St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-02
Republican Machine Being
Put in Shape for Next Fall.
STATE COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY
Washburn and Pillsbury Want
to Make up a Slate.
LEEUEL AND R0BERT STILL IN 1T
The Race Getting Hot Among
the Editorial Fraternity.
SHALL SEE WHAT WE SHALL SEE.

The Republican state central commit
tee is 10 meet at the Windsor hotel at
2 p. m. today.
1t is unusually early for state COM
mittee to meet, in view of the fact that
the election does not take place until
next November, but it is limited that the
call has been made primarily in the in
terest of Senator Washburn's campaign
for reelection, aud secondarlly at the
demand of eX-Gov. John S. Pillsbury,
who sees in the candidacy of Hon. r. c.
Dunn for state auditor menace to pil,e
land deals which have netted hand
some profits in The past.
1t is understood that the slate is
to be made up today, and the
truly good" who represent Wash
burn and Pillsbury are expected to
carry it through the convention. So
many candidates are Springiug up for
various Offices that it is necessary for
the politicians to step in, or the rank
and file of the party will get away with
the machine. This would never do,
and hence the committee is to put the
machine in working order today.
The committee which has this task laid
out for it is composed as follows:
Tams Bixby, chaIrnan; Harris Rich
ardson, secretary, st. Paul; Gen. NJ. ID.
Flower, ST. Paul; Ii. +. Brown, Min
neapOlis; a. Ii. kOerner, Lltchfeld; +.
L. Kynaston. Fred Won Baumbach; r.
K. Thompson, Preston; III. l.. Converse,
Detroit; j. j. Horue, Brainerd; Charles
l.. RooS, New Ulm; Nate Kingsley,
Austin.
NUMEROUS CANDIDATES.
The greatest interest seems to cen
ter over the state authorship. not
withstanding the Pioneer Press says that
John S. Pillsbury is only sleeping
partner of c. a. Smith, who got the
pine. Mr.. Pilisbury does not appear to
be very much asleep in producing cam
didates to compete with Bob Dunn, of
the Princeton Union.
EX-Speaker Lee, of Long Prairie, is
in the field for state auditor. as is w.
w. Rich, of Lyon county. Lemuel p.
Hunt, Of the Mankato Free Press, is
close second to MIR. Dunn in the auditor
ship race.
For state treasurer, besides the pres
ent incumbent, who desires a fifth
election, Hon. A. T. Noerner, of Lltch-
field, and Sheriff Block, of ST. Peter,
are in the field. In order to make d
quintette as against the quadriIateral
contest for auditor, Senator Henry
Burkhardt, of Wabasha county, aud
Hon. j. H. Ackerman,of Carver county.
join those previously named as candi-
dates for treasurer.
Numerous other candidates are crop
ping out for state offices on the Repub-
Iican ticket, the idea seeming to prevail
that the more the merrier.
Then Gov. Nelson is understood to be
in the field both as a candidate for re-
election and as a successor to Senator
WaShburn.
1t is really no wonder that with all
these complications in sight the manip-
ulators should desire an early meeting
Of the committee to regulate the ma
chine. The meeting today will be with
closed doors.
In view of the situation, the COM
ments of the papers. chiefly upon the
candidacy OF Lemuel and Robert for
auditor, have an ESPECIAL interest, and
we append some of the expressions: