The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-04
TO NAME JOHN LIND
AND CANDIDATES FOR TWO OTHER
PLACES ON THE STATE
TICKET.
THAT LINE IS MAPPED OUT
FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO FOL-
Low IN THE STATE CONvEN-
T1ON TODAY.
DIVISION OF ELECTORS MADE
At Conference of Democrats, Pop
ulists and Silver Republicans
Gossip of Candidates.

After several hours spent In confer
ence In the Brunswick hotel, Mime
apolis, yesterday, the Democratic and
Peoples party committees adjourned
without coming to any definite agree
ment. except on electors. On this point
1t is agreed that the Democrats shall
have four, the Populists four, and the
free silver Republicans one, in the per-
son Of Hon. John Day Smith. The
four Democrats to go on the electoral
ticket will be nominated in today's
convention, and probably Smith too.
Then the state central committee will
be given power to fill out the number.
and the chairman and secretary of the
convention will.be authorized to certify
the same to the proper state officer. A
like course will be followed in the Popu-
list state convention on the 26th inst.
AS to. state officers, only this can be
stated with any degree of certainty:
John Lind, of Brown county. will be
nominated for governor by acclama-
tion
Maj. ]. NJ Bowler, of Renville. will
be his running mate
Phil Winston refuses to be a candi-
date for lieutenant governor, and the
nomination of Bowler will clear the
atmosphere in a double sense. by leay-
ing clear field for H. j. Peck, of
Shakopee, to contest against Joel p.
Heatwole for congress-
1t was seemingly well understood
after the conference-which was held
in executive SeSSion-that the Demo-
Gratis are to nominate governor, secre-
tary Of state and treasurer. and leave
the lieutenant governor and attorney
general blank, to be filled by the state
committee. This was not entirely
satisfactory to Donnelly and his
friends, however, and it may be
changed today. The Donnelly Popu-
lists wanted to have the Democratic
convention adjourn after making the
nomination for governor and agreeing
on platform. This plan the Demo-
Gratis objected to, and their idea event
ually met with most favor,
But, as stated, beyond agreeing on
governor and the division of electors
the conference ended without decided
results. The committees will get to-
gether again during the session of the
convention today, after the delegates
have formally expressed their will as
to fusion.
For candidates, besides those named,
the men talked Of as most likely to Sc
cure nominations are julius Heinrichs
(Dem.) Hennepin, secretary of state;
George Geissel, Oem.) Morrison, state
treasurer; John Arnold Keyes, Pop.)
ST. Louis, attorney general Should
this latter nomination be given to some
one else in the final conference, then
a Scandinavian Populist will be nom
mated for secretary of state, and
Pierce Butler, or some other Fourth
district Democrat, will be nominatd
for attorney general. 1t Is almost a
cinch, however, judging from the ex-
pressions of delegates last night, that
the ticket will be finally made up in
this order:
Governor-John Lind, of Brown.
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. M. Bowler, of Rem
vile.
Secretary of State-Juius Heinrichs of
Hennepin.
Attorney General. A. Keyes. of St Louis.
Thus the head of the ticket will be
free silver Republican; the second Pop
ulist; third and forth Democrat, and
the fifth Populist.
Thomas ]. Meighen, Of Fillmore
county, was also being put forward
for the second place on the ticket He
is as good a Populist as Bowler, and is
at present chairman of the state CEN
trail committee of his party. Bowler
seemed to be most favorably regarded
by the conferrees, and there was talk
on letting Melgnen nave Tree field for
congress against Tawney. The Dem
ocratic friends of John Moonan, of Wa
SEGA, will have something to say about
this propositions; but the selection lies
between these two
When the committees first went into
joint session there were so many pres
ent and so many differing views that
nothing could be done Representa-
tives of both sides, to the number of
fifty or more, spoke to the point some
times, but more often all around it."
as Col. Jack Thornton put it. He had