St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
PEACE AND COALITION
Hon. P. q. Kelly and Senator Sabin Saia
to Have Settled Their Old
Quarrel
And Formed a Combination to Select
Mcmillan or Democrat to
the Senate.
Should tho Democrats Succeed Judge
Wilson or MIR. Doran Will
Be Chosen.
Sab1n Not to Offer Any Further Ops
position to the Confirmation
of DR.. Guernon.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-A gentleman
who is well known as leading politician,
and who has maintained confidential in.
timacy with the Minnesota Democrats, is
authority for a most astounding story in
regard to the relations between Senator
Sabin and Hon. P. Ii. Kelly, who repre-
sents Minnesota on the National Democratic
committee. 1t may be remembered that
Mr.. Kelly and Mr.. Sabin were for some
time business associates as stockholders in
the Northwestern Car company at Still
water, of which Senator Sabin was presi.
dent and general organizer. When Mr..
Sabn was elected to the senate to succeed
MIR. Window. it was largely by the inf1u-
| ence OF Mr.. Kelly over the Democratic
members of the legislature that majority
was secured for the Republican candidate
Probably without Mr.. Kelly's influence
Mr.. Sabin would not have been
elected although he is most
astute politician and can accomplish
results under the most disadvantageou
circumstances. Within eighteen months
after Mr. Sabin was elected to the senate
he and Mr. Kelly had falling out In
upon Mr.. Sabin's reputation as a business
man. Senator Sabin had been elected
chairman of the Republican National COM
mittee, but by reason of his business mis-
fortunes was compelled to resign the place.
! This, of course, afforded great satisfaction
to Mr.. Kelly. Since the election of Ceve-
| land Kelly's position as national committee.
man has brought him into
DIRECT CONFLICT
with the junior senator from Minnesota
over the distribution of patronage. In one
or two instances appointments which were
very dear to Kelly's heart have been fatty
defeated by the use Of senatorial courtesy
on the part of Sabin. One of these. which
particularly eXasperated Kelly, was that Of
Dr. Guernon, who was nominated for col.
lector of customs for the Minnesota
district and rejected by the
senate on Senator Sabins state
ment that the man was personally offensive
to him, and that his appointment displaced
particular friend of his for whom he had
secured the place. With the revolution of
circumstances it has come about now that
| eX-GOv CuShman K. Davis is the almost
unanimous choice of the Republicans of
Minnesota to succeed Senator Mcmillan.
| Davis and Sabin are enemies Of old. In
| 1884. when Mr.. Sabin desired to swing his
state for President Arthur, Mr. Davis was
able to carry it almost entirely for Mr..
Blaine, and but for Davis magnanimity
and the very judicious counsel of his
| friends, Davis would have been placed at
the head of the delegation as chairman and
the senator would have been asked to take
second place. This order. however, was
reversed. and Senator Sabin had the high
] honor of leading mis- delegation in the con.
! vention, and Davis very mOdeStly assumed
! second place Senator Sabn. it is under
! stood. would very much dislike to see Davis
go to the senate, and, while he is not par
ticularly the friend of his colleague, Nc
MILAN. at the same time he recognizes the
fact that in McMillan's candidacy lies the
only hope Of Davis defeat. Therefore. he
has made
AN ALLIANCE
with r. B. Langdon, of Minneapolis, one
of the leading politicians of the state, to eff
feet a coalition with the Democrats in Nc
Millans interest. According to the figures
which Gov. Davis friends have there are
9S Republican votes out of the 1876 indie
pendent or Farmers alliance votes and 40
Democrats. A number of these Democrats,
it is said also accepted Farmers alliance
nomination. and were pledged by the con-
ventOns which rendered them their nominal
ton to vote for Davis for senator A large
proportion of the 9S Republican votes
are by strict construction in the nom
mating conventions regarded as unalterably
pledged to Davis. At the same time. ow-
ing to the fact that in 1875 when Davis was
a candidate against Senator Ramsey he
fought against the caucus, his enemies now
say that they will be able to prevent the
holding of a Republican caucus. and thereby
be enabled to quietly win away from him
la Of
sufficient number to make coalition
with the 46 Democratic votes and
the 10 independent votes to control the
election. The sensational part of the story.
and it comes upon such authority that it
cannot be diSbelieved is that Senator Sabin,i
of his own notion has made advances TOD
Mr.. Kelly for a reconciliation OF their quar-
rel, and that as one of the conditions Of
peace Mr.. Kelly eXacted that the senator
would Withdraw his opposition to the con-
firmation of DR.. Guernon as collector OF
customs, and that the senator has actually
written two letters upon the subject, one
of which was addressed to the president
and plainly declared that he was ready to
assist in the confirmation of DR.. Guernon il
he should be again appointed for the place.
and the other of which was furnished to
Mr.. Kelly, and that when Mr.. Kelly came
to Washington recently he had this letter
in his pocket While in Washington Mn
Kelly
SPOKE WITH GREAT FREEDOM
of the prospects of his party in the senator
ial contest and expressed himself unequip
ocally as desiring the election of Demo
crat so that it is inferred, that the terms OF
peace between himself and Senator Sabin
are that the Democrats and a minority OF
the Republicans will combine at the prom
Using juncture to elect either a Democrat Oh
Republican, whichever may seem the moss
likely of success. If it is to be a Republic
can it will in all probability be Mcmillan; ID
Democrat Judge Wilson, who was for
merIy chief justice of the state, and wha
has been elected to congress from the First
district, Mr.. WINDOWS old home. MI
Kelly, however, had no hesitation in say
ing that he would like to see his warm
personal friend, Hon. Michael Doran
chairman of the Democratic state central
committee, chosen to the senate, while Nj.
Doran, on the other hand modeStly valves
all such suggestions of preferlnent ON tho
ground that he lacks the qualifications re-
quisite to make him an ideal senator. Both
Mr.. DOran and Mr.. Kelly were very posi-
tive that not Republican-not Gov. Davis
under any possible crcumstances-but
Democrat. would be elected to the senate
The inference from the reported armistica
between Mr.. Kelly and Senator Sabin is
that the former has the upper end of thu
reconciliation and will force Senator Sabin
to the support of Democrat With the
understanding that such compromise OF
hOStilitjeS between these two leading men
has been made. q will be interesting to OBJ
serve the changes on the surface of the DO