St. Paul daily globe., 1886-09-22


fOreshadowed yesterday. Politicians and
candidates of every grade and standing Were
in the hotel corridors soon after breakfast,
and from then until late last night they
stayed, chewing cigar stubs and trying Io
size up the chances of their favorite candi-
dates. 1t seemed as if all the rumors of
war that have been floating through the
state since the day that Farmer Gibbs re
signed his place as a member of the lower
house, that he might become a candidate
for governor under the law, had been
turned loose within the four walls Of the
hotel, and they buzzed. and Kissed and
Spluttered until it made ones ears ring.
Its effect was worse than too much cham
payne on the heated brains of the particl-
pants, and there were indications last night
that some of the delegates had forgotten
from which county they had come, and
were uncertain as to whether they were in
Structed or were at liberty to walk at their
own sweet inclinatiOnS in the path that
will be spread for them in Exposition hall
! to-day.
A GENERAL SQUABBLE.
What took place yesterday cannot be dig
nitied by being called fight; 1t was
squabble, wrangle, an aggregation OF
wire-pullers. hard at work at their trade.
1t was guerrilla warfare. Scores of hungry
Office seekers were hustling for chance to
get square meal, as 1t were. Inc corridor
OF the Merchants contained no less than
hundred or two of the wiTe-workerS at any
time during the day. Among those were
those men who want to be candidates, and
delegates from all parts of the state. 1t
was worse than the opening of ses-
sion of the legislature, and the clatter that
was kept up would have stopped strike
among a gang of iron-molders. 1t
was with difficulty that one could
elbow across the room. Placards
were posted in conspicuous places
announcing the whereabouts of the men
who were working for the several guber-
natorial candidates, and it was regarded as
a significant omen by the McGill and Gibbs
men, when big, red piece OF paste board,
with Gov. Gilman'S name upon the top. be-
came untastened and dangled head down.
ward from one of the central pillars of the
corridor.
The delegates came in. a few at time,
on about every train, and it kept the lieu
tenants of the several candidates pretty
busy hunting them up and steering them
into the proper quarters Some OF D0tn
delegations from st. Louis county came in,
and they probably received as much atten-
ton as the delegates from any county i'll
the state. 1t was thought there might be
considerable of a row before the COM
mittee on credentials to-day on the point OF
which delegation should be seated.
The lace work done by the nimble
hands of such men as Maj. Wilson, Loren
Fletcher Capt Castle, Mark Flower. SEN
ator Sergeant and Others is not visible to
he pvo To q claar vaw of the
little meshes and knots requires the
microscope. To spectator who walked
about the corridor all was hub bub. No
body could tell anything definitely. Friends
of every candidate simply remarked that
they were confident over the outlook"
THEY ALL SAID THAT,
from Gilman to Will Nichols But it was
noticeable that Maj. Wilson was not put
ting in much time in the corridors. He was
in the parlors, on the Office floor, which have
been made Gilman's headquarters. most of
the time, and only came out long enough
to catch some delegate and carry him
bodily. if necessary, to the auction room.
as it were Here as in all the headquar-
ters, most of the trading was done-un-
known to the mass of delegates outside,
who simply made themselves weary jOst-
ling in the crowd and really receiving OF
giving no Information on the real progress
of the fight. 1t was generally conceded by
those who had their hands on the wires
that altogether too many counties had sent
Instructed delegates to allow the wires TO
work well. Trading in candidates was
hard work. and it required more than usual
talk to make a bargain. There were a
great many rumOrS, started nobody knows
where, of breaks of various delegations for
some candidate other than the one for
which the delegates had been instructed.
1t was said at one time that some OF the
Ramsey county delegates would go from
McGill to Gilman. but this was denied by
McGill men. One thing was apparent,
namely, that Gibbs had a stronger following
than he has sometimes been accredited
with. There were those who claimed that
he would be nominated on the second bal
lot. Senator Sergeant, of Albert Lea, a
strong Gibbs man. claimed that Others
who are for McGill or Gilman on the first
ballot, did not hesitate to say that Gibbs
was the second choice, so that on the whole
Mr.. Gibbs was inclined to be good n2tured.
He denied in strong terms that there was
any deal between himself and Gilman-a
somewhat old rumor which was set atloat
during the afternoon.
THE MINOR OFFICES.
Friends of Senator Rice were confident
that he would easily get the second place
on the ticket They agreed that, granting
Gilman and McGill an equal number of
votes, at the start Rice would have an
even thing with Castle, and that outside
the slate, Rice would draw heavier than
Castle, getting a larger share of the Gibbs
men than Gilman. Mr.. Castles friends,
however, were very confident. There was
less talk about the secretary of state and
the auditor and treasurer, than about the
attorney general. Mr Kellogg and Mr..
Pattee had good many friends who were
confident, and it was difficult to learn much
that would indicate just which was the
stronger.
1t was not good day to talk about dark
horses. Everybody was too confident and too
ready to fight to have for moment any use
for such an animal. There were some, how
ever who spoke of Albert Scheffer as the
man who would be the next candidate, and |
it was circulated through the crowd that
he had declared himself, bat little credence
was given to this story
Mai. Strait gave it out that he was not a
dark horse, and that the silver salver act
would not catch him.