St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
LOST TO THEM FOREVER
One by One Scaniinavians Are
Deserving the Republican
Party.
Frantic Efforts of Managers to
Recall Them Without
Avail.

The ScandInaVlanS are leaving the
Republican party. This fact has gone
beyond mere guess work. The evil
dences are apparent Oh every hand. To
save and bring them back into line the
Republicans have put forth their utmost
means in this campaign. Money has
proven of no avail, and, in the very face
of the most liberal applications of this
whilom potent influence, the national
ity has gone from the party almost by
communities. Ignatius Donnelly claims
he has caused the break. and that they
are f1ocking to him; but this is
not altogether true. For some
years back the Scandinavians
have been growing weary of Repub-
to the Democratic party few at time;
and while these few were going over
many more were growing lukewarm
and voted the Republican ticket only
from force of habit. For long time
back the bulk of the NOrwegians In the
cities have been pronounced Democrats;
but the Swedes have been slower to
give up their early faith. Now the
Swedes have also yielded to the in
fuence of their better judgment. Mr..
Donnelly will undoubtedly get portion
of them, but it is not he who has turned
them, and the Democratic party will
get enough of them to carry it on to vic
tory in Minnesota.
Among the measures put forth by the
Republicans to stay the tide was the
bringing into the state of celebrated
Swedish orators. John Enander, who
has worldwide fame as Swedish
stump orator, in fact he is as famous in
that tongue as Ingersoll in the English,
was hired at large salary to make a
thorough canvass of the state. Among
the cities in which he was billed and adj
vertised extensively to speak were Min
neapolis, st. Paul, Duluth, Winona and
even Red Wing, that old stronghold of
Swedish Republicanism. 1t was natur-
ally expected that the Swedish popula-
ton would flock to hear him at every
point for miles al Ound; one so famous
could not fail to draw all the old-time
Republicans of the nationality, and also
was what they thought. But look at
the result. At Minneapolis, that city
which has the largest Swedish popula-
ton of any in the Northwest, he spoke
to an audience of less than 200. At St.
Paul Market hall was hired for him, and
it was expected that it would be filed
so full that there would be an overflow
meeting, and so some lesser lights were
employed to speak to the overflow. But
instead Mr.. Enander arose before an
audience of scarcely 800, some of whom
were Americans and there out of
curiosity. The handful of people
looked so lonesome IN the great room,
which will accommodate nearly 1000
people, that Mr.. Enander's heart was
broken, and he made very brief and
tame effort. From st. Paul he went to
Duluth, and there he was greeted by an
audience of about 400. He expected to
speak to an audience in Minneapolis of
10000, to 5000 in st. Paul, and to at
least 5000 in Duluth. These cities are
fair samples of the reception Mr.. En-
ander received most everywhere he
spoke. In only two places did
his audience come up to any
thing he expected to see. These
were rural points where open
air meetings were held, and the people
took advantage of an opportunity to
have a gala day. The Swedish orator
| left Minnesota yesterday discouraged.
He would not admit that his cold recep-
ton was due to the departure of the
| Swedes from the party, but laid the
| failures at the doors of the various COM
| mittees, charging that they did not
| properly advertise his meetings.
| The st. Paul and Minneapolis Scandi-
navians have gone mostly to the Demo-
cratic party, and this is true in most of
the cities. They will vote for Cleveland
| and LAWYER, and in st. Paul they will
vote for Nelson for treasurer and not
| for Jensen,