The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-07
REPUBLICANS THINK
LIND IS OUT OF It
Behavior of Delegate c. A.
Nye Denounced by Demo-
Gratis Generally

Republican leaders closely affilt-
ated with the campaign of r. G.
Dunn for governor do not attempt to
conceal their satisfaction with the rec
suit of the caucus of the Minnesota
delegation at ST. Louis Tuesday night,
in which another member of the dele
cation was substituted for John Lind
as Minnesota's representative on the
important committee on resolutions for
the national Democratic convention.
They figure that Lind will SO resent
his treatment by his fellow Democrats
that he will make good his determine
ton to retire from politics. and this
will preclude him being a candidate
for governor in opposition to Dunn.
Oar F. Reese, commenting on the
st. Louis event, said: =
when in bed this morning I read
he G o b e's report of the Minnesota
caucus at st. Louis, and could no..
restrain a chuckle. Of course, Bob
Dunn can beat any Democrat whom
his party could nominate for governor,
but ne Will defeat any other Democrat
than John Lind by 100000 votes The
news from st. Louis pleases, the Re-
publicans immensely. The Hearst men
have destroyed whatever chance the
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of this state this fall
Democrats Indignant at Nyes
While admitting that the action at
st. Louis is uncalled for, Democrats
generally will not indorse the senti-
ments expressed by the Dunn worker,
but they cannot restrain themselves
when they think of the attitude of c..
A. Nye, of Moorhead, in deserving
Lind, who appointed him to office
when he was governor of the state.
Alexander McKinnon, of Crookston,
who is L. A. Rosing's alternate to the
ST. Louis convention. but who did not
attend the convention, expressed his
feelings yesterday at the Merchants
hotel.
Il was practically certain that the
Hearst men had won over Nye,s' he
said, "and I did not go to st. Louis to
see my friends beaten in the Minnesota
caucus. / was suspicious all the time
of Nye, and so advised the Ninth dis
trlct delegates to Duluth, but too late
to prevent his selection as a district
delegate. Alexander Thompson, of
Crookston, made a great fight in that
district, and had things his own way
at Duluth, so far as his district was
concerned. Why he and his friends
accepted Nye as delegate 1 do not
know unless. it was that he pledged
himself as an anti-Hearst delegate He
must have been vouched for by some
body.
Turns Down His Benefactor
Lind made him resident director of
the Moorhead normal school during his
term as governor of the state, and
common gratitude, I should think,
would have made Nye hesitate before
he would go into combination to
humiliate his benefactor. I am not
surprised, however. Two years ago
asked Nye to be my committeeman for
Clay county in the fight was then
making for congress against Steeener-
son, but he sent me letter after sew
eral weeks in which he said he was
too busy to accept. Later heard that
he was supporting STEVENSON, the Re-
publican candidate. don't know
whether or not it was true, but Nye,s
action at this time would confirm the
suspicion entertained them
The action Of the caucus in turning
down Lind and naming a man to the
resolutions committee, who, while per-
sonally acceptable, is entirely unknown
outside of his own congressional dis
trict, was adversely commented upon
by scores of Democrats in St. Paul
yesterday, and it was universally
agreed that the majority in the caucus
had made a political blunder wholly
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