The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-02

s sant sentiment 1t is supposed, to have
total Of his conclusions Is that Van SAINT
is practically beaten for the nomination
today ana that. if he were nominated, he
Terry j.. does not put It in just these
Woras, put everybody with an Infants
experience 1fl IN politics. can read between
the lines OF his report.
The phenomenon that engages his at
ten{ion pardcularlysis what he speaks OF
as the reaction" against his candidacy
the cause of the Winona raftsnan ts on
the wane. In counties where everything
| was gong his way q FEW weeks ago.
| decidedly adverse. In other counties,
where the machine has better grip, It Is
admitted that Van SAINT will have the
| delegation, but there Is no enthusiasm in
the encouragement, Indeed, the best IN
| formed shake their sheadS over 1t, with
an cir OF calamity about them. And this
! TO the opposition of the masses of the
| Republican voters themselves. Just as
| far as the plan-to nominate Van SAINT Is
Committed to the care Of the the MAJ maShi ne
goes swimmingly The moment it gets
down to the people, and their views be,
come 81, s pIo wet blanket falls upon
| SO obvious and sa menacing is It that
the Journal. reporter frankly states that
| If this feeling, this 'fe-aetien cannot
| to nominate Van SAINT, even though ne
could carry the convention by unant-
nous vote. And to this fact we invite
! the particular attention both OF men VINO
| love their party more than themselves
and Of men who want to win their own
success. The growth of the FEELING not
means unquesdonably the defeat OF van
| SAINT at the polls If not in the convention.
| The best informed Republicans frankly
admit as much. Why take this CHANGER
| WlV disgust the rank and ul6 Oh the
party and jeopardize the state govern
ment and the United States senatorshlp
tween a handful of esttmable gentlemen
who aim to be the Republican party or
| Minnesota? This inquiry, we imagine, IS
| going to assume new force and pertinence
with every day that passes during the
next few weeks. 1t ought to prevent V an
| SAINTS name from even coming before the
| convention.
It seems incredible that the person re-
sponsible for the publication of the above
article two years ago should now be man
aging Capt. Van SAINTS campaign But
| he is. Tams Bixby is now engaged in the
task of trying to induce the voters Of Min
nesota to vote for the man he disparag-
| ingly termed 1.-The Winona raftsman," and
whose nomination In 1898 he declared
would disgust the rank and file of the
party and jeopardize the state govern
ment and the United Stats senatorship.
B1xby goes so far as to say that Van
| SAINTS name should not come before the
| convention, because of the feeling Of dis
| gust against him as g. gubernatorial can
| didate.
| And now Mr.. Bixby has the effrontery
to solicit. In his capacity as campaign
manager the votes of the people OF Min
nesota for the man whom he despised and
rejected with conturneIy and whose candt-
dacy, he said would disgust the rank and
| file of the party and unquestionably re-
! suit in defeat.
| The rank and file of the Republican
party evidently believed that Tams Bixby
| told the truth about Capt. Van SAINT in
/ 1898, for they took him at his word and
| declined to nominate "the Wfnona rafts-
man Bixby was then endorsed by the
nomination of Eustis.
Now Mr.. Bixby would have the rank and
| file Of the Republican party believe that
the leopard has changed its spots, TIE
editor of tht Red Wing Republican now
swallows his words, his opinions, his SEN
timents and his disgust" for Van SAINT,
and if the things he wrote and published
regarding Van SAINT and public sentiment
toward him in 1893 were true, he asks the
rank and file Of the Republican party to
| follow his example and rally to the sup
port of 1.-The Winona raftsman."