St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-04
FIXING FOR FUSION.
A Rather Startling Founda-
ton for the Proposed Po-
litical Union.
DOnnelly, as a Presidential
Possibility, Will Favor
the Scheme.
A Fusion That Will Embrace
Every Ticket to Be
Voted For.
Will the Grain-GroWers Push
the Charges Against the
Elevator Men ?

''The next presidential campaign
SAID well known politician yesterday,
twill conclude with a situation that has
not been seen since 1860. What mean
is that the electoral vote will be fol
more than two presidential candi-
dates.'
"Gammon!" exclaimed an auditor.
MAY sound like CANNON now, but it
will be very solemn fact when the time
comes. 1t is quite a story, and Mime
sofa is in it. for Minnesota is the state
that will furnish these extra electoral
votes"
The crowd of auditors was curious and
Interested as the speaker continued:
There will be political fusion in Min
nesota this year, and 1t will be carried
out from to lizard and will split the
electoral vote of the state. In the first
place, the Peoples party will have ma
tional ticket in the field this year. The
Minnesota Alliance will join the Peo-
pies party at its coming session, and
the fusion will be the outgroWth. Dom
nelly Will be reelected and will carry
this point
but Donnelly opposes FUSION" in
terjected listener.
Yes, he does now, I'll concede, but
as the Peoples party nominee for presi-
dent he will not You may not agree
with me, but tell you Donnelly will be
that nominee, and as such will be anx-
iouS to secure some electoral votes. He
can do this handily by means of fu-
sion. which would sweep Minnesota
from kittson to Houston counties. Don
nelly looms up very large in national
convention, where shrewdneSs and in
he will favor the fusion. as you will see.
The Democrats of the state are prac-
tically a unit for fusion, and fusion
means S. M. Owen for the next govern
or, except in one contingency, which is
that Owen will be decided upon
as senator to succeed G. X. Davis.
In that case l think Dan Buck,
of Mankato, or Mayor Smith, of st.
Paul, will be the nominee for governor.
There is also talk of Judge Wilson for
senator and Owen for governor, con-
Quoting both campaigns at once on the
Illinois plan. Such plan would carry
Minnesota against all the money,
Blaines and Harrisons in the country.
1t would unite all the discordant fac
lions in both Democratic and Alliance
camps, and would, for the first time In
the history of the state, give a part of
the electoral vote of Minnesota to
Democratic president of the United
States.
''This fusion will be a perfect one,
including state, congressional, legis-
lative and county tickets, and would
not only carry the state. but would
change the political complexion of most
of the counties. The Legislature would
be more certainly fusion than was the
last. The senate is already anti-Repub-
lican, and the house could easily be held
in line. Davis would be retired from
the senate. and his place filled by aman
in sympathy with the people in their
struggle against tariff taxation and
legislation for the classes against the
Masses"
The crowd grew thoughtful. Finally
one more queried: But suppose Don
nelly does not get the Peoples party
nomination and opposes fusion when
the time cOmes?" The orator and
oracle answered.:
answering your hypothetical ques-
ton, first. should say DonneIly will
not oppose fusion at this time. But.
SuppOSing he did, believe there would
be a split in the Alliance ranks. The
Alliance political party. represented by
such men as Owen, Phelps, HOmpe and
Furlong, would go into the fusion, fol-
lowed by the very large majority Of the
thousands who voted for Owen and a
low tariff in 1890. Donnelly knows
this, too. This is, of course, hypotheti-
cal, and do not believe the contingency
will arise. [ look for perfect fusion
and complete Re publican defeat next
November"