The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
DEEP PLOT OF DAVE
1T IS SAID THAT 1T IS NOT A TOGA
THAT HE WANTS AT
ALL.
BUT A MORE LUSCIOUS PLUM.
SAY SOMETHING LIKE OIL INSPEC-
TOR OR PERHAPS SURVEYOR
GENERAL.
REPUBLICANS
PUZZLED.
me Leaders Do Not Know Where
to Get OFF, Others Where to
Get On.

What is to be David M. Clough's
next political adventure?" is the oues
ton which the Republican politicians
OF the state are asking themselves.
There was time when they were
less solicitous. That was when he
was put on the supposedly tail end
OF ticket to cater to a community
which hoped for little better, and which
one morning found that it had traded
insight and unseen, it is true, a senator
Tor governor. 1t now daWns upon
them, however, that the gentleman
from Hennepin has a few elements Of
strength in himself, not to speak of a,
rare adaptabdlity to the exigencies Of
the party which has brought the gov
ernor safely out of many a maelstrom
that would have drowned a man of less
wit and, incidentally, Of less nerve.
de has been SO vigorous In his treat
ment Of some crises in his admins
trat1on as to suggest, If not to war
rant, the epithet of brutal. Yet the
men who hate him most for his pub
lie deeds, the Hastings contingent who
saw him Wrest from their grasp the
coveted hospital for the insane, are
frank to express their admiration of
the courage Of the man who went out
Of his way in a contest Of such bitter
ness to ALLEVIATE at least the leaders Of
so formidable an opposition.
1t is this element, homely though it
be, in Gov. Clough which has chal-
lenged the admiration of the same
politicians to whom it has been a reve-
lation Of unprecedented audacity.
When all the misdeeds that have
been charged against Minnesota's
present governor are catalogued 1t will
not be found anywhere in the list that
he is what is known in the polite
technique of the party council as a
trimmer"
Be the breeze favorable or unfavor-
able, the sails of the gubernatorial
may be said in qualification that lie
has had a good skipper in Tans Bixby,
and his voyages, adventurous as they
seemed, might have been guided by a
wise foresight rather than being fool
hardy.
Uncertain he has always been as a
political factor; uncertain he continues
to be as a possibility of the future
It has been said that he would will
Hrgly don the senatorial toga at the
close Of his present term, should the
peoples representatives then endow
him with the honor. This, however, is
probably the least tangible of the am
billions which may have betn INDUCED
by David M. Clough from the days
when as boy he read now and then
Of the men who were making the gov
eminent what It was.
When Minneapolis was on the boom
Jo6 nj " oh
q prosperous lumberman leading bank
er and expert in live stock, and made
the practice of politics but the incl
dental performance Of his personal
duty to his neighbors and his state.
Reverses came. Now he finds that the
spised. Dignity and dollars alike lend
charm to the possession Of official
position.
Gov. Clough. or Dave" Clough, ex-
poets to come into the next state Re-
enty-f1ve votes. He will not dictate
how they will vote, but they will vote
for the man that suits Dave best. They
are his loyal friends. But with this
backing in the conventions as a trading
capital, is it at all difficult to figure
Dave into an oil inspectorship at $780,
600, or surveyor generalsh1p at the
same figure, to keep the wolf from the
door until prosperity shall put his
properties on Easy street again?
Not very hard. anyway.
Incidental to this discussion as 10
the governors firmness of policy, it
may be observed that within fortnight
he has again exemplified it in his con-
duct toward the Hennepin county
grand jury. That body demanded that
the governor loot his vaults Of the rec
ords of years to show them facts abouN
their own banks, which, If not obtain
able from direct testimony, might at
least have been adduced without the
summoning Of the governor in his off,
Cial capacity. The governor refused
to respond. He had the law, as 1t
turned out. on his side. He had some
unfriendly newspapers against him.
One of them did have the grace to flop
back after he had won out and admit
that the position Of the governor was
reasonable.
1t Is noticeable that as the comments
from the country papers come in. the
harshness Of the criticisms heaped upon
the governor Is in inverse ratio to the
distance Of the publication from the
atmosphere Of dishonest banking which
has hung over nurnber Of Minneapolis
institutions that were under investi-
cation by the grand jury In question.
The question as to who is to be the
nominee of the Republicans is creating
some strife. The race issue has been
raised. 1t has been suggested that the
Republican nominee should have as an
essential qualification ancestry which
might be traced with unerring accu-
racy into the shores of the Baltic or
the fjords Of the midnight sun. This
view, If generally indulged would be
liberal to Albert Berg, and severe on
Bob Dunn's ambition. Lind, Boen,
Berg, Knute, these are the names
which the reminiscent statesmen who
urge this plan of campaign do conjure
with. They are combatted by a party
which insists that the day is gone when
the racial issues should be raised, even
as there are sometimes seen skirts
pulled close in public places to avoid
the contamination Of evil associations.
Bob Dunn Is not the only candidate
who has no trace Of Northern ancestry
Moses E. Clapp is credited with a de-
sire to be in or about the state house
governorship when the new building
shall be ready foS cornerstone layings
and such, and Joel Heatwole, the hand
some cavalier from Mortified. Is said
to be dispensing postoffices in the Third
district with no little observation as to
their possible effect upon the personnel
of coming Republican conventions in
Minnesota. joel has printing presses
Of his own, but these are being worked
over time, as are the other country
weeklies, which are sending marked
copies praiSing Joel broadcast, not only
through his own district, but through
the state. 1t Is q literary campaign,
this OF Joel's, but 1t may be judged by
Fruits