St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-12
The Fifth Congressional.
DEMOCRATS WILL SATISFIED
They Have Made a Remarkable
Showing Against Heavy odds.

They Have Made a Remark able
Showing Against Heavy odds.
Now that the election is over and the
count practically completed. the Demo-
Gratis are in a position to look at their
work. They have reason to be satisfied
with what they have done in Hennepin
county.
The Republican county ticket was one
of the strongest ever nominated in Hen
nepin. With a few exceptions, the
nominees were men who had served the
county in practically the positions for
which they were nominated and who
were personally popular with large
number of people. The Republicans
had at the head of the county ticket
Loren Fletcher, whom they regarded as
one of their strongest men. 1t was their
boast before election that Fletcher, when
a perennial candidate for the legisla-
ture, had always been elected by a
steadily increasing plurality, year by
year. 1t was expected that he would
be tower of strength to the Republic
an ticket. Fletcher was personally un-
popular with large number of Repu6
llcanS. The Republicans who refused
to vote for Fletcher, however, did not
carry their prejudices to the rest of the
county ticket. They scratched Fletcher
and voted for the other regular nOmi-
nees. On the other hand, the full coun
ty ticket reaped part OF the benefit from
the use OF Fletcher'S money. and from
his work in the campaign among the
floating voters, as we'll as the benefit of
his experience as political campaigner,
which has been extensive and varied.
The Republicans also had the benefit
nf q IN
paign in county that has always gone
Republican in presidential year. That
amounted to Il good deal, for the pre-
dominance Of national issues ODScured
the local issues, and contributed to ell
thuSing lukeWarm Republicans for the
local tickets. They also had the benefit
of Knute Nelson's strength at the head
of the state ticket. Nelson, as a Scandi-
navian, was bound to help in Scandi-
navian county.
Those were the odds the Democrats
were compelled to face. Against those
odds they made good fight. They re-
duced the Hennepin county plurality
for Harrison several thousand below
Harrison's plurality of four years ago.
They kept Fletcher's plurality Gown to
a small figure. They pushed Daniel
w. Lawer well to the front in county
way behind. And they elected a part
of the county ticket.
That is a record good enough for any
political party.
In the city the Democrats made
powerful campaign. The vote polled
by j. e. Haynes is surprising when all
the circumstances are taken into &C
count
The Republicans had for leader on
the city ticket William Henry Eustis,
one of the best known Republicans of
the city. William Henry Eustis was
expected to pull the city ticket out of
the slough of defeat. Instead. the bal
ance of the ticket did good deal to-
ward pulling William Henry Eustis
through. He has the smallest plural
ity on the city ticket.
); c. Haynes went into the fight
under protest. Once In the fight,
though, he made it hot for William
Henry. The official returns will show
that he has cut the plurality of Eustis
to less than 1000. MIR. Haynes is not a
wealthy man, as his competitor is. He
had to make his campaign on his rec
ord as city official and as citizen.
Money flowed like water from the
Golfers of the Republican committee,
from the candidate for mayor and
from the various corporate interests
that were interested III seeing William
Henry EuStis elected. Against all those
odds Mr.. Haynes made a wonderful
campaign, one of which he may we'll
be proud. The Democrats are more
than satisfied with the showing he made
under the circumstances. Before the
people today he stands as one of the
strongest men i'll the ranks of the Demo
cratic party.