St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-29
STATE DEMOCRATS ELATED.
They Claim That Tammany
Is Defeated By More
Than 40, 900.
GOV. FLOWERS GREAT TOUR.
It Is Considered a Master
Stroke By the Friends
Of Hill.

the feature of the political headquarters
al this city today. The work of corre-
spondence was carried OIL as usual, but
there were few visitors and no signs of
activity, except at the Grant headquar.
ters, where MIR. Grants letter of accept
ance of the Tammany nomination for
mayor was made public. Col. Strong's
headquarters were closed during the
day, and Col. Strong himself was not in
evidence except to few of his closest
supporters. At Republican headQuar-
ters long dispatch was read from
Albany, and was at once given out for
publication, to the effect that the en-
ployes in the state department there
were employed in preparing and dis
tributing thousands of campaign docu-
ments in the interests of the Democrats.
The dispatch reads in part:
This Is Horrible.
'The campaign work. which should be
done by the Democratic state committee,
has been forced upon the state depart
ment, and paid for from the state treas
ury. These documents are printed by
State Printer James b. Lyons, and a
large force of the department clerks are
taken from their duties to the state to
shove out, in individual envelopes,
Hill's campaign documents"
The very large registration of voters
in this city has been the subject OF
much discussion and speculation with
both parties, each. claiming the ad-
vantage from the additional votes
that will probably be polled' on
election day. AT the state Democratic
headquarters on Twenty-third street
there was general feeling of eIatlon
today over the results of the registra-
tion. The leaders agreed in saying
that it meant the overwhelming defeat
of Tammany Hall. Francis Nj. Scott
said that, in his opinion, Mr.. Grant
would not get more than 100000 votes.
He believed that the Socialistic-Labo
Populist.Prohibition vote wonld not be
over 10000, which would leave in the
vicinity of 245,OOO votes to be divided
between Grant and Strong, thus allow
lug $4,000 plurality for Strong. This
was the substance of a computation
made by the various leaders early in the
day. The recent arrest of several
hundred men for alleged
Fraudulent Registration K
it is believed had deterrent effect, and
the large registration is considered a
big increase in men entitled to cast their
ballots. District Attorney John r. Eel
lows today. however, expressed himself
as not at all surprised at the registra-
ton. He thought there was nothing
extraordinary in it, and said that he
could see nothing substantial to be de-
rived for either side from it. The chief
interest of the present week among Re-
publicans centers in the appearance of
exPresident Harrison on Wednesday
evening next at Carnegie music hall.
In Democratic circles the starting
tomorrow Of Gov. Flower on
tour through the state in the in
terests of the Democratic ticket is
raising much interest because of the
master stroke the Democrats clai m
Chairman Thacher has made in secur.
ing the services of the governor on so
important mission. There has been
disposition on the part of the various
organizations here to make public their
allegiance to their respective tickets.
Today, however, the executive board of
the grand lodge of the Independent
Order Sons of Benjamin resolved not to
permit the use of its name in connection
with politics. This decision was ar
rived at at meeting of the board today,
at which resolutions were adopted re-
pudiating any attempt to make use of
the order for political purposes. This
action was taken because it was said an
attempt had been made to represent the
order as opposed to the candidacy of
Senator Hill.