The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-06-11

the temporary as well as the perma-
nent organization.
Thos j. Mullane resigned as secre-
tary, and M. j. Clark, of the Mime
sofa News company, was elected in his
stead.
Tuesday, Aug. 4, was decided on as
the day for the meeting of the Demo-
cratic convention to nominate state Of
ficers.
Delegates were slow in arriyj-p and
If 1t had not been for the big delegation
of farmers from Wate-.Iown and other
points, who came to inspect the state
Iarm, the owd in the Merchants
iopoy WSdld not have exceeded In size
tE>-. seen in an ordinary days busi-
/ mess. There was surprising lack of
the ginger and animation that usually
characterizes the gathering in the lob
bies of the old hostlery that ever since
it was built has been the headquarters
of Minnesota democracy. In days Of
old every man carried a chip on his
shoulder and was shouting for his
candidate. Yesterday afternoon a
bakers dozen of politicians sat quietly
talking over the situation without ap-
parent interest.
Michael Doran established headquar-
ters in parlor Q and there met his
friends and lieutenants. Mr.. Doran
smiled serenely, conceded that his
enemies were making a good fight but
asserted his confidence in the result.
Here's the way he figured the situation,
predicting a victory for sound money
and for Michael Doran in tomorrow's 8
convention:
Soud Money ........... $40
To Hear From and Doubtful .179
Total -. ..-....... ..... .82s
Giving the silverites all the doubt
full delegates they would have a total
of 389 votes, leaving the honest money
men majority of 81 In the doubtful
column are Stearns, 81 and Scott, 15
delegates. Upon these two counties,
| which. held conventions yesterday,
largely depends the result.
Headquarters of the free silver peo-
pie were located in parlor 15. Here
were closeted Mr.. Dorans opponents.
T. T. Hudson and j. G. Brown of Du-
luth, T.. d. O'Brien of ST. Paul, Ex-
speaker Champlin of Blue Earth, and
other free silver exponents sat about a
lcng table and discussed the situation.
Mr.. O'Brien was of the opinion that the
Doran forces had overestimated their
strength because, he asserted, Ramsey
I
money Mr.. Hudson, who seemed to
be engineering Chas. D'Aulremont' 8
boom for delegates at large, or dis
trict delegate, whichever honor the
convention will agree upon, said he
had heard from but thirty three coun-
ties, and he figured the situation in
this way.
Silver ....... ..................2 293
COLO ,o aso
In the counties not heard from Mr..
Hudson claimed to have knowledge
that assured the free silver people a
walkover. He claimed the thirty-two
votes from Stearns county, and declar-
there was no chance for Doran or
sound money or anything else unless
the pledged free-silverites went back
on their promises.
While the state central committee was
in session delegates to the convention,
which meets at IL o'clock this morning
in Market hail. were thronging the lob
by of the hotel. Conferences of all
sorts were in progress, and up stairs
the same thing was true. The rooms
set aside for Mr.. Doran and his friends,
and those designated headquarters for
the delegates favorable to free coinage
of silver, were the centers of interest.
Mr.. Doran himself was on hand to re-
ceive visitors, and with him were Dick
O.. Connor, Dan w. Lawler, Mayor
Smith, NJ F. Kahn, L. E. Reed and
others.
Circulating about the hotel, down
stairs and up, were Frank w. M.
Cutcheon. Thorn. D. O'Brien, Thorn.
j. McDermott, Phil Winston, E. T.
Champlin, H. w. Lamberton, Benz.
voreis, c. w. Schultz, Logan Bracken-
ridge, M. J. McGrath, and numerous
other leaders of one faction or the
other. Mixed beyond extraction were
the delegates, especially on the ques-
items of finance and delegates to the
national convention. Mr.. Doran, how
ever, seemed to have no fear of the re-
suit when the convention gets down to
work today.
Those who are understood to be opposed to
him were equally confident apparently. A per-
sonal canvass by the Globe reporter shows
that some of the delegates are for free silver
/ and Doran, while others are for gold but are
pronounced anti-Doran men: In other cases
as. for instance, Blue Earth and Winona
counties-thsrs seems u b = difference anens