St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
FIELD Of POLITICS
GEN. CHILDs OUT FOR A RENoM-
NATION, ACCORDING TO
EDGERToN.
THE ASSISTANT IS OUT OF 1T.
GOV. CLOUGH FINDS HE HAS =
ROUGH ROAD TO
TRAVEL.
THE ASSISTANT is OUT OF 1T.
MINNEAPOLIS is AGAINST HIM
If Eustis Can Secure Hennepin for
Trading Purposes He Stands
a Show.

Attorney General H. w. Childs is q
candidate for a third term. He has
not exactly SHE'D his own castor into
the political ring, but the announce
ment of his candidacy is not nearly ex
cathedra that it must be given ali
the credit of an original announce
ment.
1t came up this way: There have
been rumors af1oat that Mr.. Childs
would not be candidate for further
honors, and in that view of the case
Assistant Attorney General George b.
Edgerton announced himself candi-
date for the place. He has been swing
ing around the circle at a more or less
lively pace, and it is now given out
that he has found such a widespread
sentiment in favor of Mr.. Childs that
he has concluded not to endeavor to
defeat it, and he issues a manifesto
to the public in which, besides an
nouncing his own withdrawal from the
field, he declares that Mr. Childs is
disposed" to be a candidate for re-
nomination, land may hereafter be so
regarded" Edgerton's famous "strad-
die" opinion on the legality of Wildt'5
drawing three salaries, it has devel-
oped, has not been forgotten by the
people who are anxious to show Sec
rotary Berg what they think of him.
Ex-Gov. A. r. McGill is evidently
not averse to a little campaigning of
the old sort in the present muddled
condition of the Republican camp.
Leastwise, there was a meeting yes
terday afternoon at the office of the
Price-McGill company, where a num-
Der of the st, Peter governors old
guard gathered about the coal stove
and talked over the situation as only
those can whose hearts and hands have
been knit close in the bonds of polit-
ical fraternalism. J. J. McCardy was
there to give the party the benefit of
his Shrewd arithmetical genius, while
Mark D. Flower was also prominent
in the discussion. Sheriff Chapel was
invited, but, as the meeting was Sc
cret, the G | o b e is unable to state
whether or not he rested his feet on
the MCCLELLAN CRATE bar.
Speculation is rife as to whether or
not Gov Clough in his candidacy for
reelection will be able to carry his
own county. That he has fight on
is not denied, but it is urged by his
friends that there is no excuse for his
defeat there. Hennepins devotion to
the ambition of her favorite son Eustis
is not unanimous, and the foundations
of Speaker Van SAINTS strength, out
side of Grand Army circles, are not
believed to be particularly deeply root
ed. They hold, consequently, that if
the governor does not come into the
convention with the county Of Henne-
pin well in hand, he has no place on
the ticket. How strong the opposition
to him will be when the caucuses come
is hard to tell, for the opposing forces
recognize that with the state patron
age at his disposal, Mr.. Clough will
have a formidable force to throw into
the primaries, and the rule of practice
that now seems to inspire the Min
neapolis wheel horses is not to touch
their fingers to the buzz saw until they
ascertain it's approximate velocity.
Robert G. Evans, it Is understood,
does not feel that Clough is the man
for Minneapolis to nominate, and there
is large basis for assuming his
friendly feeling for Van SAINT, but Gov
Clough's friends are counting that Mr..
Evans will exercise much discretion
in his conduct prior to the election
John Day Smith, too is another Min
neapolis leader of more or less influ-
ence, which, through personal and
Grand Army associations is expected
to be thown to Van SAINT, but the per-
ennial candidate of the puritanical
Eighth ward is looked upon by the
Clough people as afraid to declare war
against the governor on his native
heath.
Both the governor and Secretary
Bixby are spending much time in the
Mill city these days, and they are
making a close inspection of the field
there, for that is the arena on which
the critical engagement of the state
campaign of 1896 it to be waged and
won. Capt. Van SAINT was over Thurs
day night looking after the wandering
sheep, perchance, while the fire king,
Of course, is on the ground all the
SllllC I1OW StIOHS Tile SONGIllOT anu
Tams are going to make their play
in the primaries remains to be seen,
but that they will try to secure a posi-
lively instructed delegation from Hen
nepin seems unlikely at this stage.
There are too many districts over there
where such move would arouse feel
ing that could not be hidden, and the
leaven of unrest, once stirred, might
spread too far for the safety of the
Clough crown jewels. However, the
governor and Tams and Manager
Goodnow, of the base ball team, are
carefully placing their friends, and if
a majority of the delegation from
Hennepin does not happen to be in
structed for Clough, it will not make
| SO much difference If the men are
| friendly to the governor.
The floor of the convention will be
veritable wheat pit, from present
| indications, and much of the actual
work of the campaign will undoubted
ly be accomplished during the DALI
ance of the credentials committee with
it's monotonous duties. Hennepin,
with tenth of the convention, can
make it's own trades, if it can present
| d SOllo HUH vi Tie SONSIuOISuip, dIlC
may, perhaps, fare better with hands
| free than if it were instructed.
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The association of S. r. Van SAINT
William II. Eustis and T. w. Hugo
of Duluth, in the distribution OF car
nival honors has suggested 70 some
that Mr.. Hugo, like the others, might
have been considered as a candidate
for governor. This is not the case