The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-19

ty Of wild-eyed Republican partisans,
who are claiming everything because
there have recently been couple of
rallies which were attended by goodly
numbers of Germans, who were for
nlerly Democrats-even there there is a
distinct feeling of friendship for Peck.
Sound money sentiment may beat him,
but that is the only thing that will.
There will be no material change in
the vote Of two years ago, except among
the Germans. The county is safe
enough for Mckinley and Clough by
200 to 300, but by no means safe for
Heatwole.
About Glencoe Peck is very strong.
The silver sentiment is also strong, but
not nearly so marked as for the fusion
nominee. The county of Mcleod is
naturally Democratic. It gave Hall
1,402 to sHeatwole's 1884, and there
were $50 Pops to add to the Demo-
cratic vote. The vote on congressman
was decidedly heavier than for gov
ernor, and Nelson. with 1902 votes. had
a plurality of four over Becker. The
heavy vote for congressman was due.
in considerable measure, to Peck
campaign for Hall. This year Heat
wole cannot possibly get Nelson's
strength Of 1902 and it is doubtful IL
Mckinley or Clough can get it. Here.
again, in Mcleod county, the
GERMANS ARE THE STRONGEST
of the people of foreign BIRTH but there
was almost a complete absence of that
opposition to silver that have OBJ
served among them generally. They
are in line as they have ever been. 1t
was not possible to find any consid-
cradle number Of them who had
changed their politics and there is GER
tainly a vigorous silver campaign 60
ing on everywhere in the county But
the feature of the campaign is the
congressional fight Peck is known by
everyone and HeatWole is unknown
That sums the probable result
Again in Renville. where goed-sized
stewns are scarce andy-the farmer
dominates in all things, the growth Of
silver sentiment is beyond question.
1t was talked everywhere and even the
business men showed no disposition to
dodge-and the politicians, organiZa-
ton chairmen and committees. all
have their abode in the country and
were not available. Populism is rain
pant The Pops outnumber the Demo-
Gratis three to one-they did that two
years ago and now when they are In
combination with the ancient enemy
and have combined majority of 400
on the basis of '94, they are irrepres-
sible. Their name is legion and Re
pubHcanS are not to be found by the
mere looking for. Everywhere there
are clubs and in some places q Nc
Kinley club. but so-called sound
money or gold clubs are scarce. 1t Is
one of the very few counties in the
southern part of the state where there
is a distinct probability of a Republi-
can loss.
Shakopee is in the midst of what
promises to be the
BANNER SILVER COUNTY
of the three south congressional dis
tricts. The most sanguine Republican
in Scott county is hoping that the
fusion majority may be kept down to
600 The name Of him is DR.. H. o.
Smith. He is the chairman of what
would be the county committee If there
were any need for such an institution,
but there is no county ticket of the Re-
publican ilk. The most sanguine
fusionist is James McHale, ex-state
senator, he of bloomer fame, who
thinks the county will be for fusion by
1900. Not because he told me so, but
because it is everywhere obvious,
would give the county to the silver peo-
pie by 1900 generally and to Peck by
400 1t cannot well be less than that,
for Peck lives here; the business men
are for silver by about four to one-the
only town / have been in where that
condition obtains. Among twenty-five
merchants there are nVe gOlQ men-anQ
no one makes any difficulty about de-
claring himself. One of the business
men in the silver class is a banker-the
first of the kind I have met-though it
transpired later that a banker at Jor-
dan, this county, and one at New
Prague confess the same political opin-
ions.
And the strangest thing about all this
silver strength is the fact that 1t has
developed
WITHOUT ORGANIZATION.
There has been no sort Of a silver
campaign. even silver literature is not
to be had, but the result has probably
been brought about by the talk Of the sill
yer people. Every man of a silver bent
thinks himself an orator and If he
cannot make the other fellow believe
the arguments he advances in the way
of oratory, he, the silver man, is quite
ready to make good with his fists what
he has talked. They are certainly a
pugnacious lot and the man who en-
cages in argument with one of them
needs choose his opponent on physical
lines and be sure that he can lick him.
There is practically no silver literature
and no silver organization at all, but
the propaganda has thriven on its own
efforts. H j. Peck is his own COM
mittee and his own organization He
is an odd man, this lawyer who is
likely to be the only DemOcrat-Or the