The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-30

luIflD6T OL ,OIu tllnc democrats gave !
out that they could not agree with MI
Blair In making up the fusion ticke,
-.4e ropullsls lnsasted on havi4g three
or the four legislative nominees. THY
got them. And now the sound money
and middle-of-t Democrats
who can see no good in any sort of
Populist. are swearing they will beat
the fusion ticket even If it is necessary
to vote the straight Republican ballot.
And these same straight Democrats
will have none of John Lind They
are outspoken in their opposition to
Mr.. Lind and If they are Of the same
mind on election day he will have no
majority In Winona county. A half
dozen of them made the same remark:
IF we can't have Democrat for gov
ernor, let US have a Republican. We
don't want governor affiliated with
a party the title of which would i'm
pair the credit of the state" Lind's
Populistic popularity will give Clough
more Democratic votes IN this county
than the Pops can give him-Lind.
The soreness of the local sound money
Democrats at the Pops is, no doubt,
due to the fact that While they have
only 300 out of 1000 votes in the county
they insisted on three of the most i'm
portant offices-offices by the way
which they will never occupy, for the
straight Democrats viii certainly not
support them if the Republicans make
fair nominations.
WHAT RANDALL SAYS.
Frank l.. Randall, formerly chair
man of the Democratic congressional
committee, an ardent Democrat and
an original free silver man, thought
that Bryan would be elected; that he
would carry Minnesota. would carry
the First district and would clean up
doH ;s +o1
angular young man with a little NUT
ton chop whisker and a convincing
manner. He is clever politician.
He was at the head of HarrieS' COM
mittee when he went to congress, and
he says that this district would have
reelected Harries If he had been con-
tent to run on a silver platform as he
did the first time But there was no
silver party then" / said. mo, but
there was the Grange, the Alliances
predecessor, and the spirit of the
Grange lives in the Democracy of to-
day-so far as silver is concerned. Mr.
Bryan will carry this district. No
vote in this district has been waiting
for an opportunity like this ior years.
They will lose sight of every thing
else. The towns don't count. They
may be against Bryan. but the coun-
try vote will be for him. I don't say
lIilS NOlG Will go tLlE WHOl0 llCkSI
through. The silver men want sill
yer president, and 1t is possible they
may overlook the congressional nomi-
nee. am not so sure that Mr.. FitZ-
patrick will be elected. Mr.. Tawney is
popular even with many OF the silver
men who have been acting with the
Republicans. Perhaps he can hold
some Of them in line. Anyway, he
had a plurality of 1900 two years
ago and that Is a tremendous figure
to overcome. Mr.. Lind will carry Wi
mona county and the First district as
whole. In this county we will get
back pretty much to the old party
times, l believe. / think that the Dem
ocrat1c defections of gold men in the
city will be made up by accessions
Of silver men from the Republican
ranks among the tanners. / am very
sal-guine of Bryan and Lind for many
reasons Here is one: was born
and brought up in Nicollet county
There is a town in that county known
as New Sweden. There never was
more than two Democratic votes cast
In that town. This year there is
Bryan and Lind club there of sixty
members. If the silver idea is prevail
ing to that extent In one town, what
will it do in the state? And there
Is a
SCANDINAVIAN ELEMENT
IN the southern part eff this district
that is likely to be heard from to very
much the same effect" Mr. Randall
is himself candidate for county at
tOrney.
Editor Cameron, Of the Winona Her
aid, Is the locum tenens of the apostle
or silver. He moved away as airy
trffes any suggested reasons for the
possible success of the opposition to
silver IN nation. state or county. "The
idea has its hold among the farmers
said he, "and they will have things
their way. The conditions that caused
Democratic disaffection two years ago
are no longer dwelt on. Winona coun-
ty will give an old-time Democratic
majority, and 1t will apply to the ma
t1cnal, congressional and state tickets.
1t may vary on the congressional ticket
because both of the candidates live
here. 1 say 1t will be old-time majority.
but it may be more than that, for no
one knows how far the silver idea has
affected the German vote, which is
large. 1t has been to a great extent
Democratic I should not be surprised
to see 1t solidly Democratic" And Mr..
CAMERON called into question a fact
upon which the sound money people
depend greatly. The Germans are
thrifty and prosperous. Where there
is prosperity there is no demand for
change in the monetary standard.
Apropos of prosperity on the reverse
and its immediate effect politically on
the farmer I had a little talk yesterday
a couple Of miles west of yWinona with
j. A. Croft a .thresher who lives on
the Wisconsin side of the river. but
who has had his threshing outfit out
IN Winona county. Winona county is
not reckoned a wheat raising county
by any means. The farmers are long
established and experience has taught
them the value of diversified crops.
But there Is enough wheat raised here
to give them material interest, in the
price OF that cereal Here is Croft's
story: 81 have been threshing since
the grain was Shocked he said, land
L had begun to consider that I was in
part paid to listen to farmers sit around
and growl about how the country was
goin' plumb to hill and all because
them fellows in Wall street would not
let go of their money. And most Of
them were talking about voting for
Bryan and Seeing If there wouldn't be
a change. You never saw such a
LOT OF. WHINING CUssEs
in your life. I was getting pretty sick
of it myself Then the other day there
comes this raise in wheat Farmers
that hadn't paid me for threshing were
different men when went after them
yesterday They were not making
silver talk. but seemed to get a good
deal of fun out of the fact that the
raise in prices had paid their harvest
and threshing expenses. And when (
joked couple of them about silver
they looked kinder silly and one fellow,
an Irishman out here, he allowed that
maybe it would be better not to
monkey with the government or the
money-and that's the way they will
all feel if prices hold on as they ought
to with the short cropn II was going