St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-16
"A MAN UP A TREE"
Tells or DoiNGS IN TIE REPVB-
a}-.. - LfcAk CAMP.
HENNEp1N COUNTY TORN UP

I Be Chairman Of the Repub-
T lican state Central Committee
The a. p. A. Influence In the
Late Convention-Mnyo Eus-
tbs Out of the Swim-Eunt's
Charges Against Merriam
Senator Davis Disappointed. /,
The man who thinks that the present
quiet prevailing in political circles in
Hennepin county is an Indication of
the real stale of affairs Is away off
The tiercest kind Of a fight is going on
just now over the selection of state
central committee. The wires have
been kept hot. between here and st.
Cloud, and several interested politi-
clans have made hurried trips to that
Mecca, for it is there where the present
Mahomet, in the person OF Capt. Barto,
president of the late state Republican
convention, may be found. The question
is, and 1t is burning one, Shall John
Goodnow be member of the committee?
One gentleman who has also been men,
toned for place on the committee has
said that he will not serve with the willy
sHennepin county boss, OF, rather, ex-
boss. for Johns horns were badly shorn
III the late county convention to elect
delegates to the state convention. Had
this not been SO, Johns partner in the
garbage business at New Brighton, w.
w. Rich, would nave received the vote
of the Hennepin county delegation for
state auditor. The opposition to MIR.
which he did at ST. Paul during the last
session of the legislature. 1t is not
necessary now to say what the nature of
that work was. 1t will be time enough
when John gets the coveted appoint
ment, as he probably will.
The last Republican state convention
was the the first one ever held in this
state in which the A. p. A. exercised
any influence of moment. The mem
bers of that order claim that they had
25O OF their fellow members in the con-
vention, and that Bob Dunn was the
only man nominated for any Office where
there was a contest who did not pledge
himself not to appoint a Catholic to a
subordinate position. Dunn. while an
lriShman, is not Catholic His pa
rents were Presbyterians, but it is un-
derstood that he is not the Sunday
school superintendent up at Princeton.
1t seems that Bob had recently made
some adverse criticisms on the A. P. A.
order, and an effort WAS made 10 defeat
him for it. The order claims to have
settled the state treasurer contest in
favor of Koerner, who is understood to
have given the necessary promise The
nomination Of Smith by William Henry
Eustis cooked Smiths goose with
the a. 2. A, Ii there is any
man in Minneapolis for whom the a.
P. A. has no time it is the man from
Minneapolis who spellbound the Repub-
lican national convention lii 1892 in pre-
Senting the name of James &. Blaine.
What the ground of this opposition to
the spellbinder is have no means of
knowing, but l do know that it exists in
very active form. There is no more
probability that Mr.. Eustis will be re-
nominated for mayor of minneapolis
than there is that Rev. Mr, French will,
qbe the Republican nominee. And he
couldn't be elected if he were nomi-
mated. The fact is the managers of the
party are very industriously looking for
a candidate at this very moment. John
Goodnow would like to see e. NJ. john
son nominated. Itis creditable to John
that this is so. 1t is seldom that he
wants as good thing as that done in
politics. Let us give him credit when
we can. To do SO will not exhaust the
original supply for ages yet to come.
notice l.. P. Hunt, defeated candi-
date for the Republican nomination for
state auditor, is out In plant against
Gov. Merriam, whom he accuses of pre-
venting the Ramsey county delegation
voting soIidly for him. The governor
Is very smooth guy. He is a candidate
for United States senator to succeed the
late G. K. Davis. What MIR. Hunt says
about the support which he gave Mr..
Merriam in 1888 is true. 1t is not all of
the truth, but il will do. If anybody
has any interest in learning the rest of
the facts he should apply to that vet
eran Democrat, John c. Wise, at pres
ent the capable postmaster of Mankato.
But what Mr.. Hunt says about the
Ramsey county convention IS far from
the truth. There were men on that
delegation who would not have voted
for him under any circumstances. If he
does not believe it will refer him to
Albert Scheffer. Mr.. Hunt also says
Gov. McGill wanted to vote for him.
This may be tue, but if SO, it beats
anything l have heard of in politics.
The millennium must be at hand. 1t will
be recolected that on the later ballots
in the state convention Olmsted county
voted for Dunn. That result grew out
of the worlds fair business, and it was
largely brought about by a woman
Mrs. A. Il. Steb5ins. What her reasons
were ! do not know. but l do know she
had finger in the pie. Mr.. Dunn's
friends had no fears as to the vote of
Olmsted county when Whited was out
of the game, as he must inevitably be at
an early stage of it because of the in
tenti0n to nominate Judge Start, which
was clearly apparent at the outset.
1t is reported that Sam Iyerson is to
+ be deputy state auditor. And this re-
3 minds me of singular thing. The day
i before the state convention this offer
was made to Mr.. Dunn by pine land in
/ tiuences: He was told that il he would
let a certain man name the deputy
I auditor and the land clerk, the names of
I w. w. Rich and J..P. Mcclure would
\ be Withdrawn and John Goodnow
would second his nomination. This
I would have resulted In the nomination
!, or Mr.. Dunn on the first ballot, il, in
deed, 1t did not so demoralize the oppo :
i stion as TO compel the withdrawal of all
< other candidates. The proposition W as