The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-10-22
WELLMAN'S PREDICTION.
Says Mckinley Will Have 10000
in Minnesota.

Walter Wellman, the special CORES
pendent of the Chicago Times-Herald,
who is not unknown to the readers of
The GAZETTE, made political round
up of the State two weeks ago. The
roundup was made in order to give
the readers of his paper some idea of
the political outlook in Minnesota-to
give them an idea whether Mckinley
or Bryan would carry the State. Mr..
Wellman makes his estimates in a
peculiarly and yet decisive manner.
He mingles among the voters himself.
He goes to different sections where
different nationalties are found.
There he INDUCES in free converse
ton with the people or the leaders
and thereby gains good idea of the
sentiment. After getting in touch
with the people he goes to the cam
paign manager and after placing the
usual discount on their estimates he
writes his own estimate and generally
comes close to the mark-under,
rather than over his estimate of the
majority.
Mr.. Wellman will be remembered
by The GAZETTE readers as the special
correspondent of this paper in trip
to the north pole two or three years
ago. Mr.. Wellman did not get there
on account of his ship having been
caught in the ice foes. His expert
ence in the northern regions were
graphically told, however, and the
articles were read with intense interest
by our readers.
Extracts from his political roundup
of Minnesota follow:
ST.. PAUL, Oct. 14-Minnesota will
vote for Mckinley and sound money,
despite populism and fusion. The
majority will not be less than 100000
1t may easily be much more-4O, 900,
$4,000 or even 10000. Whatever it is
it will be enough to demonstrate that
the State Of the Union which has with
the single exception of North Dakota)
the largest percentage of foreign pop
ulation within it's borders is not in
favor of >debased currency and OF
reputation by popular will. The
writer came to Minnesota prepared to
believe the stories which have been
everywhere told of the political chang
es going on here. But diligent inquiry
in all directions fails to confirm the
truth of some of these reports, and the
effect of such unfavorable conditions
as do exist has been greatly exagger-
ated. While it is true that the Re-
publicans have suffered heavy losses
it is also true that they have made
great gains. The latter are already
greater than the former, and the State
is safe for Mckinley. 1t may be some
comfort to the Democrats, though
perhaps of a rather frigid sort, to know
that if they had not raised the silver
issue, had taken advantage of Repub
lican discord aud Indifference and hac
contrived to effect fusion with theil
friends the Populists, they might haye
carried Minnesota. Now they have
lost it.
AS rule the leading Scandinavian
Republicans throughout the State are
true to their party this year. They
are for gold. They used none bu
gold money in the old country. Wher
they send remittances to Sweden o.
Norway or Denmark they do not wan
to pay 1912 cents for pound sterling
or SIS cents for kroner. They arr
holding their countrymen in line TO
Mckinley and the straight ticket. Thu
chief trouble, both in country anc
city, is with the native Americans ant
the Irish Americans. While tn
Scandinavians, the Germans, the Bo
hemians, the Russians, the Poles, tn,
English, Welsh and Scotch are stand
ing almost solidly for sound money
the native American farmer or labor
ing man or small shopkeeper is in
clined to run after false gods. Th
Popocratic platform makers and ora
tors knew what they were about whel
they raised their cry against the per
petuation of an English financia
system" in this country. They hav
made votes by it among the thought
less people who will not stop to con
slider that we no more borrowed on
financial system from England tina
we did our belief in honesty as goo