St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-14

eve of the Republican congressional
convention, which has been called for
Tuesday, Aug. a. For a few days at
least the town Of Fergus Falls will
present some evidences of life. Not, in
oeed, that there is not as much life here
as In the average agricultural town of
o,ooo people. But most places are dead
In midsummer. The presence of nearly
TWO hundred unterrified Republican
delegates, intent on selecting mark fit
Tor slaughter by the hordes of Boen, will
give TEN Dorary life to the midsummer
oeaaness. 1t Is laughable for an en-.
tlrely dlsinterested auditor to listen to
the prophesies of the friends OF the
several candidates. | notice a Feig
organ IN st. Paul has lent the weight
OF Its afternoon influence to booming the
good-natured AtWater nonenlity, the
man who wriggled through the district
ostensibly as candidate for congress
two years ago, but who was merely one
or the numerous tails 10 Washburn's
kite. The latter statesman Was look.
ing for popular Endorsement of his pre-
Vlous course in the senate while posing
as an orator in behalf of Knute Nelson.
Felg ct al. Well. they were mutually
foollng one another and themselves.
Felg was elected to remain in Atwater,
and he will again receive that
Distinguished Honor
at the hands of his friends the enemy.
in the coming convention. Under the
caption "Feig Talks" 1 read in his
evening st. Paul organ the following
modest (D suggestion touching his own
availability as congressional candi-
date. Hear him.
There Is no doubt what the coming ma.
uonal house of representatives will be Re-
publican. There are a great many things
the people OF that district will need and need
Daoly at the hands of the next congress, and
they are things that Boen would never be
able TO get. One Of the most important is
money to complete the survey of the Red
Lake reservation and the opening of that
terrltory to the public. The people up there
all Waut that reservation opened and it is
necessary for the development of the country
that 1t should be opened. Now l am not
putting In bid Tor myself when say that
some good. aggressive Republican could,
without doubt get that appropriation at the
nanus OF thd next congress aud have it
thrown open to settlement, and he could
also secure good many other things that
are neeued by the district, which with the
possible exception of the Sixth. needs more
than any other district i'll the state
How is this for self-repressive bit OF
Horn TOotinga
The idea of man like Feig intimat.
ing that he could secure what Boen
could not is so utterly laughable mn i'm
this bailiwick that the delegates who
read this t1amboyant utterance will turn
him down without second thought.
Feig is not deemed a possibility in we'll
Informed political circles in this district.
There are at least eight declared can
didateS for this nomination. namely.
Steenerson. of Crookston; CrossfeId. of
Browns Valley; Comstock, of Moor
head; GunderSOn, of Alexandria; Feig,
of Atwater; Lund. of VIning; Canes
torp, OF Grant, and Eddy, of Glenwood.
Steenerson is not considered q strong
candidate on account of his unpopular
ity. He has been land agent, and
many of his fellow countrYmen declare
they have not protited through their
connection with him. Crossfeld's
peculiar record in the legislature will
unquestionably be resurrected to his
undoing, though no one denies his gen.
eral "smartnesS;" Gunderson is a for
mer partner of sKnute Nelson at Alex
andria. Whether his "late lamented''
partner will throw the weight of his
gubernatorial Office in Gunderson's
favor remains to be seen.
Steenerson Claims
the greatest initial strength. But this
is no criterion of the result of the bat
tie. There are, as strange as il NAV
seem, a few native. born American citi-
zens in the list. Every one knows Com
stock. His record is an open book. He
has had congressional experience. and
has many warm, Influential friends
among the influential Republicans of
the district. | regard him as very
strong probability. Mr.. Eddy, OF Glen
wood, is not so we'll known 10 rank and
file of his party as most of the other
candidates. He is lawyer of ability,
a student, a man of character and an
orator of no mean ability. II we must
have a Republican In congress from the
Seventh district, | will venture to say
there could be no better selection than
Eddy.
Among the possibilities is one Lund,
n wheat buyer Of Viuing. He has been
past four or five days in the possible
hope of corralling some early arriving
delegates. He Is study, as he lounges
through the streets smoking brlar
pipe, the gopherS gaily sporting in his
Peferian Vyhiskers
the while. He is a stupendous monu-
ment of illiteracy, and his vagaries of
speech are proverbs all through Otter
Tail county. 1t is not impudence on
his part, but cheerful and abounding
ignorance. which gave his present am-
bition birth. The tip Is out that G. ii.