The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-04
Is THE DATE PREMATURE
DEMOCRATS ARE IN A QUANDARY
ABOUT THEIR CONVENTION
The Rapid Progress at Which the
United States Is Now Making His
tory May Make It's Deliberate ons
Back Numbers-GOssip About the
Candidates for the Various COun-
ty Offices.

The feeling that the state convention
together too early is becoming wide
spread even among those who a month
or two ago advocated an early conven-
tion The consequence is that there is
good deal of apathy with regard to the
primaries that are to he held next Tues
dayNa condition that by no means
argues that there will be any lack of
interest within a few hours after the
pri1na ries have been held.
The convention is being held alto
gether too carly to pass upon the ques-
tons that are likely to be paramount
in this country before the summer Is
over" said politician Of reputation
ard judgment, yesterday. History Is
going to be made at tremendous rate
in this country this summer, and the
people will be obliged to face political
and governmental conditions that have
never before obtained in the coun-
try. I feel, and the people generally
feel, that the Democracy and, perhaps,
the other parties will have matters to
think about and pass upon that are but
dimly rising above the horizon now.
The party would be in very different
position if 1t had to pass upon things
in the state convention that have to do
with the immediate future Of the coun-
try. Protection is not going to cut any
figure with the Republicans, and free
silver is not going to be the uppermost
topic among Democrats. If the pres
emit foreign policy of this government
should expand, it will have to be taken
into consideration and the complete re-
organization of both parties Is not a
remote possibility. I wish our conven-
ton had been called fer the end OF
August"
That the views expressed by the gen.
tleman quoted are very generally held,
is a fact that is not to be doubted.
Among both Democrats and Republ1-
cans the same feeling is very prevalent,
and men of prominence in both parties
are not backward in giving it out that
within O couple Of months both the
St. Louis and the Chicago platforms
will have been lest sight Of and new
conditions in politics risen.
This unsettled condition as to parties
makes the possible candidate for Office
chary about announcing himself. The
Republican who was talking about the
good thing that a Republican nomina-
ton was bound to be in the face of a
successful war has now begun to spec
ulate on the future a bit. This spec
ulation and this condition does not
head them all off when it comes to ad-
hitting that they have been thinking
about it, and they have not at all in
terfered with the progress OF the work
of the court cabal.
The joining of forces Of Dennis Sui
Ivan and Edmund for denomination has
produced another combination. Jake
Reichart has gone into an arrange
ment with Lindahl, of the First, and
they expect to warm things up for
Dennis and his friend across the court
house. Reichart lives in Sullivan's own
ward, and Lindahl is very well located
with regard to Elmund's residence. The
two combinations are as active now as
though the convention was only a few
days off.
Neither ombination knows quite how
to take Ed Rogers. 1t seems to be GER
tain that he will be candidate for
renomination-he feels with a good
many other Republicans that perhaps
it would not do to go in and beat Stew
ems out of the congressional nomination
that he will look for.
Ed Bazille is Independent Of them
all in the arrangement he Is making
to give up his present job for the COM
Portable office of Judge Willrich. 1t is
said that w. S. Brill is strong enough
to come in with the solid Tenth and
Eleventh wards for the nomination for
abstract clerk, and they will all want
to do business with Mr.. Brill.
Judge Willrich may be depended on
to be in the running for a place on
the district bench, and there seems to
be no disposition to interfere with
Krahmer's designs on the convention.
Sam Anderson, of course, is out Of it.
Fred Zollman will probably get that
nomination, which sill make an cleo
ton tolerably easy for a Democrat.
The Democrat candidates in sight are
not numerous. That John Wagner
will want, and will probably get re-
nomination Is on the cards, and Tom
Martin may want the nomination for
auditor.
But they are all waiting for -Kiefer
and othar thirpa