St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-05
The Machine Would Crowd
ALI Others Out Of the Pub
lie View.
Why Those Interviews We're
All in Favor Of the Alex
andria Man.
Fillmore County Seandinav-
ians Pass Anti-Nelson
Resolutions.
Heatwole Opposed for Con-
gresS--Small Items OF Po-
!itical Gossip.

OF course, they are all Nelson men;
they have been for a year past, and
could favor no other map and expect to
remain in favor with the machine.
This refers to the men who have been
quoted so extensively in the morning
Republican organ of st. Paul during the
gave this organ Nelson interviews hold
some kind of an Office. and the other
half nearly all expect to be candidates
for elective offices at the coming cleo
ton, and think that the nomination of
Mr.. Nelson for governor by the
Republicans will bring to the
party ticket host of voters
who left the organization two
years ago. 1t is nothing new for this
organ to announce that the Republican
party is solid for certain men for office;
in doing this in this pre-cOnventiOn con-
lowed for years.
At the present moment the state can
didates haye been selected not only for
the state ticket, but also for each con-
gressional district, and no Republican,
however worthy and deserving, can ex-
pect fair show in the machine organ.
The lively contest in the Sixth district
causes every observer to form the
opinion that either Kendall or Searle
may receive the nomination, but
machine aud its organ has decided that
Mr.. Kendall is already beaten, although
nearly every delegate SO far elected has
been Instructed for him. In the First
district Senator j. A. Towney is the
only man in the race. Representative
o. b. Turrell has the call in the Second.
In the Third and the Seventh. where
the Alliance and the Democracy have
positive majorities. the machine has not
selected its favorites yet. but will use
these honors for trading purposes later.
The organ will then al once de-
eide that no one except the
chosen of tue machine are in the
contest. All this is annoying. Slight
wonder it is that the columns of Nelson
interviews have little effect on the peo-
nent Republicans are investigated, their
views will carry even less weight.
Two men were selected to speak for
all the Republicans of Dakota county,
One OF these was Chairman William
Hedgson. a favOrite of the machine and
its representation in that county. The
other one, John Byers OF Hastings, is
deputy state oil Inspector.
ID. E. Myers. John Cooper and Will
lam Westerman speak for Stearns
county, and all say Nelson" Mr.. N.Y.
ers is superintendent of the ST. Cloud
reformatory. John Cooper is on the
state fair board, and Col. Westerman
holds position in the land Office. The
latter is the only one OF the three who
has not been depended upon by the ma
chine for regular work in Stearns county
for several years.
In Crow Wing county Jerry Howe,
who represents the machine. declares
for Nelson, and John n. Nevins, on the
same side, is also q uOted at length. Out
of all the Brainerd Republi cans who
oppose Knute Nelson but one was inter-
viewed. This one was Hon. Leon E.
Lum. and he talked square from the
shoulder.
Don't like Nelson," said MIR. Lum,
ION account of his attitude OH the tariff.
Think he is not a straight Republican"
But it is not necessary to go on down
the list and pick out all the deputy oil
inspectors and state officers who have
been interviewed to show that Mr.. Mel
son is the only man in the race for the
Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Enough has been said TO show that the
machine has selected its candidate, and
the Republicans of the state will hear
of no other man until the convention
meets. Every meeting will be called
Nelson meeting and all reference to
other candidates will be scrupulously
edited out of the matter that appears in
the machine organs. Of course this is
rather hard on Lieut.. Gov. Ives and
it is new experience. EX-Gov. Nc
Gill has gone through the same thing
before. and started in on this contest
knowing lust what to expect.