Narrowed Down in
the Sixth.
Duluth Must Name the Man,
and Sutphin Stands Out
Alone.
Minnesota Will Probably
Choose an Anti-HapriSon
Delegation.
The War on the Candidacy Of
Knute Nelson Is Growing
Hotter.

The Republican congressional nOmi
nation in the new Sixth district will not
go begging this year; in fact, the woods
which cover so large part of that dis
trict may be said to be full of candi
dates. The fact that the district is
close one politically renders the situa-
ton dOubly Interesting, on account of
the influence which hard fight prellm-
mary to the nomination may have upon
the chances of election of the Republi
can nominated. The real struggle, how
ever, will be over the locality rather
than the personal qualities and stsength
of the men. The district extends from
Wright county on the south to the Brit
ish line, and the politicians are attracted
to either one or the other of the two
centers, st. Cloud and Duluth. The
counties of st. Louis, Lake, ltasca,
Carlton, Crow Wing, Aitkin, Hubbard,
Cass, Betrami and Cook are closely
connected with Duluth, and may be set
down as favorable to the nomination of
a Duluth Republican.
Around Stearns are the counties of
Benton, Morrison, Wright. AnOka, Mile
Laos, Todd, Sherburne and Pine, ali of
which may be set down for st. Cloud
rather than Duluth. But the lines are
already drawn, and in a very few weeks
the battle will commence. The Zenith
City wants the next congressman, and
she wants him badly. His name, how
ever, is still unknown, and it will not be
until after a hard-fOught battle has
been Waged in the St. Louis county
primaries that the Duluth candidate
will be known. Among those who have
been mentioned at various times are:
EX-Mayor Sutphin, q. q. Hartley and
S. A. Thompson. Mr.. Hartley, some
time ago, announced that he would be a
candidate under no circumstances. This
was at the time believed to mean tnat
he was out of the race, but the recent
oh nge in the management of the Du-
luth news is considered by some to
me; that Mr.. Hartley has changed his
mind and will make all effort to secure
the nomination..
Ex-Mayor John B. Sutphin is I'M
doubleday able to carry the Republican
primaries against any other man men
toned. He is very popular i'll the Du-
uth, las well as in many other counties in
that section. But Mr.. SutDhin is not.
and will not be, candidate against his
friend Hartley. In case the latter does
not care to Try for the honor, it can be
set down as certain that the eX-mayor
will be in the field.
Little is known OF Mr.. Thompson out
side of Duluth, although.as secretary of
the Zenith City chamber of commerce,
he has lost no chance to make himself
solid with the peOple of the city. Well
Informed politicians i'll Duluth, how
ever, are unit in the opinion that MI.
Thompson will not do at all.
The feeling of the st. Louis county
4
eral on this question is that some Du-
Iuth Republican must be nominated.
Hon. o. ID, Kinney, of Ely, member
of the lower house of the legislature, in
discussing the situation a few days
ago expressed himself very forcibly in
regard to The feeling of st. Louis
county.
'The Republican nominee for con-
greSS in this district will be a Duluth
man." he said. II can't tell at the
present time who will be the nominee.
All | know is that we are going to Sc
cure the honor. 1t is really of the
utmost import lance that Duluth should
have the nomination. Our interests de-
mand that 4 careful and Interested eye
be kept on the national and state legis-
latures. We want a great many things
of congress that can be secured better
luth than by one who resides In anoth-
er part of the district"
Outside of st. Louis, the only county
that will present a candidate for the
Republican congressional nomination
is Stearns, and here, as i'll st. Louis,
there are several either in or about to
enter the race. Among those who have
been mentioned are Hon. f. E. Searle,
Hon. ID. w. Bruckart, Col. William
Westerman and Judge D. b. Searle.
Frank Searle has positively refused to
allow his name to be considered, AS have
Mr. Bruckart and Col. WeSterman. This
leaves the field clear to Judge Searle,
who, it is conceded, can have the dele
cations from StearnS and the sur
rounding counties if he SO desires
in the congressional nomination.
With the soath secure, Judge
Searle recently invaded the Duluth end
of the district. He has filled the place
of Judge Stearns OH the district court
bench for several weeks past, and has
enrolled the lawyers of Duluth under
his banner. In addition to this, Judge
Searle has entered into number of bus
mess undertakings with Duluth men,
and has about as good as become a res
ident of the city. This has brought to
him the support of great many Du-
luthians. and, unless Hartley and SUIT
phin enter actively into the fight, it
seems likely that the st. Cloud jurist
will be given the nomination. In the
event Of Judge Searle' candidacy for the
Republican nomination the fight be-
tween the sections will not materialize.
Duluth. while probably preferring
resident, possesses no one upon whom
the warning factions of the local Re-
publican party can unite half SO we'll as
they can upon Judge Searle. But 1t
Judge Seare declines there will be
contest as vigorous as the Kindred-Nel-
son struggle.