St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-10
IT'S MORTON OR EVARTS.
The Contest in New York Seems to
Have Narrowed Down to
These Two.
With All the Indications Favorable to One
of the Prettiest Fights on
Record.
Especial Telegram to the elobe.l

Special Telegram to the Globe.l
ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 9.--The correctness
of the published list of members Of the legis-
lature who are said to be in favor of the cleo
ton of Evarts to the senate is being ques
toned by the Morton managers. "Me
Too Platt and his right hand man, Loui;
Ollyn, have sent word from New York to the
Morton men on guard here that at least hall
of the members claimed for Evarts are
known to be better friends of Morton or one
of the other candidates than Eyarts. The
Eyarts organ, published in this city, answers
this claim by saying it had been directly
stated that the list embraced the names OF
the members who were opposed to Morton,
and whose first or second choice
was Evarts. The organ then distinctly
claims all the members listed by it yesterday
as Evarts men, and invites any member
whose name does not properly belong in the
list to advise the organ to that effect and to
state frankly whether he represents con-
stituency that favors Evarts or Morton. This
challenge will not be accepted by Nor
ton men. They do not propose to IN
cover their batteries until they
have the enemy in range. They admit that
the anti-Morton men have a majority of the
Republican senators, but they say Evarts
has very few friends in the assembly. They
recognize the fact however, that the Evarts,
Hiscock and Russell men are going to make
desperate attempt to defeat their
candidate, and some of them say
there is reason to believe this
attempt may be successful if the meeting of
the Republican caucus can be DELAYED until
the night before the day on which the ballot
ing will commence. By that time the anti
Morton men expect to have the Republicans
OF the state aroused against Morton, and
they believe that by bringing popular pres
sure upon the members they can defeat
Platt and his Doodle gang and retire
Morton from politics. The Morton men
are consequently insisting that the caucus
shall be held on next Tuesday or Wednesday
night while the anti-Morton men are de-
handing that the caucus shall not be held
until the last possible moment before the
commencement of the baloting, for the pur-
pose of arousing Republican sentiment
against Platt's candidate.
The Evarts press is now loudly denounc-
ing Morton as free trader, az
well as corruptiOnst In proof that
he is free trader, the charge is made that
while Morton was a member of the lower
house of congress a motion was made by
Townshend, OF Illinois, to suspend the rules
and pass bill repeating the duty on salt,
certain chemicals and printing paper. Levi
P. Morton, says one of the Evarts papers,
fol IF hot
free trader, VIM. r. Morrison, and voted aye,
In the opinion of all the Evarts organs this
resolution should end the Morton uvass,
but "Me toon Patt answers this free trade
objection to his Doodle candidate by pointing
10 Il cablegram from Morton, in which that
statesman EN- phatically DECLARES that he / 8
an ardent prohibitionist. For the purpose of
weakening Morton the Evarts men are ar
ranging for public meetings through
out the state, at which Doodle
practices and free trade doctrine will be de-
nouneed The Evarts men are also arranging
for fusilade of lies and damaging charges
all along the line of the anti-Mortou press.
They are already publishing reports intended
to injure Morton, but in which
there is no truth whatever. They
are saying to-day that Plat and his
gang, having ascertaiued that all the efforts
they might make to- elect Morton would be
futile, have concluded to withdraw him and
give his forces to Whitelaw Reid, of the New
York Tribune. Indeed, they have fully in
augurated vigorous campaign of buster
and lies against the brag and Doodle
campaign of Patt. There is no
probability that Reid or any
other Republican will be substituted for
Morton, who is in the race with the well
defined intention of gaininga victory by the
most approved Republican methods. But it
is quite probable that Chauncey NJ. Depew
may be substituted for Evarts, Russell and
llscock. If it becomes apparent that Evarts
can't win and Depew can be convinced
that he can defeat Morton, he will not refuse
TO accept the senatorial toga. But this con-
tingency is not likely to arise. There seems
to be every reason to believe that the contest
will soon be narrowed down to Il contest be-
tween Morton and Evarts.