The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-13
WATCHING LIND'S MARCHES
MOVEMENTS OF THE TWELFTH
INTEREST REPUBLICANS

They Want to Strike the First Blow
With Davis Before Mr.. Lind Gets
Back to the state to Open His
CampaiGn-SecOnd District Con-
gressiOnal Convention Is to Meet
Tuesday.
There is one particular phase of the
present political problem of imperial
ism VS.. conservation, which Is annoy
ing the Republicans in this state, and
especially the young men, who are
trying to push the officeseekers into
soft places. and that is their serious
difficulty in annexing certain voting
elements Of foreign origin into the Eus-
tbs column.
The members Of the state central
committee are in bad way. They
flaye lost some of their best workers
and some of the men who are serving
are performing their duties in a per-
functory way that largely limits the
usefulneSs of the crusade.
1t Is a case Of many cooks spelling
the broth, which will prove to be very
much underdone when the Thanksgiv-
Ing dinner is ordered next November.
The news Of peace and the northward
march Of the Twelfth and Fourteenth
regiments has given the Eustis COM
nittee bad scare. OF course, the
troops are coming home with blank
cartridges, but there seems to be a
suspicion in William Henry's mind that
the war excitement rather kept the
popular mind off some of the issues of
a distinctly state character or even
local measures, which, when subjected
| to microscopic inspection, reveal very
unfortunate evidence of maladninis-
tration.
1t looks as though .Quartermaster
Lind might find a foothold ON the
stump in this state early enough to
place the issue directly before the peo-
pie of the state, whether or not they
want the present system of bank in
spection continued 1t is a notorious
fact of public record that the insolvent
condition of broken banks was sup
pressed in the Office of the governor OF
this state for months, while hundreds
of innocent depositors kept on deposit
ing funds in these institutions which
were without other apparent assets
than hope, and these confiding people,
Whether the election of a former di-
rector in Menage's Guaranty Loan
swindle to the. executive chair would
effect a wholesome renovation in this
particular department of the state,
many people doubt
The laboring men, too, are curious to
know what William Henry will do with
certain measures which involve their
welfare. They have seen a labor
bureau which was ostensibly created
in their interest diverted from it's pur-
pose and made an abstruse statistical
machine for the digging cut of musty
land and patent office tonnes of political
collations and partisan arguments.
They have seen in this same depart
ment a travesty on civil service re-
form examinations, which results in
the retention of political favorities, and
the ousting of those not en- rapport
with the apologetic head of the bureau
They want to know what William
Henry will do with appointments on
the railroad and warehouse commission
for their interest in such matters is
not less than those Of the heavy ship
pers Of the state, in whose burdens
they have to share.
| They want to know whether the fact
| that a man is a corporation attorney
| should recommend him to the suffrages
| of a people which has suffered much
| from the aggressions of corporations
| in tax lodging, in oppression of COM
| petition, as on the iron ranges, and in
| the corruption of the legislative bodies
| of the state.
| They want to know whether or not
| dinance, in a letter that was directly
controverted at nearly every premise
| in the subsequent decision of the su-
| preme court, would be the right kind
| of governor to whom to transmit bills
| for the benefit of the people as against
| the wealthy organizations.
| A Democratic congressional conven-
tion of a successor to Hon. J. 7. Nc
| Cleary, in the Second district, will
meet at Mankato Tuesday, Aug. 16, at
| II o'clock noon. 1t is likely that Frank
| A. Day, of Fairmont, will be the nom
inee.
| Chairman Rosing, Of the Democratic
state central committee, spent yestar-
| day in Minneapolis. Mr.. Rosing was
shown around by w. e. Gooding
| among other points of interest present
| ed being John H. Steele, chairman of
| the Eustis campaign.
The two chairmen exchanged the
| compliments of the season, and Judge
| Steele wondered how, with a $1,000 cam
| paign fund, he would be able to beat
campaign managed by a big, robust
fellow like the Cannon Falls merchant
| E. F. Webster of the Eighth ward
| Minneapolis, has engaged Fred B. Sny-
| der, of the Second ward, to manage
| his candidacy. 1t is to be essentially
| a race of ariStocratS.
Among the possible nominees for city
comptroller Of Minneapolis beside the
present incumbent, Wallace q. Nye
| are Charles w. Cartwright, a promi-
nent young business man, quite active
in military affairs formerly and Israel
Bergstrom, who has been living off the
Republican party, 10! these many
moons.
The Minneapolis Republicans found
consolation yesterday in the news
Grimshaw that Senator Davis would
speak at the opening of their cam
paign.
Apropos of the coming dinner to Ma
tional Chairman Jones, ST. Paul and
Minneapolis Silver Republicans are
planning to pay him a call ait Hotel ST.
Louis, probably before the dinner.
Their own national chairman, Hon. C..
A. Towne, and Mrs. Towne, of Duluth.
are there, ard it is the understanding
that they, as we'll as Senator Jones,
will remain until the close of the Min
netonka season, and thus completely
Sept l. Messrs. E. S. Corser, Mtnne-
.apolts, and j. M. Hawthorne, st. Paul,
are understood to have the silver Re
publican visit in charge. The party
will probably go out on an early even
ing Milwaukee train, returning the
same evening.
WAGNER WANTS THE CASH.
He Makes a Formal Demand fer
Rauiffs, Fees