St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-03
WILL NAME A WINNER,
The Democrats Of Minnesota
Gathering for Wednes-
days Convention.
GOOD TIMBER IN THE FIELD.
If a "Draft" Is Made a Good
f., Man Is Certain to Be
Drawn.
SOME OF THE DELEGATES
The Results of County Con-
ventions Show No Strength
for. Fusion.

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has become law. manufacture
ing institutions all over the
country are starting up with renewed
energy Oh healthy basis. The jObbers
In the East have all that they can han
die. and those of st. Paul and MInneap-
oils and other Western centers are fast
getting into the same enviable position.
Business is revIving, and tire dire pre-
dictions OF the Republican leaders. cam
paign orators and organs, made When
they fondlY hoped that no settle.
ment Of the tariff question wouhi be
made. are being iisproved daily. Times
are Frightening, and the prospects OF
the Democracy are improving with the
business revival.
Meeting under these circumstances.
the leaders OF the Minnesota Democracy
are not going to fail to select one Of
their
Brightest and Ablest
leaders to lead them to victory. Wheth-
er their standard bearer is veteran,
who has the scars of many hard-fought
battles, a man like Gen. George l..
Becker, of st. Paul; genial Harry Lam
berton, or Winona; faithful "Hank"
Wells, of Fillmore; Senator Sam
+. Brown, of Mcleod; Hon. Juhn
+. Meagher, of Mankato; Judge
l.. l.. Baxter. of Otter Tail, or a young
and courageous disciple of Jefferson.
Jackson and Cleveland, like Dan Law
Ter, Logan breckenridge, Of Olmsted;
f. q. WimslOw, of Hennepin; Senator
McHale, of Scott, W. S. Hammond, OF
Watonwan; Frank l.. Randall. OF Wi
mona; David L. Calhoun. of Stearns-
ex-senator E A. Child, of Glencoe, or any,
one of a score OF others, just as abie and
Z orta
avowed candidates, but any Of them
will serve ii called upon by the united
Democracy of Minnesota. Any OF them
will serve if drafted" and feel more
honored by being drawn into the fight
III this manner than ii they had Won
victory by the questionable and vicious
trades and dicRsrS that are used and
always to he expected in The Republican
state conventions of Minnesota.
Drafted Candidates Dangerous.
The Republican leaders and papers
have made much sport of the fact that
dozen or more Democrats are not
fighting for the guDernatOrial nominal
ton, forgetting that this very thing is a
source or strength to the Democracy
rather than III indication Of weakness.
Such conditions never exist in the
Republican party in Republican,
states which TACT explains their giee.
The Democracy of Minnesota believes in
the good old-fashioned doctrine, that
the Office should seek the man rather
than the man the Office. When this has
been the case the party has been strong
est. When Hon. AdOlph Biermann was
selected to lead the party IN
date. He was drafted" aud the
Republicans have not yet. after eleven
years, recovered from the fight he gave
them. In the same way Ara Barton,
the veteran Rice county Farmer, was
placed in the field, and 1000 votes
measured the plurality given Gov.
Austin i'll that campaign. Again in 1899
Judge Thomas Wilson was drafted"
and change OF 1000 votes would have
retired ex-Gov. Merriam two years
earlier.
Drafted" men are dangerous candi
dates for the Republican party in Min
nesota. Past elections have demon.
strated this. and, unless all signs fail,
they will he given another lesson of the
same kind next November.
A Harmonious Convention
Much time and energy have beer
wasted Ivy tine Republicans leaders ana
organs in attempting TO stir up fac
tional fight in the Democratic ranks
The talk Of fusion, the Endorsement Of
Owen, sprang from he fevered brain.
of Republican workers who desired al
early commencement of their own cam.
paigns. Having for the past six year.
found these campaigns extremely
profitable, the workers naturally desire
| to see as early commencement a.
possible this year. But in spite
of all their efforts the opposition hav,
| found no Democrat so gullible as to fal
into the trap. They wanted some
avOwed candidate to play against Owen
| and then, whenever one or the othel
| was Endorsed by convention, they
would be able to raise hue and cry
The scheme has failed. The Democrat
county conventions have been every
where largely attended and enthusi
astic, and in nearly every case fol
standing by the party principles, witt
no trucking to any other party.
The Democratic state convention
next Wednesday will be harmoniou.
body, with all its 800 delegates. By thI!
| it is not meant that each man of the en-
tire 800 will come to st. Paul with ex
actly the same idea, but that there i.
not to be a hard fight Is absolutely Ger
tain, as well as the further fact that the
ticket named will be heartily supported
throughout the coming campaign.
On Paper Only.
The Republican papers have been ant
| are making great ado over the inStruc
tons given by several county c0nven-
tions to their delegates telling them e
vote for s. NJ. Owens nomination. Il
these same papers will look at theil
files of 1890 they will find thai
Just as many, and In severa
cases. the same counties gave
identical Instructions in that year, an6
vet Mr.. Owen was not Endorsed, mol
was any serious attempt made to place
him before the Democratic convention
in that year. The Democrats went
ahead and selected their own leader In
the person Of Judge Wilson. and came
very near landing him in the state
house. The convention that will meet
here next Wednesday will harmoni-
ously follow the precedent of 1890, with
the exception Of the candidate, -
For the other places on the state
gested, but so much depends upon the
selection of the head Of the ticket tina,
it is too early to even make an outline
of the probable course Of the conven.
rion after it shall have chosen the cam
Of Candidates Berg, Reese, Clouah,
Kremer, Dunn and Childs and
their satellites Il Is proper to state
that there Is no lack Of available timber
for ALI of their places, men who Join
Democracy and good citizenship and
who have the
Respect and Confidence
Of the people Of the state. Judge Willis
will be nominated for associate justice
Of the supreme court because he Is q
good lawyer and good Democrat. The
Democratic party Of Minnesota cannot
be scared by the frantic wall that Judge