The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-09

yesterday afternoon. where he was hold
Ing sort of informal reception
Il came UP on business and will leave
at $50 for Chicago to meet my wife, son
and daughter, who will arrive tomorrow
from trip to Europe
You may say that am entirely salts
fed with my gubernatorial prospects, and
am not worrying In the least
And the other First district politicians
smiled.
The executive committee of the Pop
ulist state central committee met at the
Windsor hotel at noon. 2. H Austin, F.
II. Clark, D. H. Evans, of Tracy, and W.
r. Hodges, of Sleepy Eye. were present
A meeting Of the state committee was
called for June 10. AT that time a con-
Vention to name state officers will be
called. The probable date of the conven-
ton Is Aug. g.
Joe Craven, of the Norwood Times. and
A f Faber, of Chaska, would like to
represent the Third district at Kansas
City.
T. M. K, in the Minneapolis Journal
says:
The Republican Sixteenth district judi
cfaI convention, which will be held at
Morris on June 26, gives promise of being
one Of the liveliest conventions held in
the state this year. There are nine or
ten candidates, and every one will have
the vote of his own county on the first
ballot at least" AS there are only six
counties in the district, it is to be hoped
that the young mans anticipatlons are
not as unreliable as his arithmetic.
Monday night marks the crisis in the
McCleary-Funk fight for the congress
sional nomination Of the Republicans in
the Second district. That night the pri-
maries are held in Blue Earth County.
The Mankato Free Press says if Nc
Cleary carries Blue Earth, that settles
1t with Funk. but if Funk carries Blue
Earth, it does not necessarily mean that
he will be nominated, although 1t prob
ably would defeat McCIeary. Can 1t be
that Editor Hunt has a lightning rod up
himself.
The Jordan Independent comes very
near calling the turn" when 1t says:
Van SAINT will have a clear field to the
Republican nomination for governor, but
when it comes to election John Lind will
have clear title to the real property.
The Granite Falls Journal (Rep) does
not take kindly to the effort to persuade
Lieut.. Gov. Smith to run for railroad
commissioner. 1t says:
''If Minneapolis Republicans were just
| little more consistent and honest they
might hope to get something. Second
| district Republicans propose to keep Mr.
Smith in his present position
A R. Holston, county attorney of Polk
| county, is coming to the front as a strong
factor fer the Peoples party congress
sional nomination in the Seventh district.
| The Crookston Press says:
1.-THE opposition to Mr.. Holston at
| home resolves itself down into the en-
nifty of the Crookston Times editor and
| a few of his cohorts, who ever surround
! him, but whose diminishing hum will
| presently become inaudible as they gy-
rate around the poor little atom, who
| like all other atoms is gyrating about
| nothing, ana whose influence can he
measured by the fact that every candi-
| date whose cause he has espoused has
| been relegated to the subsequent hence
MIR. Holstop is gaining ground every
! day, and the present indications are that
! he will be the nominee"
| John ]. Boobar. of st. Cloud, has re-
| ceived an appointment as assistant SER
| geant-at-arnls for the national Repub-
lican convention at Philadelphia.
| 1t is expected that there will be the
| largest attendance from Minnesota at
| Kansas City ever attending a national
| convention.
There will be two trains, both leaving
| ST Paul and Minneapolis, one the Demo-
cratic headquarters train, which will car
| 49,
all persons desiring to go with the official
train-the other train carrying Lincoln
Republicans, their delegates, which have
been appointed by their state committee,
and which number at least $50, with any
I other persons desiring to go with that
party.
Both trains will carry bands and will
| be properly decorated, and both trains
will carry sleepers, both Pullman and
| tourist, to be used for sleeping accom-
modatfcns at Kansas City by those so
! desiring, as we'll as those coming and
| going. The Democratic headquarters
| train will remain until the close of the
| convention, the other Is scheduled to re
| turn after the evening session Friday,
supposing that such will be the close.
Each train will probably leave the Twin
| Cities early in the afternoon Of Tuesday,
July g. so as to make the daylight run
| through Minnesota, arriving at Kansas
/ City during the afternoon of the following
! day in time for the conventions, which
meet at neon. July A. The sleepers during
| the convention session will be convenient.
! ly located for lodging purposes, as near
| as possible to the convention halls. II
| is not vet decided what line or lines the
| trains will be on, but full particulars
| points of intersection with other roads,
| cost of tickets, ETC., ETC., will be duly an
nounced through the press. and through
| committeeman all over the state. All ar
| rangements respectively are in the hands
| Of the following:
! For Democratic headquarters train, J.
| A. OShaughnessy, T. r. Kane. o. A.
Robertson, E. w. Murphy and Geo s.
| Garfield. T. R. Kane, secretary and
treasurer, st. Paul.
| For Lincoln Republican train, Eiwood
! S. Corser, Minneapolis
! Tim E. Byrnes returned from Washing
| ton yesterday morning. Although Mr..
| Byrnes was in Washington when Judge
Jamison paid his flying visit to Senator
| Nelson, he processes to know nothing of
! the Smith-Werner deal. With Senator
| Washburns candidacy for the vice pres
/ idential nomination 1t was different. Mr.
/ Byrnes declares that the movement has
| the active Endorsement of host of good
! people in the East
| Mr.. Byrnes does not believe that any
active effofts will be made for any can
| didate until the convention Is at hand,
| but at the same time he believes that If
! Mr.. Washburn's friends would take hold
| of his candidacy, organize and put up a
! brisk campaign, he could be made for
midable candidate before the conven-
/ ton.