St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-24
Minnesota's Delegates Will
Present His Name and
Urge His Nomination.
All the States West OF the
Mississippi Are Counted
for Him.
A Conference of the Govern
or's Friends Held YeSter-
day Afternoon.

Several months ago the GLOBE pre-
dicted tie nomination Of the above
ticket at the Minneapolis convention,
and stated the reasons which make Gov.
Merriam a strong candidate for the
second pia ace on the ticket in case Secre-
tary Blaine is nominated for the first
place. at that time. although the
newspapers of the country took up the
matter and discussed the availability of
Gov. Merriam in fiattering manner,
the denomination of President Harrison
seemed to he almost assured, especially
to those unacquainted with the power
and the viruience and intensity of the
leaders who are opposed to the man
from Indiana. OF course the nomIna-
ton of President Harrison. Western
man, for the first place would make the
nomination of an Eastern man for vice
president absolutely necessary, and on
this account the suggestion of Gov. Mer-
ram was not taken seriously, except
by few Of the Minnesota leaders.
But things have changed in the past
few days, and there is no longer any
doubt that Minnesota will have candi-
date for the nomination for second
place ON ticket beaded by the
.Plumed Knight" The anti-Harrlson
men have triumphed; already the oppe-
sition concede their defeat, and the only
question is who shall be nominated for
second place. Many without thinking
say it must be Blaine and Alger. But
Alger will not be the man, for several
reasons, only one of which need be
ho MI oil IC
that he cannot get it.
The character of the supporters of
President Harrison has been we'll illus
trated in the last few days. As soon as
it became evident that the opponents of
the president proposed TO use the name
of the secretary of state with which to
win the battle all the shouting host of
federal officials. who have been setting
up the pins and fixing conventions i'll
HarriSon's interests for the past six
months, at once deserted him. and are
now shouting more wildly than ever for
blaine, of Maine" This sudden trans
formation is vivid example of the
spirit which brought forth the cry, lie
Roi est mort; viye lie ROi."
But there is one thing that the feder-
ais officials who are Harrison men can
and will do, and this is prevent the
nomination of Gen. Alger for vice pres
ident This they can easily do, because
the Michigan man will have no great
popular demand back of his candidacy
as will be the case with the Blaine
movement. In this event the name of
Gov. Merriam will be good one to
bank on. He is a representative young
Republican, and halls from the breezy,
prosperous and rapidly growing North
west. section that has usually fur
nished a great many electoral votes to
the Republican national tickets. but
has received very little recognition from
the party. The break of two years ago
demonstrated to the leaders that the
Northwest can no longer be safely neg
lected. and If Blaine is chosen TO head
the ticket the second place will GER
tainly be given to man from the great
empire west of the Mis- sissippi.
What strength will the Minnesota
chief executive have to staff with in the
national convention?
In the first place the solid delegation
from this state will be for him and will
not only present his name but will also
work with might and main to secure
him the nomination. The DakotaS,
Montana, Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and i'll fact all states west OF the Missis-
Sippi are expected to fall in line for the
Minnesota favOrite. A meeting of a
number of the friends of Gov. Merriam
was held in this city yesterday. at
which the situation was canyaSSed and
the decision made that the governors
name should be presented as the candi-
date of Minnesota for the vice preSi-
dency. One of the men who attended
this gathering was seen last evening
and asked about the matter.
The name of Gov. Merriam will be
presented to the Minneapolis conyen-
tion," he said, land we fully expect
him to be the nominee for vice presl-
dent in the event that Blaine is nomi-
mated for president, which now seems
almost certain. Gov. Merriam has all
along been warm supporter of Presi-
dent Harrison, believing him entitled to
a denomination because Of his splendid
administration. | do not know how he
feels now that the nomination of Blaine
seems foregOhe opinion, and | have
not consulted him in regard to this mat
ter yet, but he will not refuse to allow
his own state to present his name for
the second place"
But how about Gen. Alger and Sec
rotary Rusk?"
ION, they will kill each other off," he
said. I'VE hope to secure all the cOun-
try west of the Mississippi for the gov
ernor. as we'll as a great many Eastern
votes. The balance will be divided be-
tween RuSk, Alger and several others.
Tie friends of both Alger and Rusk
can come to our candidate. and will do
so before they will change from one to
the other. Ana why should the North
west not be given a place on the ticket?
All the leaders recognize that one of
the two men on the ticket must be from
what in the East is termed 1.-The
West" Of course in the minds
of the people of the Atlantic
coast all the country west of the Allie
ghenes belongs TO the West but
they are beginning to learn that they
must look little further to find the
real West. When they come to Mime
apoliS and see these two great cities and
learn by observation what great coun-
try we have west of the Mississippi
they will agree with us that the Father
of Waters must hereafter be consid-
cred as the dividing line between the
East and the West"
"What was done at your meeting?'
Several of the delegates to the Min
neapOlis convention were present either
in person or by proxy" was the an
swer, land after looking over the Situa
tion it was agreed that i'll case of the
nomination of Mr.. Blaine. the name of
the governor should be presented. All
the delegates will be communicated
with, as we'll as those from other states.
No great campaign will be made, be-
cause the governor will not listen 10
it, but he cannot prevent his
friends doing all they can for
him. Of course, the holding of the con-
vention at, Minneapolis will. make it
easy to work up degree of enthusiasm
for him that will have a great effect.
The ticket "Blaine and Merriam
would be a winner by an old-time ma
jerity in this state, and will at once re-
move all doubt as to how Minnesota
will vote in Noyembe."
"And why should not Gov. Merriam
be selected to fill the second place on
the ticket" continued the gentle
l.