The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
STEELE HAS THE 1BLUES'
WILLIAM HENRY's CHAIRMAN
Is QUITE DIsC0NsOLATE

Is QUITE DISC0NsOLATE
He Fears That Defeat Thi. Time
VIII Relegate Him to Political
obscurity, as Well as His Chief
Kenyon and Clausen's Gang a
Drag on the Ticket, Too-web-
ster' of Minneapolis, Has Troubles.
WHAT'S the matter with the present
Nepupiican state machine, of which
'uoge steele, of Hennepin, has become
chler engineer and bell-puller? A very
common remark is that Judge Steele
mas the air Of a very much discour-
sseo man. Gone is that spirit which
mas ever marked him in local politics.
at least, and departed Is that conf
aence winch he ever shows when in
the campaign by confidently claiming
everything. This has all come about
since the judge took nominal charge
OF Eustls campaign.
one OF the leading Republican poll
ticians Of the state, an occupant Of
the state house, spent the afternoon
IN the late Minneapolis city conven-
tlon. and said to the writer that the
chlef thing that he heard around and
ABOUT the convention by those not alb
sorbed In the proceedings. was cursing
OF Eustls and declairn1ng against the
load ne was proving to the ticket. This
gentleman said that he talked with
Judge Steele, and was struck by his
changed manner, and that the judge
SAID to- him that he would be happy
man when this thing was over Catch
me IN such scrape again." was the
way he put it. The gentleman gath
cred that Steele was discouraged, and
ascr1bes two principal reasons, first the
| oeep and never-to-be-c closed antagon-
ism there is against Eustis in Hennepin
| county, and second, the absence of the
| customary "sinews Of war; with which
-the campaign in this state has been
| carried on for many years. It is pretty
generally understood that about all the
FUNDS In sight, outside Of candidate
assessments, must come from the big
| lumbermen, under the opportunities Of
| Col. Tom Shevlin, and from the patrons
| OF the PV elevator system by Com
| m1tteeman Peavey, is as well under
| stood. But particularly discouraging
| thing to Judge Steele Is probably the
results of the county, judicial and city
nominations in Hennepin, In that about
ali the candidates who would have
| been Of assistance to the Eustis state
| fight, being on the local tickets, have
been carefully and effectively shelved
! not only from being "milked'' for the
state fund, but from exerting any in
f1uence in favor Of the state campaign.
In fact 1t is dawntng on very many
good Republicans Just now that much
of the support of Eustis by which he
was able to, do up Van SAINT, was for
the purpose Of nominating him in or
der to permit his final retirement from
obnoxious ambitions, by his good and
| certain defeat. There is a large and
increasing number who comprehend
hot hi Ia,
will save lots Of trouble to Knute Nell
son in the early part Of the new CEN
fury.
The Republican party is thinking of
seriously disciplining Judges Simpson
and MCGEE, Of Minneapolis, for heavily
hand1capping the party with their re-
cent decision in the case of John A.
Sjoberg ct al. VS.. the Security Savings
and Loan association.
The decision and memorandum were
very drastic in their structures on the
former officers of the association, and,
in appointing former Judge Robert D.
Russell receiver, took occasion to com
ment on the apparent efficacy Of the
present public examiners methods Of
dealing with rotten investment and
trust companies. The Judges wrote: /
We have not overlooked the fact that the
claim is made that the liquidation of this as
ISOLATION will be under the supervision of the
bank examiner, but we see no reason for
assuming that the supervision In the future
of the affairs of this association will be
any more effective than 1T has in the past
when the mismanagement= and misappropria-
ton OF the funds Of the association occurred
without detection or prevention on the part
of that official.
That Kenyon is a dead weight on
the party is very evident to the wheel
horses, who also have to struggle I'M
der the burden Of Candidate Eustis'
company.
That the weakness of Kenyon's
system should have been 80 emphasized
during the campaign they consider ex-
tremely unfortunate.
The ringing words Of the Democracy
on the subjects of banks, railroad ag-
gression, taxation frauds and other
local issues of great material interest
to the people Of the state both as ut
tered in the platform of the party and
| reiterated in the eloquent speeches at
the recent banquet to Senator Jones,
are striking home to the hearts of the
present Republican gang"
The Republicans realize that they are
in desperate straits. They are going to
work Senator Davis pretty hard for
they want to take advantage of his
present position In the public eye and
get all the good they can out of the
war enthusiasm. -zss,.t,..-
The senator is starred for an address
at the Lyceum theater in Minneapolis
Sept. 7, and will make a hard effort
to brace up the wavering ranks of dis
heartened Republicans in the Mill city.
The presence of a large number of
visitors to the fair Is also expected to
give the occasion something of the
nature CT tonic for the party through
out the rural districts.
The committee wanted to get the ex-
position for the meeting, but after
ward decided to have it at the Lyceun1
for fear untoward circumstances. might
prevent them filling the hall.
William Henry has tumbled to the
fact that his turning down Of campaign
committee nominations desired by his
team mates on the state ticket was a
mistake, and he Is busy trying to jolly
UP the sore ones.
The nomination of August Filter on
the committee for this city is a par
ticularly unpalataible dose for the ST.
Paul hustlers. and they are not through
bowling over it yet.
The Minneapolis mayoralty race Is
going to have an important bearing on
the state campaign. The church peo-