St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-26
Uncle Dick Ready to Admit
That He Cannot Be
Elected.
The Republicans are Dissatis-
fed and In a Measure
Disorganizsd.
Long" Jones Engaged in
Circulating Some Very
Rank Yarns.
DR.. Moore. Of the Alliance
Trio, Pairs With Jo-
seph Adams.


SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Jan. 25.-The man
ayers Of Uncle Dick Oglesby's senatorial
campaign are nearly ready to admit that
it has been failure, and that Gen.
Palmer's election is all but assured.
When Uncle Dick started for Elkhart
Thursday night he gave as his reason
for going that he had had enough of
fight in which he was bound to be the
under dog to the finish. His fol-
lowers all share his belief. For two
days they have done but little else but
try and reach some sort of an under
standing with the chairman Of the DEM
ocratic steering committees, so as to
bring about cessation of hostilities
until after Tuesday, and thus keep down
the bald fact that your uncle is, meta
phorically speaking, 'in the soup"
But they have failed. The Democrats
are full of fight and will have
nothing else. The Republicans, on the
other hand, are dissatisfied and in a
measure dtsorganized. The two eau
cuses which were held Thursday to dis
cipllne recalcitrants who were not will
lug to sacrifice personal considerations
for the mere sake of prolonging a
Losing and Costly
fight did not have the effect it was in
tended they should have. Republican
members clamored all day Saturday for
a chance to get away, and as a good
many of them cannot by any combina-
ton of circumstances get back i'll time
to vote Monday they have been source
of no end of worry to their leaders.
Some of them have been persuaded
to postpone their departure, but
the rest declared they would go,
no matter what happens. Gen. Palm
er's men will all be back bright and
early Monday morning, aud when the
joint session roll is called 101 Democrats
Will answer to their names. The stories
that are now receiving such wide circu-
lation to the effect that there
is open dissatisfaction among them
are without foundation, so far
as surface indications show.
They can be traced to Long" Jones,
chairman of the Republican state CEN
trail committee, who. for reasons of his
own, believes that this is the most eff
fective way of fighting Gen. Palmer.
Ever since Jones Games to Springfield
he has not lost an opportunity to say
that there are members of
The Chicago Delegation
who have told him that they will not
stand by Gen. Palmer beyond certain
time, which they themselves will fix.
Mr.. Jones discreetly refuses to tell the
names of the men that he has in his
mind, but nevertheless his stories have
been seized upon with avidlty by
IL of
gans and printed in detail. Inquiry
dation whatever for them and that they
comprise only a small part of the am
munition the big chairman hopes to fire
in defense of his policy, "Anything to
beat Palmer" Jones has done many
UNIQUE things since he has been here,
and Republicans as well as Demo-
Gratis have enjoyed more than one
hearty laugh at his antics, but with
a nerve that is almost mammoth
in its proportions he has proudly claimed
the credit for every clever bit of STRAIT
egy that his side has performed. Palmer
sentiment is as enthusiastic as ever to-
night, and there does not seem to be
much doubt but that that the campaign
will be brought to close in short
time. Gen. Palmer is
SereneIy COnn0enC
and so are his intimate friends and ad-
mirerS. The gallant way in which the
Democrats have stood together on every
party question, as well as in the Sena-
| torial fight, must have surprised the
wise prophets who, less than month
| ago, were predicting that the veteran
would not poll his full party strength
on any one ballot. He will con-
tinue to get 101 votes as long as the
| deadlock lasts. About one-halt of the
members of the house and senate have
| left for st. Louis and Chicago. The
other half is still here and will remain
over Sunday. There will be abso-
lutte neutrality until Monday, for
most of the leaders are gone, and,
| besides, there does not seem to be any
disposition on the part of either Demo-
Gratis or Republicans to change the pres
ent situation. The three farmers are
| in town. Mr.. Cockrell was around the
Leland tonight, and in talking with a
friend he said he going home sure next
Friday.
Moore Pairs with Adams.
The senatorial situation was given
new phase last night when Or. Moore,
| the leader of the farmer trio, volun-
| teered to pair with Joseph Adams, the
| Christian county Democrat, whose left
| eye will have to be removed to save the
right one. The Doctors offer was accept
| ed by the Democratic leaders. and he
| readily signed written agree
ment not to vote similar to
| the one that Senator Fuller
would not let Parson Weedon sign dur
| ing the afternoon. Adams will proceed
to Chicago at once, place himself under
the care of an oculist and have the deli
cate and painful operation performed.
| How long he Will be gone cannot even
be conjectured, but it seems reasonably
| certain, from the plans of the Repub-
| licanS based on this new develop
| ment, that there will be no cleo
| ton of United States senator
until he is able to return to his seat and
vote. Senator Fuller says that while
Adams is away the Republicans will not
vote at all, which maneuver simply
means that there can be no quorum.
| Even if Cockrel and Taubeneck were
| to vote with the Democrats there can be
| no election, because the total strength
they could thus muster would
amount to only 102 votes, OF
| just one.half of the total in both houses.
| Springfield doctors who have examined
| Adams eye say he cannot possibly get
| back in less than week, and they are
| inclined to believe that it may be two
! OF three weeks. The plan of having the
operation performed in the state house
was abandoned from motives of SYM
! pathy for the old man.