The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-14

They are ALL or nearly all, farmers,
but thirteen living in Worthington.
The canvass of the county for members
! is not yet finished, and / would not be
surprised if 400 of the Germans would
be enrolled. And I would not give you
much for the German vote that will be
| left Mind you, this German vote has
! always been Democratic, or largely so,
! and it's detection will make a tre-
mendous difference. I don't know how
many of the members of the club will
vote for Palmer, less than fifty per-
haps, but 1 know they will not be for
| Bryan-not any of them. And in their
| disgust at the adoption of Populist
principles by the Democrats most of
them will vote the straight Republican
! ticket.
Albert Schmidt, humble disciple of
Crispin, whom I found at his bench,
had seconded Mr.. Schultz in his work
of organizing the Germans and he in
| dorsed all that Schultz had said, and
added that he did not know single
German who would vote the fusion
ticket
THINKS IT'S FOR BRYAN.
J. S. Blair, member of the Democratic
state central committee, candidate for
register Of deeds of MOBILES county on
the fusion ticket and the only Demo-
c1at likely to taste the sweets of office
in that county-unless it be DR.. Sulfi-
van, an extremely popular man of
Adrian--is hopeful of the success OF
Bryan in Mobiles county. II will grant
you,' said Mr.. Blair, that about here
IL is all Republican, but over in the
west end Of the county things are
quite the other way. I don't believe
much in the strength of Schultz's Ger
man club and it isn't in the power
of any one man to keep them in line
1t is true enough that Day is not much
known here, but he has time enough
to remedy that, and the free silver
people are not going to let any one
On the ticket suffer for want of sup
port. have been over in the west end
of the county and it seemed to me
that every one I met was a silver man.
If we do not carry the county, we will
hold it very nearly even and, consider
ing the fact that McCleary only had
majority Of forty, that is
modest claim, for the Democrats
and Populists will certainly pull to-
gether." Mr.. Blair is the editor Of
the G b e, a silver paper, and it
was conceded even by Republicans
generally that he was fair, well-in-
formed and very likely to be elected
register of deeds. He said that there
lad been great silver gains in Rock
county and that they might carry the
c0unty-a statement that is charge
10 possible hope of overcoming the
Republican majority of nearly 600 two
years ago. There will undoubtedly be
fusion gains in Rock, that is Lot to be
denied, but they will not be material.
Eugene Campbell, the trave.ing man
who headed the opposition to Lind on
account OF his action on the excess
baggage bill, lives in Worthington.
He told me that, while he was only
personally interested in beating Lind,
he could not but see everywhere in
Southern Minnesota evidences of sound
raoney gains. 'If the election had
taken place a month or more ago, Bry-
an might have had a chance, said Mr.
Campbell People might have voted
silver if they had not had time to go
into the question. But there has been
tremendous change in the month and
in the towns there is no lolger any
silver talk
ALL FOR SOUND MONEY.
Frank Glasgow superintendent of
bridge construction on the Omaha, has
Il crew of forty-1ve men here. He
said they would all vote for sound
monev and very casual inquiry among
them proved it. Many of them have
hitherto been Democrats. Chairman
Humiston, of the Republican county
committee, thought the county would
give the Republican ticket 500 major
ity from top to bottom.
Chairman Harry S. Hobson, of the
Democratic county committee, did not
agree with him. He thought the coun-
ty was for silver, but would make
no figures-nor would he discuss it.
He had evidently received that circular
letter of Mr. Rosing's.
Dlagonally across the county is the
silver stronghold of Adrian. A canvass
along the road showed a steady growth
I ~
Adrain there were no figures to be had
except those showing the growth of
silver. DR.. Sullivan, candidate for the
legislature lives here and he expects
to be elected. So far as his immediate
surroundings are concerned, he is war
ranted in the belief, but he has other
things to reckon with-that enormous
Republican majority in the district He
is running in the Seventh senatorial
district, which consists of Mobiles, Muir
ray, Pipestone and Rock counties, and
is entitled to three representatives In
1894 it was largely Republican, and if
Dr.. Sullivan is elected, it will be on his
personal popularity. In the town of
Wilmont, of which ST Kilian's is the
principal place, there are 127 votes and
all but II of them are for silver. And
there are other localities that show as
strongly on either side, but everything
considered Mckinley will carry the
county by a good 200.
Jackson county boasts of gold
Democratic paper, the Times of Heron
Lake, edited by Chas. Woostencroft,
if for Palmer, and the county is pos
Sibly debateable on local affairs. But
/ am Informed that Of the 416 Demo-
cratic votes cast in 1894, at least 100
will be for Mckinley this year, and the
county may be conceded to the Repub-
licans by 200 to 800 majority.
Martin county is nominally Republi-
can by 500--just 513 two years ago, and
it remains to, be seen whether Frank
Day can cut that figure down. He
was not at Fairmont when I STOP
ped there, but Mr.. Day is quoted by a
close friend of his as saying that his
fight is disheartening from the fact
that he finds all his old friends against
him this year. He can scarcely hope to
carry the county, and at Fairmont,
while Mr.. Day is spoken kindly of. the
town will do what it did two years ago
and cast 800 votes for McCleary and
probably 200 for Day-for again will it
be demonstrated that a prophet is not
without honor save in his own country.
The Second district gave James H Nc
Cleary nearly 5000 majority, 1875
plurality, in 1894. This year 1t will give
him nearly 10000 majority and the Re-
publican ticket will run considerably
behind-poSSibly as much as 8 900 votes
on the head of the ticket-for there is
no possibility of Day polling the fusion
strength