The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-10

Be Beaten, and That CIapp liz the
Man to Do It-CiapD Is Scheduled
to Make Himself Heard Tomorrow
Afternoon.
If in his address at Assembly halls to-
morrow. on the American Problem"
Moses E. Clapp gives the ears Of his
ardent Ramsey county admirers any en-
couraging tones. Samuel r. Van SAINT will
have the merriest scrap of his political
career on his hands to corral the Ram
sey delegation in the Republican state
convention.
There were elements in Ramsey county
that defeated his nomination in 1885,
there are clements in Ramsey Republi.
canism that would like to encompass his
downfall again this year. and these elo,
ments are watching with anxious eyes
and listening with eager ears for any
demonstration on the part of the former
attorney general that might be taken as
a signal for throwing down the gage of
battle to the Winona man
Friends of the Clapp movement point
out that there is 10 reason, even with
Collins and Evans out of the field, why
idly by and see Van SAINT run off with
the nomination without struggle The
presence Of q we'll developed I-argun
boom for secretary of state lying behind
the Van SAINT intrenchments,a ready to
take advantage of any break in the line
Of battle formation now drawn up, TO-
gether with the very questionable atti-
tude of the Third district toward the
First district candidate for governor is
looked upon by those who would like to
press Clapp into action as fighting fac
tors of the finest kind
They count on Clapp to get the nearly
unanimous support of the Ramsey dele
cation If he permits his friends to openly
announce him as candidate They
count upon Bob Dunn turning up con-
siderable factor of strength in the Sixth
district, and Moses personality and pop
Ularity in the Seventh district is con-
sidered as inclining that section favor
ably toward his candidacy, If he appears
In the field.
The Second district has Julius H. Block
for treasurer, and would like to see Lyn-
don A. Smith go back as lieutenant gov
erner. so, IN spite OF present inclina-
ten 20 vote for Van SAINT, the ties that
bind the Second are such as to hold 1t
from taking an aggressive part in any
pro-Van SAINT campaign until the con-
vention is held, IL another candidate
should appear III the field. Theden and
Bergstrom are lighting for the support
of the Fifth district and the contest Of
these heavyveights for Hennepin SUI
prenlacy has distracted the attention of
| that mercurial community, for the time
| being at least, not only from the guber-
Material fight, but from Warren Wake
| fields insurreetionary attack on tho
| sacred memory of Loren Fletcher.
| Another factor that makes the Langum
| people view with more or less serenity
| the advent Of Clapp is that If Clapp en-
| tiers the tield, it tends to the eclipsing
| Of the boom of ]. ]. Lomen the present
| assistant secretary of state, for the sec"
! retaryship, Lomen's residence being in
| the Seventh district until he assumed
! his present position al the capitol.
| Attorney General Douglas too, is from
the Seventh district, and he will be g.
| candidate for reelection, in accordance
| with the custom which makes that two>
| term nomination. 1t might be possible
! to credit Clapp to Ramsey county, he
! has lived here so long, but then that puts
| the question up to Oar Reese with pc
| culiar force. OF course, Reese's term
! does not expire until January, 1903 but
| he may want four years more then,
| either III I1dL CUdI VI SOIlelIitS uet-
| ter, and the presence of Gov. CD Clapp
| as an accredited Ramsey county man
| then, appearing for reelection to the
! governorship, with possibly a senator
! ship appearing in the dim distance, might
! seriously annoy Reese at that time. or
! course, if Clapp were defeated in 1900,
Reese would not have that worry
The Taylor's Falls Journal predicts that
/ O. xx-tH he fa6 Wit
trades for other places. Does this mean
| that the understanding that Collins was
to be restored to the bench was not
trade" or that the Van Santites are
only lending moral support to the as
pirations of the young Minneapolis law
yer who would like to warm the WOOL
sack for six years?
The Renville Record does not want to
see Israel Bergstrom nominated for sec
rotary of state. Perhaps the Record
wonders how Israel happened to be down
in Washington recently with Hector Bax-
ter, Of Minneapolis, who was watching
so closely the progress of the fight ON
the Rainy river bridge BILL
Taylors Falls Journal: c. F. Staples
of Dakota county, is one of the candi-
dates for railroad commissioner. he
would make a good officer, but lacks the
faculty of making friends among those
who make nominations and he stands
too much on his dignity for the Office
to seek the man.
Comptroller McCardy proposes to have
a denomination despite Chester A Smith
and his friends. The captain taxes
the position that if he cannot beat smith
for the nomination in the convention ne
can beat hin, at the polls by running as
an independent Smiths friends are
about willing to admit that to be tho
case and, admitting it, are not particular
~ enthusiastic over nominating their man
only TO see him slaughtered. So the cap
tain, may get a denomination after all.
Friends of Charles T. Jessrang are
toanins, him for the Democratic nonlina-
tion for alderman in the Eighth ward
in tha event that Matt BantZ Shoulf'