The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15

consider matters OF great p1th and
moment with the nation at large.
Meantime, while the collectorship Is
being fought for, President Mckinley
seems to be plodding along with his
little office work just as though the
Big -Four and the senior senator from
Minnesota were on the best or terms.
Mr.. Mckinley has mixed UP In one or
two Minnesota affairs already, that
seemed to be loaded with a little pau
powder. and In this case seems TO
think he can afford to go slow. Inc
present collector is ]. C.. Geraghty,
son-in-law of Michael Doran, who'
while a Democrat rof life long devo-
ton, did yeoman service for the sound
money cause last fall and not on
Palmer-Buckner lines either. MT;
Doran contributed freely to the souno
money cause. of time money ana IN
fuence, and some of the Republicans
suspect that there won't be any I'M
ceremonious haste about the election
OF Mr. Geraghty'sj successor:
Ex-Speaker Jones Is not a cand1-
date for the lieutenant governorship.
This announcement the G e
Is none other than Mr.. Jones himself,
and when he said it he gave every
sign of being sincere.
When the gubernatorial proposition
was reached in the same converse
ton. however, the Long Prairie man
carefully refrained from doing any
thing which might be endangerlng the
throwing of Northern Minnesota
man under the cruel Juggernaut
which the Republican elephant hauls
biennially over a number of amb1-
t1ouS statesmen.
The Shell boom begins to look daily
more and more like a shell game set
no chrnx n q
prevailing faction of the state party,
the game being to let the other fell
lows guess under which Of the three
half Walnuts the real gubernatorial
candidate Of the combine is to be
found. In advancing Shell conspicu-
no ones feelings. They brought the
Worthington man conspicuously be-
fore the public at time when there
was little In the papers but kIondike,
ana 1t was pleasurable recreation
Tor the average reader. Dan has
been In politics too long not to know
that nominations are made by politi-
cal conventions and not by parlor B
coter1es. however effective some Of
the latter have proven in devising
ways and means to control the former.
so, IT events should develop that
should kill his early born boomlet,
Mr.. Shell would be nothing the loser
TO get a piece Of patronage out of the
lucky man who should carry the day.
VIII this be, Jones? Well, if the
master hand that inscribes the light
nlng flashes .onEtf1e sky of Minnesota
poltlcs writes that name, it won't
hnd any insulation about the person
OF the Todd county man who is al
most afraid to5 wear spectacles now
IN view of the fact that glass is a.
poor conductor
The senatorship from the new dis
1rlct which includes the Fourth and
seventh wards Is causing a lively
scramble among a number of the local
politicians. Doc Fred schiffman
mas been quietly informing his friends
tnal ne is IT., land that after he gets
the Republican nomination he will
pIouuce canvass shat will unite the
SSlik-stock1ngs OF the Seventh, and the
! less ar1stocratc Republicans of the
sourIn IN one common bond. Fred's
! lrlendS cla1m that he has established
reputation for business sagacity
very desirable in state legislator, as
Wen as making an aggressive can
vaSs In behalf of his friends in
Roilglcs with mere or less success.
me me combination Of these qualities.
they insist, should make his entry
into the senatorial contest victorious
even In spite of the fact that Tboma :
3. Scott. the banker, has promised
10 turn himself into, the camnaign
| ana his friends are wooing the Repub,
mean leaders with the ssura nee hat
a.. or the. influence of the bank will
OF the party. ~ 'oppoi'
Scots friends are fighting scbiff-
man en- the ground i that ba e'j in =
! s"il and cite the fact HAT bis
"a: DR.. Rudolph Schiffnan f'i 10
prominently d mentioned as a candida .
tor tht mayofalty on the DEMO- e