St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-22
LAYING THE WIRES
POLITICIANS ARE BEGINNING TO
LOOK AHEAD AND DO SOME
PLANNING.
AFTER COL. KIEFER'S PLACE
Il. c. STEVENS, NAME MENTIONED
WHILE WASHINGTON HAS a
CANDIDATE.
GOV. CLOUGH Is ACTIVE.
GubernatOriaI Candidates Watch
ing Every Move of the Pres
ent Executive.
AFTER COL. KIEFER'S PLACE
GOV. CLoUGH Is ACTIVE.

II Is -IlO secret 10 pOiPllClStIlS lldt
already plans are being laid and
wires placed in handy position to
be pulled at the proper time for the
offices that will be open to candi-
dates one year from November. Lay
ing aside for a moment the hot hunt
for the gubernatorial plum, the
choice of a successor to Congress
man tkiefer is engaging the atten-
tion of Republicans who try to keep
closely in touch with such matters.
For some time it has been under
stood that F. c. Stevens is to be
presented as a candidate by RAM
Sey county. There will be others,
however, in this county; and now
comes Washington county with a
candidate in the person of Hon
John Zelch, Of Cottage Grove. Speak
ing to a G l o b e reporter yesterday
Hon. Charles A. Parker, of st. Paul
Park, said that Mr.. Zelchs name
will certainly be presented, and
Washington county will demand
that her claims to recognition shall
be needed.
Mr.. Zelch was member of the
legislature from Washington coun-
ty in the session of '93, and as chair
man of the committee on railroads
held a leading place on the Repub-
Hcan side. Last fall he was de-
teated for the senatorial nomina-
ton in his county through the inf1u-
ence of Senator Washburn's friends.
Billy Masterman, of Saltwater, cap
tured the nomination by a scratch.
Mr.. Parker, who now announces the
candidacy of Mr.. ZeIch, is his sue
cessor in the house, and is not a
dreamer nor rainbow chaser
While Zelch will probably not open-
ly avow his intentions at present
his friends in Washington county
are going to test Ramsey's right to
name kiefer's successor; and there
Is no doubt that at the proper mo-
ment Mr.. Zelch will step forth to do
oattle in his own behalf.
GOV. CLOUGH'S MOVEMENTS.
Gov Clough's decision to accompany
the Minnesota editors to Atlanta the
latter part of the month has started a
derful to behold. There is nothing
strange about the governors determi.
hauon to go to- the exposition. he
cause on Minnesota day it will be very
appropriate that the chief executive of
the state should participate in the ex
erclses. Nothing, therefore. could bet
ter indicate the tension on the Repub-
mean political wires than the vibrati
which have followed the governors.
-ahloupeement. From Luverne to Du-.
luth. and from Winona to Bimidii.
friends of Gibbs and McGill, of Eustis
and Van SAINT, have pricked up their
ears and are listening. They realize
that Gov Clough is not an orator, and
therefore will not go to Atlanta with
the intention, say of William Henry
Eustis, to fire the Southern heart with
Northern eloquence. David NJ. has
come to be known about the state as
"Old Business" He has been attend
ing strictly to the duties of his office.
and really has not gone about as much
as the other candidates for his place.
II Is violating no confidence to say
that MS plodding, hard-working way
OF doing his work is a disappointment
to many powerful Republicans. espec-
tally friends of Washburn, who ex-
pected him to "slop over" and make
blunders. A state senator from South
western Minnesota, who was free in
eriticising Cloughs qualifications when
the Nelson senatorial boom was first
announced, voiced this sentiment when
he said to the writer I'm afraid he
's going to put up a good business ad-
ninistration.'
So when the governor decides to lay
aside the cares of cffice long enough to
accompany the editors on their annual
excursion, Republican politicians,
measuring him by their own standard,
say there's something in the wind
But Gov. Clough will go to Atlanta,
no matter what the other fellows say
or think; and it will surprise no one
to find Capt. Van SAINT down there at
the same time, Just looking over the
battle fields" or John L. Gibbs mere
ly investigating the prospects of the
South" where he has never been; or
ex-Mayor Eustis, speaking for Mime
sofa, the pride of Minneapolis" Any
how, this years editorial excursion
will become memorable in more ways
than one. 1t may not be amiss to say
that country editors Of the Demo
cratic persuasion do not predominant
on these enjoyable occasions.