The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-15
FULLER'S own LIST
1T MAY NOT BID ALLOWED A
PLACE ON THE
TICKET
NO CONVENTION WAS HELD

Question OF Whether 1t Is Worth
the Enort-Brief Review of the
Legislative Situation - Demo-
Gratis Can Point to Five Sure Win
ners Already, and Others Have
Apparently the Best of 1t.
IF 1t were worth while bothering
with them, we could have the Hi Henry
Fuller ticket left off the ballot, without
doubt" said a member Of the Demo-
cratic committee yesterday, "but
don't see the use. They won't poll more
than 100 votes at the outside, for every
man who knows anything at all of pol
tiles knows that they are in no sense
candidates for office. 1 think The
G ! o b e forecast what would happen
when it said the other day that sew
eral Independents would be placed in
the field by the Republicans
That is the general view taken of the
situation by the DemOcrats-the indie
pendents are not worth bothering with.
But, if they are left on the ticket, they
Will occupy space and will have an ad-
vantage in position that ought to be-
long to the DemOcracy-that probably
will belong to the Democracy before
the ballot is made up. No one has the
hardihood to say that Hi Henry held
a convention, so that 1t is only neces-
sGry to bring an action in order to ex-
clude the ticket from the ballot. Otto
Sauer's independent candidacy was ar
ranged for several days ago, and it was
arranged for by Republicans. Within
a few days this so-called independent
candidacy of Sauer'S was told of in The
G l o b e, and a day or two afterwards
it was announced that he had been
given the Fuller nomination. The orig
inal movement was pushed along by
the Republicans in the audacious idea
that there were German voters SO ig
norant that they would be deluded by
the presence of his name on the ticket.
When it was found that 1t would be
absolutely useless to try this dodge, and
that the returns would not be worth
the price of a petition, the independent
convention movement was taken up.
AS for this latter, it may be easily
upset, but the question is whether the
game is worth the candle. Fuller told
G | o man on Wednesday that the
convention had not been held; this can
be proved positively. When he was
asked when he was going to hold his
convention, he said it would be held in
time enough. That night it was found
that the ticket had better be sprung,
and it was given to the newspapers the
next morning with the statement that
the convention had been held Oct. f.
This is, Of course, absurd, and nobody
believes that there was any caucuses
or any convention. The question that
the Democrats will decide today is
whether it is worth while going into
the courts to fight the matter.
1t may be taken up in connection
with the Republican outrage that had
for it's aim the dsfranchisement of The
Democrats by holding up the nomina
tiOns. That it was intended to do this
is certain, the scheme being to wait
until the last day for the filing of nom
nations and then to refuse to receive
them. A lawyer, who is only interested
as fair-minded citizen, was asked
yesterday what he thought of the stand
taken by the county attorney. He said:
Il have made no special inquiry into
the case, but it is always fair to as
sumo that Anderson is wrong when he
gives an opinion. I believe that, if the
matter was put to the court in the way
OF a proposition in equity, that no judge
would hold that a party consisting of
half of the community can be denied
the right of a place on the official bal
lot. The present law was framed to
shut off just such snap affairs as this
Fuller movement, and l believe IS only
capable of Interpretation that way. I
regret the petty spirit of the party
leaders, who take advantage of such a
reading. 1t seems to me that the DEM
ocratic candidates will be the gamers
in the eyes of a fair-minded communi-
ty, and, perhaps, 1t would be just as
we'll to make no fight"
If nothing is done the regular Dem
ocrattc nominees will come after the
Prchibitionists on the ticket in the
county, while they will have second
place on the state ballot. There will
be a regular meeting Of the candidate s
this afternoon at hea dquarters and the
matter will be finally passed upon then.
1t is important that this meeting
should be fully attended.