St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-04
AS Well as Damaging the
Cause of the AdminiStpa-
tion People.
South Dakota'S Eight Votes,
With Two Exceptions, Ger
tain for Blaine.
Chairman GoWdy and Powell
Clayton on Pillsbury's
Resolution.
Delegate John R. Lynch Talks
About the Contest in
Mississippi.

In the preliminary Sklrmlshlng in the
hotel lobbies and around the various
headquarters at Minneapolis up to the
present time the unprejudiced observer
will freely admit that the administra-
ton people have had largely the best of
it. They have not only had more work
ers on the ground. but they have also
had the most effective workers and
manipulators. Nearly all of these men
might be termed 'Hoosiers," although
but a small portion of them came to the
Mill City from that state. Politicians
are indigenous to the soil of Indiana,
and while malaria may shake almost
everything else out OF an 1ndianan,
neither it nor anything else can prevent
his spending at least one-half of his
time in attending political meetings
and conventions. This drill commences
early IN life, and is continued until
, "life's ftful fever is over, 5s- 4, ,s.t t.ss
The result of all this is to make
class of politicians that have never been
equaled in any other state in the Union,
and wherever a Hoosier may go he car
ries this love of politics with him.
Party ties are very strong, although
that cannot be estimated. except in a
fight like the one now being waged in
Minneapolis. From California east
wards there are Indiana men on hand
working for Gen. Harrison. Many of
them are not delegates nor OfficehOld-
ers. and are here simply to see that
their delegates 20 for the HOOSier can
didate.
And there are Hoosier Democrats
working like beavers for Harrison's
renOmination-not because they expect
to vote for him by any means, be-
cause a HooSier Democrat, like
Hoosier Republican. never votes against
his party, even to help out his best
given in one of the hotel lobbies yester-
day. One of the Republican leaders
noticed a prominent local Democrat
hustllng around with Harrison badge
pinned to his coat.
Hello, Myers" he said, ''what are
you doing with that Harrison badge.
You are Hill Democrat and can't be
for Harrison"
ppm Hoosier," was the answer. "and
while | will not vote for Harrison if he
is nominated because l am a Democrat,
am for him for the nomination as
against any other fellow"
eral New, ex-Attorney General Mich
.ener, State Chairman Gowdy and other
Harrison managers in Minneapolis
illustrated the alertness of the Indiana
politicians. They had intlmations Of
the contest and they lost no time in
preparing for it. While their opponents
have been dallying around. holding con-
ferences and taking no positive steps to
open headquarters, these men have
been working like beavers. Ev-
cry delegate, as he arrives, is
taken into the Harrison headquarters,
and. after being introduced to the out
side workers and prominent callers, is
passed on into the inner sanctum, where
he is taken in hand by Land Commits
SIoner TON" Carter, of Montana, and
Gen. Michener, two of the shrewdest
managers in the country, and by the
time he leaves these two gentlemen Mr..
Carter knows just how to label him IN
big book kept by young man in the
outer room.
If the Harrison men are scared at the
strength of the opposition, they do not
show it in their talk or their work.
When the leaders of the administra-
tionists arrived they boldly announced
that they proposed to make theil fight
for Mr.. Harrison as against any and all
other men. They declared that they
had taken Mr.. Blaine at his word, and
would fight the contest to finish on
that line. And they are lighting,
hard and effectively, as any one
will agree who drops into their head
quarters at the West. And they are
making the campaign for Mr.. Harrison's
nomination just as they make state
campaign down in Indiana. Before the
convention opens for business next
Tuesday they propose to know exactly
where every man stands. They will know
every man who can be relied upon, and
each man who is at all likely 10 fly the
track will be under the care of one or
two reliable Harrison workers who will
see that he remains in the straight and
narrow but fowery administration
track.
Against such work as this no stam-
pedIng movement can prove success.
however carefully and cutely managed
and worked, and this fact is beginning
to dawn upon the opposition. The
worst feature the administration man.
ayers are confronted with is the pres
ence Of so many federal officials. They
are doing ten times as much to damage
the president as they are good III the
way of work. Take Gen. John G. New,
for example. Four years ago, at Chi
cago, lie was power for Harrison, be-
cause he is man of great ability as
politician, but this year he is positively
useless as worker, and as he
is in no wise an ornament to the Harrl-
sou headquarters he ought 70 be across
the water. The fact that he holds the
best and most lucrative Office Pre- sident
Harrison had to give away has ruined
his power as worker. There are a
hundred more General News on small