The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-11

Prairie. The prospects there were never bet
ter, Mr.. Davis says for a sweeping victory
in the county, with excellent prospects for
the legislative district, the fifty-third consist
ing OF Todd, Wadena and Hubbard counties.
The senatorial ticket, nominated on Tuesday,
was made up by complete union Of the reform
forces, and consists Of Senator J. II. Sheets,
Democrat, of Brownsville; for representatives,,
E. e. Mueller, Populist, Park Rapids; E. NJ.
Brits, silver Republican, Of Verndale. This
ticket is to go on the official ballot as the
Union Reform ticket, the petition for which is
already prepared.
The county ticket is as follows: Auditor,
j. J. Renchert; clerk of court, M. F. Garfield,
both of Long Prairie; register of deeds, e.
n. Perry, of Brownsville; sheriff, George An
derson; Eagle Bend; judge Of probate, E. F.
Arthur Hogan, who, like John Lind is in the
army, but is coming home with the Four
teenth, and who resides at West Union, and
county attorney, M. L. Davis, Of Long Part-
RE.
Other reports from Todd are to the effect
that big inroads have been made in the
Eustis column from the old soldiers bolt
And curiously enough, in view Of the recent
performance of Jake Mertz, it is said to be
largely due to Mertz and Commander f. w.
reporters, 1t came from the recent visit of
those officials Of the G. a. R. in their at
tendance on a camp fire at Long Prairie, when
they were entertained by Judge and Comrade
J. Frank Locke at the latter's home.
1t is said that from what information was
impaired by those officials, regarding Eustis'
treatment of the old soldier. and his record
as mayor of Minneapolis, that scarcely an cd
soldier in Long Prairie is Known to be now
for Eustis.
William Henry's self-appointed apologist,
Jerry the Jay, Is authority for the statement
that Mr.. Eustis got his campaign buttons for
80 thousand, which ne claims Is less than
the Minnesota photographer offered them for.
The voter, however, is left to choose be-
tween the correspondence in the case, which
shows that Mr.. Eusts did receive an offer
from the st. Paul man to bid % cents under
any Eastern manufacturer, and the veracity
OF the Jay Jerry, whose convictions on cur
rent political topics are tempered to a con-
siderable extent by whether or not the man.
aging editors breakfast seems to set well on
his stomach when the Northwest politics mill
opens up mornings.
The fact remains that in this william Henry
showed himself anything but an apostle OF
home trade, even when it would have been
terests are in manufactures in this state, il
they want such a man for governor, can take
him without the apology of the sugar-coated
sycophant who writes and clips, political wis
dom for the Journal.
1t has been the loud boast of the Eustis
folks that Eustis would get every vote thai
Clough did, and many more. why" they
would say, with Pharisaical air almost akin
to Jerrys, many good Republicans who
could not stomach CIough will vote fol
Eustis and no good Republican has any
reason to vote against him." 1t was a woods.
man who took issue with this statement in
two ago.
They can't stomach Dave Clough, en-
Well, I've got just this to say: I voted fol
Dave Clough. I've worked for him, and hi
always paid his men. He was a good mar
to work for. I have worked for Eustis too
and l am not going to vote for him.
The lumber regions Of the state are MOI
tied to the tail of the Republican party. John
Lind has a following through that district
and 1t is such men as the one quoted-plain
unvarnished men of the woods-who are 60
IN Of he MinDeanO1iC
and wreck him on the shoals of political de-
feat