St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-18

be simply impossible to elect c. K. DAVIS to
! the United States senate now after the low
tariff platform Of this state and the complete
decentralization of the Republican party.
so
! Here is an array of candidates: c. K. Davis,
of ST. Paul; G. A. Gilman, of ST. Cloud; Cor
don E. Cole, of Faribault; r. B: Langdon and
! w. d. Washburn, of Minnea polls; NJ. II. Dun
/ nell, of OwatoHna; Albert Schefer and S. J.
r. Mcmillan, of st. Paul, and several others.
John Shsleen, of Chisago, predicts that it will
/ be a fight of the Davis and Washburn forces
together against Window.
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! Ex-SecretarY Window was approached at
the Merchants one evening during the late
gubsrnatorial and state caucusing, previous
to the state convention, and it was asked of
him if he was opposing c. K. Davis. mo, I
am not opposing C. K. Davis" he replied.
II am not q candidate for the United States
senate, and don't expect to be-
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If Window Twill not be a candidate" if
Davis is 'too much of high tariff man for
Minnesota if the "man with eyebrows"
from st. Cloud, is truly 'not making an
effort for it, If Senator Sabin is "Rot work
ing for Senator Mcmillan" if Mcmillan is
mot doing anything for himself" if r. B.
Langdon is afraid he has 'been shelved," If
Loren Fletcher lis hated and abhorred," if
Washburn never thought of such q thing"
if Albert Scheff err is waiting for it to be
thrust upo1 him. if Gordon E. Cole "can't
get votes,'' if Mark D unnell is dead dog"
if Horace B. Strait is "a dark horse" who
then is the coming man? A gentleman put
such question to tortured newspaper
man at the Merchants yesterday; then he
laughed outright over the affection he had
caused. He said each of the foregoing can
didates had been appropriately described
according to the quotations attached to each
name respec lively.
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''The best thing for Gov. Davis is to have a
caucus" suggested DR.. Craig, of Waseca;
''that's what carried Window through"
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But another thinks that if Davis 6
elected it will be the wreck of the Republican |
party here. He says Gov. Davis is the choice
of every man at heart, but would his election
be policy? In the carrying out of certain
policy, might it not be better this ii me to
slaughter Davis for the sake of securing |
big vote for the Republican preside initial |
ticket two years hence? If Davis is elected |
and Blaine is again nominated, this gentle |
man from the North, who is more connuni-
cative now than when he sat in the senate |
chamber, predicts the complete wreck of the |
Republican party.
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A good story is told on Senator W. G..
Ward, OF Waseca. He came over to the |
Democratic party on the Greeley wave. In |
1873 gentleman suggested that Ward was |
good fellow, and ought to be reclaimed to the |
Republi can fold. Make him Blaine dele |
gate to the national convention of 1S76.' So |
Ward was selected as delegate. and when he
came back somebody wanted to know what |
he went to the convention for. Lets have |
drink, Ward answered.
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Col. Graves, of Duluth, anticipates a bitter
fight in the next tate convention. He was
one of the national delegates at large. When |
his name was proposed, several others were
also. A fight ensued over whether Southern
and Central Minnesota were to have all the
leading delegates, o. b. Gould, of Winona,
being the elect of Southern Minnesota. Jacob
Austin jumped from his seat and, with a
stentorian voice demanded recognition for
Northern Minnesota. Graves was accord
ingly elected.
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It was in the same convention that Senator
S. D. Peterson, of New Ulm, was candidate.
He was nearly elected. Another ballot was
about to be taken when Senator Peterson got
up, and, with great expectations for the fu-
ture, gracefully withdrew his name. He still
has great expectations.
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When the question Of reapportiouing and
redistrcting the state comes up before the
Col. Graves fears 1t will be de-
feated because of the opposition of South
ern Minnesota. The south holds the prepon-
derance of power and wants to keep it. He
feels also that the country would be opposed /
to it on the ground that it would give the
twin cities an advantage. The Forty-Sixth
district, comprising st. Louis, Cook, Lake,
ItaSca, Carlton, Cass, AitkIn, Walena and
Hubbard counties. and polling over $4,000
votes, has Senator Whiteman and Representa-
tive Knox in the legislature. Maj. Wilson
considers it unfair that Fillmore county
should have one senator and five representa-
tives, while the Forty-Sixth district should be
left with only one representative. His idea
is, ''for peace and harmony" to cut the dis
trict in two at Duluth.
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Senator c. B. Buchanan, of Sank Rapids
dropped in at the Merchants for short visit
yesterday. He also wants reapporrionment,
his district comprising Benton, Todd. Morri-
son, Crow Wing and Mile Laos counties, and
being second in size to the Duluth district. A
he says, will do what is re-
quired, and will tear up all the old boundaries.
But he would oppose making either house
any larger in number of members.
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Senator Buchanan likens his own narrow
escape from defeat to that of a Nebraska
candidate. a friend left Nebraska the day
before election and returned the day AFTER
He asked the candidate how the election
went. "Oh. all right. L got there was the
answer. 1T wasn't quite unanimous but l
got there by majority of ONE Buchanan
pulled through without a bit of help
from c. +. kindred or John d. Jones.
Buchanan thought: well. I'll let Jones and
Lee pull Todd county through all right, and
Kindred will look after Crow Wing" Kin
dred told everybody; 'Oh, Buchanan is all
right; never mind him; he'll beat the other
fellow two to one." Jones soliloquized: 1--WE
got enough to do to elect Jones'" Lee autcl-
pated: II want to be speaker and must
make friends So Buchanan was seated
without any aid, although he made Jones Sec
Rotary of the last senate, and fought hard for
Brainerd & Northwestern railroad
project, and now he feels under obligations TO !
nobody. He went home to attend to his lum-
Der camps. :
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Speaking of secretary of the senate, if John
Howard, OF Sank Centre. wants it Buchanan
will work for him. If he wants to be clerk of
the house again it is thought he can get it,