The Saint Paul globe., 1898-09-29
HELIKES THE OUTLOOK
JUDGE WILLIS SAYS THE STATE
TICKET IS IN GREAT
FAVOR
REPUBLICANS FEELING SAD

the Necessity of Change In
| Grain Inspection.
Judge John w. Willis, who has for
several days engaged in a. canvass of
the fourth congressional district, re-
turned yesterday for short stay at
home.
| Judge Willis says that the conditions
IN the rural counties of this district are
! even more hopeful for the success or
the Democratic ticket than he had rea-
son to believe when he entered upon
the campaign as candidate for con-
| SreSS. The sterling character of the
! ticket nominated by the Democratic
state convention has won great favor In
the Fourth district, and in Chisago
county especially, In spite of it's for
| mer predictions in favor of the Re-
publican party, the prospects are that
the Democratic vote will be extensive.
Judge Willis will return to the field
IN day or two, making a thorough
canvass Of the district.
Il think a grave mistake was MADE
In nominating Eustis," said a promi-
nent Minnesota Republican Yesterday.
Il preferred Van SAINT, but when it be-
came apparent to me that the Winona
| captain could not get 1t I tried to ge,
| MS friends, who were, in many cases,
my friends, to throw his strength TO
| Collins. But they would not do It.
They said, We are in this fight for
| van, SAINT l think they made mis-
take When Eustis gets In he won't
give them any credit. If Lind gets in,
we will have the assurance that there
is man in power whose record is
| known to every voter in the state. You
understand L am Republican. am
! going to vote for Eustis. But I can
not but believe that the party did
make a mistake when it nominated a
man with so many adverse elements TO
! contend with, and that. too, against
one of the best campaigners in the
state, for there never was any ques-
! tiOn in my mind that John Lind would
be nominated by the Democrats under
| the circumstances"
The Fourth district Democratic con-
| gressiOnal committee will hold a meet
! ing this afternoon at its rooms in the
Davidson block. All reports to Secre-
tary Bailey predict a large Democratic
| vote this year. and the attention Of the
committee is being centered on the
cities, st. Paul and Saltwater, which
the Republicans are making great er-
| forts to steal for the emolument Of
Fred c. Stevens, lately connected with
|
failed, leaving several hundred widows
and orphans practically penniless.
The Republican, league of which F.
B. Wright, of Minneapolis, is president,
has established headquarters in the
Endicott building, Room 242. Mr..
! Wright says he will be-there every day.
thought that Fred S. Bryant, the secre-
tary of the league, was playing into
| the hands of the st. Paul interests,
rather than working purely for the
party, and they have set Mr.. Wright
to watch him. Wright is a Minneapo-
| lis lawyer, but court Is not in session
now, and after court opens some one
else will probably be sent over.
Steve LovejOy and Frank Farnham
are prominently mentioned for the po-
sition Of chief spy.
The Republican county committee or
ganized yesterday. There was a merry
contest over the secretaryship, based on
a technicality as to whether the Re-
publican custom would permit them to
elect Bryant again or not. This was
! brought UP by the friends of John E.
| Selb, and theye were so insistent on 1t
that Bryant's friends finally threw up
the sponge.
AS one of them said:
I'VE have had enough knocking
against Bryant" He has taken the
lions share Of the work here for the
last three of four years, and now just
because g. few guys over in Minneapo-
lis are getting their hammers out, you
fellows want to ring Selfb in as secre-
! tary. What has Selb ever done. OF
! course he's a decent fellow enough but
that don't count in the Republican par
| ty | can see a lot of you fellows out
cLi iIfS off
But that's what you'll have to do. If
you think yoa-knoW more about this
| business than the fellows that have
| been looking after the datails Of the
camapign over here for the last four
| or five years, it's time you were GET
ting little of the conceit taken out OF
| you"
Steve Picha was made chairman.
| There was some objection to the elee-
ton of Steve on the ground that he
! had never been known outside or his
own precinct until two years ago, and
it was thought he ought to stay IN
Israel until his beard be grown, but
| Steve landed the election just the same
The wisdom of the state Democratic
campaign, and the Peoples party as
we'll in confining the issues to state
matters is daily being demonstrated
| Daily matters arise which show that
the attention of the people is directed
to their own condition and state is
sues. as never before. The matter OF
grain inspection is one which
since the action taken by the
farmers of the Red river valley at the
| Moorhead meeting, is rapidly growing
| in Importance. This Is indicated by
daily reports to Democratic headquar-
| terS.
In line with what was shown in the
n Getting referred to, Maj. ]. M. Bowler
of Bird Island, the candidate for lieu
! tenant governor, yesterday reported a
case which had come to his knowledge
:. OF a Renville county banker who ship
! ped two cars of wheat to Minneapolis
within the past few days The grain
in both cars was from the same field
threshed at the same time and put in
the same bin. The Minneapolis inspec-
ton gave him No. l northern, with a
| one car, and No. northern with two
| pounds dockage for the other. The
wheat was alike in every respect. The
owner went to Minneapolis and visited
the board and made a vigorous kick
| but they undertook to laugh him out
| of court. This was last Friday at the
| chamber of commerce. The banker
| thereupon read the riot act to them
and informed them tnat there would
be no relief until John Lind was elect
ed governor and certain men turned
out. A goOdly number of his hearers
cheered his emphatic remarks, and
| afterwards privately told him that
| they were with him, but on account
| of their relations to the powers that
| be 1T did not do for them to show their
| hands So UiUOrOnS hn in,