St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-31
AFTER THE CYCLONE.
Republican Managers Para
lyZed, and the Party Fall
ing to Pieces.
BIERMANNS GREAT VICTORY.
Republican Papers Discour-
aged, and Ready to Desert
Their Fallen Chief.
sKAFFAREN STILL IN LINE.
Pioneer Press Has Another
Kind of a Defense" TO
Make for Itself.

No single occurrence in the history of
Minnesota has affected the political sit
uation so seriously or resulted in such
widespread and intense feeling as the
episode of the Great Northern land
grant and It's final filling by the gov
ernor upon the compulsion of the
auditor. The signing OF the deed came
as surprise to everybody, for it was
understood on the part of the Repub-
iican managers that Attorney Cen
eral ChildS would withhold his
opinion until after the election,
thus relieving the governor of the re-
sponsibility Of action. The pressure
upon the attorney general. however.
was greater than he could bear, and
when the governor returned from his
last electioneerug cruise he found the
opinion on his desk. The story of its
execution has already be en- told, and it
need only be added that as soon as the
governor had signed the deed he i'm
mediately left the city, and avoided all
interviews.
Among politicians of all parties the
opinion is unanimous that the governs
or'S humiliating lack-dowu from his
original position places him in fully AS
bad plight as his refusal to sign the
deed would have done. Discussing the
matter last night, prominent Repub-
lican politician said:
Goes Back on Kill.
"Goy. Nelson has done an ungrateful
and ungraceful thing. thought he had
more nerve than to be forced into such
course. J. j. Hill has been his most
useful friend, has stood by him in poll
ties and business. and if any man had a
claim OH Nelson. it was Hill. For the
governor to go back on Hill at this time
was worse even than to have lost a few
votes by refusing to sign the deed. By
doing this he simply admits that he
wanted to favor Hill, ana dared not do
it; and at the same time he lowers his
arms to Biermann in most abject and
humiliatlng manner. He will be blamed
just as much for fayoring the Great
Northern as though he had held out,
while he will gain no credit from the
people by signing the deed, since he
did it under compulsion. On the whole.
it is wretched, abominable piece of
business"
This seems to be the view generally
taken of it. and while Auditor Bier
mann is being congratulated and COM
mended on all hands the governor has
lost ground al costly rate. The state
central COMMITTEES has been compelled
to take to the woods and adopt entire
change OF its plan of campaign. 1t had
confidently counted on the silence of tho
attorney general, and, falling of that,
OH the
Obstinacy of the Governor
to prevent meeting the issue of the Great
Northern deed, and now the work which
has been done must all be undone and
all entirely new line of defense set up.
When Auditor Biermann instructed the
governor to sign the deed of convey
ance 10 the Great Northern the governor
and his managers laughed very
heartily at what they were pleased
to term the brazen assumption of all in
ferior officer of the state issuing orders
to a superior; but they have learned a
very costly and disagreeaDle lesson,
which is that the state auditor, under
certain conditions, is bigger man than
the governor. Frantic appeals are be-
ing made to Republicans to stand in
line for the head of the ticket, come
what may, while from every point of
the compass come the reports of party
defections and bolts in solid phalanx.
One of The organs has had special can
vasser out for severa! weeks looking
up the situation, and wired him
yesterday to come in. He did
so. and. before writing the s;ate-
ment which is to appear. showing
conclusivelY that Nelson has cinch. he
admitted to friend that Owen would
cut into the Republican vote from 10 to
81 per cent III every county he had
visited. In the general scramble to
save Nelson nearly all other candidates
are left TO shuttle for themselves. Bob
Dunn being the only exception. The
managers fully realize that Knute with
out Bob would be the equivalent of a
whisky sour without the sour" and
they are making
A Grand Hustle
for the man with the hectic flush. 1t is
estimated by those who are near the
committee that of every $1,000 spent
fully $500 are blown IN the express in
terests OF knute and Bob. These two
Dromios have been starring together a
good deal during the season, the gov
ernor explaining to the farmers the best
methods to be employed in raising and
curing pork. while Bob is used as a
kind Of object lesson.
To add to the confusion and dismav
OF the committee Norden, one of the
Chicago papers which the committee
has been using in this state to teach the
young Scandinavian idea how to vote.
has given Knute the cold shake and
come out in support of Owen.
But Skaffaren is still in line.
The Republican papers which have
been greedily devouring the bait
thrown out by crafty politicians and
which rushed to the defense of Gov.
Nelson when his duty was pointed out
to him are now having a real nice lime.
Constant relays of small boys are en-
gagged in kicking the editors at fair
rate of compensation, and the commit
tee was Susy all day yesterday prepar-
Ing editorial matter in an entirely diff.
1ere3t ysia from that which has been