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


The Minnesota Republican managers.
like Joey Bagstock, are "sly-devilish
sly"
a meeting of their state central and
league committees was held yesterday
for the real purpose Of making up
Slate for the ticket next fall. After the
GLOBE exposure yesterday morning
of this intent, there was much
CONSERVATION among the faithful.
A successful slate must not be known
as such, and while the recent pine land
developments. and various other local
circumstances. render slate quite i'm
portant. i. IS equally important that its
fine work should be done in secret, and
then the rank and file can Ee invited into
the state convention and unwittlngly
make themselves ratification meeting.
After reading the GLOBE. a cunning
change OF programme was made, and it
was decided 10 hold an open meeting
and talk about educating the party up
to the standard of voting the ticket.
There being no set of men who need
political education more than the Re-
publicanS, this made Il very natural
turn Of affairs.
As result. the open debate was con-
corning the circulation of the New
York Tribune and Chicago Inter Ocean
ana the holding Of il winter wind con-
vention to be addressed by Mckinley
or Tom Reed or both. 1t is not at all
probable that either of those luminaries
will come, as the session of the Ohio
legislature and of congress will keep
them at their posts of duty, but it was a
good play as all excuse for Yesterdays
meeting, and some one hoI>e politician
can be eXtemporized when the wind
convention meets in February.
The idea of farmers, impoverished by
Republican rule, paying railroad fare
to hear some one tell of the glories of
tariff robbery is too absurd to de-
serve even passing comment.
1t is, nevertheless, a shrewd political
move. as it gives the Pillsbury and
other pine land grabbers, and Senator
Washburn, an opportunity to bring i'll
thciI henchmen on passes and continue
the arrangements for the much-desired
slate. The farmers and business men
will remain at home. but the cross-road
politicians and candidates will come.
1t was really unkind. when the ques-
ton OF circulating newspapers was con-
sidered, to omit all mention of the
Pioneer Press. The poor old 2. Z. has
just come out with the announcement
that John S. Pillsbury was only a
sleeping partner of the firm of Z. A.
Smith & Co., and the first thing Honest
John" does. after the courts have walked
him up and made sight draft on his
pocketboOk, is to have his satellites
urge the circulation of outside newspa-
perS.
1t is not impossible that the country
sentful over the idea that while they
are good enough to blindly support a
ticket. they do not know enough to
educate the people relative to Repub-
lican principles -
But politicians like republics are
p1oyerbially ungrateful and changing
the sentiment 1.-The poor We have with
you always" they make it read 1.-THE
local Republican papers we have with
us always" and if any moneyis to be
expended In circulating newspapers it
must be sent out of the state.
How would it do for the Minnesota
Republican papers to try the plan of
being sleeping partners" and see
whether the New York Tribune and
Chicago Inter Ocean can elect the local
tickets?
W nrpT nxrkn r,dc &c
sideration and commiseration to the p.
P. over the result of its effort to wake
up the sleeping partner"