Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-22
JOINT CONVENTION.


Dir. HicLs occupied the chair at the
convention. which convened at the usual
time. Immediately after the calling
OF the roll Senator c. \. Pllsbury
arose TO q question Of privilege and called
attention to th= following, from the GLOBE
CT yesterday:
wEAu H-IsUac-'s GOING MEMS.
L secret meeting was held at the room Of
Senator Cass. a. Iilsbury at the Merchants
night before last. i.J which it was proposed to
bring ont Jola s. Pilisbury as dark horse
when Windon, is orr. OF the way. 1t IS with this
view that de=rela-a effort has been made by
Senators J. J.. GIfIan and c. 4. Pillsbury,
the proprietors u the John S. boom, 10
keep the Wmaom force intact They had
hoped to keep them together to transfer them
bodily at the opportUne time. Finding the dis
indignation impossible to check, they have hasti
" summoned Window from Washington on the
plea that he can save himself by coming. This
they know, at heart, Is impossible, but they want
his presence to aid them in transferring his
votes to John S. Pillsbury. That is what the
coming of Window means.
He claimed that he had been constant
and honest in his course of supporting
Window, but if the statement made be
true he.would be the most despicable of
traitors and unworthy the confidence of any
honest man. He wished publicly to state
that he had never attended meeting eth
er in his own room or that of any other
person, when the question of electing
Gov. John s. Pillsbury Unit
ed States senator was considered,
nor had he ever spoken or written to Gov.
PiIlsbury on The subject. He claimed that
nobody was more anxious to see Window
elected than himself, and he knew that
Gov. Pillsbury would also be rejoiced at
the success of Window. He had never
spoken to any person in the legislature
or outside of it in regard to this matter,
and he challenged anybody to prove that
he had. He considered the statement a
vile SANDER, one Of many which the oppo-
nents of Window had been circulating to
reduce and disintegrate his strength.
Senator j. B. GilfIlan next rose to a
question of privilege; something, he said,
he very rarely did, and if his own interests
were only affected he would not rise now.
He would be Indifferent to whatever might
come from any public newspaper. He
deemed it his duty now, as others
were affected. He also called attention to
the above publication, saying it referred
to a recent caucus in which he was
charged of being participant. He denied
having been at such meeting, either at
Senator Pills6ury's room or elsewhere.
De continued: I wash my hands of
any participation in any such
ap affair. AS far as
the candidacy of Gov. Pillsbury is con-
cerned, either as a dark or white horse, the
subject has never been alluded TO between
the governor and myself in any manner or
in regard to his being a candidate at any
time. In another place the same paper
says:
-. b. Gillian threw down the gauntlet last
night Under no circumstances would he sup
port aoy auti-YTiudom candidate"
This IS totally untrue. did say this
referring to rumors of the bringing out Of
men not fairlr in the race, that 1 would
set my face against any dark horse not
fairly .rostea oat by progressed Window
supporters. "a this I had no allusion TO
regular candidates They say Mr.. Win
dom has been sent for and is coming to be
used as a dictator in supporting Pillsbury.
The bare statement ought to be its own
refutation. It is a fact that in view of
certain circumstances 2 teleUrarn was sent
to urge Mr.. Window to come on, and
against his persistent and decided deter1n-
nation not to be present, ne has seen the
force of the reasons and, 1 am happy to
say, he will be here probably next Monday.
No other parties responding to the invita-
ton of Chairman Hicks to make explana-
tions, the convention proceeded to ballot
twice, both times with the same result.
Mr.. j. Smith Jr., then suggested thatssuch
voting was improbable, and the coaven-
ton adjourned.