St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-12
DEMOCRATS ELATED.
The Alliance Trio at Springfield
Refuse Republican Overtures.

ReIuSe Republican Overtures.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Feb. 1.-THE Re.
publican steering committee this morn
ing presented a long list of names to the
+. Nj. b. A. men from which to select
one for Joint support for the United
States SenatorShip. Among others
Cicero j. Lindley, president Of the IL
linois f. Nj. B. A.. and number Of
prominent agricultural editors and men
known to be in sympathy with the
farmer and labor movements. But the
+. Nj. 3. A. were not to be enticed,from
its determination to name the senatorial
candidate of their choice without assist
ance from either of the older parties.
Representative Taubeneck, as spOkes4
man of the f. Nj. B. A. members, said:
1--WE have decided, gentlemen, that we
cannot accept any Republican whom you
present. tits useless to negotiate further"
TheRepublicans then decided to go in
to joint assembly and after two or three
ballots, change off to Llndley and later
to other candidates on the list. pre-
scented to the +. NJ. b. A. When tho
joint assembly met the first three bal.
lots were cast without change, but on
the seventy-seventh ballot the 100 Re-
pubieans cast their ballots tor Cicero
j. Lindley. president +. Nj. B. A.,
amid great excitement. The +. NJ. b. A.
cast their three votes for Stelle, and the
Democrats their 10l for Gen. Palmer.
The Democrats were greatly elated al
the results and the Republicans corre-
spondingly depressed. A motion for
recess until 3 p. IN. was then
carried by the combined vote of the
Democrats and the f. NJ. B. A. men.
Several conferences were then held be-
tween the Democrats and farmers, but
with nc definite result. The farmers
say they will continue to support Stello
during the day. They say they have not
decided not to vote for Lindley at any
time, but that the action of the Repub-
licanS took them by surprise and they
were not prepared to change so sud-
denly. At the afternoon session of the
JOINT assembly two ballols were cast
without change in the result and an ad-
journment was taken till tomorrow. In
the house this morning the Taubeneck
investigating committee made report
eXonerating Representative Taubeneck
from the charges made against him and
stating that the fullest investigation
failed to show any foundation in fact
for the rumors that Taubeneck had
once been an inmate Of the Ohio peni-
tentiary.
The Republican party, If defeated In
the senatorial contest, will go down
with the name of Richard j. Oglesby
flying at the masthead. This was de-
cisively settled at a meeting of the
steering committee tonight. 1t is prob-
able the Republicans may vote for sev-
eral different gentlemen before an
election, but when defeat comes, II
come it must, the final ballot shall be
for Oglesby. The cry of ANYBODY to
beat Palmer" has been taken up by the
Republican rank and file. They will
not, however, unite on Streeter, and
Steele is out of the question. Many
think the party may finally unite on +.
Nj. 3. A. Representative Moore and
elect him, but 1t is not by any means
certain. There are dozen or more Re-
publicans who declare under no eircum,
stances will they support any one but a
stalwart Republican.