St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-16
A Motion to Hold It This
Evening Was De-
feated.
The Washburn Men Caucus
With a Score and One
Members Present.
Mr.. ComstOek Airs His Mind
on the Subject Of the
Open Ballot.

After months of skirmishing, the sen.
atorial combatants are beginning to fall
into the ranks, and Thursday evening
will see the contestants face to face.
The beginning of the end was inaugu.
rated last evening, when joint meet.
ing was held of the Republican COM
mittee of the senate and the house. The
gathering took place at the Sabin head.
quarters in the Hotel Ryan, and ten
minutes sufficed to accomplish the end
in view. Senator Ward stated this
to be, first, whether caucus
should be held, and second,
when it should be held. Represent
ative Flynn instantly moved that
caucus be held. Representative Hay
seconded, and the motion was adopted
instanter, Senator Ward taking up the
thread and moving that the caucus he
favored this, but Representative Hay
was opposed. 1t would not give mem-
bers out of the city sufficient time to be
present and record their vote. Only
eighty-fve members answered the roll
call of the house yesterday. Senator
Ward saw the force of this, and with
drew his proposition, when Thursday
at o'clock at the state capitol was
fixed for the time and place for holding
the caucus. Senator Edwards was the
chairman of the joint caucus committee.
The following is the call for the caucus:
The Republican members of the senate
and house are requested to meet in caucus
in the assembly chamber at the state capitol,
Thursday evening, Jan. II, 1889, at 8
O'Clock, for the purpose OF choosing Re.
publican candidate for United States sentor.
BY order OF the joint committee.
D.. F. Goodrich, j. G. Flynn,
W. G. Ward, j. NJ. Diment
c. G. Edwards, J.McNelly,
Senate Committee. r. g. bay,
+. G. Stevens,
House Committee.
The probability of several caucus ses-
sions being found inevitable was shared
by the members of the caucus commit
tee, j. c. Flynn excepted.
"Wait untilthe ballot gives up its se-
cret, and then the opposition papers
will see how near the mark they were.
They were altogether at sea over the
speakership, and the Lord only knows
where they are nOw," said Senator
Buckman.
A wAsHBURN TALK.
While the joint caucus committee was
at work, the Washburn men called a
caucus of their own at the Merchants,
and which was attended on count by
twenty-One members and nine out
siders, a showing so small that it created
astonishment when told in the hotel
corridors. Among those present were:
E. F. COmstOck, ID. +. Morgan, A. G.
Forbes, Frank Day, Alyah Eastman,
the Fillmore delegation, Col. Husher,
l. E. Searle, A. S. CroSsfeld, w. r.
Estes and George Barr. The object
of the meeting was to decide
whether or not the Washburn men
should demand that the voting in
stead of secret ballot. This viva voce
scheme is pet one of Capt. Castles,
and, more than that, is said to be club
with which the Washburn faction hope
to force a bolt in the caucus. They
reached no agreement last evening, and
this may have been due to the plain
language attributed to E. +. Comstock.
He is reported to have told the Wash
burn men that if they proposed to force
an open ballot he could be counted as
outside of their camp.
STRAY TIPS.
d. H. Freeman, of st. Cloud, Is can
didate for appointment to the land
Office position now held by G. +. Mac
donald.
State Grain Inspector James says
that the report is false that he intend
to resign. His term does not expire for
three months, and he will hold Oh to
the end.
Hon. George F. Potter. while at the
Merchants last evening, received a tele-
gram from La Crescent announcing th9
death of his wife.
Hon. P. G. Smalley and Hon. Henry
r. Wells, of Caledonia and Preston, re-
spectively, are in st. Paul to view the
senatorial fight.
Senator Finseth, of Goodhue. headed
a deputation to Gov. Merriam of twelve
darymen, representings the dairy in
terests of Northwestern Minnesota. lt
was spontaneous expression of their
Endorsement of State Dairy Commits
sioner Ives regime.