The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-30

WSH-lo-uo You may rest assured that
they Will not take chances on reducing
their capital by voting for free silver
Inc Polish vote is large also They
nave been Democrats to a great extent
hitherto, because their employers were.
AS iaboring men, they are satisfied to
leave, well alone and of their own Volt
ton they have organized sound money
clubs. That disposes of -
....@-. THE FOREIGN VOTE
here and disposes in a great measure
OF What has been the Democratic vote.
with those two nationalities voting
Tor sound money, the outcome is pro-
ylded for. In Winona county there are
Few Seandinavians, but in the southern
part of the district, they are numerous.
| don't believe that they are much in
fected by the silver craze, if at all
Iney are not like some of the Scandi-
naV1ans in other parts of the state for
they are old settlers and are well off
generally. Freeborn county is capable
OF turning upta sound money majority
or 1000, and would not be the least
bit surprised to see 1t this fall. What
information l. have from Houston cour-
ty shows 1t to be safe enough from a
SOUND money point of view and the
same is to be said Of Fillmore. The
national and congressional tickets in
the district are safe beyond question.
And L don't see where Lind can hope
to win from Cleugh here There is no
disaffection to Clough and there is a
splendid organization at work for him.
he will run up with his ticket Can't.
van SAINT had been out in the country
and had with him a Winona county
farmer. c. j. Lamson. Mr.. Lamson is
not IN politics; he is a large farmer.
He said: TN give you my word as
q man that / have not seen a single
foI
he would vote the silver ticket" That
was explicit enough. And it Is appar-
emily true for in a trip OF several hours
In the country about Winona, I did not
lind above three farmers who were OUT
spoken for Bryan. Van SAINT spoke
20 Two sound money, clubs last night.
One consisted of Poles and they We're
evidently interested and impressed nv
What the ex-speaker said. He used
none or the graceS Of eloQuences. adj
dressed his auditors as "boys." and
seemed to have them with him.
division superintendent Of one Of
the railroads running in here, who has
been known as Democratic leader.
a lumberman, a lawyer and a rner
chant, sat in the lobby of the Winona
mouse last night and told me several
things. They have all been Democrats
Ihey sWore individually and collect
lively that they would have nothing
10 DO with the Democratic ticket this
Iall beyond voting for their friends
on the county ticket. They were
sample group, and there were plenty
OF others. Among the more prominent
Democrats who have not only openly
announced their intention of voting
Tor sound money, but who are out
: working against the silver ticket, there
might be mentioned these, whose
names are all known outside of thei,.
own county in politics and h,,sinace
circles.
SEVERAL GOOD ONES.
John Ludwig. who was a can5id.+a
on the Democratic ticket for He11ten-
ant governor two years ago. he is now
on the stump In Wisconsin for sound
money; Henderson B. Morse. a Yer
mont Democrat, who was voting fhe
ticket in his native state in the SOS
when he wassfhes only Democrat In his
county; Hon. H W. Lamberton. of
the state capitol Commission: Rev. p
Won Rohr, the most influential man
among the Germans in Winona county.
Prof. Waltz, another influential Ger,
man; Ex-Chairman Edward Lees. of
the Democratic county committee. AID
Sonn Deltze, aEx-Mayor H. u willis.
Mich Steffen and dozens Of Others
And to standJ these men Off. T conld
not find a single Republican of prom
inence Who had ayowed his belief in
silver. The sound money men are mn
merous enough. here to be quite able
10 take care Of themselves. and
mere rs. none OF that evident fear of
boycott shown In Wabasha
reports at Republican and Demo-
cTatlc headquarters show very much
the same state of affairs In Houston
ana Fillmore Counties and the re
turns ought to justify these estimates
1r me results In Wabasha, Winona.
houston and Fillmore. They are gath
cred from varying sources and are az
ing:
Nabasha-Bryan will probably have
small majority, Lind will lead him
ana Fitzpatrick will run well uD. The
fusion county ticket will win by. prob
Misunderstanding will carry the
county oy zoo to 800, Tawney and Fftz-
patrick ought to make neck-and-
neck race, Lind will run behind CloIgh
because or his Populistfc connection
and the Republicans will carry fhe
legislative ticket. IL their nomination
are good, this on account ofethe u11n,-
ticket. +-.s : , 80 - . ~
Houston-MeKinley will carry tbe
county easily land probably bv
as many votes as Nelson did
two years gpTnearly 800 pIu-
ranty The IL county Is generally
conceded to Slough. for, although
there are good many scandinavians
there. they are ,Norwegians and not
much affected to Lind. Tawney viii
have majority, of 400 or 500. The
county and legislative ticket is still
speculative.
Ffilmore-Tberes are 1900 or 1.4oo
Populists In the county, but. adding
them 10 the Democratic votes, gives
M
Of about 1 900. The entire Republican
ticket will carry, but by a decrease
plurality as compared to two years
ago. The Norwegian vote cannot he
positively reckon4d with, but, allow
Ing al the claims Of the silver people.
me .hepuoiican ticket viii go through
with majority OF about 800.