The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-16
D. w. LAwLER INVITES A CONFER
ENCE OF SOUND MONEY
MEN.
MERCHANTS HOTEL JULY 23
WILL CONSIDER THE ACTION TO
BE TAKEN BY THAT ELE-
MENT.
wAsHBuRN AND FREE SILVER MEN
He Is Said to be With Them-Any-
thing to Beat the State House
Ring.

Hon.D. w. Lawler, who was appoint
ed at the late Democratic national con
vention as the member of the sound
money steering committee represent
ing Minnesota, has issued g. call for
conference Of the sound money Dem
ocrats Of this state, to be held at the
Merchants hotel in this city Thurs
day, July % next, at IL o'clock noon.
All sound money Democrats are urg-
entity requested to send to Mr. Lawler
at once the names of all persons who
sympathize in this movement and
ought in their opinion to be united to
attend this conference. The confer
ence, when it convenes, will consider
what action ought to be taken by the
sound money element of the Demo-
cratic party in view of the results of
the Chicago convention.
Washburn will not down.
In fact he-or his friends for him
evince a determine ton to go to ex-
treme lengths to defeat Gov. Clough
and humiliate Senator Nelson. They
will even combine with the free silver
men of the state in an attempt to
accomplish this design.
That this assertion is well based
will be amply proven in the conven-
ton Of free silver men to be held to-
day in Minneapolis. Some of the
strongest friends Senator Washburn
had in the last legislature will be in
to-day's gathering. They will be there
for a purpose, and indications have
encouraged them to believe they will
achieve victory.
State Senator Stephen B. Howard
managed the Washburn campaign in
the senatorial end Of the capitol dur
ing the contest with Gov Nelson He
is also the man who went to New Ulm
to persuade John Lind to alter his ex-
pressed determination not to accept
gubernatorial nomination. Howard
camped right alongside of Lind, and
after three days work went back to
Minneapolis in triumph to make the
declaration that Lind would run.
Lind's acquiescence was conditional,
but the Washburn Republicans of
Minneapolis express confidence that
they can comply with the conditions.
One is that the suggestion of his name
shall come from the free silver con-
vention of to-day, with the declara-
ton that all free silver men must
subordinate everything else to "the
cause" A second condition is that the
Democratic nomination shall be Sc
cured for Lind, on a free silver plat
form. The third condition contem-
plates an "unsolicited'' Endorsement
from the Populists. Securing these,
Lind will make the race.
AS stated in the G O b heretofore.
John Lind is the chief counsel of the
Minnesota and Dakota MillerS' associ-
alton, of which Washburn is ruling
spirit 1t has been frtimated that he
will not have to put any money Of his
own into the campaign, except possibly
for personal expenses. The men who
have urged Lind to the point of con-
senting to go against Clough are all
members of the committee of 100 whom
David recently defeated so badly in
Hennepin county. They have become
fanatical In their desire to defeat
Clough and punish Nelson. Who could
aid their purpose so well as a Scandi-
navian candidate? And what matters
it if he is free silver man? So are
we, say Senator Howard, and Morgan
and Elder Corliss The gold men
among Washburn's friends will not be-
come publicly identified with Linds
candidacy until after he had secured the
Demo-Pop nominations, If he gets
them. Then their excuse will be that
the state government has nothing to do
with the financial question, anyway,
and in electing Lind they can burst the
state machine.
The G 0 b e has 1t on credible au-
thority that the ex-congressman has
been assured Of the support Of the Min
neapolis Times and Journal, and so
far all was seemingly clear sailing.
But there is hitch.
The Journal has not bolted any of
the Republican candidates except
| Clough. But it will readily be seen that
to nominate Lind alone would at once
uncover the Washburn ghost behind
the movement. 1t would become rid
iculous and be laughed into defeat as
a mere scheme of revenge. So COM
plete ticket must be put up, and only
free silver men must be placed thereon.
This difficulty was canvassed, with the
result that the Times is to be secured
| to support the whole ticket, from Bryan
to the bottom, and the Journal will
make a special fight for Lind while re-
| framing from casting any stones at
| his running mates.
| Lieut. Gov Day, who was a Nelson
Clough man during the senatorial
fight, Is slated for presiding officer Of
| today's meeting. While he may still
feel very kindly toward the governor
! on account of being his official under
study, Day has gone so far along the
free silver trail that he is out of the
Republican party. John Lind will he
an acceptable candidate to the foxy
Fairmont editor for everal reasons
Principal of these reasons is this: If
Lind can be put In the field for gov
ernor under the auspices Indicated
Frank A. Day would be willing to run
for congress in his stead against Nc
Cleary. But he would expect and ask
for the same Endorsements Lind NAV
| get. Like all of the Washburn men
the lieutenant governor looks upon
Lind as sure to draw the solid free sill
yer vote of all parties and a large pro-
portion of Scandinavian Republicans
who will otherwise vote for Governor
| Clough.
AS outlined, the combination of tba
Washburn soreheads with the free sill
yer men looks plausible. Logic or the
eternal fitness of things do not cut anv
ice with the men who are engineering
the deal. The party of the first part is
hungering for revenge. The party of
the second part is inspired by so strong
| a desire to gain a victory for silver
that they seem willing to sink all else
to gain their point. Of course the
prospect of offices and power that NAV
possibly come their way is not lost
sight of. 1t seems strange. though to
/ find Washburn's old-time and bitterest
enemy now engaged in helping him to