The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-15
LIND Is GAINING VOTES
ANOTHER COUNT IN HENNEPIN RE-
DUCES VANS PLURALITY
TO 622
REPUBLICANS BADLY SCARED
Sentiment More Than Ever in Favor
of the Recount of the En-
tire Vote In the
State.

Before election Van SAINT was going
to carry Hennepin county, according to
the claims of Republicans, by at least
5000. The day after election he had
carried it, according to the same author
ity, by a little less than this number,
and the next day, his margin had
shruhk a little more, The dwindling
process went on from day TO day, as
the facts We're more nearly revealed,
until, upon the face of the returns, four
days after the election, it appeared, and
the Republicans had to concede it, that
Van SAINT had only carried Henpepin
by something like 900-less than the
LOCO mark. This was quite a slump from
the original $780, and there was a Sc
riouS depression around Republican
headquarters and in other party camps.
But the edict went forth after delib-
crate conference Of the chiefs, with the
ChOctaw brave as the arDiter OF the
momentoUs occasion, that every RePu0-
lcan should maintain a strong 'front.'
giving evidence of apparent satisfaction
and of feelings intact. Though the
breeze was chilling and the clouds that
certainly hung over the political vision
of Tams ct al. decidedly threatening,
everybody was to be undaunted and
confident and sererely indifferent to the
terrible slump III the Hennepin vote.
1t was bluff to be admired.
One week and d half has elapsed
since the election day. The returns are
gradually stro.lng in Il ON the last dis
tricts of the state, and official state
ments are daily becoming more possible.
but in the present light of the situation
there is nothing to brighten the fading
hopes of the Republicans who have been
hoping against hope that old Hennepin
would not show any further decline.
Another veil has been removed, and the
ballot boxes in Hernepin county only
show a majority of 622 for Van SAINT.
Three thousand! Six hundred and TWEEN
ty-twO! And the end IS not yet!
The feeling of Democrats generally all
over the state and of the sentiment that
pervades the state headquarters in this
city is accurately reflected by an incl
dent that took place yesterday in Secre-
tary Canfield's office, in the Merchants
hotel.
Swan J. Turnbiadt, the well known
editor of the Minneapolis Poster,
dropped into the Office and left his mem
orandum for check of $500 to be ap-
piled on fund for defraying the ex-
penses Of contestirg the election of Sam
uel r. Van SAINT to the governorship
of Minnesota. The Democrats seem TO
be unit iE their determination to de-
mand a recount of the vote. Mr.. Turn
bladt bases his desire for a recount
upon what he knows of the election re-
turns in his own, Hennepin, county.
The Ramsey county legislative dele
cation, both Democratic and Republic
an, nave selected the Merchants hotel
as their headquarters.
J. Adam Bede went down to winona
Tuesday night to inform the people
Officially Of the election of one of
their sCwnspeople to the office of gov
ernor OF Minnesota M. Bede is credited
with making a very clever little speech,
but tee difficulty came about in con-
vineing his audience that he was really
in earnest in his remarks. Between
Jadans proneness to josh and the
grave doubt surrounding Van SAINTS
election, many of those present were
disposed to treat the matter rather
lightly.
W. E Getty, of Duluth, came down to
st. Paul yesterday, with one of those
" You-can t-lose-nne" expressions on his
face, and it is said spent part of his
time here in conference with Capt. Van
SAINT who CHANGED to be in the city,
Getty was formerly surveyor general of
loss at Duluth, under the Clough
regime the position now held by John
D. Brady, and his friends believe he is
again after the same place under Capt
Van SAINT, should it be proved that the
Winona man is elected governor
Samuel R. Van SAINT yesterday morn
Ing, before leaving his home al Wi
mona, received just JIG letters; not
large delivery, but a fair sample Of his
daily receipts since one day last week
All but 100 of the letters were from ste
nOgra pliers who are out of emnlovrpant
and DESTROYS of coming to the good cap
tain's rescue in answering the kind mis-
sives of his numerous correspondents.
The balance came from hungry office
seekers, willing to take a chance Of be-
ing disappointed in not getting the "of-
fee. should the official count or the re-
count show Gov. Lind e34lected instead
of their much-sought-after friend, Capt.
Van SAINT.