St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-25
NORTHFIELD FOR DAVIS,
joel HeatsvOle's Town Has Been Or
Sanized by Cush.

joel HeatwOIe's Town Has Been Or
ganized by Cush.
j. "A. Lawrence of Mortified, thinks
that Minnesota will send an out-and-
out Davis delegation to ST. Louis. Mr..
Lawrence is associated with Joel Heat
wole, and knows as much about bar
ley and politics as Joel himself. Mr..
Lawrence told G o b e reporter yes
terday that Rice county would prob
ably send delegation to the Mime
apolls convention that would favor
LAWS, but it. would not be instructed
Somehow" said Mr.. Lawrence, 1--WE
nave never made a practice Of instruct
ing our delegations to the state con-
Ventlons. Of course, when we have a
candidate from our own district, that's
different. I'm sure that Davis can
get all the support he wants from us.
we have always admired him in our
county. We thought he made a first
class governor, and we know he's a
good senator, with more grit and
independence than most Of the men
in the upper house.
Yes, 1 think Davis has a splendid
show OF winning out at st. Louis. Nc
Kinley will get the most votes on the
first ballot, but the rivalry between
him and Reed makes it unlikely that
either can get enough votes from the
IL.
He has fair showing, and L believe
he will start with about forty votes.
But If man from Iowa can receive
any general support the geographical
difficulty is solved for Minnesota. And
when it comes to comparing the men
personally, Davis is sure to catch more
delegates than Allison. The Demo-
Gratis have only one strong man, and
he can't consistently accept third
term. So it's diamonds to doughnuts
that the man who expresses the be-
lief at ST. Louis that he didn't deserve
the high honor bestowed upon him will
be writing his inaugural speech this
time next year.'h u Z 81 =
Dakota, said yesterday to G o b e
reporter at the Clarendon hotel, that
the farmers Of Foster county had so
far disposed of very little Of their sur
plus wheat ITO = :. 5|t@
'"They feel sure" said Mr.. Wing,
that they can get even better prices
later in the season than at present.
The winter has been comparatively
mild out our way, and everybody looks
for an early spring.
'"The political pot is absolutely cold
in the country. 1t will be some weeks
before it even begins to simmer. I
think, though, that all our farmers
favor Mckinley. Reed hasn't much
backing in North Dakota, and as for
Davis, no one thinks seriously Of his
candidacy. Of course, he isn't our
favorite son, and we don't feel in duty
bound to pretend, as some folks do
here, that he stands a good chance of
being nominated. The Democrats will
no doubt nominate ex-Gov. Shortridge
for governor. The Republicans haven't
yet fixed upon anybody. Very likely
though they'll be able to find some
man who will run the race purely from
patriotic motives
Donald Grant, the Faribault railroad
magnate and king of Venezuelan fran
chises, is a candidate for delegate to
the national Republican convention at
st. Louis. The formal announcement
of his candidacy was made in st. Paul
yesterday by S. P. West, assistant
dairy and food commissioner, who
spent Sunday at Faribault.
Local colored Republicans are urg-