The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-19

The rumor that former Gov. John
Lind may run for congress in the Fifth
district bids fair to be more than ru-
NOR Democrats of the Fifth district
and throughout the state are enthusi-
astically endeavoring to secure Mr..
Lind's consent, and some of the Fifth
district men express themselves as
confident that the former governor will
make the race.
The Republicans, who are having
trouble enough in their own ranks, be-
lieve that Mr.. Lind viii run and there
is a settled gloom among the warhorses
when the Fifth district congressional
situation is mentioned. The party
leaders are behind Fletcher and all
the members of the delegation are
ready to help him. Their help will be
appreciated, and indeed their assist
ance has been solicited. After looking
the situation over the big Republicans
say the Fifth district mess would not
be so bad if it were not for Lind.
Your Uncle" Loren has troubles and
plenty of them. His nomination will
be by no means easy, and while the
fellows that are getting ready to help
him say he will squeeze through they
admit that he is confronted with no
child's play. Fletcher is beginning to
get his feet under him and the fear
entertained by the business interests
that Hay cannot beat Peterson is
drawing back some of the vote that
Fletcher could not get except for the
fear of Peterson.
Hay Draws Handicap.
Hay has evidently made bad guess
and his hest friends ara raa1u tO Il
nit that he is running in third place.
Last winter he was advised to behave
nicely to Fletcher; get out and work
hard for the return of the congressman
and groom himself for the shoes Of
Postmaster LovejOy, whose health was
then the source of no little political
speculation. Hay thought there was
nothing in waiting. Lovejoy had made
no arrangements with the funeral di-
rectors and with the dissatisfaction in
the Fletcher camp a $4,000 congress
sional job looked like as safe a bet as
slim futurity option on a $4,000 post
Office.
After he got his campaign we'll under
way, he and his friends woke UP to the
fact that while they were trimming
down Fletcher's vote they were making
Peterson a more dangerous factor. He
seems to be getting the short end of
every combination on the board. Men
who are mildly against Fletcher tell
Hay they would vote for him if they
were not afraid that the division would
nominate Peterson. Others, more vio-
lent in their opposition to Fletcher,
tell Hay they would vote for him if
they were not afraid the division
would let Fletcher slide through, and
that they must therefore vote for Pc
tersOn.
Lind Is Chief Tormentor.
The net result of the whole deduc-
ton, as computed by the congressional
experts who are on the ground to as
sist Fletcher, is that Your Uncle
Loren" will land the nomination as
they say Frank Eddy would in the
Seventh district had he retained his
nerve and stayed in the race. A mem
Der of the delegation who probably has
not much of a fight on his own hands
has gone over the ground in the Fifth.
and is satisfied with the primary cleo
ton outlook, but not nearly so SAN
gulne about the ultimate results of the
campaign. He said:
The old man is all right so far as
the nomination is concerned. What
promised to be an ugly fight is now
resolving itself down to a division of
the natural opposition augmented by
the personal foIlowings of the two OBJ
posing candidates. There Is no use
denying that John Lind is cutting an
immense figure over there. If he runs
at the primaries, Fletcher's chances of
nomination will be increased, but his
troubles will, at the same time, be ma