Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-01
UNITE AGAINST CLOUGH.
The Right Kind Of Fight viii
Be Made In Hennepin
County.

The folio wing from Fridays Mill
neapolis journal indicates that TN
Republicans of Hennepin count!
who are opposed to Clough have
wisely decided to make a joint fight
against him:
Late yesterday afternoon a con
ference was held in this city between
W. H. Eustis. W. E. Lee and >. II
Van SAINT, the three leading anti
Clough candidates for governor. II
resulted in a perfect and thorough
understanding between these gentle
men as to their work in this county
and will mean much in the way o.
closing up the lines OF the anti. Clougf
forces all over the state. 1t Will DC
remembered that some time ago, III
this column, the suggestion was
made that conference Of this sort
be had, looking to harm onious work,
and the basis Of agreement then
outlined VAS accepted yesterday
"ISuOuC q 4uCoCAOA'
The agreement has reference to
carrying the county against Clough,
AMI the three are to lend their joint
support to bringing this about first.
Then they are to nave delegates IN
the county convention, and later IN
the state nominating convention,
proportionate to the strength which
they show at the primaries. One
set OF anti-Clough delegates will he
made up for every precinct in Henne-
PIN county, and at the top OF the
ticket that will he distributed on
the night of the primaries will be
the names of the three opposition
candidates. Each anti-Clough voter
before depositing the ticket, will
place 8 mark in front OF the can
didate for governor whom he favors.
and after the primaries are over, the
tickets will be counted with reference
to the strength which each candidate
may have. II 10000 Republican votes
are cast for the anti-Clough delegates
in this county. and Eustis has 5000,
Van SAINT 1000 and Lee 5000, the
delegates to the county convention,
Clough having been beaten in the
county. will be divided between the
three candidates on this basis, and
so on the same basis will the 1lG
delegates to the state convention be
divided between them.
Such Il plan is so entirely talr to
everybody, and 50 completely
demonstrates the purpose OF the
anti-Cloush people here to deal
honestly as between the leading
opposition candidates, that the
Clough papers will now have to find
a new battle cry. This agreement
sinks the talk about the committee
of 100 and "revenge" for the defeat Of
of Washburn out of sight and places
the campaign in this county upon
a braod basis.
There was no ignoring "f either
Gibbs or Clapp, for neither has any
following in Hennepin county, or
has ever hoped to get votes from
Hennepin county in the state cunven-
ton. There IS a feeling here, and the
best Republicans endorse it, that the
candidacy of Gibbs and Clapp is not
hostile to the interest of Clough; yet,
had either OF these men had any fol-
lowing here, their names would have
been suggested for places on the
opposition ticket, ,Snd they would
have been given an opportunity to
appear at the conference held yestcr-
day. AS for Mcaill, he is practically
out of the race for governor, and his
friends so understand it. He is
heartily in sympathy with the move
ment now put on it's feet authCri-
tatiyely, and wishes it well.
Some of Mr.. Lees friends have
thought that h. would appear at a
decided disadvantage in Henncpin
county, when taken in connection
with Eustis and Van SAINT. who are
much better known here than he is;
but Mr.. Lee has nothing to fear as q
result of the agreement, and is con-
tent to take his chances. The state
convention will not be held for
several months, and in the meantime
Mr.. Lees friends in this county, who
are numbered by the hundreds. will
not be slow in making an active
canvass in his behalf. BY the time
for the primaries he will be as well
known as Van SAINT, and be as well
advertised, for the purposes Of the
primaries, as Eustis.
Mr.. Lee is better known in Henne-
pin county than a good many Of his
country friends know, and the work
which his Minneapolis friends will do
for him will count nightly. 1t
really looks as if the race would be u
very even one. At any rate, this
much may be depended upon: The
Republicans OF Hennepin county are