The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-20

Other Candidates Say That If Eustis
Names the Committee, Let Him
Put Up the Cash-The Lee-steele
Assessments VIII Not Be Honored
by the Other Candidates on the
Ticket.
The Republican machine is in a bad
way.
The contamination devoutly to be
wished" for which the Baconian one
Donnelly and other Populists and Dem
ocrats less classical have been waiting
for these many years, has come at last.
The Republican organization is split
from stem to stern. The machine is
well oiled, but there are too many oilers,
They are stumbling over each others
heels.
The grit which wore its way into the
bearings of the machine and ran the
thing hot was introduced at a meeting
OF the candidates at the Windsor hotel
Monday night.
1t has been the custom for many
years in all well regulated political
parties, and the Republican party Of
this state has f1attered itself that it
was the exemplar of all that was we'll
organized, to permit the candidates
named by party convention to have
voice in the selection of the campaign,
or steering" COMMITTEES.
The theory was that these men, who
were thus devoting their time and
money to the party cause, would be
enabled to have their interests protect
ed. The practice has been, as far as
the Republican organism is concerned
that Taans Bixby ran the whole thing
William Henry Eustis, with a van
dalistic spirit which would have done
credit to Barbarossa and his contem-
poraries, has thrown down all the ira
ditlcns OF the party and established
new rule, which may be stated briefly
thus:
Inasmuch as the head. Of the ticket
will win the credit Of victory or the
blame Of defeat, in large measure, so
should he be given voice in the selec-
tioH Ct campaign committee.
The other candidates on the Republi-
can ticket were ou.voted at the meet
ing the other night, but they do not
like this scheme. They say that taxa
ton with out representation is tyranny,
and they cite the illustrous example
Of their continental forefathers as JUS
LITIGATION for their refusal to contribute
to the general fund Of the party The
situation is just this. Mr.. Eustis must
tap his own barrel for his own pur-
70 es The tn candi ates Will devote
their personal efforts, their knowledge
of the local conditions here and there,
and their private resources Of finan-
cial nature, to their own purposes.
There will be no assessment honore1
by the candidates for the g neral fund.
1t was made pretty strong at the
meeting on Monday night that the
Eustis policy was the dominating ele-
ment in the committee. The other cam
didates did not like it then, but they
were turned down. Yesterday, getting
their second wind, they were madden
than ever.
Albert Berg, nominated for secretary
of state, wanted Charles c. Whitney.
the states expert printer, and a prom
trent Saltwater man on the commit
tee. Whitney, too, would have been
acceptable both to Treasurer Koerner
and would-be Lieut.. Gov. Smith, of
Montevideo, but the EustiS people
could not hear either recommendation,
and they turned Berg down with a
and Lind are going to get the votes in
the strong Scandinavian districts, if
they can, and they have both shown
some elements of strength in the past,
and the, rest of, the nominees will have
to look out for themselves.
Oar Reese, the ST. Paul. nominee for
clerk of the supreme court, named as
Warner and w. ]. Donahower. War
ner is an experienced politician and
we'll schooled in BiXby's kindergarten.
but he was persona non grata to the
Eustis bunch and they would not let
him in. Donahower had confined his
energies mostly to the local field and
was open to some exception on this
account, although it should not have
been material, the 'anti-head of the
ticket" people say, when Mr.. Eustis has
such confidence in John II. Steele, who,
while a genial fellow, is hardly known
outside of his own bailiwick and is
largely unfamiliar with the local con-
ditions, the close touch with which was
the chief resource of that astute or
ganizer Bixby
Bob" Dunn, as the present state
auditor is known, had two names to
present. They were Alvah Eastman, of
the St. Cloud Journal-Press, and
charles S. Mitchell, of the Alexandria
Post-News. There are not two editors
in Northern Minnesota who command a
clearer view Of local conditions north
Of the Twin Cities than these two men,
yet they were turned down. Eastman
and Dunn were especially intimate, and
Mitchell, while comparatively young in
the political arena, has demonstrated
his 10y atty to the party and to the
northern part Of the state on number
leSS OCCASIONS. Dunn got neither OF
these men.
The man who. with Berg, led the
ticket two years ago was State Treas
urer koerner. A popular man PERSONAL
ly, with a good record, he sought to
have placed on the committee the same
man Whitney whom Berg and Smith
favored, and CA. Greenleaf, a prom
iEent and wealthy man of Litchfield,
who has contributed largely to Repub-
llcan success in the past without any
tangible reward other than the con-
seriousness of a full duty, faithfully per-
formed. Mr.. Koerner presented Mr.
Greenleaf's name, but both he and
Whitney were thrown down
The result of all this is that Their,
Will be little harmony in the party this
fall. Each candidate is to look after
his own best interests, and, if John
Lind should break through the lines
with t. majority of several thousand,
the other Republican nominees, even
though defeated, would view the pros
pect with a semi-consolation
Eustis has taken the bit in his teeth
and gone over the rail into the pad
dock. The other drivers say he may
Craze at his own sweet will, for they
are done with him.
The committee which has caused all the
feelings was announced yesterday and is as
follows
At Large
A. D. Gray, of Fillmore.
A. H. Anderson, of Redwood
c. K. Sharood, of Ramsey
J. H. Steele, of Hennepin.
w. e. Lee, of Todd
O. N. Myron, of Norman.
District Committeeman
First-C. A. Rasmussen.