St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-03

Pillsbury forces seem 10 be in doubt as
to which is the best way to kill off
Dunn. If they can nominate a South
ern Minnesota man outright that will,
of course, settle 1t, and they are consid-
ering whether 1t is best to directly sup
port kOerner for treasurer and Hunt or
Rich for auditor, or whether it will make
Dunn's defeat more certain by support
Ing Lee, thus making two candidates
from Northern Minnesota and killing
them both on the ground of two candi-
dates for the Office from the same sec
ton of the state.
As Mr.. Lee has both congressional
and gubernatorial aspirations, as well
as having an eye on the authorship, he
is q sort of job-lot candidate and may not
fancy to have all his hopes dashed in
one fell Swoop by being used as Pills
bury club to knock Dunn's brains out
without any turkey for himself.
And thus the z. 0. p. enters the state
campaign with much perpleXity and
travail.
The friends Of Senator Washburn, in
whose interest the meeting was largely
called. were by no means idle yesterday.
Both the senator and his friends feel
that it will require herculean effort to
prevent Gov. Nelson from supplanting
him. The governor is understood to
have both the moral and financial sup
port of eX-GOv. Merriam in his cam
paign against Washburn, and this is a
strong card in his favor.
EX-Gov. Merriam, who is a shrewd
politician, knows that these two cities
are practically one political and busi-
ness center, and the state at large will
not forever permit one political point to
hold both United Statos senators.
Hence, if he can aid Gov. Nelson in de-
feating Washburn he will have the call
on United States Senator Nelson and
his friends, four years later, to support
him (Merriam) 10 succeed Senator Davis.
The geographical equilibrium. which
is now little off its poise by having
both senators from one point. would be
restored by the election of Gov. Nelson
to the senate, aud the state at large
could hardly refuse one senator to the
combined cities. Hence the reelection
of Washburn would be the doom of
Merriam for many years at least, while
the election of Nelson would give Mer-
riam an excellent chance to capture the
senatorial persimmons when Senator
Davis lays down the senatorial toga in
1899. 1t would be very gratifying to ex-
Gov. Merriam to inaugurate the next
century by taking his seat in the senate,
and if he was obliged to wait until the
cnonnI loo ho -
is re-elected) the delay would be tedious
There was, therefore. good deal more
at stake yesterday than appeared Oh the
surface, and the end is not yet.
The Minneapolis contingent, of which
John Goodnow was the head, made no
secret Of their friendship for Senator
Washburn. and referred to him affec-
tionately several times. 1t was also
apparent that some good missionary
work had been done i'll his interest
among outside members of the COM
mittee. Maj. Strait manifested his
zeal tor the senator's cause by remark
ing that he considered Senator Wash
burn the best Republican worker in the
state. He seemed obliyious to the ex-
istence of Senator Davis. 1t was alto
gether apparent that Senator Wash
burns cause was we'll looked after
among those present.
THOSE PRESENT.
There were present of the executive
committee of the Republican leagues
the following gentlemen:
John Goodnow, president; F. G.
Stevens, secretary: ID. w. Bruckhart,
st. Cloud; Clark Chambers, Owatonua; !;
W. E. Young, Mankato; D. G. Hill. Red
Wing; Milo Converse, Detroit; W. d.
Joubert, LitchfeId; o. ID. Hutchinson,
Hutchinson; John Zelch, Cottage
Grove; y. 1. Koerner, Litchfeld; d. NJ.
Van SAINT, Winona; j. w. Nash. Mime
apolis; William Lockwood. PipestOne:
Senator Frank A. Day, Fairmont; E.
II. OZmun, ST. Paul
The members of the state Republican
central committee present were as fol-
lows:
Tams Bixby, chairman: Harris Rich
ardson, secretary; John Waite, Long
Prairie: j. q. Nelson, Saltwater; VII.
Teller, Elgin; j. NJ. Diment, Owatonna;
E. Z. Corliss. Fergus Falls; w. r. Ed
wards. Tracy; c. L. Foos. New Ulm;
Soren Listoe, proxy for Fred von
Baumbach; F. E. Krayenbuhl, proxy
for N. D. Flower; Il. D. Smith, Man
kato; II. B. Strait, Shakopee; R. E.
thompson. Preston.
TIE PROCEEDINGS.
The meeting was called to order at