The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-29
INDICATIONS ARE HE Will. M.
GOVERNOR CLOUGH,s ONLY
OPPONENT.
ALL COUNTY CONVENTIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN HELD ZIP To
THIS TINE HAVE INSTRUCT
ED FOR HIM.
CONGRESSIONAL FIELD SIZED UP,
free Silver Is the Issue ON Which
the Fight VIII Be Made In
Each District.

John Lind will, from all Indications
be the sole opponent of David M
Clough for governor of Minnesota. If.
is agreed on all hands that the Peo-
pies party will nominate him in their
state convention, to be held Aug 9e
AS heretofore stated in the Globe the
most powerful advocates of free silver
IN the Democratic party of Minnesota,
are openly working to secure his NOM
lnat1on in the state convention to be
held Next Tuesday. at MINNEAPOLIS.
That they will succeed seems certain.
beyond any sort of doubt. Every county
convention yet held has instructed for
Lind, as the Hennepin Democrats ala
yesterday and as the Ramsey county
Democrats will probably do next Mon
day.
At the primaries to be held in ST
Paul, Saturday evening, the free silver
men will, apparently, have a clear field.
with the possible exception of the Sew
enth ward, the free silver sentiment 10
SO strong at present, that no gold man
cares, or dares, to contest for seat
IN county convention that will be
overwhelmingly free silver. No men
known to believe in the gold standard
will be allowed to go to the state con-
Vention-or, If he is, it will be under
the unit rule. Strange to say there
are many men in st. Paul, who do not
believe in free silver, who are willine.
to go to the state convention instructed
for John Lind. A free silver Democrat
is not even mentioned as a possible
nominee
So far as the congressional seats are
concerned the free silver Democrats
and Populists will unite in every dis
tr1ct. Aug. IA, at Austin the silver
men of the First district will confer
and decide on the best man to run
against Tawney. The choice lies be-
tween L. ]. Meighen, Populist, Of
Forestville; John Moonan and J. T.
NJ Govern, Democrats, of Waseca and
Wabasha; respectively
In the Second, Lieut.. Gov. Frank
Day, Republican, of Fairmont. or John
a. Johnson, Democrat. of st. Peter.
will be the candidate
In the Third, State Senator James
McHale, Democrat, of Shakopee, will
most likely be the man to give Joel
Heatwole a race. If not, German
free silver man will be selected.
Francis III. Clark will be asked to give
Ihos. u. O'Brien or some other free
silver Democrat, an open field in the
Fourth district. At any rate there will
be at least three candidates, from
present appearances, because Congress-
man kiefer will run independent if he
isn't renominated
Congressman Fletcher will have all
sorts of trouble beating Sidney M.
owen in Hennepin, because il. has been
decided that Owen is to have the Demo-
cratic nomination Also
Charley Towne will be similarly
treated in the Sixth, and there seems
little reason to doubt that State Sem
ator Lommen will be the sole candi-
date against Congressman Eddy in the
Seventh
Thus the campaign of the silver men
outlines itself at present. Division of
the state and electoral tickets is vet
to be decided on, but that decision will
be made before next Tuesday. when
the Democratic state convention meets
in Minneapolis.