St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-30
REPUBLICANS SCARED
E. G. Dnnnell Finds That the
State Of Minnesota Is
in Doubt.
At Least Four Electoral
Votes Of the State Not
for Harrison.
What the Cold Figures Show
Not Reassuring to Re-
publicans.
Signs Of Uneasiness Which
Can Be Seen at Every
Turn.

The following interesting letter was
sent to the New York Times during the
past week by E. q. Dunnell. regular
Washington correspondent of the Times
and one of the most conservative politi-
cal writers lRthe country:
ST. PAUL, MINI, Oct. 25.-" Mime
sofa will choose Harrison and Reid
electors, elect Knute Nelson governor,
regain nearly all and possibly all of the
congressional districts. and we hope it
will secure the legislature :" That is
Chairman .jamiSOn'S prediction for the
Republicans.
minnesota is for Weaver by a major
ity; it will elect IgnatiuS Donnelly gov
ernor; it will send four Peoples party
representatives to congress, and it will
elect share of members in the legis-
lature sufficient. with Democratic aid,
to prevent the election of Republican
TO the United States senate" So says
Chairman Meighan. of the Peoples
party state committee.
This state will not give its electoral
vote to Harrison. Five of the nine will
vote for Cleveland, the rest for Weaver
If they are not needed for Cleveland's
election. Lawler will be the next
governor, and the legislature will be
chosen with so large proportion of
Democrats and Peoples party men that
the Republicans will lose place in the
upper house of congress-" SO says
Secretary Smalley, of the Democratic
State committee.
Not SangUine.
The Republicans are the most hope
full and the least Sanguine. The Peo-
pies party are 'aS sure as four aces"
that the earth is theirs and the fullness
thereof, and that they may go away
with it if they will but pick it up. The
Democrats are confident, but least
boiSterouS.
There is no doubt that the Republic
ans are frightened. I hey have made
their fears known in several ways, but
the latest exhibition of them was given
when the chairman of the state commit
tee, Robert JamisOn, issued an address
to the vCterS of Minnesota to call at
tention to the combination arranged be-
tween the Democrats and the Peoples
party to prevent Minnesota from giving
its nine electoral votes to Harrison. 1t
was appropriately addressed to a larger
body of voters than the Republicans, for
III 1890, when congressman and gov
ernor were elected, the Republicans cast
for governor SSH votes. while the
Democrats had 1854, the Farmers
Alliance 5S,5l3, and the Prohibi-
tionists S,424, the Republicans hay
Gratis and the Alliance together. The
Republicans did better with their con-
gresSiOnal candidates. for whom they
polled an aggregate OF 9S,3l6 votes in
the five diStri cts. Although with
plurality of S,627 in the state on COLI
greSSmen, they secured only one mem
Der OF the delegation, the Farmers AL
lance one, and the Democrats
three. thus making the state a
Democratic plpctIan
of president should devolve upon the
Fifty-Second congress. Indifference to
the general policy of the administration
and open hostility to the pet tariff policy
drove crowds of the dissatisfied, who
were not prepared to become Democrats
outright. into the halfway station.
The legislature was triangular; the
Democrats and Alliance men holding
the balance of power, but not entering
into an all-around combination.
Lines Broken.
With three large parties in the state.
the Republican lines badly weakened
and everywhere more or less broken,
there was a great desire among the anX-
ious leaders for Blaine's nomination.
But the administration had the offices
and the friendship OF corporations. and
it secured the delegates. After Harri-
sons nomination there was a period
4
publicanS that the state might be lost by
detault. When the stake began to be con-
Sidered and it was remembered that the
loss of the state might give the United
States senate to the Democrats. it was
resolved that heroic effort should lie
made to prevent such a terrible party
calamity. The state convention was
held early, and Knute Nelson, a Nor
Wegian, an eX-representative, who had
voted for the Mills tariff bill, was nom
mated for governor. The wheels of the
political machine were at once set IN
motion. Nelson was relied upon TO at
tract his Scandinavian fellow citizens
who had bettered his example as tariff
reformer by getting into party that is
for free trade. AT the same time, the
tariff reform teachings OF the lead ing
Republican paper were Temporarily for
gotten, as they have been 10y the Chi
cago Tribune, and Nc Kinleysm was
advocated and defended upon the lines
laid Down i'll the presidents letter of &C
ceptance of his denomination.
The Peoples party, sangulne of al
increase in their numbers. followed the
Republicans sharply and confidently
mated Ignatius Donnelly for governor
and a full state ticket. upon whicl
SWedes, Norwecians, Danes and othe
naturaliZed foreigners were fully ''rec
Ognized" by presentation. The Labo
party and its strongest men were ais,
considered, as if there was determine
ton to attract every class restless unde
old party organizations.
Popular Dan LAWYER
After the Peoples party had present
ed candid ateS, the Democrats took tn
field with Daniel w. Lawler as thei
choice for governor upon strong Cleve
land platform, and with a full list o
nine Democratic electors. By the tim
this was done it became apparent tina
the Alliance was stronger than it hal
been, but not SO powerful as its mana
gers insisted. The Democrats felt reas
Onably sure that MlInesota's electora
vote would not 20 to Harrison. 1t wa
doubtful whether it could all be give
to Cleveland. For ineligibihty and bus
mess reasons four Democratic elector
resigned. By prudent management, Du
without open agreement On the part G
the Peoples party, the Democrat
committee prevailed upon the part
leaders to consent that the vacancie
should not be filled, but that four of tn
Weaver electors should be taken up IL
stead and Endorsed for the approval {
the Democratic voters at the poll.
The effect of this unquestionably e!
pedient fusion upon the Republican
was to provoke their intense iniign;
sion and adherence Of such an "unn a