St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-18

| stevens nomination; and full share
| OF the state patronage is being daily
| distributed in SuStainment of the big
| poitlcal combine" a comparatively
small part of which is the nomination
OF T. Z. Stevens for congress from the
Fourth congressional district of Mime
sofa
| Whatever be the respective merits or
| dement's of the two principal candi-
| dates for the Republican congressional
nomination, this truth is becoming
more and more apparent each succeed
ing day that before many weeks elapse
| the bitter feeling with which each fac
| ton regards the other will break out
INTO ugly expression; and no matter
| who may be nominated, there will be
| split in the ranks of these theoretical
| reformers, which, if properly awaited of,
Will be followed by the election of
Democratic congressman.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. ~17.-Uncle Lo-
rem Fletcher is going to have lot of
trouble on his hands before he can
read his title clear to a seat in the
next congress. The movement to
place Frank F. Davis in the field as an
opposing candidate has apparently
struck a popular chord. Nothing like
the change of public sentiment on this
subject which has taken place in Min
hours has ever before been known here
1t is all due to the meeting at the Min
neapolfs club on Saturday night last
when DrZier rendered a complimentary
dinner to Mr.. Davis. This dinner was
not intended to introduce Mr. Davis as
candidate for congress, but it got
away from its projectors and took that
form. 1t could not be helped. The
universally recognized unfitress of
Fletcher n in
is so strong that the suggestion of any
other candidate is a relief to long pent
up feelings. 1t is now a settled fact
that Frank Davis is candidate; that
he will be placed in nomination by
Frank Nye, the present popular county
attorney, and that it will be seconded
by Bob Jamison, the most popular Re-
publican in Hennepin county. Either
one Of these two men could be noni-
mated for congress over Loren Fletcher
hands down." When they combine in
favor Of Frank Davis there can be but
one result-the overwhelming defeat of
Loren Fletcher. All the details Of the
Davis movement We're promptly tele-
graphed to Fletcher. He replied that
he would be here within ten days to
stem the Davis tide.
5. e. Olson, proprietor of the great
department store of Minneapolis, is
candidate for delegate at large to
the national Republican convention
and a widely spread movement is al
ready on foot to elect him to that po-
sition. He is for Mckinley first, last
and all the time, and takes no stock
in the plan to give the Minnesota del
egation to c. K. Davis. This antago-
nizes Bob Evans, who has declared
himself for Davis. Olson's friends say
they have no objection to Evans as a
district delegate, if he wants to go as
such. but that Olson must be a dele
gate at large, and they are setting
their pins accordingly.
The movement to carry Hennepin
county for William Henry Eustis for
the Republican nomination for gov
ernor is not growing. His connection
with the Northwestern Guarantee
Loan association as director, and the
fact that his income comes almost
wholly from the Minneapolis wheat
ring, whose members rent his buildings
known as the Corn Exchange and
the Flour Exchange" are not calcu-
lated to make him immensely popular
with the farmers of Minnesota.