St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-19
The Sixth District Convention
Will Be a Battle Royal
From the Start.
At Duluth the Belief Is Cen
epal That Zeke Is
Ahead,
While at st. Cloud the Judge
Has the Popular
Call.
Talk Of Springing Gil Hart
ley Is DiScredited Every
where.

1t is Duluth against st. Cloud in the
present contest for the Republican con-
gressional nomination in the Sixth dis
trict. The convention will be held in
Duluth tomorrow, and the indications
are that it will be fully as entertaining
as the Detroit convention of 1882, when
ex-Congressman Knute Nelson and
"Charley" Kindred. of Brainerd, were
the contestants. A great deal of bad
feeling has been worked up i'll the pres
ent battle, especially In the Duluth end
OF the district, where there is feeling
that Judge Searle should have all
nounced his intention of being candi-
Gate earlier in the day. The friends of
Mr.. Kendall claim that the canvass Of
the st. Cloud man has been underhand-
ed and unfair all tie way through.
Its Duluth against the st. Cloud
hogs" said one OF the admirers Of Mr..
Kendall Yesterday at the Merchants,
ana Duluth is going TO win. And why
should she not? At the present time, ST.
Louis county, with her tremendous Re
publican majority. has nothing in the
way OF state or congressional office.
ST. Cloud has judge OF the supreme
court, Judge Collins, candidate for
speaker of the lower house of the legis-
iature at the last ard probably at the
coming session; Hon. F. E. Searle, a
candidate for the nomination for attor-
ney general; Hon. Dan w. Bruckart,
and a candidate for the congressional
nomination; Judge d. B. Searle, and
withal Stearns county is good for 5000
Democratic majority at the coming elec-
tion. 1t seems 70 me that If the SteariS
county Republicans were not given so
many offices they might be able to give
the Republican party few votes at the
cleo -.nS Il is a case Of TOO much en-
cour. cement"
Dr- is all over the district who
under SID al the situation are anxious for
the noniia ton of Judge Searle for the
reason tha. il viii be notice to the Re-
pubiicans oi Duluth and st. Louis
county tha5 ,aey can expect nothing
froMthe party machine. The nomina-
ton of .iuds, -jeare by the Republicans
, tomorrow VII insure the nomination of
Mayer Charles d'Autremont. of DuIuth.
by Iile, Den0crats.eT Mayor d Autreinont
islyoHng, popular and able. and will re-
ceiye SO near all the votes of the people
OF Duluth that his election over Searle
will be assured. He will not take the
nomination, it is understood, against
Mr.. Kendall.
There will be cOntesting delegations
1rOifi I'VE OIL tile COUNTIES ut TOMORROW
convention. In three of these the Ken
dali men have the regular delegations.
They are Aitkin, Beltrafni and Cass,
with votes each. or a total of "a. The
contest in Mile Lacs was made by 30
outof 43 of the delegates, the chairman
of the convention being Searle man.
The other contest is from Wadena, and
here both sides claim the regular dele
CATION. Hubbard county stands SIX
for Kendall TO two for Searle, although
the friends of the latter have all
along been claiming to have it solid.
Twelve cut of the eighteen Wright
county votes have pledged themselves
to Mr.. Kendall, and, as the unit rule
was passed by the convention, this
opght to give the Duluth man the en-
tire delegation.
The figures of both sides are undoubt-
eddy far from correct, but unless men
will sign their names to pledges and
then 20 back on them, neither Kendall
nor Searie has a sure thing, with the
chances rather in favor of Mr.. Kendall.
The Duluth claims are: