St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-15
NELSON WILL BE DEFEATED
Unless He Gives Up His Sena-
torial Aspirations I'M
mediately.
JEFFERSON CLUB MEETS.
Tells What Delegates 1t Wants
in the Eighth
Ward.

The Republican state committee Is at
work with might and main to do what
can be done TO stem the tide that seems
to have set in against the ticket nom
mated Ill July. Some of the delegates
who took off their coats in the heat of
that notable convention have them off
still. but not for the purpose of working
for the ticket. 1t is as we'll known OH
the inside Of The Republican party as
it is to many outside thereof, that
all is not harmony in the ranks, and
that some heretofore staunch Repub-
licaES not only have their coats off, but
their sleeves rolled up and working
against the very ticket put up by them.
These facts put the central committee
to thinking early after the convention,
and account for the industry and
secrecy of the ma chine manipulators.
MIR. Bixby and his fellow laborers found
before the echo Of the convention had
more than reached Minneapolis that the
ticket was handicapped by the fact that
Gov. Knute Nelson was not only a can
dldate to succeed himself. but also for
the United States senatorShip. The or
SoDiLuIiOll WOlh VI lHS
plainly indicated that Senator Wash
burn had been turned down. Thou
sands of Flour City Republicans soon
showed that they were mad enough to
resent double dealing. Only a few days
after the political bosses of the state
were summoned to this city for
conference. Hon. John Lind and
few others were then delegated to
go to Minneapolis and use their
efforts to pacify the discontented. The
Minneapolis people were TO be told that
Gov. Nelson will not be ii candidate for
the senate. Subsequent events show
that the emisSarieS did not succeed in
quleting the fears of the Washburn
men. The wiSeacreS of the Flour City
told the friends of Nelson that his can
didacy for the senate would lose him
thousands of votes in that city, and
would probably cost him the election.
In lace of all this Gov. Nelson has not
yet publicly declared that he will not
stand for election as senator.
When the primaries were held in
Minneapolis Monday to select delegates
to nominate a legislative ticket and
other officers for Hennepin county, the
undercurrent came to the surface with
pointer to Gov. Nelson and Lieut..
Gov. Clough, who is in with the Nelson
deal for the reason that it would he
Gov. Clough in case Knute should
be elected senator. Mr.. Clough
had a list of delegates in
the senatorial district where he
resides, being made up of the Second
and Ninth wards and the village of St.
Anthony. These delegates were TO name
the Republican candidate for state
senator in that district When the re-
suit OF the primaries was announced it
was found that all of the Clough dele
gates had been showed under, not one
being saved from the wreck. In fact,
the whole city went for Washburn. This
is said to be straw which shows the
way the wind blows in Mnneap-
oils. The administration probably sees
in this kick against the Nelson Clough
deal. There are plenty of Republicans
who are ready to say that the party is
badly split at present. The state COM
mittee Is working with might and main
to harmonic the factions, and to keep
from intensifying the feeling between
the friends of Gov. Nelson and Clough
on the one hand, and the friends of
Senator Washburn and other aspirants
for the United States senate On the
other side.