The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-07

Only One of His Weak Points
The Swedes Think He Is ''String-
Ing" Them with His Fiattery and
Elusive Protestations of Deep
Interest.
Not little depends on Minneapolis
In the forthcoming eubernatorial cam
paign, and judging from the present
temper of the people at large in that
city, William Henry Eustis is going to
have hard job to carry his own city
and county for the Republicans.
John Lind swept it two years ago
against the united efforts of all the
state machinery, including deputy in
spectors, state prison officials, grain
samplers. sewer laborers, and what not,
every lever of the Republican machine
being brought into play in behalf Of
the Republican nominee.
The machine politicians accuse Will
liam Henry of a Pharieaical, Il am hol-
Ter than thou attitude toward them,
which they insist repels them, no mat
ter how friendly they might wish to
be. The talk of a "clean campaign"
which was SO prominent at the recent
meeting of the state central committee,
too, conveyed a probably not wholly
unattended imputation that previous
gUbernatOrial campaigns of the party
had not been as clean as the purling
mountain brook, and this has been a
thorn in the flesh of the old line poll
ticans.
These men say that Lind will be EJECT
ed. The silver Democrats Gid not give
up hope when Lind was defeated two
years ago, but they went to work a
once on second campaign. One of the
Minneapolis papers, which is published
IN the Swedish language, has been
relterating the cardinal principles of
the silver faith at every issue since, and
the paper in question has not only OBJ
tanned an immense circulation in such
strOrgholds of the Swedish population
as GCodkue, Chisago, Polk and other
: counties, but it is said that it has won
many who have hitherto voted the Re-
publican ticket over to the tents of the
Democracy.
The diversion Of the issues of state
mfsmanag5ment and other things to the
patriotic support of the war idea, will,
OF course, be attempted by the Repub-
Hcans, but there is one tack in Mr.
Eustis' political coffin that has already
rusted in pretty tight That is his
protested friendship for the Swedes,
who are generally slleptical of his sim
cer1ty. The thing that accentuates
their disgust with the oratorical Min
neapoliS nominee more than all else.
too, is that he insists on praising their
racial qualities most fulsomely when
even he gets a chance to address a
handful of them, but his glowing des-
criptions of the land of the midnight
sun and his well-rounded references to
the vikings of old, will not count when
the voters get into the little booth and
see the name of Lind.
For they look back to his administra-
tiCn as mayor OF Minneapolis and they
remember that Swedish officers were
dropped On f1imsy preteXts, While other
oftlcers whose errors were far more
grievous, We're mercfully continued at
the public crib. They remember, too
the prompt and drastic punishment
which was melted out to some of the
SWeciSh saloonkeepers who had trans
gressed the mayors saloon policy"
while one conspicuous case of leniency
was exhibited in the incident of a
sa!oonkeeper Of other antecedents. in
whose place a stranger was drugged
and robbed, and narrowly escaped
death from the Knockout drops given
him This man was permitted to con-
tnue in the saloon business, although
rePrimanded by the mayor to whom,
as father confessor, he was said to have
admitted the Offense charged.
Two years ago, the Sunday before
election, there was read in the pulpit
. OF every Swedish Lutheran church in
OhlSaSo county letter urging the vot-
ers Of that county to vote for Gov.
Clough. No such letters will be read
there this year. for obvious reasons.
and. if Mr.. Eustis should deem it ad-
Visable to have his name substituted
foc that of Clough in duplicate form.
h would find it difficult
a D. Smith, who is or has been one
OF the most TammanyesGue of Demo-
Re in r7eaorN liz 60.
mates that one fourth of the Swedish
Republicans in Minneapolis will vote
for Lind this year The percentage in
the rural districts may run even higher.
Another factor in Observation-Disclosures
that is going to help there is the recent
divorcing Of Secretary of State Berg,
who was put on the ticket originally
to appease the Swedish population for
the only too evident slight implied in
the repeated elevation of Knute Nell
son. a Norwegian. The fact that Berg
has devoted more time to social duties
of more or less uncertain. fidelity has
leaked to the ears of his KInsmen. and
there is something of a feeling that the
SWedes could better be left unrepre-
scented than misrepresented by an I'M
worthy man.
Minneapolis is going to give Lind 0Oo
to 5000 plurality. st. Paul is going to
clt down the Republican vote of 1895
materially, if it does not give the New
Uim man plurality also, and Chisago
county is going &c go strong for Lind
Z. K. Cameron, of Minnea polls, who
has always been active in county poll
. tics in Hennepin, is sanguine of Lind's
election.
Mr.. Eustis has antag onized so manv
different elements, not making personal
antagonisms. but alternating large num-
z rs on matters of principle SAYS Mr..
Cameron, that I do not see how he
can be elected
1t will be Lind sure in his opinion.
The Northwestern Chronicle this
week, in an editorial headed "An Ideal
Candidate" says:
Without an effort on his part, with
out wire-pulling or fence-fxing, Hon.
u. John Lind, now in the field with those
who fight for the American flag and
what it represents, has been nominate
ed by the Democrats for governor OF
Minnesota. There could be no better
evidence given by the Democrats that
they sincerely desire good government.
for they have fcregone much Of their
national policy to adopt as a candidate
one who was so recently a Republican
Yet it may be said, truly enough, that
this broad-nirded man, loyal citizen
and chivalric sold er, observing the mar
row path Of his party, the patrician
character of its policies, It's disregard
for the many who toll and it's solicita-
ha