The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-28
LOBE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS
MAKING sOUNDINGs IN THE
POLITICAL DEEP.
IN THE RIVER COUNTIES.
SILVER SENTIMENT APPARENTLY
RATHER STRONG in OLD
WABASHA.
TAwNEY AND LIND
Appear to Lead in That BafIiwick-
Scattering Opinions From
Other Localities.

The G l o e begins this morning the
| publication of series Of letters from
staff and county correspondents re-
| garding the political outlook in every
nook and corner of this great common
wealth. The representatives Of tlIis pa
Per have been sent forth with instruc-
tions to "dig to the bottom" and accu-
rately report what they find to be true
Their letters will be a pretty good
forecast of what is to occur at the
polls in Minnesota on Nov. S. At any
rate, they will be without partisan
bias and worth close reading.
Special Staff Correspondence.
WINONA, Sept 27.-Politicians in
this part of the First congressional
district have a theory that Bryan,
Tawney and Lind will carry Winona
and Wabasha counties. The politi-
clans have a silver lining, Of course,
and they have not much reason for the
faith that is in them. 1 asked one
blatant gentleman. who was holding
forth on the street this morning, how
he figured it that the combination
given could win. He eyed me plying
ly and said that he had thirty-four
reasons. any one Of which would do.
| Let me tell you a story" said he,
Fire away" said I. Said he: can
irate individual approached another
and began cussing him, saying that he
had been bitten by the others dog.
My dog didn't bite you. said the man
addressed; my dog didn't bite you for
four reasons. How'd you know it was
my dog?' We'll, he was in your yard
and he acted like he was at home, and
he ran into the house after he bit me-
Well, you're wrong. In the first place
my dog don't bite; in the second place
L haven't got any yard; in the third
place my dog is muZzled, and in the
fourth place l haven't got any dog
That is how 1t is with me- I have
all sorts of reasons for my belief as
to the outcome in this county and the
last one is that l am going to vote that
way. The analogy was not quite
clear, but the belief Of the story-teller
is quite prevalent, even among some
Well-informed Republicans
THE RIVER COUNTIES.
of the First congressional district will
be the pivotal counties this fall. so
far as the congressional campaign Is
concerned. There is an atmosphere OF
speculation about politics in Wabasha
Winona and Houston counties that
ought to be delightful to any one look
ing for speculation in the abstract
And nearly every man one meets Is a
politician, and has the courage not
only of his convictions but of his
/ prejudices in telling what he thinks
Of the result.
The G o correspondent asked a
number of public men at Wabasha
last night what would likely be the re-
suit of the election in that county, re-
| ferring to the head of the ticket. The
| gentlemen were sitting about c. c.
Hirschy's store putting some necessary
repairs on the ship of state In the
party were c. c. Hirschy, president of
the First National Bank Of Wabasha;
County Attorney Allison, Dr. Milligan,
candidate for the legislature on the fu-
sion ticket; J. H. McGovern, president
Of the Wabasha Silver club, and three
! or four others. Mr.. Hirschy was con-
vinced that the Republican ticket
{ would win from top to bottom, and he
| said so.
Huh" grunted DIR. Milligan, "I1l
| find you a half-dozen silver Republi-
cans for every gold Democrat that
1
thing that you won't vote for Lind
yourself. Why, there's Millville-" and
he went off into an argument as to the
way the various townships would go.
! In Wabasha the conditions are much
| as they are elsewhere in like places.
| There have been considerable acces-
I sions to the gold ranks. Charles Gene-
! nagle, a Wabasha merchant, has a list
/ of Seventy-two names of men who have
always been identified with the Demo
cratic party, and who have openly de-
| clared that they will not support Bry-
an. To stand this evidence off, DR..
! Milligan pointed to the fact that at
! Millville, Wahasha county, there were
but four men who would vote against
Bryan. 1 asked Mr.. McGovern, who is
! the editor of the free silver paper at
| Wabasha and the president of the sill
yer club, how many members there
were in his club? He said there were
ia, and added that there were exactly
5S members Of the gold club. President
/ II. P. Jewell, Of the sound money club.
said that there were 98 members of his
club, and that he was informed on
very good authority that the silverites
| had So members.
GEN. JACK MULLEN.
The greatest acquisition the silver
men have become possessed of in Wa
|
| Jack" Mullen, erstwhile adjutant gen
era1 and now county attorney. He
bolted clean and went over bag and
! baggage to the silver camp. He helped
| to organize the silver men and was
very actiYe-and now they do say that
| he would like to get back into his own
| ranks again, for the silver people look
on him with suspicion and have already
begun to say that the valiant general
went in for silver because he thought
it was band-wagon affair. His ardor
is already cooled and he no longer at
| tends the club meetings. But his bolt
ceused some other defections, and
many of them will stick. But boiling
leaders will not have the following that
they might have if party lines were not
! broken in every direction.
Prior to 1894. for about fourteen years,
Wabasha county had been reliably
Democratic 1t went into the Repub-
lican column two years ago when Taw-
/ ney had a plurality of SIS votes over
| Moonan, the Democratic nominee for
congress, and majority of IA over
his three opponents. There are nor
mally about 300 Populists in Wabasha
county-and that in spite of the fact
that Owen received nearly 700 votes in
| the last state campaign. The Popu-
| liStic vote will this year be merged
with the silver Democratic element and
/ the county may be safely conceded to
| the fusion ticket both on the state and
| national ballots. The one candidate
who seems to have q personal following
/ and outspoken and vigorous support.
! without regard to his political views.
! is John Lind. Out of twenty-three
farmers stopped on the streets Of Wa
i basha and asked their choice for gov