The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-13
flNK'S FRIENDS HOPEFUL.
CLAIM THEY WILL DIVIDE BLUE
EARTH COUNTY DELEGATION
WITH M'CLEARY
PEDAGOGUE TO HAVE A RUN
3e VIII Be Nominated by AccIama-
ton If Present Indications
Are TrustWOr-
thy.

There is a considerable sentiment in the
Second congressional district that Con-
gresham McCleary has outlived his use
fulness to the people of that corner Of
the state, If current reports are to-. be
believed, and it is not improbable that the
convention to be held next month will re-
suit in the selection Of some one else as
the Republican standard bearer for the
coming campaign.
There is no dearth Of willing timber in
the district.
Senator Henry ]. Miller, of Rock coun--
~, and Representative j.. F. jacobson, Of
Lac qui Pare, are not conscious by
reason of their activity in advocating
lower railroad rates and similar meas
ures of. popular interest, and George W
Somervile, of Sleep Eye, state senator
from Brown county, is available, especial.
ly since the advertising brought him by
his bill to impose a tax on foreign cor
pOrations, which has netted the state con-
siderable revenue already, although in cp-
GRAFTON but few months.
Still another active candidate Is w a.
Funk, an attorney Of Mankato, well
known in the district, having before his
residence in Mankato been a resident Of
Lakefield, Jackson county, in the same
district.
Mr.. Funk's friends claim that the other
three Candidates have each pledged them
selves not to contest with him for the
congressional honor, and if he can come
into the district convention, as his friends
hope, with majority of the Blue Earth
county delegation, it will seriously weak
en- McCleary, whose home county has, bv
reason OF its comparatively large nopuIa-
ton, and curious local conditions. been
able to influence in the past the politics
OF the district more than might have,
otherwise been the case
The appointment of L. P. Hunt IS
postmaster at Mankato, on the recon-
mendatlon OF McCleary, has alienated q
large number of the working politicians
of the county from his support, as Hunt
rldlculed McCleary's original candidacy
up almost to the hour of his nomination
yet now he is honored, while earlier and
stauncher friends CT the former school
master are left by the wayside Gutter,
sons appointment as superintendent of
rural mail delivery III payment for his
nominating speech in McCleary's conven-
ton is objected to my many, also. That
he has done anything for the district out
side of the routine pension bills is disput-
ed, and that he is master of any tonic OF
national Importance save the money cues
ton is likewise challenged. He mas a!ien.
ated the younger generation by twice
denying his presence to high school
graduating classes, Of the Mankato high
school, although travelling around the
country considerably to be present at
banqucts where there were distinguished
gatherings of notables, and stenoeraphic
or other reporters. He has not shown, it
is charged. the abiding faith in his home
city that he should, although in the last
decade he and his son have drawn from
the poCketbOCk of Uncle Sam something
like $4,000. which some Mankato people
believe might have been partially expend-
ell in that city
There are three reasons why Mankato
Goes not want to see McCleary renomi-
mated, was the way It was put yester,
day, by Joseph Reynolds, city editor of
the Mankato Review, but a Republican
In politics, personally. First because he
has misrepresented the district; second,
because he has thrown down his friends.
and third, because he has been there
long enough
George N. Lamphere, of Moorhead, ex-
presses himself as very we'll satisfied with
the results at Sioux Falls, and predicted
that the Democrats would be in hearty
accord with ToWne's nomination The
Populists having, according to Mr. Lam
phere, made concession after concession
in the interests of the fusion movement
and having repeatedly subordinated their
own wishes in order to cooperate thor
oughly with the larger party, he sees no
possible reason why Democrats should
resent the naming CT Towne for vice
president.
The argument" said Mr. Lamphere
that Towne will net add any votes to
Bryan's candidacy will not hold water
This is not the question to be taken into
consideration in any event. The only
thing the Democrats need ask themselves
is: Will Towne's nomination take any
votes away from Bryan? If not then he
IS the ideal candidate for vice president.
If he is the best man whom any anti-Re-
publican party could have fastened upon
for second place, then Is there any logi-
cal reason why the Populists, who have
so enthusiastically allied themselves with
the Democrats, should not be allowed to