The Saint Paul globe., 1897-08-29
RUMOR THAT 1T WILL BE TAPPED
EARLY FOR A GUBERNATOR-
IAL BOOM.
WINONA MAN is OUT EARLY.
DOES NOT PROPOSE TO LET THE
GRASS GROW UNDER HIS
FEET.
JUSTICE COLLINS +
FRIENDS
Talk IoudIy of Him as a Possible
Governor-Whnt McClenry wants
Some Political Notes.

Tourists who have recently returned
from down river excursions report that
in no community along the river is the
soirit of revival of good times more
conspicuous than in Winona. Not only
is the First district farmer sharing in
the proceeds of the crop prosperity, but
they do say that that halt old steam
boat magnate, Samuel Rensselaer, Van
SAINT. has opened his barrel. The ro-
bust master of the paddle wheel craft
has been fitting hither and thither
through the state of late, and tapping
the ground with his heel here and there
to see if in the resulting vibration,
there was the slightest suggestion of
Van SAINT tremors. Sam figures that
the First district has been left out in
the cold lately pretty near as much as
the Second, and that when it comes to
the geographical argument, he can
shoot as far as any of them. Then
there is his war record, you know, and
great personal popularity, wide ac-
Quaintance, familiarity with state af-
fairs, and all those things, which go
to make him the logical candidate, as
Sam looks at it. What appeals to the
party, or the party managers, at least,
more than all these, however, is the
rumor which is occasionally sent up
here that the Van SAINT bank roll Of,
say half a million, is to be freely tap
ped in securing the nomination and
election. That Samuel has authorized
the circulation of these hints is not
certain. but that the wheel horses are
thinking seriously of that barrel is un-
disputed by those who are familiar
with the not entirely sangulne feeling
of the party bosses as to the results
of the next campaign.
The persistence with which a number
of the papers, in the northern part OF
the state especially, are booming JUS
tice Loren w. Collins, Of the supreme
court, for Republican gubernatorlal
nomination in 1898, indicates disposi-
ton on the part of that gentleman S
friends to keep him we'll to the front.
There is no question of Justice Collins
popularity, outside of what may be
considered the working politicians. He
was originally elected in the face of
an apathy on the part of the bar that
amounted almost to a positive oppoSl-
ton But his record has been unim-
peached, and when in 1894 the fusionlstS
proposed to make their fight on him,
the Republican party rallied to MS sup
port with will, and seated him again
in the states highest judicial tribunal,
with a plurality not exceeded by any
One on the ticket. 1t must, however, be
remembered that in this it was con-
ceded by the politicians, however lit
tie they liked the st. Cloud jur1St, that
on him the enemy was to make its
hardest fight. Judge Willis represented
an opposition to which the Republicans
could offer no quarter, and the personal
issue was lost sight of so far as they
were concerned, in the fight on the
combination which was endeayoring to
unseat him.
Justice Collins friends look to the
same popularity which carried him
through that election with such rush
to elect him governor next year, should
he get the nomination. The possibility
of his getting the nomination in a mod
ern Minnesota Republican convention
however, in the light of present con-
ditions at least, seems as remote as
the millennium, and political office brOk-
ers are not yet discounting salary
checks which only become due then.
Another boom that is being jollied
along at great rate is that which d
number of Southwestern Minnesota
editors are trying to inspire for James
III
The present Second district congress
man would not, probably, decline the
nomination were it tendered-no one
has yet named a Republican politician
IL the state who seems to have sur
felt of office; but that he desires the
nomination is denied by his friends.
A prominent Republican of the Second
district stated to the G. o b a few
days ago that Mr.. McCleary was we'll
content to remain in congressional life,
for which he had especially prepared
himself, and in which he had already
distinguished himself. This gentleman
aVerred that the Mankato mans am
bition was 20 take part in the work of
the monetary commission in reforming
the nations currency, work that
must make those who participated in
1t very conspicuous either by their sue
cess or failure. While the present re-
vival of good times might temporarily
detract from the prominence of the
silver issue in national politics, the
Issue was one which ultimately must
be met, and Mr.. McCleary was ready
willing and even anxious to meet it
The sole animuS of the McCleary
boom, indeed, seems to be geOgraph-
ical The Second district folk point
with undeniable truth to the sighting
of that section in the distribution OF
state plums in recent years. 1t seems
to be conceded that the Second district
II 1t can unite, can come INTO the neXl
Republican convention and dictate te
no little extent the geographical com
llexion of the ticket, even though II
may not be able to pull off the guber-
natorial plum with its own pruning
hook.
The position of David M Clough 1.
still doubtful, but as yet there seems
to be no Indication that the statement
made by the G o b e some time age
that the present governor would en-
deavor to secure a large following q
his friends in the next convention to
serve his own purposes was not in ac-
cord with the Minneapolis mans in
tentions. They may be, it is true, In
tended merely for trading capital, anC
not as lever to lift him into the
corner room at the capitol again.
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