The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-26

MIR. Hu6son's rainbow expectations
carry the remaining four counties by
1000. This last proposition seems out
of question, when the vote of two years
ago is considered. At that time the
four counties cast total vote Of 12,-a
s56, CAV" Towne vote of $500 and his
combined opponents 6,190, anaf'aptr
parent majority, which Is now against
the silver nominee, of GIG. To turn
this majority against him into one of
1000 in his favor is certainly to push
the personal popularity idea and the
strength of the silver movement to an
extreme not warranted by any visible
facts.
In the estimate made at Duluth
Towne was conceded a majority of
2.200 lin Stearns county; 100 in Benton
county, and an even break in Morrison
county, while majorities were claimed
for Morris in only two of the counties
100 in Todd and $50 in Wright, net
majority of 1850 for Towne in the
group. A concensus of all the opinions
expressed in st. Cloud would not have
the effect Of materially altering B this
estimate.
Morrison is county over which there
is great difference of opinion. The Re-
publicans of Duluth claim it for Nor
ris by at least 500, but the party MEM
bers at ST. Cloud are not SO sanguine.
They frankly admit that it is very
close. In Wright county there is un-
queStionably strong silver sentiment,
but it breaks out in spots and does not
seem widespread enough either to JUS
tffy placing the county In the Towne
column or to wipe out probable ma
jOrity for Morris. In q review of the
situation of the district, published by
the Journal Press, six estimates of the
vote in Wright county are given. The
average Of these makes the vote for
NJ
apparent majority for Morris of 1872.
OF the six estimates made four; are
from Republican sources and two Dem
ocratic Allowing for natural preju-
dice, it would seem that the estimate
made by the G o b of $50 for Morris
is not far out Of the way. Over Benton
and Todd counties there is also the to
be expected variation of estimates as
to majorities. but they will be small in
any case and errors in the one are like
ly to be offset in the other.
The Ireland letter is a factor in the
campaign which does ont seem likely to
have great effect on the result in the
Sixth district. In the vicinity of Du-
luth it was undoubtedly a big card for
the Morris campaign, but about st.
Cloud, the effect Is said to have been
the reverse. The Catholic Democratic
vote is largely German in this vicinity,
which is ample explanation for the
view taken.
The amount Of work being done by
both sides is matter that cannot fail
to impress any one who takes more
than a casual view of what is going
en- in the district. In the cities this
is plain and is just what is to be ex-
pected, but, aside from that, the effort
being put forth is something surpris-
ing. Meetings are the order of the
day in every hamlet and cross roads
n3 1a. l1e<r {%4 VIZ ! -
run with speakers who night after
night are addressing audiences of from
fifty up. In these little places, too, no
effort is spared to arouse special en-
thusiasm and the meetings are sup
plemented by parades and every de-
vice known to campaign managers. In
this work the Republicans seem to
have shade the best of it as to
volume In this connection the fact Is
very evident that the districtzis a mat
ter of special solicitude to the powers
that be in both the Democratic and
Republican camps Such work as is
being done must require money and
lots of it. and on neither side is there
any apparent lack of this very neces-
sary element in campaign work.
To briefly sum up the situation in
the district as views formed In Du-
luth may have been supplemented or
modified by conditions in the strong
hold of the Democratic side. There is
nothing to change the earlier position
taken that the real battle is to be
fought out in st. Louis county Towne
to all appearances will come out OF
the ST. Cloud group of counties with
a majority approximating 1900, on
the bases of figures given at Duluth.
and will then come UP to ST. Louis
with his majority wiped out and with
a balance on the wrong side of the
ledger His defeat or his election de-
pends on the outcome Of the vote In
his home county, where the situation
has already been fully discussed. 80