The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-12

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-Four years ago he was the Populist
candidate and six years ago he came
very near defeating John Lind for
the same office. But he is q power
here in politics and could get the nomi-
nation for pretty much any office he
wanted at the hands Of any party. He
is certainly. the most rabid gold man
l have met and he believes that in or
der to root out the silver heresy 1T is
necessary to beat every candidate run
ming on the silver platform. Said he.
These people who talk about voting
for Mckinley and Lind make me
weary. Why, the very vote they cast
for Mckinley is a blow at everything
that Lind stands for. 1t would be alb
surd to vote for Republican sound
money president and at the same time
cast a ballot in favor Of turning the
state over to free silver fanatics who
would destroy our credit merely by
their accession to power and before
they could do any harm actually. Hap
PLY, there are few people Of that kind
hereabouts. l have seen a lot of Scan
dinavian leaders from their heavy set
Elements up the valley of the Mime
sofa river and l am absolutely sure
that Lind will get no sort Of consola-
ton from that vote. Every effort be-
ing made here Is for the entire Re-
publican ticket, and I am urging gold
Democrats to vote for Mckinley. be-
cause / fear that a vote for the gold
Democratic candidates will be lost to
a cause which it is needful should
have all the sound money strength.
Here in Mankato the election will dem
Onstrate a political revolution and the
city will be overwhelmingly Republi-
can instead of comparatively close, as
in the past" Gen. Baker would not
make figures ON the county.
HTc hos Go Qfcr. Of ho
LAY congressional committee, and
when asked his opinion Of things po-
litical he was not inclined to talk. The
same
DISPOSITION TO BE RETICENT
has been so obvious among Democratic
campaign officials that l pressed Mr..
Hughes for a reason for it. He pro-
duced it presently in the form of a.
circular letter emanating from Demo-
cratic State Committeeman Rosing
addressed to county and city secre-
taries and chairmen. The letter warns
them against giving information to
the press. ITO do So" says the letter,
would be to strengthen the hands Of
the enemy" But Mr.. Hughes was in
chned to be more gracious than he
would have been under the terms Of
the letter. He thought Bryan and Day
would carry the county-or like a good
l pointed out that it would be neces-
sary to gain $50 Republicans to do this,
figuring on the vote Of two years ago.
Mr.. Hughes thought 1t could be done
and said that Bryan would gain from
ten to twenty votes in each precinct
in the county. OF these there are
twenty three, and figuring on the max
And then Mr.. Hughes said he really
knew little about 1t. No canvass had
been made, but he depended on a
great many Republicans voting for
silver and on Linds getting many
Scandinavian votes for the whole
ticket in the county. There are 500
Scandinavian votes in Blue Earth and
twice as many Germans. 1t was easy
enough to determine, even by a street
canvass, that there were three German
gold men for every one Scandinavian
silver vote. In fact, in one institution
here, quarry and stone-cutting yard
where there are lao Scandinavians en-
ployed, all of them, without exception,
will vote the Republican ticket.
Democratic State Committeeman
Henry Zimmerman Jr. would not talk
of the campaign, and those Democrats
whom / met, and they were not easy
to find, were quite hopeless as to the
result in Blue Earth, though they all
seemed sanguine as to the rest Of the
country-on the theory that distant
hills always look green, perhaps.
President w. E. Young, Of the Nc
Kinley club, was modest, and said that
while he did not know much about the
county, he thought Mckinley would
carry it by about $50 at least-which is
very modest figure, indeed.
EDITOR L. P. HUNT,
of the Free Press, was more sanguine.
M a will 0Y%1sxY tI1n H. 1
1900 for Mckinley and the entire tick
ct" said he. And I really believe I
am making low figures The Populists
and Democrats are by no means as one,
even on the county ticket, for while
they have only one ticket between them
there was really no fusion-such fusion
as would give them a common cause
on the ticket. The Pops held their con-
vention and nominated a partial ticket
and the Democrats in convention filled
the ticket. But there was no ratifica-
ton on the one side or the other They
will not pull together, and many Of the
Democrats will vote for their own peo-
pie on the county ticket and for the
Republican national ticket. Mckinley
and Clough will probably run about
even, while McCleary will lead the
ticket
Mayor Ed Weaver was on his way
to Republican headquarters with a. box
full Of Mckinley buttons. He said he
had not stopped to make figures on
majorities yet, but he knew he had
distributed 1900 Mckinley buttons in
week, and~the demand was by means
supplied. And 1 quite believe him. for
every man on the street wore a Nc
Kin1ey button. The Democratic cam
paign is woefully deficient in these
matters and one really has to search
about for Bryan button These in
sigma of party preference may not
mean much, but they certainly i'm
press one, and generally they indicate
the politics Of the wearer. At Winona.
though, met a fellow who had Nc
Kinley button In the buttonhole of his
coat and when William Noonan, we'll
known Democratic politician, with
whom 1 was talking hailed him, the
fellow turned his lapel over and showed
a Bryan badge. He explained that he
worked on a railroad-he would not say
what road-and had to keep the Nc
Kinley button in sight to hold his job.
Perhaps he told the truth. I placed
SO little reliance on what he said that
l didn't even attempt to investigate
It, for had talked to so many railroad
men that 1T was not worth while
And the corporate interests would not
dare attempt coercion for any candi-
date. as a plain statement, authenti-
Gated, of such attempted coercion must
necessarily ruin their candidates
chances with the labor vote. All over
the southern part of Minnesota 1 have
been looking for an actual case Of CO.
ercion and would have printed it with
out hesitation, according to my instruc-
lions to get at the truth In travelling
over 1,500 miles Of railroad in Mime
sofa, and making many stops. /
found no single case of coercion that
could at all be verified. I don't believe
there is any sort of intimidation prac-
ticed.
George Sherry said he had made a
canvass of Blue Earth county in his
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