The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-28

There is perhaps more apathy and
disaffection in Republican ranks he -
than have been for many years IN
the first place, Van SAINT and Tawney
are unfriendly and this creates two
very discordant factions. So keen is
the feeling between these two Winona
Republicans that it is impossible to ar
range joint meetings for them. The
committee in charge of Tawneys inter
ests had slated and advertised this pair
OF candidates to speak Saturday night al
Austin. Bills announcing this fact hung
around town for several days, but We're
finally taken down. Van SAINT, it is as
certained, positively refused to co-opera re
with Tawney, and so the latter will go it
alone. What the extent Of this strife
will be cannot be foretold, but it Will
certainly initiate adversely to both ele-
ments; doubtless with great injury 20
Tawney.
All sorts of unfair means are being
employed by Tawney Republicans to
defeat J.. L. Brown. They are indus
triously at work circulating false reports,
but unfortunately for them there at
tacks are not bringing the results hoped
for. Upon the other hand, they are
discredited by intelligent Republicans,
who are becoming thoroughly disguised
at such an Inscriptions campaign. 1t
was expected by the instigator that these
falsehoods, hitched with the large
amount of money turned into the Taw-
| ney territory, would pull a big vote into
the party, and the dismay apparent at a
failure of this is startling. Mr. Brown
continues to put up a hard. clean fight
against the tremendous Odds and is do
ing so effectively 1t is admitted by the
Tawney gang that they were never
pressed as hard before.
Brown men are more hopeful in this
part of the district than they were a
few days ago Brown will no doubt
carry Waseca county by about the same
majority as that given to Gov. Lind i'll
1898, which was 1876, and there are strong
reasons to believe he will do even better.
The governor will, it now seems probable,
walk out of Waseca with at least 800 ma
jorlty. The nominal complexion OF the
county is something like 300 Republican,
but no one but the head of the ticket
is expected to sustain this figure, and it
is questioned by Democrats if even Nc
Kinley will carry Waseca.
There is a liberal increase in the total
vote of Waseca this year and both par
ties are claiming it. The Republicans
have employed an adroit scheme in plac-
ing on the county ticket a leading Scan
ClHaNldH III the IOfCIl6aSC emu OF the
county, and one in the southwest so as
to hedge in and capture the vote if pos
sihle. These two candidates ere kept
hard at work with orders to instruct
every vote to vote the ticket straight"
An imperial decree threatens them with
defeat If they are found to disrespect
this command in one single instance
Intimidations, therefore, not only to
their opponents, but upon some of their
own candidates, whom they consider
less intuitive than themselves, is being
1prac ticed by the Republicans
Steele county presents a study for 20
litical experts. The result there is most
uncertain, and very much unlike the
situation in her sister counties, fewer
claims are being made. Tawney, in 1898,
carried Steele by 526 over White. but
conditions do not warrant any such ma
jority this year He carried Waseca
by 243. but he will come far from that
on Nov g. 19OO The fact is Tawney to-
day is in disfavor, decidedly so in Steele
county. Ills failure to keep his word,