The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-07
IN OLD HENNEpIn
THE GLOBE MAKES SOUNDTNGS IN
THE STATES BIGGEST
COUNTY.
OPINIONS VARY WIDELY.
UNCLE LOREN FLETCHER SAYS THE
COUNTY is STRONGLY RE
PUBLICAN.
wAsHauKN TALKS A LITTLE.
Mr.. Owen Reviews the Situation
Calmly and Claims Fusion
Victory.

Special Staff Correspondence.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 6.-Your Uncle
Loren Fletcher does not look it. but
he is of a very sanguine temperament.
He believes that Mckinley will carry
the state of Minnesota by not less than
40, 600, and he did not like to say how
much more than that figure the major
ity might be. in his estimation. And
he took the G o b e reporter into his
confidence and said that he honestly
believed that his own majority over
Mr.. Owen would be at least equal to
his majority two years ago. But he
told some one else who is closer to him
than the Clio man that he would
be satisfied with a majority Of 1000.
'"Tell me what you think of the con-
ditions generally in Hennepin county"
was the proposition that the G / o e
man put to Mr.. Fletcher. Mr.. Fletcher
wanted to avoid making anything like
specific guesses. He said: ST am salts
fed with the way things look and am
quite assured that the result Of the
election will be quite satisfactory to
u.s."
us there. in your opinion, going to
be any general breaking away from
party lines, owing to the Introduction
of the money question into the cam
paign?"
mo, nothing general. There will be
many changes, but we will be the gain
ers by them. There are numerous
bodies of foreign-born cit1zens here in
Minneapolis, and from the way they
are acting it is quite certain that some
of them, as bodies, will break away
from their former party affiliations.
The Scandinavian vote will be where
it has been generally, with the Repub-
lican party. I don't think that there
will be any material defections among
them. It has been claimed that the
SWedes
WOULD THROW CLOUGH
over for Lind. Now, don't believe
it, and my information in the matter is
quite good. Lind will get for personal
reasons, good many votes among that
class of citizens who will vote for Nc
Kin1ey, that is not to be denied, but
Clough will more than make it up in
other directions. There is no orga-
nized bolt from Clough, and he has
made gains, and large gains, among
people that have formerly been Demo-
cratic; for there is a very large and
solid Irish vote that has been almost
unquestionably Democratic in the past
and which will be solid this year for
Clough and the Republican ticket.
Then, there is a large Jewish vote that
has been Democratic in the past and
that has come over in an organized
body to the Republican side. The same
is true of the Polish vote, and these
acquisitions will make up two to one
for any Scandinavian defections there
may be. The vote on the head of the
ticket will probably lead the balance or
at least the gubernatorial vote. for the
ScandinavianS that vote for Lind on
personal grounds will vote the rest of
the ticket. I believe that there will be
very nearly $4,000 votes polled in the
county, or 5000 more than there were
last year, and the new vote is practi-
cally all Republican and called out by
the exigencies of the times. The or
ganizatioD is thorough, and the bal
ance of the ticket is almost lost sight
of in the fight on the presidency, the
congressman and the governorship. If
the rest of the state does as well as
Hennepin county, Minnesota can be re-
lied on for more than 10000 majority
for the Republican ticket"
Senator Washburn has seemingly
forgotten that he owes CIough g.
n t. <,+@ a
First avenue and Fourth street and
said very deliberately that he thought
Clough would carry Hennepin county.
He didn't say 1t with the air of a man
who was wildly enthusiastic, but he
did say it, and he said that he was
presently going on the stump for the
Republican ticket.
'I have not been out about the city
or county much,'' said the senator.
''but I have been compelled to notice
many things that came before me in
the way of business and / haven't the
least doubt but that Hennepln county
will give an account of herself that
will be satisfactory to the Republi-
cans. There has been great
DEAL OF AGITATION
mere over the money QueStlCn, perhaDS
more than elsewhere in the state. and
the people are to be- depended on.
These street takers for silver amount
to nothing and they have things their
own way because the sound money
men are at work. Gov. Clough? Why.
1t is hardly to be expected that he will
run up with his ticket here, but Re-
publican sentiment will carry him
along and through. There is nothing
like organized opposition to Clough in
his own party, and he will be elected
| fast enough, as will all other Republi-
cans running in this state this fall
have an abiding faith in the good sense
and honesty of the people and there
is not the least doubt but that they
will be for honest money. The silver
sentiment is frothy. and the RESPONSE
bility of the ballot will bring a good
many men in line who are now leaning
to Bryan. I am going into the cam
paign for the whole Republican ticket
and expect to see it win all the way
through. the governor included"
S. M. Owen sat comfortably in his
cosy office ard told the reporter that
| he was confident CT election. "But, !"
he said, don't you know that candi-
! date is the last man to know anything
| of the real conditions in campaign? !?
| He sees the rosy side of things only.
| for he talks to but few people, but
| those who are friendly to him. How
ever, have