St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-11
STATE PRESS TIPS.

The Osakis Review settles the Seventh dis
trict problem off hand. 1t says that las to
our candidate for congress here i'll the Sew
enth dstrict-H. E. Boen-his election is a
foregone conclusion. and the holding of con-
ventions by the two old parties will only be
in form 10 preserve their organizations SO far
as possible
The Montevideo Leader declares for Nc
Cleary. 1t says that 1.-The man we would have
Chippewa county stand by is eminently bet
ter fitted for congress than any of the gen.
tlemen who want to take the place he will
surely occupy. He is man who has al
ready acquired national prominence as an
educator of educators. To make long
story short, we place OH our banner the name
OF the winner and Chippewa county's first
choice, Prof. j. McCleary, of Mankato."
The Grant County Herald has the follow
ing: Grant has been considered an anti
Donnelly county, but it isn't The Alliance
county mass convention of last Saturday. by
q majority of one, refused to recognize the
Darlington Phelps side show. Thus Mr.
Donnelly has not only the Peoples party OF
Grant, but also clear majority of the ALI
ance party. With all this backing he ought.
il nominated for governor, to carry the coun-
ty, but be wouldn't poll more than one vote
in SEVEN
The Appleton Press announces its plat
form. and it is good one. 1t says that ''the
coming Republican state convention ought
to make the betterment of our country roads
one of the prominent planks in its platform.
The questions of tariff and silver to say
nothing of the many issues which this year
make SO many political platforms such I'M
weildly structures pale into insignificance
beside the improvement of these arteries of
town ana country commerce. There is more
time and money lost through poor roads
than through any other one source, and the
sooner our road laws are changed, our roads
made with system and repaired and kept up
with Judgment, the sooner these vast sums
will be saved to the people. to say nothing
of the increased comfort of level, dry roads,
The Slayton Gazette says that Nelson is
believed to be Merriam's candidate for gov
ernor and that he (Merriam) has purpose
in view. He is working for Merriam just as
he has been IN the past. BY his political
workings Merriam has done much to build.
up the Alliance party in this state, and aside
from the large number of voters he has
driven from the Republican party, over 5000
Republican voters scratched his name from
the head of the ticket two years ago. This is
pretty strong protest against the political
methods of Bill Merriam, and if the party is
wise it will take cognizance of this protest
and not nominate a man that is chosen by
the gang, even though he live outside the
cities"
The st. Cloud Journal-Press accepts Nell
sons nomination as foregone conclusion.
1t says: las the date for holding the Re-
publican state convention approaches, what
ever doubt there may have been as to the
wishes of majority of the party as to the
name which should head the ticket van
ishes. To those who had been close observ
ers of party sentiment 1t had been evident
for some time that Hon. Knute Nelson was
the man who could best unite and to the
greatest extent draw out the Republican
voting strength in the state at the coming
election. During the past few weeks, how
ever, it must have become apparent to all
that the current of preference was setting
strongly in that direction, and that his nomI-
nation had become practically certainty"