St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-22
senate and the house 'shall' meet for the
election OF United States SENATOR


passed it to Mr.. Guam, but he inconti-
nently fled the chamber, so that it came
back to the gentleman from Jackson
county. At last. just before the session
closed, he presented it, saying:
do not offer this in the spirit of revenge,
| but do desire to see the slSrts of this house
| cleared of these charges. un.ess the rumors
| be true that money has been used.
Mr.. Keys, of Winona, seconded the
motion to pass the resolution. MIR. Cap
ser, on his statement that ''this was a
Republican mess" and that he was a
| Democrat, was excused from voting.
Mr.. Heidemann DemocraD said:
''This is not our funeral, but vote
yea"
Nj. Searle explained his vote:
| Il vote aye in the hope that this in
veStigatiOn may be thorough"
Mr.. Smith said:
"If believed that this resolution was
introduced with any other purpose than
| to defeat the caucus decision would
vote differently. But, believing that
that is Its sole purpose. L vote no."
| Nevertheless the resolution passed by
81 to Is.
| The WaShburn men were in an eager
and excited mood last night. They
|
| ton with ridcule, while inwardly they
were chafing as to what the outcome
would be. The threatened 'bOlt' of
the caucus troubled them sadly. Out
wardly calm and serene-like, inWardly
a cyclonic fear rent the bosom of Sen
ator Day, as he earnestly worked
upon senators to keep them within
| the caucus lines of Thursday. '"There
will be no bolt' was his prediction.
Senator Scheffer was of similar opin
ion. Senator Nixon was confident that
many Republicans would not cast their
votes for Washburn. ''There is great
deal of talk, but it won't materialize,"
was the opinion of Senator Hall. These
are opinions gathered at random, but
they show the trend of current gossip.
with which Gen. Washburn is held by
the country people and the snatch vic
| tory he secured at the caucus, with the
| growing signs of revolt from the very
moment of the adjournment of the eau
Gus, make it exceedingly pr0blematlcal
as to what the result of to-day'S voting
will be. Gen. Washburn is not senator
yet.
The committee appointed by the house
| held their meeting at the capitol. Rep
| reSentative Sevatson was chairman, and
| the other members of the committee are
Representatives Hompe, Diment, Steb-
bing, +. g. Stevens, Smith and Searle.
Representatives of the press were rigid
| ly excluded from space of twenty feet
around the committee room. The chair
man said there was to be mo listening,"
and the sergeant-at-armS was under in
structionS to see that this order was car
ried out. The committee did not find it
| necessary to call in the services OF an
attorney, but E. K. Mulliken was en-
| ploWd to take shorthand note OF the
| evidence. Three witnesses were eX-
| amined, and they occupied the atten-
tion Of the committee little over two
hours. When the third witness had
been examined, Representative Steb-
bing emerged from the investigating
room and said: "Where's Representa-
tive -" when he saw the reporters
and dropped his voice into the ear of the
sergeant.at-arms. Everything was con-
Quoted in this secret, star chamber
style. At 10:3O an adjournment was
| taken until O'Clock this morning.
Representative Diment was the first
to cross the threshold of the committee
room. would be glad to give you in
| formation" he said, ''but the committee
| are sworn to secrecy"
Representative Smith was in jubi-
| liant SortOf moOd-a sufficient index of
the character of the testimony brought
| before the committee. He is Henne-
pin member and a strong Washburn
supporter.
''Any discriminating evidence before
the committee?" was the question put
| to him.
"Well, you see," was Representative
tod rntalxy 1ox oil
| taken an oath of secrecy or l would
willingly have told YOU"
The inference may be taken that the
investigation thus far has elucidated no
criminal evidence against Gen. Wash
burn. If there had, Representative
| Smith would not willingly" like to in
| form the world of such testimony.
1.-The committee will hold meeting
in the morning." added Mr.. Smith,
land, if possible, get some more wit.
nesses before them. We will make
great effort to have our report ready by
noon. Yes, there is some probability
that we may do so, but would not like
to speak definitely on that point"
None of the members exactly knew
the number of witnesses to be exam
ined-in fact they were like a stone
| wall, knew nothing. The thorough
ness which marks the investigation Of
the senate committee is not one of the
characteristics OF the house committee.
| Their proceedings last night, to all on
! locker, betOOk more of farce than a
| grim drama in which the reputation of
| honorable public men were at stake.
1t is stated that forty-two subpenas
were issued by the house committee.
The Political complexion of this COM
mittee is:
Sabin-Hompe, Diment, Stebbing.
Washburn-Searle, Stevens, Smith.
Dcnnelly-Sevatson.
Gen. Washburn has peen confined to
his residence since Saturday by slight
indisposition, but his presence was
| badly needed in ST. Paul yesterday to
| cheer up his discouraged followers
| They were blue looking set, and made
| no pretense of concealing their alarm.
K. B. Langdon and Col. Tom Lowry ar
rived early in the day and began to
brace them up, but with no apparent eff
| feet. The feeling was too strong that
| Mr.. WaShburn was in a critical position
| to make any of his adherentS feel good.
| The Sabin men continued their dis
| avOWal of any intent to bolt the caucus
| decision unless the bribery charges
came to focus, and they virtually ad-
mitted that their position in the matter
was not with any intention of cham
pioning Mr.. Sabin longer. They claimed
| to be acting as Republicans who would
never sustain caucus which should be
proven to have been controlled by the
use of money. Mr.. Donnelly conceded
in this opinion.
81 cannot say what the outcome will
| be, but look for bolt if these charges
are sustained. l do not consider my
self in the field at all. The opening
now is for new man."
Charley Gilman, with a sarcastic
smile. said:
81 suppose, if the bribery charges are
not ,,rn,nn thot NNnch la, IL, ,,-ili l,c, .Io