The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-09
ENEMY IS DISORGANlzED
so SAYS CHAIRMAN JONES OF
MINNESOTA POLITICS

/ MINNESOTA POLITICS
BE Elected GovernOr-Silver Is
sue May Sleep, but 1t Is Not Dead,
and Will Not Die, He Says, TIL 1t
Is Settled Right--Arkansas Sem
ator Stopping at Minnetonka.
The Hon. James X. Jones, senator
from Arkansas and chairman Of the
national Democratic committee, be-
lieves that John Lind will be the next
governor Of the state of Minnesota
Senator Jones has reason for the faith
that is in him. He has been talking
politics with men whose fingers are on
the public pulse, who know the signs
In Minnesota and who have explained
to Mr.. Jones the conditions that in
volve the Republican party in this
state. From the disorganization Of the
enemy Senator Jones draws the infer
ence Of success for Mr.. Lind.
The senator sat on the balcony Of
the Hotel st. Louis at Minnetonka last
evening and told q o b e man sew
eral things. He Is g. big man physically
as we'll as mentally, this robust Demo-
crat from Arkansas. He has a fine
presence, and he has so identified him.
self with his cause that he is more
closely In personal touch with the
leaders Of his party throughout the
Union than one could imagine possi-
BILE. He knows intimately the condi-
tions, politically, in the Seventh con-
gressional district of Minnesota. That
is because he knows how to inquire
and because the mem who act with him
take care that he shall not be allowed
to grope In the dark. Perhaps he
doesn't know Minnesota as we'll as he
knows his own state, but the knowl-
edge he has Of things that might be
considered purely local Is astonishing
His theory is that in order to be able
to grasp proposition one must know
the details Of it. The men who work
with him are personally affected to
Senator Jones; hence he Is informed as
to details.
Politics had nothing to do with the
coming Of the chairman to the North.
west. He was looking for rest, and
he came directly from Washington to
Minnetonka. He spent short season
at Minnetonka before. He knew that
1t was the place for Southern man
to make for when in need Of rest. Said
the senator: II got here Saturday and
went to bed early, worn out For tho
first time in my life, believe, I slept
until 10 o'clock the next morning." Mrs.
Jones is with the senator, and the party
includes Miss Jones and the senator's
grandchild. Last evening after din
ner Senator Jones spread his big form
over settee on the balcony Of the
st. Louis, and for couple of hours
talked politics with Globe man,
beginning with some complimentary re-
marks about the assurance that he felt
as to the result in Minnesota, In the
knowledge that The Globe g would
lead the Democratic forces in the fight.
LIND WILL WIN.
BY the grace Of the people and the
help of The q o e, Mr.. Lind will be
elected" said Senator Jones. He talk
ed Of the political conditions through
out the Union, commented on the fact
that the solid South was evidently GO
Ing to remain the solid South, largely
through the instrumentality of the COL
ored Democratic vote in the future;
told some interesting anecdotes Of the
change Of sentiment among black peo-
pie In his own country-and he lives
In pretty dark belt, at Washington,
In Southwestern Arkansas-and pres
emily got around to national issues.
What effect will the war have upon
forming the policies Of the great par
ties?" asked the reporter.
1T will not long obscure the great
Issues that have already been made"
answered the senator. For some time
OF course, the war and It's development
will obscure everything else, but the
issues that have been made cannot be
obliterated. The American people are
as one in this war and it is absurd to
suppose that there will be any party di-
vision on it. 1t Is in no sense Repub-
ncan war. The accident of a Republi-
can administration at the time of the
breaking out Of the war Is not going to
make any Republicans. Politicians
may say they believe 1t will, but they
don't believe. The war will take the
public mind off the internal condition of
the country for time, but presently
the people will find that they are no
was no war, and then will come the re-
action"
will the so-called policy of imperial
Ism become an issue, do you think?"
That question depends on what is
meant by imperialism. don't think it
likely to become a party issue, for I
don't think that the party in power
proposes to commit the country to a
policy which means the acquisition of
territory to be held as Great Britain,
for instance, holds her colonies. The
very ground for severing our relations
with Great Britain in over a hundred
years ago was that there should be no
taxation without representation. It is
propose that the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence be set aside in order that we
may set up government in the Phil
ippines. The spirit Of our institutions
forbids that we should impose govern
ment upon any people without the con-
sent Of the governed. believe that the
government will carry out the sacred
obligation under which it laid itself in
declaring war against Spain-to set up
a stable form Of government in Cuba
and make sure that it will remain sta
BILE, then withdraw. I believe that the
same thing will be done in the case Of
Porto Rico, probably.
Does not the recent annexation of
h., yiot, ip1o l,