The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-02
0LMSTED ON HONOR
PROSPEROUS COUNTY WHICH is
PLAINLY FOR SOUND
MONEY.
SILVER SENTIMENT SLIGHT.
A YARN REGARDING scANDINA-
VANS OF ROCK DELL RUN TO
EARTH.
HEY ARE NOT FOR BRYAN.
The Germans, Too, Appear to Have
a Club in Soak for the "Boy
Orator"


Special to the Globe.
ROCHESTER,, Oct. IA fat man
wearing about his person all the evil
dences Of prosperity stood on Broad
way in this town yesterday afternoon
and told me that Bryan would carry
Olmsted county. The surroundings
belied the prognostication. Bryan will
not carry 1t; nor will Fitzpatrick; nor
will any one else that is labeled Popu-
list or free silver. The county is hope
lessly and helplessly Republican and If
1t were not Republican traditionally 1t
might easily be made so this year, for
there are plenty Of gold Democrats
abroad. Forty years ago Kentucky
contributed some Democratic blood to
Olmsted. and the spirit Of real De-
mocracy is still very much alive. The
Brackenridges have always been very
much in evidence in the Democratic
party here. and Logan Breckenridge,
who was candidate on the Democratic
ticket two years ago for attorney gen
eral, and whose father organized the
Democratic party here, is in the. van
guard Of the sound money Democracy
in the county and his vote and influence
would go for Mckinley If 1t were neces-
sary to the end that Bryan might be
defeated. Olmsted gave Tawney 300
majority two years ago. 1t will prob
ably give him and the entire Repub-
ican ticket 500 or more this year.
Down by the banks of the Zumbro
saw a couple of hundred mild-loolzing,
well-behaved men yesterday afternoon.
Some of them were jovial souls. for
they laughed and talked as they
went along and they took q vast
deal of enjoyment as they walked.
Others were melancholic and wore woe
begone expressions, and at times these
latter evinced a disposition to loiter
by the way and were urged to go on
with their merrier companions. The
urging was done by a number Of stout
fellows who were white coats. The
reason for such a large body of men
taking walk together was by no
means apparent, for there was no evil
dence in the neighborhood of political
meeting. A native Of whom I asked
information told me that the party was
composed Of lunatics from the state
asylum for the insane. They were by
no means the only lunatics at large In
Olmsted county. There are others.
There were silver men abroad and they
were crazy -on figures.
A CONVENTION IN TOWN.
going on last Saturday afternoon in
Rochester. Broadway presented a
scene that proved to demonstration
that the town is the most prosperous
OF it's size in the Northwest. The state
ment may be made without equivoca-
ton, for even while the convention
very tame affair. by the way-was
III progress there were more people on
the streets than are to be seen on
the streets of st. Paul at any ordinary
time. Saturday is market day in
Rochester. The institution is an old
and honored one hereabouts. and every
Saturday there is the same crowd of
farmers on the streets A city ordi-
owner on certain Of the streets shall
provide an iron balustrade which shall
extend along the front of the abutting
property. 1t is fixed on uprights in
the gutter about two feet from the
curb. It's purpose is to provide q sort
of continuous hitching post. During
all of Saturday afternoon there was a
horse hitched every six feet along the
entire length of five blocks of this bal
IL I1es -k<
the street, not along the walks. 1t was
a sort of continuous performance by
farmers teams. 1 counted $40 teams
on Broadway alone. The stores were
thronged with people. and the three
banks were open long after the usual
banking hours. The ensemble was sug-
gestive of gala occasion Of some sort,
but it occurs every Saturday. And the
scene gave ocular demonstration of a
dearth of free silver sentiment, for il
argued prosperity. Inquiry made it
obvious that there is no great preva-
lence Of silver sentiment. The people
gave no evidence in their answers to
inquiries that they were worrying
about the state Of the country They
are well off as they are; they are not
exercised as to whether this glorious
republic is going to change its none
tary standard to silver, copper or hay
there is the least danger of the election
of Bryan; they are not clamoring for
the undoing Of the crime of 73, and
they will vote as they have voted in the
past. The financial agitation will most
assuredly not make a hundred votes
difference in the results in this county
on Nov. 8.
POLITICIANS ENERGETIC.
The apathy of the people, as com
pared with the energy Of the Ioliti-
clans, was astounding. Between Sen
ator Stebbins' hardware store and
DOC" Leonard's newspaper shop 1 ap-
preached about fifty farmers as they
stood along the walks, waiting for the
women folks" to get through with
their shopping. Some of them evinced
some diffidence about entering into
conversation, but after I had convinc-
ed few that they were not 10 be ask
ed to make an offer ON a gold brick,
they talked readily, and, as / moved
along to the next man, they fell in
line and joked over the idea OF being
interviewed until / had a larger fol-
lowing than many an Alliance leader.
And here is sample colloquy that will
apply to all of them, with couple OF
notable exceptions, when / addressed
arguments offered. For life is short:
'Come in to the convention?"
"That's so; is convention, amt
they? No, didn't tend. How'd it
come out ?" 1t was not over.
do you belong to sound money
OF silver club?" q generally had to
explain this.)
mo"
Amy clubs in your town."
mo, amt heard of any"
would you mind telling me who you
will vote for, for PRESIDENT"
Thirty-four answered Mckinley:
thirteen said Bryan. and half dozen