St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-23
IN SIX DISTRICTS
WILL THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDEN-
TIAL CANDIDATES. COMPETE
FOR THE PLUM TODAY.
SITUATION BY DISTRICTS
WOULD INDICATE A CHANCE FOR
A PRETTY CONTEST IN TOIoR-
ROWS SESSION.
BURKE, TAwNEY AND THOMPSON
Seem to He Sure Delegates ut Large,
With Evans, of minneapolis,
Running Well.

This is the day when the conventions
cept the Fifth, or Minneapolis, will be
held to select district delegates to the
st. Louis national convention.
The Fourth district convention will
convene at Market hall at II a. m,
with something like III delegates pres
ent. The Y delegates from Ramsey
county come with a strong Endorsement
for Davis from the convention which
named them on Saturday, but there is
an undercurrent of McKinleyism which
may combine with similar spirits from
Washington, Chisago, Kanabec and
Isanti counties.
Maj. Mckinley is almost sure to get
the district delegates in the First
district, which meets at Rushford. He
has Freeborn, Mower, Winona, Dodge
and Fillmore counties, and probably
Wabasha. Davis has Steele Waseca,
Houston and probably Olmsted. This
would give the Ohioan SO votes to 81
for the favOrite son
The Second district Is not so certain,
but it looks like a Mckinley strong
hold The delegations are largely un-
instructed, but McKinley's champions
claim Faribault, Redwood, Rock Mur-
ray, Pipestone and Lac qui Parle coun-
ties, with probably Chippewa and Wa
tonwan.
The Third district meets at Mankato.
The stellar feature will probably be
John Lind's efforts to secure one Of
the delegateships on a pronounced sill
yer basis. He has a merry field Of can
didates to compete with, and the con-
vention will probably run well into to-
night or tomorrow. On presidential
preferences the situation is not SO clear.
Rice. LIE Sueur and Meeker counties are
As votes presumably for Mckinley, who
may also get % votes from Sibley and
Dakota. Davis will get 40 from Good
hue, Mcleod and Carver counties, with
Scott and Renville, still to be heard
from.
The Fifth has gone for Mckinley
with a solid 116 votes.
The Sixth district meets at Aitkin,
and the presidential canvass is mixed
somewhat with the one of ToWne or
anti-Towne. The present congressman
seems to have a shade the best of it.
Two Of Senator Davis strongholds are
in this district-St. Louis county and
Duluth with 43 votes and Wright cOun-
ty with 19. Mckinley, however, is as
sured Anoka, Stearns, Crow Wing,
Hubbard and Mile Lacs, with excel
lent chances in Todd and Morrison.
The Seventh looks like Mckinley.
He stands to get the solid vote of Beck
er, Otter Tail, Norman, Grant and
Swift counties, with Stevens, Traverse,
Kandiyohi and Marshall in line for
Davis. Several others are in doubt.
These figures give Mckinley an al
most certain 460 votes in the state con-
vention, but as there are over 1000
delegates in that body, and as those
who are not pretty definitely declared
may be assumed to be favorable to
Minnesota man, if possible to elect
him, it is not sure that Senator Davis
will not go into the ST. Louis conven-
ton with his own state behind him.
He has a fighting chance in half Of
today's conventions and the same in
tomorrow's gathering.
The personnel of the delegates at
large promises to be George Thomp-
son, of st. Paul: r. G. Evans, of Min
neapolis; Congressman J. A. Tawney,
Of Winona, and A. H. Burke, of Du-
luth; ex-governor of North Dakota.
The ST. Paul Democrat, edited by
Patrick D. Scannell, the chairman of
the Democratic city committee prints
the following, presumably eX cathedra:
Inc democratic city committee, as at pres
ent constituted. has no candidate for mayor,
and has no right to have any. The man who
is desirous of capturing this nomination must
hustle from now until the day Of the conven-
ton and secure majority Of the delegates.
1t is any mans fight, and may the best man
win. 1t must not be said that the organiza-
ton is inimical TO the candidacy of Mr.. Gull
len, Mr.. Parker. Mr.. Darragh or anybody else
who desires to become a. candidate for they
shall all get fair show and square deal
Of course. the individual members of the
committee have various choices. and they
have right to such choices and it is to be
hoped that they will express such choice in
the proper manner in the various precincts in
which they reside. through the election Of
delegates and not through the city committee.
All the new management ask is that the
elements which have controlled the party for
wears past now turn around and reciprocate
for the many favors the party has done them
in the past.
E. G. Hinebaugh has resigned the
presidencies of the Ramsey County
Young Mems Central Democratic club
and the Young Mems Democratic
League of Minnesota. The letter to
the executive committee of the organ
j'-@+'on first named is as follows:
Gentlemen: Having served as presi-