St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-13
Design Of the Fusion Yarns
That Are Being Sprung
With. Regularity.
The Independent Voters of
the State and the Party
They Came From.
Donnelly Sly1y Insinuates
That He Is Still in the Race
for Governor.
Fourth District Republicans
Will Meet at LindStrOm
September 8.


rather some of them, would like to see
the two wings of the grand old party,
headed by Knute Nelson and Ignatius
Donnelly respectively, united. they do
not seem to be making much Roadway.
For nearly a week past the official
morning organ of the party in st. Paul
has been filling its columns with absurd
stories regarding probable dickers and
deals between tine Democracy and the
Peoples party. No one paid any atten
ton to these yarns, because their design
was so evident to every one that they
were simply making the paper which
printed them ridiculous.
At the present time the Republican
leaders are confronted with grave
condition of affairs, not even the hand
some state chairman, bob" Jamlson,
or the industrious secretary. TamS Blk
by, being at all enthusiastic at the sit
uation. The results of the election OF
two years ago demonstrated conclu-
sively that the Republican party in this
state is split into two factions, one of
which still sails under the old party
name and the other of which was two
years ago called the Alliance, and i'll this
campaign is known as the Peoples
party. Of course of the leaders
of the machine who are working for
the election of Knute Nelson are very
anxious to get back good part of the
ago, and all this fusion talk had for it's
object the bringing back of those who
kicked over the traces two years ago.
The GLOBE has all along been aware
that there was nothing in the rumorS as
to the withdrawal of this or that candi-
date On the Peoples party ticket, but
did nOtdeem it necessary or worth the
trouble of saying so. The Democracy
of Minnesota has nominated splendid
state ticket which it proposes to elect,
and it will allow the DonneIly Republi-
cans and the Nelson Republicans to
fight out their own battles.
If there are any who doubt these
statements as to the makeup of the
Peoples party it is only necessary to
refer them to the court records of Hen
nepin county, where Mr.. DonneIly took
oath that he never voted Democratic
ticket in his life, and to the election re-
turns OF two years ago. In 1855 the
people of Minnesota voted as follows:
Harrison. 49,. .142. 492lFisk 80. .... 15,3n
Cleveland -. 104, 3s5 Total vote. 49,, 1Ss
Two years ago in the state election
the vote was as follows:
SS,lill
Wilson. -. -. SSH Total vote .24O,se!
Owen. ........ Ssh Decrease 1890. l,296
Plukham-.. 5, "A
1t is fair to assume that this decrease
affected each party in about the same
proportion. In the heavy Republican
counties the majority party probably
lost more tnan its proper ratio, and in
the heavy Democratic counties the same
thing was shown. To show that the
Lot 10 fr,n iob ~
cratic county of StearnS will be taken
as an example. In 1888 Cleveland re-
ceived 4,747 votes there, while two years
ago Judge Wilson +, was given but
3,915, although he mhad about the
same majority as Mr.. Cleveland.
In Brown Cleveland had 1,4S9, and
Judge Wilson LII. These examples
might be multiplied to any extent, but
it is not necessary. A comparison of
the election returns of 1883 and 1890 in
this state proves concluSively that the
voters who failed to exercise their
franchise in 1890 came in about equal
proportions from the Democratic and
Republican parties. This being the
case, a fair division of those 1000 miss
ing votes would be about as follows:
$4,000 Republican and 10000 Demo-
cratic.
Deducting 10000 votes from Mr..
CleveIand'S vote of 1855 and it leaves
just g., 3S5 Democrats who voted in the
fall election of 1890. Judge Wilson re-
ceived S5,S44 votes, which number taken
from the total number of Democrats
who voted leaves S,541 Democrats who
went with the old Alliance party who
voted for Mr.. Owen.
But how different was it with the Re-
publican party, which gave President
Harrison a plurality of over $4,000 four
years ago:
President Harrison's vote in 1888 was
142, 1872. Take from this the 1900 stay
at-home Republicans and there are left
$50, 492 men who voted the Republican
ticket in 1859, of which only SO. Ill cast
their ballots for Gov. Merriam in 1890.
The other 1881 went to S. M. Owen,
the Alliance candidate.
Is it any wonder that the Republican
organs and leaders are desperate and
are ready to do almost anything in the
hope that some of these $4,000 votes
may be won back to the party?.