St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-03

that report and saw that it got into the
hands OF their most venomous organ.
They very soon discovered that the
manager was not paying them TO usurp
the cuisines" of the star. They were
being employed 10 do their little turn
and ieave the star business alone until
called upon. 1t Glanced that their sharp
little game was about to react to the dis
advantage Of some of the hackers of the
great Republican side show. The bank
erS that were favored with large de-
posts of county funds were Republican
bankers. and prominent Republicans at
thar. They soon saw that the under
studies were called down. The report
on the county treasurer's books took
different form from the one orig
inally decided upon. And the mat
ter will go no further, either. These
little fellows intended TO push this mat
ter still further, not that they expected
to prove themselves in the right, but TO
make political capital. They will not do
ii. A II that was settled over week
ago. So the talk of the aforementioned
venOmOuS organ about grand jury in
vestigation, and such like rot. was
merely the mounting of an nnderstudy
who was not considered of sufficient i'm
portance to be let into the secret.
Many of the best Democrats in Mime
apOliS take kindly to the idea of fusion
with the Alliance men. If the local
men carry much weight, it is more than
likely that something besides talk will
come out of the Alliance convention
this week, in the way of a plan of
fusion. The North Star SympathiZers
are the most enthusiastic fusion advo-
Gates. They think they see chance TO
get something as against the almost ab-
Solute certainty of losing everything.
They argue that the Alliance men are
Democrats on all important issues and
that fusion is the most natural thing in
the world. They think that by fusion
it will be possible 10 get other than a
Republican governor, several congress
men who are Democrats or the same
thing, and the electoral vote. The
Alliance does not care so much for the
electoral vote, and they will probably be
willing to take something that they can
use to better advantage in exchange for
it. However, Il couple or days Will tell
What Will be done
The division of Minneapolis Republi-
cans luto Blaine and anti-Biane fac
tons is pronounced at last. Since the
publication of that Sioux Falls dispatch
about the effect of the divorce case of
young Blaine upon the presidential as
pirations of his father. there has been
no doubt of the existence of the
two factions in earnest. The Tribune
did not do as many of the BlainiteS eX-
pected it would OH the publication
of that article. 1t never took water'
for an instant. 1t did more than fail to
do that. 1t took several long. hard
punches at the Blaine men who had
presumed TO criticiSe it. And it did not
hesitate to refer to these Blaine men in
language anything but complimentary.
Clearly the Tribune intends to make a
fight on this question if a fight
is being searched for by the
other side. All of which indicates
that perhaps the Blaine sentiment is
not quite so strong in Minneapolis as
many have been led to suppose. 1t
seems hardly possible that the Tribune
would take the stand it has If the whole
city and state is one seethlng mass of
Blaine enthusiasts. There may be q
few Harrison men up this way who will
support the course of the Tribune. 1t
has been limited before that there would
not be SO much heard about Blaine in
Minneapolis if it were not for the per-
sistent outpOuring of the spirit by WILL
lam Henry Eustis, Col. William s.
King, Senator WaShburn and others
who might be mentioned. 1t is possible
that the men who keep silence, but who
WELD as much influence as these men
do, think as much of Harrison as of
Blaine.