The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-16

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made him an ex-senator. And II Lind
should by any possibility be elected,
Mr.. Washburn could hardly expect any
help In his efforts to be reinstated as
United States senator
1t is unnecessary, perhaps, to say
| that Gov. Clough and his friends are
keeping close tab on the Washburn-
Lind combination. They refuse to have
anything to say just yet, however. A
visit was made to the capital yester-
day by a reporter for the G b e after
a conversation with a Minneapolis
legislator. The governor could not be
reached and Tams Bixby was tenn
porarily out of sight. Two other good
friends of Clough were seen; but they
were wonderfully cautious. One did
admit that he had heard something
Of that nature" Then he went on to
say: Let them fire away. Their hopes
will be blasted, just as the free silver
craze will die out before election. Why,
We'll even beat Charley Towne. now
that they have thrown down the gage
of battle SO impudently."
Speaking of Towne calls to mind the
| fact that he is to speak in ST. Paul, at
| Market hall, tomorrow evening. The
! meeting is called under the auspices Of
the Bimetallic League" so called.
Hon. c. D. O'Brien is scheduled to pre-
side, and Towne is expected to work
| UP all sorts of effervescent enthusiasm.
Thomas D. OBrien will, unless all
signs fail. be put up as the free silver
candidate for congress in the Fourth
district Those who are pushing the
movement in favor of his candidacy
| insist that the Democrats will nomi-
nate him, that the free silver Republi-
cans will openly support him, and that
Francis H. Clark, the Populist silver
monometallist will then withdraw in
his favor. This latter supposition Is
not warranted, because Mr.. Clark made
the race two years ago, and considers
| that If there is any chance of winning,
he should have it. Clark only received
5,O55 votes out Of over 81, 900 cast, but
| that fact he does not regard as signi-
| tying anything. He reckons to sweep
! the earth this year, and will hardly
relinquish the prospect by quitting in
| O'Brien's favor
Free silver aside, there may be a
chance for Democrat to defeat Fred
! c. Stevens this year. Col. Kiefer is
| to be defeated for denomination; that
|
friends will be left sore to the finger
| tips, especially as they have taken un-
| to themselves the credit for electing
| Doran mayor. The vote of the city
election does show that Doran was
supported by the Germans and Kie-
| fer's friends covertly threaten all sorts
| of disaster if he is side tracked. The
! siding onto which he will be shunted is
laid, however, and yelled threats won't
| tear it up. The congressman may
protest his loyalty to the nominee but
] if Stevens is defeated Kiefer can simp-
| ly shrug his shoulders, as is his wont,
and assert that he could not control
| his friends"
Another element that any Ramsey
| county Republican must reckon with
! is the Washington county branch Of
| the party. Leaders of that county
who carried the primaries on the COVER
norshiD contest have after asserted
| that Ramsey must not expect to keep
! the congressional Office forever. Sew
eral Washington county men have a
more or less lively ambition to warm
| a seat at the national capital, and it
| is not impossible that they are even now
| preparing to reseat the exclusive pro-
prietorship which Ramsey county Re-
| pubfcans assume to hold In case of q
| divided delegation from Ramsey the
outside counties could dictate the cam
didate, and In that event remote, it is
true-both Stevens and Kiefer might be
passed up.
r. S. Munger, of Duluth, one Of the
| signers of the manifesto recently is
sued by the free silver Republican
| leaders Is at the Windsor. He came
down to attend the silver convention
In Minneapolis today, and to a G l o e
| reporter said he expects that John Lind
will ho nut frr~xx ,ysd es;Ir
| candidate for governor. He does not
expect today's convention to go any
| further in the making of ticket, how
! ever. Talking of Towne's chances, Mr..
Munger says the Sixth district con-
gresham cannot be beaten. ''The
Democrats will not nominate any one
against him, nor the Populists either"
! said Mr.. Munger. Besides these he will
| get the labor vote and fully half of the
| Republicans
| Thomas J. McDermott chairman of the
| Democratic state central committee has sent
| William j. Bryan the following letter:
Although had the very great happiness
| Of congratulating you personally, yesterday
| before leaving Chicago, upon your nomination
| as president of these United States l take
pleasure in again renewing my good wishes
| to you, and sincerely wish you the success
| that you deserve.
We SHALL probably have a hard battle to
fight in Minnesota but by appealing to the
| intelligence of the people, l think that we
can safely count upon the electoral vote be-
! ing found upon the right side. While have
heretofore been an advocate of the gold stand
| ard, feel 1t my duty when the party speaks.
and most especially when your candidacy is
| involved to be true to the banner of Democ-
| racy, and l hereby pledge you my unswerv-
| ing fealty and promise to attempt to carry
| the flag Of victory to the highest ramparts
of the Republican strongholds before the cleo
| tion in November.
A conference was held last night in
| Minneapolis between the leading free
silver men Of the state, at which Con-
| gresham Towne, of Duluth, the bolt
ing free silver member from Mime
sofa, Senators D. F. Morgan and S. B.
/ Howard. County Attorney Frank NJ
| Nye and other leading Republican sill
yer men were present They united in
urging Mr.. Lind to become their can
! didate, urging him that they were
still Republicans and that they, not
| the regular Republicans were true to
| the early precepts of the party upon
| the money question. It is planned to
| call the meeting today the bimetallic
| Republican organization of Minnesota.
! A committee will be appointed of one
| from each county to have charge of the
| entire detail work of the party, in
cluding nominations. fusion schemed
ETC.
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