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

power in Winona county. There are
upwards of 500 men in the employ OF
the railroads in Winona and not NOR,
than 100 of them will vote the silvel
ticket, I was told. A greater numbei
than that will vote for Fitzpatrick
for this Is his home county-as it l.
Tawney's-and the choice as between
them will be one Of
PERSONAL PREFERENCE
rather than political-a condition of
affairs which may, probably will, give
the vote of this county ito Mckinley
and Fitzpatrick. In this solicitude
about the head of the ticket, both the
sound money people and the silyerites
seem to have lost sight Of the fact
that the congress and not the presi-
currency. Fitzpatrick is a popular
man and might even be elected If he
could be taken out of the hands of
his fool friends. 1t would be no new
experience for him to beat Jim Tawney.
On two distinct occasions III the past
he performed that feat Fitzpatrick
was county attorney of Winona county
for ten years. On two occasions Mr.
Tawney had the temerity to run against
him. If Fitzpatrick could get out of
the hands of the Populists he would
make running ON his popularity, and
he has always been a consistent Demo-
crat until this year. 1t is quite safe
to assume that Fitzpatrick will cut
Tawney's plurality of 1900 in the
district two years ago down by from
5000 to 10,000-and If the Norwegians
In the southern tier of counties should
by any possibility take it into their
heads to vote for the silver nominee
Tor congress, then goodbye to Mr.. Taw-
neyS hope of a return TO his berth in
washington. What those Norweglans
will do will only be known when the
votes are counted, for no one on earth
Knows by what process of reasoning
they arrive at their political conclus-
ions-if indeed they indulge in any sort
OF rat1ocination. Capt. Van SAINT said
iast night that they would be all right
II Senator Knute Nelson would but
adoress ! a letter to them. They make
a very uncertain quantity and the
feW silver propogandists have made
some progress amongst them,
Inls town is full OF practical politi-
clans. They talk good deal, but they
work, too. How they can spare so
much time from their ordinary occu-
patlonS Is question that will not be
panlshed from the mind Of the observer,
Dut 1t is not likely to be answered. The
politicians won't argue. They will
TALK AND MAKE FIGURES.
though, and If a casual visitor to
the First congressional district wants
the result of the campaign figured out
and has political leanings that need
bolstering, he can get the job done
here in Winona. If the aboriginal
citizens of this section were gifted in
the matter of drawing the long bow.
as are the present Inhabitants. then it
is quite clear that the funny little fall
that the Indian lady took from Maiden
ROCK, over by the river, was inspired
py very different cause than that
winch poesy has assigned to it. The
W1nona man will not quarrel with his
felloW townsman about political figures
He VIII express some genteel astonish-
'ment that any one should be so absurd
ana tell you the facts according to his
hghts. But he would not dream Of
quarreling. The proletarians, the hoj
polloi, the rabble, may quarrel, may
even fight and punch each others
heads and bite each others ears off.
but that is not politics. That is polfii-
cal argument, carried to its logical
conclusion according to the lights of
those who abandon dialectics when
they get warm in the collar. There
was an argument Of the kind last night
just after Capt. Van SAINT had finished
an address to the Polish Sound Money
club. There was noise enough to justify
the suspicion of riot, but it tran
srired that one of Van SAINTS converts
had undertaken to enlighten an un-
regenerate Pole. But the politicians
are deliberate and gentlemanly. They
make figures and put up jobs, but at
the same time look with a lenient eye
on the errors of the other fellow. They
know that the other fellow is wrong,
but they don't condemn him for it.
They are satisfied with the orthodoxy
of their own beliefs. Like unto the
English bishop who, on being asked