Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19
SOLEMN CONCLAYE OF WOE
Which, Like Hamlet'S Ghost viii In
sist on Being a Stalking Corpse.

Among the notable absentees, present
the night before, were Speaker Fletcher
and Representative Hicks, of Minneapolis,
Collins, of st. Cloud, Cornish Merriam'
Gotzian and Bohland, of the Ramsey
county delegation; Burmester, who yes
terday changed his vote from Window to
Wakefield, and Senator Billson. Henne-
pin County Peterson, who was growing
very thin Wednesday night, on the diet of
WINDOWS honesty, had evidently blown
away, as he too was minus.
Representative Collins, the popinjay of
the Minnesota assembly, is credited with
saying, in speaking of the Republican op
position to the return OF William Window
to the United States senate, that they (the
Window mem did not propose to let the
tail wag the dog Popinjay Collins un-
doubtedly thought this a very brilliant
and witty expression-a regular annih1la
tor Of the Window opposition. He prob
ably changed his mind yesterday, when he
saw Windows vote fall of six in the joint
convention, as he failed to
materialize with the small
BODY of Window mourners who
met in caucus at the Metropolitan hotel
last evening as per adjournment Wednes-
day evening.
According to the Wednesday evening
adjournment the caucus should have met
at $50 last evening, but it was 8:20 when
the door was closed against outsiders, with
just thirty-three of the faithful
inside, or less than one third of the
Republican strength of the legislature.
Among those present were Senators J. B.
and C. D. GilflIan, PiIlsbury, Langdon,
Shaleen, Steenerson, Rice, Greenleaf, Good
rich Comstock, Houlton, Waite and Truax,
and Representatives BobIeter, Turrell, Hal
gren, Thayer, Thompson and Swenson-
Senator Steenerson presided and Repre-
sentative Thompson acted as secretary.
While the caucus itself shrank from fifty
six the night before to thirty-three last
evening, the horde of officials so romi-
nently identified with the effort to return
Window to the senate, and who were pres
ent in full force in the lobby Wednesday
night, had fallen off in even greater pro-
portion. Brother-in-law Douglas was
conspicuous for his absence. So, too
was the gallant McLaren, and so on al
most to the end of the chapter. Indeed,
the only ones who put in an appearance
last evening were United States Marshal
Denny, who seems determined to crowd
McLaren to.the WALL ,and United States Dis
trict Attorney Searles. As McLaren did
not show up Denny withdrew learning
Searles alone to watch the progress of
events. Clerk of the Court Nichols put in
an appearance for a few minutes, but the
funereaI aspect of the caucus sent
a cold chill down his spinal column and ne
early retired in disorder.
The session OF the caucus lasted about
an hour and half As a send OF to re-
vive the dropping spirits of
the few present, excuses were
made for the n-attendance of many of
those participating in the caucus the night
before and voting with them yesterday,
such excuses being so presented as to ap-
pear to cover all such absentees. The eff
fort was good one, but when several such
absentees were known to be in the lobby,
and that they had not only declined to
meet with the caucus, but had
said they should not support Window to-
day, the effect was not very cheering.
A season of wind" followed, the princi-
pal organs" being J. B. GiIfllan, supple
mented by Steenerson, Goodrich, Houlton
and other lesser lights. The speakers,
especially ]. B. Gilfllan. waxed warm in
their advocacy of the Importance
of maintaining the integrity of the Repub-
lican party by adhering to the fortunes of
Window, who alone, it was claimed, repre-
sented the party organization in this con-
test. J. B. GilflIan, as usual, when he has
an opportunity, occupied good portion
of the time, and among other statements
made to stifen the vertebrae of his hear
ers, was one to the effect that
while Window might perhaps
lose one or possibly two votes to-day, that
a reacation in his favor was sure to follow,
and tt at when it did come Window would
have at least twelve votes by persons who
had not voted for him as yet.
In this manner the time was taken up
until 10 o'clock, when the caucus ad-
iourned, and the little band of mourners
slowly and sorrowfully fled out into the
lobby and as quickly as possible
slipped away to their respective
apartments. The GLOBE envoy, however
''caught on" to Senator Langdon for
moment, and to his queries the senator
answered that the caucus was entirely har-
monious; that there was no talk of swap
ping horses, but on the contrary they
would stick. ''Yes." he said, ''stick until
March rather than surrender to the bolt
ers." The latter part of his answer rather
gave the senator and those acting with
him away, SO far as any prospect of electing
Window is concerned, but as he did not