St. Paul daily globe., 1892-01-02
Davis and Washbupn Not to-
Be Delegates TO Minneapo-
lis Convention.
Both Desirous to Go, But the
Younger Party Leaders Il
Say Nay. -
-, rg
The Annual Meeting Of the
Alliance Will Be the Event {.
Of the Week.
President Donnelly Will Paci.
fy His Enemies and Favor
Fusion.

| great revival in the public interest in
politics may be expected. For some
time past there have been meetings of
committees and leaders of the various
political parties. but the great mass of
the people paid no attention whatever
to them and it was impossible to stir up
| any feeling in the matter. Now. how
ever, all this will be changed. In less
than six months at least one and prob
ably two of the big national conventions
will be held and the first offensive move
made i'll one of the greatest political
combats in the history of this country.
| Already candidates for the Republican
| national convention are announcing
themselves in the different c0ngression-
al districts, and the political fur will
soon be flying in all directions.
Both Senator Davis and SENATOR
| Washburn are candidates for delegates
| to the Minneapolis convention, and are
| preparing to make vigorous fights for
the honors they seek. Senator Wash
| burn already has number of his re-
talnerS, who are supposed to be serving
/ the government i'll numerous fat places,
/ at work in his behalf in various parts of
| the state. Senator Davis is equally
| anxious to be representative from
/ Minnesota in the national convention,
| and will make a hard fight for it. He
will not have the same number of fed
| eral workers to look after his interests.
for the reason that he allowed the Min
! neapolis man to gather in at lie asst three
| fOurths of the good places for his
| friends. If a pool is made between the
| two senators, they may have enough in
/ fuence to secure their elections atlarge.
| In the event of their failure in the state
/ convention, the probabilities are thatSen-
! ator Washburn will be able to secure au
| election from the Fifth district, which
| is composed of Hennepin county alone
and is entitled to two delegates and two
] alternates. In the Fourth district things
| are different. Ramsey county will be
| given one delegate and the SurrOun ding
| counties the other, with like division
of the alternates. This may, and prob
| ably will. insure the defeat of Senator
] Davis il he tries to be elected delegate
| from the Fourth district.
Davis and Washburn have had
| enough of the hOnors of the party. and
must be defeated if they come up as
| candidates for places OIL the Minnesota
| delegation to the national convention
| While it is not generally known. this
| is the decision that number of the
| younger Republican leaders of the
| state arrived at. after a lengthy con-
| ference held at the time of the meeting
| Of the Republican state central commit
tee at the Windsor last month. Among
the leaders of this movement are men
| like John Goodnow, of Hennepin; Joel
| p. Heatwole, OF Northfield; Tams
Blx9yf the secretary of the COMMITTEES;
| w. j. Freaney, and many others equally
| prominent These men are divided as
TO their preferences as regards candi-
| date for the nomination, but they are
united in the belief that the United
! States senators ought to stand back and
| give some one else a show to go to the
national convention. They do not
feel under the necessity Of having
| the senator's returning home to tell
| them the name of the man the conven-
| tion ought to nominate and the Mime
can be added the advocates of the re-
| nomination of President Harrison,
! prominent among whom is Ex-senator
| q. A. Pierce, of Minneapolis. Senator
| Pierce and the HarrisoniteS generally
| will be against the senators because
| they are rampant Blaine men. Under
| the circumstances it is hardly likely
that Davis and Washburn will head the
Minnesota delegation i'll the Minneapo-
| lis convention next June.
| 1nO LHCCGlIS vi Ill0 Mill
| neSota Farmers Alliance, which will be
| held in Minneapolis this week, has
served to ''stir up the aDlmals," so to
| speak, and the outcome will be watched
| with considerable interest. The proba-
| bilities are that President Ignatius Don
| nelly will be reelected with little Op-
| position and that the Peoples party or
| ganization will be indorsed. This Will
be opposed by some, who are enthusias-
| tic for the third party, but believe that
| it should be continued as the Alliance
party. Nearly all of these opponents of
Donnelly are strongly in favor of fusion
next year aud they will fall in line
when they learn that Mr.. Donnelly
| practically agrees with them in this
matter. Mr.. Donnelly has already de-
elared himself in favor of the nomina-
| tion of S. NJ. Owen for governor
by the Alliance or Peoples party. and
when he was in st. Paul few weeks
ago he talked favorSbly regarding fu-
sion. He then thought that the fight
| for the legislature would be made as 1T
was two years ago, and that there might
| be a fusion on the state, congressional
| and electoral tickets.
| Mr.. Donnelly has enemies, and plenty
| of them, but he has none who are SO
| bitter that they decry his ability as a
| politician. He has made mistakes In
| politics, but he has made many brilliant
| moves as well. and he will make one of
| the most brilliant if he carries things as
| he desires at the coming annual meet
| ing. He knows that without fusion
| the third party will be unable to eject a
| state officer, a congressman or a presi-
dental elector, and he is ready and will
| ing to effect combination with the.
| Democrats on everything. A man who
stands close to him said yesterday:
81 believe Mr.. Donnelly Will come
out of the annual meeting with f1yingg
eolors and the support of many meIF
who are now against him. He is not
opposed to fusion with the Democrats
| next year, as has been asserted, but Ons
the contrary, will favor it. Ills idea of
a fusion will take in congressmen,s
electoral ticket, state officers and legisE
| lature. He would divide these as fol4
| lows between the Alliance or Peoples s
party and the Democrats:
Electoral Ticket-Nine; five Demos
Gratis and four Peoples party men, or.
| vice versa. 5
Congressmen-Dem four; AlE
lance, three.
lieutenant governor, a Democrat; sec4
retary of state, Alliance: trearurer, a
Democrat; attorney general, Alliance.s
United States Senator-A Democrat
or an Alliance man, according to which
party has a majority of the fusion party
nenrin thu Legislature.
This plan contemplates the nominal
| ton of Senator John b. Hompe in the
Seventh district, and an equally prom
inent Alliance man in the Second dis
| frlct, probably Gen. James III. Baker,
both of whom could probably secure the
| Endorsement of the Democrats of these
districts.
| The Democrats of. Minnesota will
/ enter the coming campaign in better
| shape than ever before. The Demo
cratic association has been keeping
| very quiet during tie past year, but it