The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-15

three judges against whom there was
any sort OF opposition. 1t was indi-
Gated In Populist quarters that Judge
snow, of Winona, would be put forward
for Judge MitchelPs place. The prop
osition will not be met kindly by the
democrats, and on this matter there
is fight promised
The probability of the nomination for
state auditor going to the Populists
was not controverted. There was not
Democrat mentioned for the place.
and the PopultSts did not have a can
didate that they knew Of
Ihe platform is in an altogether in
determ1nate state. There was a pro-
posed platform in circulation last night
In Minneapolis that was ascribed to
Representative Stockwell, of Minneap-
Oils, but it was reprobated by the lead
erS and is not likely to be presented.
1t was largely of the gaseous variety,
and will have to come from outside of
the Hennep1n delegation if it is pre-
sented at all. 1t is certain now that
the platform will confirm the previous
state and nationah platforms, that it
will send personal congratulations to
Col. William j. Bryan, and that it will
make some sort of declaration Of the
Spanish war. What form this decla-
ration will take, whether those in au-
thority will see their way to making
that the paramount issue or not is not
clear. There is a very general disposi-
tion to attack the tendency to imperial
ism that the Republican party has de-
veloped in Its national policy, but how
far this will go is not certain. 1t will
then go into state issues and attack
the sale of public lands to railroads.
without adequate compensation, and it
will certainly attack the record of Sen
ator Davis as corporation lawyer.
Wi ha
up to the apportionment This is shown
in the matter Of the Duluth delegation,
OF which there were not less than fifty
members in Minneapolis last night
There are seventy-nine members in the
delegation. From out in Chippewa
county there is a delegation of twelve,
and every member was about town
somewhere early in the evening.
headquarters were opened in room
270 at the West by Chairman Rosing,
and he said last night that he had been
called upon by about 500 members Of
the convention. The entire list Of the
delegates had not Yet been received,
but Gen. Pope was at work late last
night classifying them, and when the
convention meets there will be little
need for committee on credentials
when the roll Is called. There seems
TO be some contention in only one dele
GdtlOi, dllO IidS TO 90 with
the right OF the members to their seats.
Down at Mankato, when they held their
convention 1T seems that there was a
resolution passed instructing the dele
gates against fusion. The fusonisIs
claim that the resolution was passed
after most Of the delegates had left the
nall and they say they will insist that
the instructions be ignored. The fight
Is entirely. within the delegation and
the convention can have no part in
it.
A careful canvass of the delegates
present showed a disposition on the
part of most of them to let the issues
of two years ago take a secondary
place in the platform. A delegate from
Chippewa said he thought it might BIZ
advisable to ignore all but state issues
and when this proposition was put to a
considerable number of delegates they
agreed, but insisted that the monetary
issue must be mentioned as it may be
a factor later. Not man of the lot
thought that it would in any way enter
into this campaign, and said that fu-
sion was resorted to for the purpose of
defeating the common enemy and re-
moving the state institutions from the
domination of the present corrupt rule
Circulating among the delegates were
number of men well known in state
politics. P. B. Winston was evidently
the most popular man in the lot, and he
might have let his handshaking privi-
lege to advantage. Judge Willis, of st.
Paul, immaculate as to dress, as usual,
was receiving all sorts of congratula-
tions on the prospect of his going to