The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-02-18
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.

The withdrawal Of Governor Da-
Wis and Senator Ramsey from the
contest has failed thus far to produce
any practical results. The deadlock
's as hat! as it was week ago. The
Democrats and Liberal Republicans
vote solid for VIM. Lochren, but he
lacks a dozen votes Of having enough
to elect him, and these votes he
should not receive, and it may posi-
lively be said will not receive, from the
Republicans. The latter are badly
divided up; majority of the Ram
sey men vote for Gordon E. Cole, of
Faribault; majority OF the Davis
men, the original Washburn men and
few others, vote for w. D. Wash
burn and then there are from ten to
twenty-five scattering. Two things
are very evident: that Cole cannot
be elected and that Washburn can
not be elected. The feeling among
the supporters Of these two candidates
is as bitter as when Ramsey and Da-
Wis were in the field. The Ramsey
men are, if possible, more hostile to
Washburn than they were to Davis,
and he cannot succeed without their
votes. The Washburn and Davis
men like Cole no better than they did
Ramsey, and he cannot succeed with
out their votes.
Another thing is very certain: that
if no election takes place at this ses-
sion, a Democrat will be elected next
winter. With the Senatorship at is
sue, the Republicans would come very
far short of carrying majority of the
Legislative Districts. The bitterness
of the present contest would come up
next fall intensified four-fold, and
the different factions would prefer the
election of Democratic candidate
for the Senate or House to the success
Of a rival Republican. So that to let
this session pass without a choice,
would be to lose. not only the Senator
but the next Legislature as we'll.
This would be the height of folly.
The Republican party expects its SEN
ators and Representatives to elect 4
Republican United States Senator,
and to elect him before the close of
| this session. Let the present candi-
dates be dropped, and one agreed up
on to whom no factional objections
can be made. The name of such
4 candidate suggests itself at
once-the Hon. S. j. R. Nc
MILAN, Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of Minnesota. Judge
Mcmillan has had ne part in
the dissensions which have distracted
the Republicans Of this State and
made q selection 50 difficult. His
honesty, his integrity, his purity, his
fitness for the position no man can
question. He was reelected to the
Supreme Bench last fall, over a pop
ular opponent, by a majority of ten
thousand. His election to the Senate
would do more to harmonic tho
Earring elements of the Republican
party, to remove the hostilities en-.
gendered by the present canvass, and
to restore the party to the confidence
of the people, than anything else that
could be done. 1t would be a choice
disembarrassed of all charges Of be.
ing effected by a scramble amongplac.
hunters for the federal Offices, and
would thereby have an inspiriting
effect upon the masses of the party
Any valid objection to the election Of
Judge Mcmillan to the SenatorshiK
may be challenged in the broades1
terms. The quickest and best way
out Of the deadlock is for every Re
publican vote to be cast for him.
P. S.-To-day's St. Paul paper
state that at caucus Of the support
ers of Mr.. Washburn, held last even.
ing, it was resolved to withdraw hi
name to-day.
| A special telegram received just al
we 60 to press conveys the gratifying
information that a majority of thu
Republican vote has conferred OF
Judge Mcmillan. That, within a
day or two, enough more Republican,
Twill give their votes to elect him thor,