The Saint Paul globe., 1896-08-14
HENNEPIN GETTING IN LINE.
ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL, DEM
0CRATIC PARTY TO BE COM
PLETED NEXT WEEK,
cLoUGH's CAMPAIGN RUNS ITSELF.
The Governor Is Absent and roms
Bixby Sick Abed-Work Needed
In the Second,

impetus yesterday. Many letters were
received at headquarters at the Mer-
chants hotel, telling Of the organization
or sound money clubs by Democrats
In several places, and the expression
of good will at the proposition to put
a new ticket in the field. The Anti
Bryan sentiment is cryqallizing rapidly
and the Ramsey county Democracy
has decided to organize a branch of
the national Democratic party. Copies
or the following letter are being mailed
10 democrats in the county and will
doubtless find a numerous response
Dear Sir: AS you aware, the anti
Bryan Democrats have assumed the name
National Democratic party" and have is
sued call for national convention, to be
held at indianapolis, Sept 2. AS you know
also, 1t has been resolved by the anti-Bryan
Democrats of this state to put an electoral
ticket in the field and to organize this state
to secure its success. A meeting of the anti
Bryan Democrats of Ramsey county will be
neld at the headquarters of the state central
committee, rooms and B, Merchants hotel
Tuesday, the 18th day OF August 1896 at
o CLOCK P. m, for the purpose of organizing
the National Democratic party in Ramsey
county. The committee earnestly desires
your attendance.
Word was received from Minneapolis
yesterday that the Democrats Of Hen
nepin county are perfecting the organ
ization of a sound money club, and the
headquarters will be opened in Mime
apolis at an early date Among the
letters received by Secretary How yes
terday was one from E. d. Bartlett, of
WykoT, Mimi, in which he said that
the greater part of the voters of Fill
more county are in favor Of sound
money. "A letter from Rice county was
alo particularly encouraging, as the
writer says that the sound money SEN
T inn ant Is cfVNT l.,
Gov. Cloughs campaign has been
running itself this week The governor
has been absent from the state on a
trip with his family and Tams Bixby
has been sick at his home since Sun
day, and has not showed up at Re
publican headquarters this week. But
the adherents Of the governor are none
the less sanguine that his cause Is
growing and that he will be elected
by a rousing majority.
The Minneapolis Journal prints
hysterical story about New York
Populist named Call who, it is alleged.
was in Minneapolis "a couple Of days
ago." and had a long conference with
Tams Bixby- Call, it is insinuated,
had made canvas of the western
portion of the state in the interests of
Gov. C1ough and the Republican ticket.
AS he is said to be the same Call that
was turned down at the St Louis con
ventfon and repudiated by the New
York and Kansas delegations of that
convention, the Journals Inference is
that Call was masquerading as a Pop
ulist. while in reality he was doing
missionary work for the Clough ele-
ment. 1t may be true that Call was
in Minneapolis and that he was repu-
dated at ST. Louis, and even true that
he was at work for Clough, if he was
out through Minnesota districts, But
In view of the fact that he did not
see Tams Bixby, as that gentleman
has been i'll and not absent from his
home since Sunday, the story lacks an
essential element Of truthfulness 1t is
denied by Clough's friends that any
such person as Call has been engaged
in work for the Republican ticket in
the state
w. A. Funk, of Mankato, was a caller
at the Republican headquarters yester-
day. He found H. r. Denny in charge
in the absence of Tams Bixby, and
told Mr. Denny that he wanted a vast
lot or literature, and a speaker or two
for an early date to come down into the
Second district and raise Cain with
Lind, John Day Smith and others of
the Rep.-Dem. silver combine who are
now at the top of the heap in the dis
trict. IF the election was held TODAY
the Republicans would be beaten =
said Mr.. Funk. "The farmers In the
district, and particularly about Man
kato, are in sympathy with the Min
neapolis ticket and free silver. But we
are educating them slowly but surely
to see the fallacy of the free silver ar
guments, and by the aid of campaign
literature and a series of speeches and
joint debates, we will swing the voters
around to see the beauties of the Re
publican platform. You may be sure
that we will elect Clough, and that we.
Mckinley will have the biggest ma
jority in the district, but Clough will
not fall far behind the head Of the.
ticket.
The contest for the district iudgesbip.
of North Dakota, a place made vacant
by the recent death of Judge Thomas.
Is Of some interest in Minnesota, as
the influence of several strong adnints
tration Democrats in ST. Paul has been
sought to secure the place for Burke
Corbet, of Grand Forks. M r. Corbet
is staunch Democrat and is one of
the best known lawyers in the West.
He Is power in his state in legal
circles as well as In politics He is at
ICrney IOr q uOZen banks and the Great
Northern railroad and has a wide ac--
quaintance and a large personal follow
ing. He was offered the nomination for
governor at the recent convention Of
Democrats and Populists in North
Dakota, but declined the honor on the
ground that he could not subscribe to.
the money plank in the platform. Even
then he received three of the six votes.
cast in committee for national commit
teeman, and as the committee was un-
able to break the tie the state has as
yet been steering along without a rep
resentative on the committee.
Minnesota Democrats are not repre-
sented on the national executive COM
mittee at this time and the Minneapolis
Is responsible for this fact
The convention called on d. W. Lawler
the national committeeman, to resign.
when it ordered him to leave the con-
vention hall. Then the delegates made
up their minds that Thomas O'Brien
was about the right sort Of man to,
them in the councils Of the
committee and indorsed Mr. O'Brien
heartily. Mr.. O'Brien, it is said, felt
he needed some other credentials and
idin't go to New York Mr.. Lawler-
went to New York from Indianapolis
on Saturday last, but did not attend
the meeting Of the national commit
didn't go to New York Mr.. Lawler
friends that he Is the sole representa-