The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-31
TINS THE FIELD CAPTAIN
HE Is DIRECTING THE GAME FoR
THE VAN SAINT CROWD
THIS SEASON
RED WING MAN AN ACROBAT
He Has Turned Several somersauIt.
Since 1898, and Is in Fine
Physical Condi-
ton.

Inc Republican state central commit
tee met yesterday In a back parIor at
the Windsor. far from the maddening
throng, and while the bell-boys puryey-
ed vari-colored ice drinks, with straws
Sticking from the tops of the glasses. the
committee listened to Tams Bixby's tale
OF how he had explained the situation
to Mr.. Hanna, and felt sure 1t was all
right.
Tans explained that the enemy had
been doing pretty well In the distribution
or patronage and had a we'll fabricated
machine, which it had never had in pre-
vlous campaigns. and he cited this to
show Mark that the Republicans must
be on their guard against repetition
OF the disaster Of two years ago
Mark allowed that the national com
mtttee did not want to take any chances
on Minnesota. There had been a feeling
at national headquarters that M,nnesnta
ought to be abundantly able to take care
OF itself. from Republican standpoint,
but the committee had wholesome re-
spect for the political sagacity of John
Lind, and realized that his leadership
OF the opposition was a serious matter to
contend with. Mr.. Hanna assured Tarns
that speakers. literature, and lots Of
other things would be at the call Of the
Minnesota committee, and he practically
told Tams to tap the wire" when the
committee wanted to open the game.
]. Adam Bede was invited In long
enough to tell about the love feast Sat
urday night at Frazee. and Jadam opin-
ed that the augury Of Republican success
was in the afr.
Stay Gfarya
lis, was lingering near the outer wicket,
too.
The party managers have put tt up to
Fletcher and Lovejoy that if they do not
show proper sympathy with domestic
affairs, politically speaking, they may be
retired from their federal fields with
many maledictions Steve, of course. has
his place cinched for four years, but
Uncle Loren may get it this fall in the
anatomical locality where young women
wear beads and such things. So the
committee told Steve that he and Loren
would have to show them-as to Mime
apolts. There had been good deal of
talk about fractional strife in the Demo-
cratic ranks there, and 1t was getting
pretty near time. the committee thought
for the Mill City to come back into the
fold of Republicanism and go right
this time
II Steve said he thought the stories OF
/ democratic dissention were, magntfied
and the influence of the turbulent spirits
not as wide as might be inferred from
some of the Minneapolis newspapers
Still If the committee would devote
enough attention" to Minneapolis, COM
mensurate with its Importance as a stra-
tegfc point in the coming battle, he had
no doubt that the Falls City would ac-
quit itself this time gloTiousIy Mime
apolis had asked little of the party this
time. 1t recognized the disgrace that
had come upon it politically, and was in
a repentant mood, he thought. The COM
mittee processes to- be saIguine of sue
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It is amusing to see Tams Bixby man
aging Van SAINTS campaign, when two
years ago Tams' paper, the Red Wing
Republican, shot daily broadside into
sClough, Van SAINT and the rest. as long
as there seemed a likelihood of 1.-The Wi
mona Raftsman.' as he was contemptu-
.ously referred to, being nominated.
|. Tanls went SO far as to intimate An one
of these editorials that.aVan SAINT wen
This title of captain on steamboat. rath-
Fer than in the army and sneeringly al
Iuded to the fact that if he had served
HIS meals in. a palace on terra 'fr1nas in
stead Of on the water, he would. by uni
versal usage, be. entitled to the rank Of
colonel along with Monfort, Allen, Welz,
and the other Bonifaces of the vicinity.
And May 81, 1898, Tams paper said ed
itorially: .ss
1.-THE circular sent out by the state oil
inspectors Office shows how the whole
patronage of the state will be used to
force Van SAINTS nomination The
shameless use of places in the military
organization; the prostitution of patriot
ism to campaigning. proves that no finer
feeling and no regard for either fairness
or decency will restrain the governor
from forcing his nomination If the thing
can be done And that is all they now
have left to go on. AS far as public opin-
ion is concerned, wind and tide are dead
against them.
1t would be interesting to know what
Tams thinks about the brisk sailing
breeze in which he is now skimming.