St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-05
POLITICS IN HEANEpIa.
JOHN G00DN0W rs PUTTING IN MS
BIGGEST LicKS.
HOPING TO BE- a BIG BOSS.

AsOIuuU DoU Evans SIaCcu as
Johns Chairman OF the state
ConveRtion-rams and John
Scheming to Down WASH
burn-The Slate Proposed
Judges Gilfillan and Collins
Marked for Slaughter-Nice
Schemes, but They May Go
Awry.
MIME APoLIs, July 4. - Matters
political are all torn up In the ranks of
the q. 0. p. in Hennepin county over
the selection of delegates to the state
convention, the representation on the
state central committee, and, incident
ally, the selection OF presiding officer
OF that body. 1t appears that John
Goodnow has scheme. OF course this
is rare thing. bat it is true, neyerthe-
less. In fact. ''honest John" may be
said, and truthfully, too, TO be in the
andisputed possession of several
schemes. The main one is his intention
10 Capture the craftsmanship of the state
central committee. TO this all the others
are merely subsidiary. His first move
1ect delegates to the county convention
in every ward Ia this city. 1t is even
said that he left typewriter list of
them when he went to Denver for fear
that some one might prevent him from
returning in time to- do the job after
ward. His next little plan is to on
troll the county convention by the selec =
ton OF these delegates and thus be
In a position to name the dele
gates to the state convention. So
far so good. The next thing was to
name the chairman Of the state eonyen-
ton. John was equal to the emergency.
His supply of nerve was amply suffi-
cient. He he'd himself to the rotu nd
Bob Evans and tiekled his vanity with
the promise Of this position. Bob bit
eagerly and the circle was complete.
The question now is. will these pla ms
work? If they do, the man who saved
the party at Denver will be the chair
man Of the next state committee. he
will handle the Doodle, be in a
position to beat Washburn, aud
with the aid Of TamS Bixby will
have lots to do in electing Gov. Nelson to
that coyeted the position. The next
move in the game Is to place ex-
Governor Merriam in the seat now held
by Cush Davis. l have some interest
ing facts bearing on this aspect of the
case, which will be submitted later on.
That John Goodnow and Tams Bixby
are in a scheme to down Washburn does
not longer admit of a doubt, no matter
what they may say. AS to Tams Bixby
how does it come that he takes so much
interest in beating his old friend, Frank
Wilson, for senator i'll GooGhue county,
with o. j. Wing? Furthermore, how
did it come that Mr.. Wing so suddenly
changed his mind about being
a candidate after hurried
trip to st. Paul a few days
ago? Again. what interest ha 5
Tams in beating a. T. Stebbins for SEN
ator in Olmsted county with Don Morri-
son, who belted Window and voted for
Sabin? Bob Evans is not, so far as l
know, in the scheme to knock WaShburn
out. He is simply vain, and the guile
less Goodnow has taken advantage of
that fact. BY the way, speaking about
Goodnow. it is not generally known that
| he voted for Cleveland in 1884, yet such
is the fact. his reason, l understand,
| is that he could not go Blaine. That
was, indeed, a creditabls reason. 1t is a
| pity he did not stick to it.
The slate has been finally finished for
the state convention by Goodnow and
his crowd. 1t is as follows:
For Governor-Knute Nelson.
For Lieutenant Governor = D. M.
Clough,
For Secretary of State-A. Berg or j.
W. Peterson.
For State Treasurer-A. T. Koerner.
For State Auditor-W. W. Rich or l..
P. Hunt. CThey don't think Rich has
much show.
For Clerk of the Supreme Court-A.
T. Pidgeon, of Wright county. (They
had to promise this to A. Y. Eaton, of
Wright county, who stands in with
them.)
Next to the state auditor the gang is
anxious to control the Office Of the state
treasurer. 1t is fine thing to be able
to say what country banks shall have
state deposits, This is especially so if
you are interested in a Minneapolis
bank. 1t gives you chance to control
their reserve funds and Twin City BUSH
ness. MIR, Bobleter has not found 1t to
be bad thing since he became inter-
ested in the Columbia Nationa Bank of
Minneapolis,
The move to defeat Judg es GiIfillan
and Collins is far more wide spread than
most people are aware Of. The gang is
not in this deal. 1t had its origin
largely in the country. The men who
have been selected in their places are C.
M. Start, Of Rochester. for Collins
place, and 81. r. Brill. of St. Paul, for
chief Justice. Gorham Pow er 5, of Gran
ite Falls, is the reserve man if Brill re-
fuses to be candidate. 1t is feared
that local pressure will be brought to
bear upon him which will bring this
about.
One of the queer things in local pol
itics is the decadence in sire myth of o.
t. Erickson among labor men. Two
years ago they demanded his nominal
ton for congress on the Democratic
ticket. Now they have almost entirely
deserted him and quiet boom is on for
Rev. s. w. Sample. The labor leaders
profess to believe that the ID emocratS
would indorse Sample, but this seems
hardly U.uDaDie.