The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-24
DEPENDS ON DULUTH
Se 49,
THE TowNE-MORRIs CONTEST
CENTERs IN THE ZENITH
CITY.
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FIGURES FROM THE SIXTH.
THE LAY OF THE LAND OUT
SIDE OF ST. LOUIS
COUNTY.
LIGHT VOTE ON THE RANGES
May Have the Effect of Cutting
Down the Vote of Candidate
Norris.
FIGURES FROM THE SIXTH.
LIGHT VOTE ON THE RANGES

Special Staff Correspondence.
DULUTH. Mimi, Oct 23.-One can
hear anything he, wants to in Duluth.
in a political way, and hear it, too.
from people whoswifl imagine they are
telling him only the coolest of facts.
One prominent Republican said. in dis
cussing the situation in the Sixth dis
trict, and especially in Duluth: ~
Morris will carry his precinct. his
ward, the city of Duluth, st. Louis
county and the district Mckinley and
Clough will also be given good ma
jorities"
Chairman T. T. Hudson. of the Dem
ocratic congressional committee, said:
'Towne will have a, majority in the
city and will carry the county and dis
trict, as will also Bryan and Lind
In one of the Hoyt farces there Is a
school girl who says: IF DIR. Nansen
could not find the North pole. how do
you expect me to know where it is?"
The situation in the Sixth district.
particularly as to the result of the
congressional fight in which the local
interest centers, is unusually compli-
Gated. and an intelligent appreciation
of the status of affairs requires that
not only the detailed complications,
which, have come up this year. should
be kept clearly in mind, but that re-
sumo of what the district has done in
recent years should not be lost sight Of.
The district. in spite of the fact that
two years ago it gave Towne a plural
ity Of nearly 10000, should not be set
down as reliable Republican strong
hold, for. in the last six years, it has
elected Populist Democrat and a
Republican in turn. It's Republican
majority was given under the influence
of tidal wave which swept the whole
country, and the figures by no means
represent the normal sentiment Of the
district.
Towne's personal popularity is an
other element which enters into the
fight, and is factor which in the pop
ular mind is given an exaggerated i'm
portance, especially by his partisans in
Duluth. Towne two years ago. in ST.
Louis county, ran nearly 800 votes
ahead Of Nelson. but in the district,
outside of ST. Louis county,
HIS PERSONAL POPULARITY
did him no service, for he ran behind
the state ticket in the total vote of
the remaining counties. Outside of ST.
Louis county, too, the district gave a
majority against him, while the plu-
ra1ty was largely in his favor. To
summarize the results of the last cleo
ton, in so far as they have a bear
ing on the one to come: The district
gave Towne nearly 10000 plurality
which was Republican, and which. on
the face of the figures, is now against
him. The counties outside Of Duluth
gave majority against him, which is
now in his favor, slightly counteracted
py the TACT that in the same counties
he ran behind the ticket. Duluth and
ST. Louis county gave him a heavy
personal vote, now in his favor. but
against which must be charged the
tact that his home county gave a ma
Jor1ty. which was Republican. and
hence to be counted against him now
excepting in so far as it may be modi-
fed by conditions which have arisen
this year.
The claims Of both parties show the
result Of overconf1dence. and in addi-
ton, a determination to make out the
best case possible. The Republicans
claim, leaving st. Louis county ont of
the discussion for the present, that
Morris will carry all Of the remaining
counties of the district, with the excen-
ton of Pine, Benton and Stearns. In
Steafns county majority of from
l,5V0 to 1000 is admitted, and in the
other two 1t Is said that Morris will
come out about even. On the face sof
the Republican figures Morris will come
up to st. Louis county with something
Ike 1900 votes to the good, and then
to that add the statement that he win
carry the city Of Duluth and the conn
ty, which is broad claim that tba
district is Republican by q majority
approximating 5000
The Democrats are quite as entbusi-
ast1c In their claims, but are moro
given to generalizing in their figures
One Towne man said: IF YOU value a
reputation as political prophet voI,
VIII give ToWne majority in the dis
trict Of not less than 7,0O0'' T. T. Hud-
son. who is in charge of the Towne
campaign, is slightly more conserya
tive in his estimates. Dividing tha
counties of the district into 9roIIns his
idea of the situation is about this:
A DEMOCRATIC CENTER.
Stearns Todd. Morrison, Benton and
Mrlght-the group centering about ST.
Cloud-are expected to swell the Towna
majority column by about 1880. at
least $500 more than the Republicans
are willing to admit Two other
groups made by Mr.. Hudson-Pine
Mile Laos. Anoka and Sherburne and
Crow Wing. Aitkin, Itasca and Rel
trami-are expected to about offset
eaeh other, neither candidate to count
on any majority in the net result Of
the vote. Hubbard and Wadena are
claimed for Towne, but by maiorities
sc small that they are relatively unim-
portant. In the group comprising ST.
Louis. Lake, Cook and Carlton. Mr.
Hudson believes Bryan will receive a
majority not far from 1000 and that
ToWne will run ahead of the national
ticket by another 1000.
This is an impartial statement OF The
more conservative claims OF the two
parties, but it is subject to modifica-
ton. Taking the average of the ex-
IRENE concessions on the one side ana
the most conservative claims ON the
other. detailed result, still excluding
st. Louis county, would be arrived at
about as follows:
Morris. Towne
Altkln>...... ................s $50
Anoka ..... ................ $50 49,.
Beltrami .............. 100
Denton ...... ............s..s 100
carton 100 -.
crow wing .................. 800 49,.
lass 100