The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-21
PECK If HE GETS
1T.
MIR. HEATwoLE's STORE CLOTHES
Not Regarded as n Crime Ina North
field, But Somewhat objection
able I'm the Country.

the congressional fight he could get
them either way, though it will be gen.
orally conceded that the county will go
for Mckinley and the rest Of the Re
publican ticket. Two years ago Heat
wole ran nearly 100 behind Nelson here,
while Hall ran 600 ahead Of his. and.
If he had got the vote for Bowler.
county by a majority of 296. There are
still ifs. but they are apparently in the
way of JOEL for if the people here first
discovered his virtues there were others
who discovered his bad points and
many Of the latter don't love him a bit
yet-in spite of the fact that he has
been congressman for two years-or
perhaps because of the same. for there
has been a good deal of trouble about
some very small offices. and two years
ago when Joel was making his cam
paign he gave away more postoffices
than one G.. Cleveland could be in
that talk the most bitterly Of the con-
gresham do it generally on the prop
osition that he is a city chap"-he
wears store clothes. In Mortified that
is not regarded as crime; elsewhere
some people regard it as grievance.
The worst sign there Is for Heatwole
hereabouts is the fact that his candi-
dacy is secondary to the national and
state issues-a very bad sign indeed in
Heatwole's own county, considering
the difference in Pecks own county.
There are sound money clubs galore
and plenty of Mckinley clubs. but the
Heatwole club is not down in the in
ventory and everybody talks about
gold and silver instead of, as elsewhere
in the district, Peck and Heatwole. A
sign Of this state of things is evident
in the political organization at st.
Olaf's college. Every voter among the
students, with three exceptions. belongs
to a Mckinley club, and Of the men,
beers there are several known personal
ly to be opposed to Joel. This is not
SO among the more substantial bust
ness men. but the small property own
ers are nursing
AN IMAGINARY GRIEVANCE
that may resolve itself into votes on
election day The grievance is against
Heatwole and was born,of the fact that
when he was mayor of the city he in
sisted that there ought to be a water
works system, and he provided one at
the cost of some $40, 900. Now the peo-
pie ought to be thankful for this, but
they don't seem to be, and I was told
about 1t on more than one occasion.
But it is hardly worth while talking to
man who will oppose a candidate for
congress because he provided city
with water-when in this case there
was no dishonesty charged in the mat
ter So that may as well be cut out of
the list Of elements that go to consti-
tute the opposition to Joel Heatwole
here at home The objection is frivo
lous, as lawyer might say-and ir
relevant and immaterial, too, if you
like
The most conspicuous thing in this
town just now is a tremendous sound
money banner; the next is the fact that
in some Of the store windows there
are exposed pictures of the prohibition
candidates for the presidency and vice
presidency. And I am reminded that
this is the stronghold Of the prohibit
ton strength in the state and that this
is the first time that the same has
been brought to my attention-the fact
that there are prohibition candidates,
/ mean. The prohibitionists cast 28S
votes for their nominee for con-
gress two years ago, and if they do
the same this year they may make
trouble for Heatwole, for that vote
comes mostly out of the Republican
camp. They are capable of doing even
worse than that, for in times past the
prohibition vote has been greater than
that of Democracy. But this is a presi-
Dental year, and although I was as
sured by prohibition storekeeper that
the ticket headed by Col. lowering
would win in the country this fall, it is
possible that he was prejudiced. If
the drys do not vote for their own
candidates they will likely split on the
silver question, for at least half of
them, while originally Republicans, are
advanced people and strong in the re-
form line. So they may go in 81 for
silver. That is reform lay. Epos
In q campaign like this personal
preferences among the common people
are better indices of probable results,
and when 1 heard three men talking on
the street spoke to them. Two Of
them were for Mckinley and one for
Bryan; two of them were for Peck and
one for Heatwole.
THAT LOOKED BAD,
as they were the first people had adj
dressed in the town. They were farm
crs all. One lived in Bridgewater, one
in Forest and the third in the town
Of Webster. I asked one how about
the silver question in that section. He
said that he thought the longer cleo
ton was delayed now, the worse for
the Republicans, for In his town Of
Bridgewater there had been two silver
clubs started within q couple of weeks.
He said his name was John Albert and
he left it to his friends to corroborate
what he said about the growth of sill
ver I thought there would be a row
for the other fellows were for McKin-
ley, but for wonder they said he was
right. Asked how about the Peck
Heatwcle trouble. they agreed that
Peck would beat Heatwole out in their
towns and they were quite certain
Peck would carry the district-basing
their views on the conditions in Bridge
water, Forest and Webster. Perhaps
the country would not go as Bridge
water went, argued, and left them.
An old German was harangufng
crowd on silver and I listened to him.
He was declaring that they all knew
he had been Republican for thirty
five years and he wanted to tell them
why he was voting for silver. He was
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