Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-03
Results of a Roofing Commission.

a GLOBE representative with a rowing
commission invaded the Merchants hotel
last night. Here both the Window and
anti-Windom forces have their headquar-
ters, the former being presided over
by the gallant Gen. McLaren, and the
latter by Dunnell and Cole ct ol.
The Merchants is the head center of su the
political excitement, and when you have
done" that hostelry you have covered the
sield. Almost the first man encountered
was McIIaren, who had just come in with a
box of Hindom cigars, 81 per hundred
The general was smiling, and in spite of the
fact that Window failed to re-appoint
him United States marshal he seemed to
be happy. He has way of SO successfully
assembling that one might almost imap-
inc that Marshal Denny was only tempo
rarily keeping his seat warm
in the custom house. Having
secured all the Window cigars GA per 1907
McLaren had about his clothes, the report
er inquired after the news from the bung
hole.
Everything is all right" was the CHEEKY
response. We've got 'em. It's
better than we expected The Dun
nell crowd are sick. Why,
members are fiocking to us ali
the tune and we are sure to VIM
"But supposing they don't 90 into eau
cus?'
Oh, but they will; you can't keep them
out. We don't care whether they stay out
or not. We have the organization. We
have the workers and we can win any way
Glow many Window votes are thereg'
ssVhora or ifu Of oil &bo1 L. I'll
ture, Democrats and all, and more coming
The can't beat us, They don't begin to be
as strong as the support was for
Ramsey against Mcmillan, and you know
that didn't amount to anything"
Senator Chas. A. Pillsbury was next
sighted and the conundrum, ''how is the
Window boom," hurled at him.
"Lovely," was the response. "Couldn't
be better"
"When do you hold your caucus?"
Il don't know. That has not been de-
termined. Probably Wednesday or Thurs
day next week. We are ready now. Had Just
as soon have it tomorrow night as any
time"
Other talks with Window men were of
much the same tenor showing that all had
been given the same lesson to recite.
AMONG THE ANTI -wINDoMITEs.
The rowing commissioner then dropped
in at what are styled the Window
headquarters and found them as confident
of success as the McLaren- Pillsbury crowd
had just expressed themselves. They de-
clared that there was no intention, on the
part of any anti-Windom man, to
90 into caucus. Said one: "Why we have
fifty that we can count positive, as certain
to keep aloof from the Window
caucus"
"Won't Cole go inf' was the reporters
query. a
'sNot bit of it. He and his
friends are as firm as rocks that they will
fight it out in the open legislature"
.sCan you hold your men togetherw was
another poser.
"What have they to gain by cutting
loose? If they wanted to support Window
they could have done that in the first
place, but having taken their posi-
tion, they must stick or they will
be politically dead. The breaking off of a
faction of the anti Window strength from
our forces would not enable them to win
or improve their condition. You need
have no fear of that. Men do not leave
assured success and we all see victory in
sight"
And so the talk ran on in the anti Win
dom crowd, and the GLOBE representative
found more political happiness than ever
before displayed by that end of the party.