The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-12
MACHINE AFRAID OF LIND
WHILE MANY REPUBLICANS
WARM UP TO HIM
Say He Can Be Elected If Sc VIII
Make the Race and Let His
Friends Fight His Political Bat
ties, While He Fights for His
CONTINGENCIES stevens
Has a Game on His Hands,


COuntry--Congressm stevens
Has a Game on His Hands.
A member of the Republican state
central committee is responsible for the
statement that several very prominent
st. Paul Republicans, all of whom were
bitterly opposed to Lind two years
ago, have written to Quartermaster
Lind, of the Twelfth Minnesota, assur-
ing MN OF their support If he will &C
cept the nomination for governor that
has been rendered him. There is every
reason to believe that the statement is
True. There is also every reason to be-
neVe that they are quite sincere in
tilear pfotestations Of support for St.
Paui men, who are prominent in the
hePunhcan party, with very few ex-
cept1ons, know that they will have to
peat Eustls If they expect to hold their
places In the party. They know it as
well as st. Paul business men know
tnat >the business proposition before
them now is to beat Eustis. Moreover
the country press, of the Republican
persuasion is breaking out in spots and
1nQuiring why the needs of the state
were rot referred to in the Republican
platform.
III tell you what it amounts to-"
said the committeeman referred to-"
If John Lind can hold the vote he got
in the state in 1896 he can be elected
this year, for Ramsey county will give
him enough additional votes to over
come the Clcugh plurality"
There is, therefore, a good deal Of
anxiety among Democrats as to what
Lieut.. Lind will do. It is generally
conceded now that if he accepts and
comes home for the campaign he will
a n1notn6 he md c.a tn
the field and his regiment is in service
at the time of the election, he will be
elected over William Hennery by 10000
majority. The elements that the Re
pUblicans are reckoning on for land
slide would then be with Lind, and
there would be NO possible chance Of
beating him. That is why the Demo-
cratic leaders are anxious to know
whether or not he will accept. 1t is the
only condition to his election, it is said.
A man, who is very close to Lieut..
Lind, said yesterday, that he felt quite
certain he would accept. He had not
heard from the nominee personally, but
he had heard that his decision would
depend on the outcome of the next
hope of his being in the state, relieved
from military duty, he would accept.
He did not think it would be just to
accept if he could not be here for the
campaign.
The nominee will be disabused of this
last idea within a few days, for every
Democratic state central committee
man has written to Lieut.. Lind, urging
him to accept whether he is in the field
or at home They all feel that it will
make no difference in the outcome.
There will be meeting of the DEM
ocratic state central committee as soon
as Lieut.. Lind is heard from-not be-
fore. Chairman Rosing, in letter to
a local member of the committee, said
that he could not see the necessity for
calling a meeting before then. The
meeting will be heard in st. Paul and
headquarters will be established.
Chairman Rosing will again conduct
the campaign. Whether the candidacy
of Judge Willis, for congress, will III
terfere with his acting on the commit
tee as a member at large, has not yet
been decided, but it is likely that the
Judge will retain his membership on the
committee.
His candidacy, by the way, is MAX
ing Congressman Stevens feel that he
will not have things his own way by
any means. If the Democratic man
ayers, with Judge Willis for can
didate, conclude to make a personal
will be beaten. AS there is nothing in
sight for the Republican congressional
convention to run the nominee on ex-
cept war policy and personal history,
and as the Democratic platform will
be at least as enthusiastic as the Re-
publican in the matter of PATRIOTISM
Mr. Stevens is going to have the run
of his life. He will not be able 20
carry Ramsey county with a personal
fight on his hands. He is held even
by his own party to be a weak man.
His nomination two years ago was an
accident, and was due solely to the
fact that Ed Rogers did not go after
the nomination when he had the NOM
ination, and his denomination is a mat
ter of courtesy. If he loses Ramsey
by any considerable vote, then that
10000 majority of two years ago will
go a-glimmering.
Sam Anderson has had time enough
during he past two years to do some
figuring for himself, and now when
the time draws on for a new deal in
the county offices he is stronger than
any one thought him-for the NOM
ination. He has been handy to the
people who control in nominations,
and he is laughing at Zollman and
Horace Bigelow. Bigelow has been
reckoning on getting the nomination
by doing business with the Fourth
ward crowd and going into the con-
nention with his own ward and the
Seventh and Fourth behind him. An
derson gives it out fiat that he has
the Seventh where it can't get away,
and he has done good many things
for number of the denizens of the
Fourth He has one handicap: The
First ward delegates have found OUT
that they were buncoed two years ago
by Anderson's name, and that instead
of his being a Swede he is down
In that section of the city, and there
Zollman looms up. The Germans
must have a candidate, and Mr.. Zoll-
man believes trustfully that he is the
man.
D. F. PEBBLES will take the Demo-
cratic nomination if it is offered him.
He will even so after (which he will !
have to, for there are several Demo-
Gratis who feel that it is in them to
beat any of the men proposed by the
Republicans so far. San Donnelly
may give Mr. PEBBLES a fight and
Herman Oppenheim is already franz
ing things up. MoritZ Helm also has
his eye on the nomination.
With Billy Johnson out of the race
for sheriff, Ed Bazille seemingly has
a sure thing on the nomination he is
looking for-probate judge. Bazille and
Billy both live in the Eighth, ana
there could not be two candidates from
the same ward, so Mr.. Bazille has
easy shedding. for Judge Willrich hopes
to move up peg on the bench. He
and E. E. Mcdonald are the slate
nations. AS Lindah will get the
treasurer nomination and the national