St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-22
DEMOCRATS ARE FIRM
They Are Standing Steadily by
Their Party in Min
neSota.
Figures Show That Dissatisfied
Republicans Are Drifting
Away.

Senator F. Borchert, of Renville
county, who is the Populist candidate
for congress in the Third district, was
in st. Paul yesterday, and was seen at
the headquarters of the state committee
of his party. He says he has made a
careful canvass of five counties i'm his
district, and that the Populist ticket will
receive almost treble the Alliance vote
of 1890 in Carver and Siblev counties,
fully twice the vote of the Alliance party
of that year in Mcleod and Meeker
counties, and nearly twice the vote in
Renviile county. 1t will be remembered
that Renylile county was almost swept
by the Alliance party in 1890, hence, Mr..
Borchert remarked, it would be difficult
for the vote to be doubled now. Borch-
ert's canvass was from house to house
that is, he was assisted in it SO that
such polling of the people could be
made-and he knows whereof he speaks.
These five counties may, therefore. be
taken as a fair test of the political tide
throughout the state.
In 1888 there were only three candi-
dates for governor in the field-Repub-
lican, Democratic and Prohibitions: the
Alliance party had no candidate then,
and It's vote was divided between the
old parties, each Alliance man voting
according to his old political faith. 1t is
claimed by the Republicans that the
Alliance party did not draw from the
Republican party, but gained as much
strength and even more from the Dem
ocratic party. Here are some interest
ing figures to prove that the Republican
assertion is not true, and that the Alli-
ance party carved its vote almost en-
tirely out of the Republican party, the
same as the Peoples party is doing this
year:
In 1888 the vote for governor in Carver
1896; Harrison (Pro.}, 81. In 1893 the vote
for governor In this county stood: Merriam
99l; Thomas Wilson, 1892; owen (AlI.) J, 299;
Pinkham Pro.), is.
1888: Merriam, 1852; Wilson, 1916; Harri-
son, 124. Vote for governor in 1890: Mer-
ram, SCI; Wilson, 1,6l4; owen, Ala; Pink
ham, 73.
Meeker Countrywide for governor in 1888:
Merriam, 1,73O; Wilson. 1.21S; HARRISON 265.
| Vote for governor in 1890: Merriam I,24I !;
Wilson, l,oS4; Owen, 52s; Pinkham, 178.
| Renyille County-Vote for governor in
| 1888: Merriam, 1,76l: Wilson, l,l49; Harri-
| son, 237. Vote for governor in 1890: Mer-
RAM, :O93: Wilson. III; Owen, 1000; Pink
ham, 81.
siblev County-vote for governor in 1885:
| Vote for governor IN 1899: Merriam, 1,023;
| Wilson, 1873; owen, SIS: Pinkham, ID.
1t will be seen from these figures that
the combined vote of Carver for Merri-
am and Owen in 1890 was 1920, only rs
votes less than Merriam received in
| 1888, when there was no Alliance candi-
date in the field. In Mcleod county the
combined vote of Merriam and Owen in
1890 was 1,276, only eight votes less than
| Merriam received in 1888. In Meeker
| county the combined vote of Merriam
and Owen was 1,769, only 80 votes more
than Merriam received in 1883. In Sib-
| ley county the combined vote of Merri-
am and Owen was 1,53S, which was 257
votes more than Merriam received in
1888. In Renville county it will be seen
that Owen drew about equally from the
old parties. This was due to the fact
that MI. Borchert lived in that county,
and had large personal following in
| both parties. BE was elected to the
state senate that year as an Alliance
| man.
In four-fifths of the counties of the
state the combined vote of Merriam and
Owen was within few votes of the
number cast for Merriam in 1888, as the
| official figures show. And these figures
prove conclusively that the Republican
farmers and not the Democratic have
become dissatisfied with their party
Reports from all over the state show
that the Peoples party will poll more
thah double the vote of the Alliance
party; and they also show that the
growth of the Peoples party is coming
from the Republicans.