St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-31

with many independent Republican
candidates reaching out for honOrS
reckless about the result of too much
competition, lis one thatnaturaily makes
the Republican committee fearful and
the prospects OF Senator G. K. Davis
Extremely Gloomy.
The hope, not to say expectation, OF
the committee is that there will be such
a reaction favorable 10 the Republican,
that the legislature will be oYerwhem.
ingiy Republican in both houses. Mr..
Davis chances seem to be scarcel,
worth taking into consideration. Hi
name is Denis.
The Peoples party headquarters talk.
ers were Sanguine that Ignatius Don.
nelly will get double the vote cast fol
the candidates Of the party two years
ago. That would give them 1l6,0Ot
votes. If the Republicans get the 1OO..
600 they count upon, MIR. Eckford'S cal.
culatiOns will leave only "a, 600 votes fol-
the Democrats, PrOhibltlonists and
scattering. OF course, they not only
elect their electors an governor. but
are sure" of winning the representa-
tIveS. in congress in the First, Second,
Third and Seventh districts; hopeful of
the Fourth and Fifth, and generous
enough to give the Republicans the
Sixth. They give the Democrats just
nothing. whatever. From the reports
received concerning the outlook in the
legislative districts, in which it was
admitted that there was a ten
dency to work with the Demo
Gratis so as to prevent the Republicans
from getting majority on joint ballot,
there was no doubt that the opposition
would be nearly as strong as it is in tha
present legislature. Mr.. Donnelly, who
is speaking at least once a day in hi.
own behalf, says there is no doubt
about the increase of the party, and he
expresses the opinion that neither OF
the old parties are prepared for the re-
ports that will be made from the polls
Nov. 8.
Chairman Lewis Baker, of the Demo
cratic state committee, is also editor OF
the st. Paul GLOBE, and his secretary,
Woodworking partner in the cam.
paign. is p. j. Smalley, a near relative
OF the New York Tribune's Silenced Lon,
don correspondent. The campaign that
is being brought to a close has been i'll
operation for many msnthS. The Dem.
ocratlc party has
Developed So Much Strength,
ana mas won so many riumphs i'll Min.
neSota in recent years that it begins tG
put the proper estimate of value upon
organization, and it keeps organized
MIR. Baker says: I'VE have done Sc
hopes for the fultilment OF what we are
not responsible. We have never prom
ised that this state would go Democratic
on the presidential election. The best
that we could promise, i'll view OF the
TACT that 1t has never given anything
but Republican plurality, and that it
gave Harrison nearly 10000 four years
ago, was that we would make it hot for
the Republicans. We have done that.
There was little chance-none al all. 10
be candid-to get the electors, with Il
third party as active, earnest and large
as the Peoples party in the fight.
Our electors, or four of them,' said
Mr.. Baker, "were found to be ineligible.
They resigned. The state committee,
after considering the matter carefully,
decided that 1t would be more helpful
to Mr. Cleveland and mere hurtful to
Mr.. HarriSon'S chances of success to
allow the vacant places to remain un-
filled and TO indicate four Weaver elect
OrS who would be preferred by Demo-
Gratis III voting the electoral ticket. The
men picked out were Democrats. and
their votes would never elect Harrison
if his election depended upon them. |
may say that there has been 10 dissat-
tee. There have been many assurances
from the Peoples party, by individuals,
that they will return the compliment by
voting for four OF the Cleveland elect
OrS. Whatever else may happen, it is
as certain as anything can be in politics
that Harrison Will lose four Of the elect
orS from Minnesota. 1t is by 10 means
impossible that he Will lose all nine,
and that Cleveland will have part of
them. If Harrison should get all and
yet not have majority OF the electoral
votes. Minnesota would vote in the
house of representatives tor Cleveland"
The Democratic state committee does
not begin To "ciaim everything" the
candidate for governor, Daniel w. Law
Ter, is popular, bright, personally at
tractive man; good talker. with some
of the Daniel Dougnerty oratorical
style, with little steam on. The rest
of the state ticket is considered good.
The Democratic expectation is that the
Peoples party vote will be less than its
state committee and Candidate Donnelly
claim for it. Ii DonneIIy and the
Weaver electors get 900 votes they
will be doing very well. The Democrats
assume that the Republicans, with her
culean effort, may get 1O0,0o0 votes for
Harrison. ana possibly more. If the
Republicans secured the increase that
they seem to be entitled to, they would
have 100000. This may eject Knute
Nelson, but the votes OF 10000 Demo
Gratis and Peoples party men, voting
for four Weaver electors, will divide
the vote of Minnesota i'll the electoral
college. The best showing the Eepub-
licans can make will not mend the
broken pitcher Tne Democrats have
never elected a representative in con
gless in It presidential year; Yet they
are hopeful Of carrying the First dis
trict, reasonably certain of the Third.
hopeful OF the Fourth, ami fighting for
the Fifth and Sixth.