St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-04
JUGGLING WITH FACT.
Various People at Columbus
Handle the Truth in a
Shameful Manner.
The Sherman Men Blandly In
sist That the SenatOrShip
Is Settled.
they Base Their Claims Who'll
ly on the Contest for
Speaker.
Foraker's Friends Say the
Cincinnati Man Will Win
in the Caucus.

in the Caucus.
CoLUMBUs, O., Jan. 3.-The Sabbath
day has been reverently respected by
the senatorial contestants. and tenn
porary armistiee has been declared in
the great political battle which has
waged so vigorously for the past few
weeks. Both Senator Sherman and ex-
Gov. Foraker have remained on the
ground. but the day has been one of in
activity. so far as their lieutenants are
concerned. This sudden inactiOn, the
Foraker men say, is but the calm which
pTecedes the storm-the lull which
precedes the fury of the battle:
the Sherman men say that it is
the rigor mortis of an expiring cause,
the dead silence which precedes the
last eonvulsive gasp of dying ambition.
To the friends of the distinguished SEN
ator the battle is fought and Won; to
the adherents of the eloquent Foraker,
the political atmosphere is laden with
hopeful augury. and in the wool of the
future are still to be woven strange re-
suits. Thus, the situation tonight is one
of cOmplacent expectancy on the one
hand, of eternal hope on the other. The
American public, whose interest in this
contest is
Probably without Parallel
in the great senatorial battles of years
gone by, quite naturally asks why is
the result longer in doubt? Why, with
every member of the general assembly
on the field, or available, cannot the
positive declarations of the men who are
to decide this question take the place of
the blatant prophecy of political man
ayers and tell how this battle is going?'
The answer to this question is that of
the ninetv-three Republican assembly
men, no less than eight have refrained
from public declaration Of preference,
and of these three-fourIhs have unques-
tiOnably given pledges to both sides.
petitions or ''public sentiment"
to break the pledge which they
find most irksome and respect the
one which meets their personal desires
The diplomatic battle which has been
waged so unremittingly for months past
has resulted in many entangIing al
lianceS. Men, in order to win the favor
of the factions in which the party was
divided before the elections, found it
eXpedient to pronounce pledges of
fealty to the partisans of both candi-
dates, and these promises are now most
embarrassing. They have postponed
the evil day to the utmost limit, but the
hour of delivery is at hand. In the
vain attempt still to wear the shifting
masks of
DR.. JekyII and NIr. Hyde
they are now suggesting that the
gpnatOrial OupStinu ohOpId ha daoiIad
by secret ballot ia the coming caucus.
Should this plan be carried out they
hope to escape the volumes of oppro-
brium which otherwise will certainly
be heaped upon them from the faction
they diSappOint. While the impression
is certainly general among impartial
lOOkers-on at Columbus that the speak
ership contest was fought upon sena-
torial lines, and that the result must
be accepted as indicating Sen
ator Sherman's denomination, the
friends of Ex-Governor Foraker
still maintain that several For
aker men voted for Lavlin, and
that these, together with the votes For
Rker will get in the senate. will be suffi-
cient to give him the nomination. When
asked for names and figures, however,
the answers are by no means satisfac-
tory. In subStantiation of their claims,
they say that two men, Representative
Dicks and Welsh, voted for Laylin, who
are absolutely and irrevocabIy opposed
to Sherman. Dicks, they do not expect
IN any event, but say he will stick to
Foster to the last. Welsh they regard
as bare possibility. They also say
khat four of
FOraker's Warmest Supporters.
whose names they fail to give, voted for
Laylln under pledges made to him long
before the senatorial and speakership
fight fell into the same groove. Further,
they claim that not a single Sherman
man voted for McGrew; that all OF them
who had made pledges to McGrew
asked to be relieved, and were relieved
from them in advance of the caucus
Assuming these allegations to be facts,
Sherman's strength in the house Is
votes less than the vote for Laylin, or
but 81. Sherman's strength in the SEN
ate may be set down as Is, if Iden, a
contestant, Is not admitted. and IA if he
is. FOraker's managers, however, claim
that the ex-governor will have not
less than votes in the SEN
ate. Conceding Sherman IA, how
ever, in the senate and admitting
the Foraker claim in the house, Sher-
mans vote would stand in the house. 80:
in the senate, "A; total, 46. This would
leave Senator Sherman one short of
nomination. Foraker three short, and
Dicks and Welsh holding the balance of
power, but unable to do more than Gre
ate tie between Sherman and Foraker.
should they vote for the latter. Ac-
cording to other Foraker claims, the eX-
governor will have SO in the house and
in the senate, total of Az Foster
will have l and Mckinley l. 1t will be
thus seen that the admission of Iden TO
the caucus might have
An Important Effect
on the result. But the Foraker peo-
pies claim of at least n the senate.
If verified along with their claim of So
III the house, would reverse things and
give Foraker 46 and Sherman 45. Then.
II Iden be not admitted, Sherman's vote
would fall TO "A. Welsh voting for For
aker, or one Of Sherman's men going to
him, would give him the required AZ.
These are the views at the Foraker
headquarters, but their claims are de-
rlded by the Sherman people, and
treated as mirth-provoking pretensions.
The senator's friends are loudly claim
ing tonight that he will have a majority
OF not less than 10 vote in the caucus.
and profess Willingness to have either
an open or secret ballot as Foraker
may desire. They say that the loud
claims of the Foraker managers
are made with the hope of keeping his
followers loyal to him, in order that he
may go down IN the caucus with at least
respectable following. Thew state
that a pledge has been drawn that is
ironclad Ill its nature, and that those
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