Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-16
THE DAY OF BATTLE.

The Gossip and Buttonholing at the Hotels
Last Night-Windom Doomed to Defeat.
AS each branch of the legislature votes
separately at noon to-day for United
States senator, last night was the culmi-
mating point in the outside struggle for
the best man. The Merchants
was, as usual, the great center
of attraction, and the Window
and anti Window forces were out in force
bolstering the shaky and attempting to
win new converts. The Window men ap-
peared to have agreed upon uniform
policy of brag and they set their figures
at eighty votes. Fletcher, Langdon,
Charley Pillsbury and N, P. Clark, all
informed the GLOBE envoy That the COM
bined Window vote to-day would reach
eighty, and that they would have major
ity in both houses. This uniformity was
little suspicious. 1t looked like pre-
concerted agreement to make big claim
for effect. McLaren was more moderate
and simply stated that they would have
enough.
that the Window leaders are not at al
sanguine of an election to-day and are de-
cidedly nervous over the prospect. They
are attempting to put on a bold front but
they admitted, last night to those supposed
to be political friends, that they did not
really expect an election. before
Wednesday and even canvassed who
might be taken up if it was dems
onstrated that Mr.. Window could not sue
coed. There is no shadow of doubt that
their open talk was for the purpose of
br acing up their followers and preventing
any luke warm Window men from kicking
over the traces.
The Scandinavians, especially in the
Fifth district, are in a ferment over
pledges that they hear the Window men
have given to obtain sup
port. Knute Nelson sent
L. K. Aaker down from Alexandria as his
representative to see that his ''landsmen''
get fair play in the deal. They held an
animated caucus of their own at the Wins
low house, but the conclusions reached were
not made public. They are evidently
alarmed at the report that they are being
sold out and there are so many
lies out that they do not really know
whether they are on foot or horseback.
It is quite evident that somebody is being.
FOOLED, but if the votes are secured for
Window, his henchmen will care very little
| for the after clap. To-day is what they
are looking out for, and they are willing to
let tomorrow take care Of itself. At no
distant day some crowd of disgruntlsd To-
! cal politicians will be soliloquizing: "Lord
| lord, how this world is given to lying"
In the anti-Windom camp there was
serene confidence in the result. They do
not, Of course, expect to elect any one to-
day, but they feel immensely sure that
Mr.. Window cannot win. They say it is
not in the pins to elect Window, that a
| sufficient number of men are pledged to
| vote against, him whol cannot
be bribed, coaxed or intimidated,
to ensure his defeat. They do not ex-
pect to attempt to crystalline upon can
didate until the vote of tomorrow gives
them an official record for guidance
but they. express no doubt that the winning
man will wear some other name than Win
! dom.
A number of leading Democrats were in
terviewed and their uniform testimony
was that Judge Wilson wonld receive their
solid vote to-day.
They scout the idea that there is
any Democrat base enough to betray his
party by voting for Window and they de-
nounce the assertions of the Window
gang that they will have Democratic votes
to-day, as falsehoods and ISLANDERS.
The general tenor of hotel sentiment
last night was that Window is sure of de-
feat, and after that is accomplished it will
be a race between the Windomites to
bring out new man, and put
him through, and the anti
Windomites to concentrate upon one of
their representatives. As the result is so
near at hand speculations are not Of
much Importance, but the GLOBE expects
to record Mr.. WINDOWS defeat in its issue
tomorrow.
There will undoubtedly be some absen-
tees to-day. Hon. D. M. Sabin cannot be
present in the house on account of illness,
but Hon. o. o. Cullen (Dem.) of st. Paul,
has consented to a pair. AS ffty-two
votes are necessary, however, the pair does
not cut any figure in the result.