Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-17
A Rush for the Scene Upon the Sup
posed Clinking OF the Coin.
SOLEMN, soRROwFUL. SADNESS.
Owing to the Utter and Complete Col
lapse Of the Window Boom.
HAPPY AS A BIG SUNFL0WER,
Expresses the Condition of the Victor
iOus anti Window Boomers.

A person who has been in the habit Of
calling at the hotels could not have visited
thera last night without feeling that some
fuaereal wave had struck the hostelry.
While there were buoyant, happy faces to !
be seen, the solemn sadness, the painful ]
seriousness, the iugubrious silence OF the
Window gang pervadsd the atmosphere.
Monday night the Window men were
flying about the corridors of the Merchants
full of bluster and braggadacio. They were
loud-mouthed in bracing up the faithful.
Last night they mingled but little IN the
crowd. AS they came in from other hotels
they @aietly Slapped up stairs to the Win
dom headquarters, without seeming to de-
sire be speak to any one.
Representative W. R. Merriam, of the
Merchants National bank, came in about
8 Q. M, azd as he unbuttoned his overcoat
one of the large buttons dropped with
blinking !, sound to the stone
floor. There was an Immediate gathering
of tho faithful at this point, the
suppression seeming to prevail that Mr..
Merriam had brought in the bar'l and the
bunghole had dropped out Merriam
blussed, and, always modest, seemed more
than usually sensitive, and with hasty
explanation that it was merely game of
"button, button, wtTo has got the button" he
slid up stairs and the bar'l seekers drifted
out towards the bar to see if they could
find some anti Windomite setting up the
drinks.
McLaren would occasionally walk slow
ly down the sts6rs, 'leok about in an absent
sort of manner sas though he was search
| ing for the votes that d1du't materialize,
and then with an air of sadness climb the
staircase to report that the votes were still
| missing. Not even stoga cigars were Wis
| ible, it being apparently useless to dis
tribute the four dollar per hundred ~Ha-
| vannas."
Capt. Blakely wore CHASTITY smile as
| he slowly crawled down the stairway about
| 10 a. m, to meet the GLOBE envoy. He
was not taHative,
Fletcher, of Minneapolis, was the only
cool and impassige one of the gang. He
assured the. envoy that they were going TO
get there, with-same air of confidence that
he displayed Monday night- He has
drilled so we'll, on this point, that he will
say the same thing without moving mus-
Gle, or cracking a smile, after Mr.. Win
don's successor has been elected.
Hicks of Minneapolis, j. E. Gilfillan OF
| 0fM To-, ri
G. A. Pillsbury of Minneapolis we're almost
theconly Ores to be found, besides Fletcher
of Minneapolis, to say good word for
! Mirdom. 1t was a sort eff Minneapolis
graveyard boom for corpse, and each
| enc of the boomers acted as though he was
much more fitted to be the corpse himself
than to attempt to galvanize life into the
dead boom. There was little
tglk among outsiders Of send
ing for Nc Carthy and Donelly, the
| government undertakers and have them
b-ing casket with their chemical wash
and embalm the remains, but On second
| thought. it was decided not to keep the
4 carcass above ground even for .epabalming
purposes.
Senator Langdon did not know that
they could eject Window the first ballot
| to-day, but he thought they could on
| the second. He had heard that there was
| little John S. Pillsbzlry boom, being
quietly talked up, but he expressed
no opinion upon the sUbiect
Representative Collins, Of st. Cloud, who
instinctively calls to mind bantam roos-
ter,and wouE make a very fair typical
David, searching for Goliak with a sling,
(notas gin sling was serenaly confident, or
words to that effect.
vigilant and iabilant. They were confident
Wind9nh's vote would show falling off to-
day. Eames % parties were freely quoted
who discharged their obligations by voting
yesterday Tor Window, and would to-day
wheel into the enti column In fam, the
feeling was so general that AR. Window
vas defeated, that it looks Like stampede
te the opposition. 1t was very .ev1Gent
that while Windem could gain nothing,
adj the tendency was toward his less
There was no particular talk Of soncentra-
tioa, but by common consent every one
Yves to pursue his inalienabLs right ST
voting for whom he pleased, as long as ~
was not Window. All of the candidates
were eheerfusly ready to give way. if 1T.
should be deemed bes5 to concentrate .ona
some enc else. Thene was the general
good feeling that no personal anaSstions
should stand in the way of accomplishing
the desired Eesult-the defeat of WiRaem.
The hotel crowds scattered little eaelier
than usual last night. The roll calls Ia the |
Legislature had simpliEsd the work
to be done and tkere was no
occasion for promiscuouG labor. The
confidence of defeating Dir. Window
made very good night cap, and the |
other fellows we're left to drown their grief |
in the flowing bowl or in any other manner |
they might select.
1t was happy-unhappy night for those
who are active participants in the contest, |
Invited to Banquet.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-The press club of
Chicago, notably strong organization,
cordially invites all members of the press
my where and ladies TO attend the clubs
annual banquet on Jan. 20 in this
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