The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-05

dent, but won't take any chances on
my vote for governor. We don't know
Lind down this way ana don't see the
use Of throwing away vote on man
who was Republican the other day.
Populist yesterday, and who may
be any old thing after he is elected.
I'll take chance on Dave Clough--
though / don't love him.
At the Owatonna house here there
were couple of men arguing about
politics, and one of them had the cour-
age of his convictions-he was con-
vinced that there was possibility that
Bryan might be elected, and he hon.
estly believed that the event would
send gold to premium. His name is
Moulton, and he is stone mason who
Is well-to-do and has some $4,000 in
vested in South Dakota farm mort
cages. His opponent was storekeeper
named Daveny. Moulton said that he
was so far alarmed about the condi-
tion of things in the country that he
was willing to give $500 to have any
body guarantee him that the secured
paper he held would be as good after
Nov. 3 as it is today. Daveny said he
would as soon have silver as gold. and
while he believed that Bryan would be
elected he did not think that would
make any difference with the finances
or the country. Moulton said that he
was willing to pay premium for gold.
HOW much premium will you give me
Tor three $50 gold pieces?' INQUIRED
Daveny. I'll give you $6250 for them. I"
replied the other. And the deal was
made on the spot. Daveny was by no
means wild in his figures. He is the
treasurer of silver club, but he does
not think that there is any hope of
his party carrying Steele county. He
ADMITTED that the result would be
aoout the same as two years ago, when
IaWney had 1,7S7 votes, the Democrat
5,zz4 ana the Populist nominee 145. He
ala think that Tawney's majority in
the district would be cut down hnt
nao no specific reasons for thinking SO.
.or ne knew little Of the outside coun-
ties in the district and
PINNED HIS HOPES
on d1saffection among the Norweoian.
ana that Is not to be looked for as
demonstrated at Rochester. There
were no practical politicians available
At oWatonna on Sunday, but the onlv
Two silver men there were In sight
were the landlord of the hotel and
Daveny. They were practically agreed
tnII the vote would not differ mate
rially from that two years ago. A
number Of sound money men. among
tnem three Democrats, said that Nc
hln!ey would get 200 more votes in
Stecie county than Tawney got in 1894,
Ihls country is, to q great extent
given over to dairy farming. and there
is creamery every few miles in every
county in the First congressional dis
tr1ct A man who has been to every
creamery In the southern part of the
state within six weeks ought to know
something Of the state of political feel
ing generally. F. G. Nelson, a Scan
dlnavian traveller for a creamery sup
ply house OF Chicago, a Democrat and
ladely an agent for the agricultural de-
partment in the West, was in Just that
case. He had been in nearly every
town In the First district He gave
me his word that he was thunderstruck
at the utter absence Of anything like a
widespread interest in the money ques--
ton. What interest there was would
nave no other effect than to solidify the
Republican vote. And he had not
talked With more than half q dozen
Scand1nav1ans-outsi the cities-who
held free silver views. Among the
American farmers over in Waseca
county there was some interest in poll
tics, quite good deal of it, he said.
But the dairy farmers were all well off
and silver men were exceedingly scarce.
Democrats who were we'll Informed had
told him that one-half of the 1888 votes
that Moonan, the Democrat nominee
for congress in 1894 got would go to
Mckinley this year, and this, added to
the 1859 votes that Tawney had last
year, would give the Republican presi-
Dental ticket nearly 1,S0O-allowing
that the entire Populist vote Of 1894,
S02, would go for Bryan And this
latter is, of course, to be conceded, for
there Is not a real Populist in the state
who has changed his mind.