Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-26
THE BADGER sENAToRsHIP

The Contest Betceen Keyes and Sa,vyer-
The Latter apparently an the Lead.
milwaukee Special TO the Chicago Times
The opening Of the chamber of COM
MERGE brought to this city prominent poll
ticians from all parts of the State. Many of
them were seen by the Times correspondent
with view to ascertaining whether Reyes,
Sawyer, or some other man would succeed
Angus Cameron in the Senate of the United
States from Wisconsin. Reyes was here in
person, and endeavored to inspire all with
the belief that he was confident. He has
been making a desperate struggle ever since
Matt. Carpenter beat him two years ago, but il
would seem that the result has been SYM
pathy rather than friendship. Month by
month it has been rendered more and more
apparent that the goal of his ambition was
reccding farther and farther az he advanced:
Still he has worked and pleaded, and used
all possible means to secure majority OF
the caucus. Even now he claims that he has
succeeded. but those who are well posted say
that he is either deceiving himself or is try
ing to deceive others. For instance, he
claims four votes from Rock county,
where 1t is said by those who ought
to know that he will not get one vote.
Again, he expects to divide the Milwaukee
delegation, whereas there is no probability
of his getting more than two, and there is q
strong possibility that he may get none
And 80 it is in other portions of the State
"Hod" Taylor, of Hudson, who was one OF
his stanchest friends two years ago, is now
outspoken for Sawyer. In the Fond du
Lac district there are said to be
two members who are waiting to see who is
to be "winner," and Reyes claims
them. Those who know them best say
they will flop over to the Sawyer side in due
time, as they have an eye to bread and but
ter. Sawyer is making one of his peculiar
ly complacent but none the less effective
fights. He is one of the few men who can
work for himself little better than for any
body else, while Reyes. although he is pow
erful ally, gets nervous and loses strength
when advocating his own claims.
AS the case stands to day, Sawyer is evi-
IDENTIFY well in the lead, and
the only way to beat him is to
bring OUT third man on whom the Keyee
strength and the Sawyer weakness-that is,
the milk-and-water adherents of Philetus-
may be concentrated. But is there such a
man? Nobody has as yet been able to name
him. Gov. Smith, perhaps, thinks he could
do 30 if he chose, but modesty prevents him
from stepping forward just now. Unless
some radical change takes place within the
next few weeks, Sawyer will go to Madison
in January with clear majority.
1t has been suggested that strong effort
would be made to induce Garfield to name
Nett. Carpenter as attorney general, thus
making another vacancy in the Senate, and
giving both Sawyer and Reyes chance, but
this is highly improbable. Carpenter's
adherence to the ''old guard,' is in
direct opposition to the wishes Of a
large portion of his constituents, has not es-
pecially commended him to Garfeld's conf
dence, and then there are other reasons why
he would be Questionable, such as his fail
ure to take part in the campaign and the uu-
DERIVING causes therefor. It may be predict.
ed that Carpenter will remain in the Sen.
ate.