St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-21

Not Asleep.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, July 20. = The ap-
preaching campaign in Iowa bids fair
to be one of the most exciting and most
bitterly contested i'll the history of the
state. In addition to the governorship.
a seat IN the United States senate will
be in the balance. The old issue of
prohibition still divides the Repub-
lican party, the leaders of which
are again figuring on som e
SORT of straddle which will
mold the elements IN line. 1t is, of
course, an impossible task, and the
Democrats are counting upon another
victory Gov. Boies would fain retire
and make the campaign for the SEN
atorship, but the leaders are insisting
that he shall once more head the stat e
ticket, and it is believed he will
bnally consent. In this event there will
be no formal nomination for the senate
made i'll the state convention, the policy
being to first catch the prize and then
dispose of it. On the Republican side
this same policy will be followed, but
not without great deal of CURING
for the legislature.
Wilson Out of 1t.
Contrary to the reports that have been
sent ont during the past few weeks,
Senator Wilson will not be a candidate
for reelection. He is in this respect in
a good deal the same position that SEN
! at0r Dawes. of Massachusetts, found
himself year ago. Dawes wanted to
come back, but he was given chance
to voluntarily retire or else meet an
| lgnomlnious defeat at the hands of
Henry Cabot Lodge. He wisely chose
| the first course. Wilson would like an
! other term, but he is politician enough
| to know that he can't get it, and
so retires gracefully. Old Gov. Gear
| who worked his way back into congress
| year ago by the meager plurality of
629 in the First district, is already in
| the field, but the most formidable can
didate is eX-Chairman Clarkson, who
has abandoned his New York residence
| In name to make the canvass.
His political methods are not adj
mired by the rank and file
| of the Republicans of Iowa, but he has
! the machine, and the election of Re-
| publican legislature will come very
near insuring him the senatorship. This
condition of affairs may nave been the
reason which impelied Sen ator Allison
when he was in Minneapolis the other
day to admit that Gov. Boies' chances
for the senate were good. As quoted
| by the Minneapolis journal. Mr.. Allison
said:
Allison Feels Uneasy.
"Well, Gov Boies is looking out for
himself and for his party. He is a
very clever man, and possesses those
| qualities of get-there- a-tiveneSS which
! will bring him great success. l do not
think the apple of his eye is the guber-
natoral chair. but rather the senate,
and indications SO far seem to show
that he may get there"
This admission that the senatOrship is
i'll doubt will not be relished by Clark
son. but i'll case the friends of exp resi-
dent Harrison are convinced that
| ClarkSon will be the man in cast the
| Republicans carry the legislature, they
| will enjoy it and indorSe it and en-
deavor to assist in making it certain
that Boies will get TO the sem
ate. Gen. Harrison is going
to be a standing candidate for renom-
|
men he deteStS more heartily than
Matt Quay, James S. ClarkSon is one
and Thomas H. Carter the other, and
| neither will break INTO the United
! States senate during the coming four
years if the sage OF Indianapolis can
prevent such cata5rophies. In any
event, there IS going to be a warm fight
III the Hawkeye state the coming fall.
upon the results of which hinges great
! deal.
Calendars for Minister Baker.
Having revolution on hand when he
arrived III Nicaragua, Hon. Lewis
Baker, of Minnesota, was kept too busy
| for few weeks to note the flight of
time or to care much for an accurate
measurement of it. After he had
successfully arranged matters be-
tween the contending factions, how
! ever, the American minister be-
! G1Ok himself to the mountains
for rest. Whether Mr.. Baker, like Rip
| Van Wrinkle, took sleep that lasted
over few days, the fact is that he
seems to have lost track of the ''day he
was at, " for just previous to the break
ing out of the insurrection which is now
| under way he wrote to the Bureau of
American Republics, and in the course
of his letter said:
Send me some calendars. [ have
| not been able to find a calendar III the
country, and SO am unable to figure out
| just where l am at"
The calendars were forwarded yester.
/ day.
Something on Hawaii.
Editorial sneerS ab0ut''mY representa-
| tive" have been common in many back
woods Republican papers ever since
| Minister BlOunt was sent To the Ha-
waIian Islands. Whether through ignor-
! ance or a desire to misrepresent, the
! same men have been denouncing the
| pulling down of the American flag.
| Were these editors honest they
would tell their readers that
the Harrison administration was
| compelled to disavow Minister
| Stevens act i'll raising the flag, and that
! in pulling it down the administration
! did only what the old administration
would have been obliged to do, had it
| continued in power But HAWAII is not
| going to be annexed whether Claus
! SpTeckelS wants it done or not. When the
| United States declared that it would re-
SiSt future colonial settlement by Euro
| pean nations on this continent us was
| put forward in the Monroe doctrine a
bar was raised against projects like the
annexation of Hawaii.
Resisted by Republicans.
But in view of the record of the Dem
ocratic party in the past, criticisms
from the opposition come with bad
grace, to say the least. With the single
exception of the acquisition of Alaska,
every enlargement of the United
States, either by conquest. cesson or
annexation, has been made when the
Democratic p arty was in complete con-
troll of the government and in the face
of the most determined opposition from
the opposing parties, sometimes mas
querading under our name and some
times under another, but in the main
holding the principles at all times of
the Republican party of today. The
Louisiana purchase was made
by Je ffeIson in 1908 and was
fought by the Federalists.
Monroe purchased East Florida III 1919.
Texas was annexed by Polk and Tyler,
although the Wings roared in agony and