St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-08
CAST OFF The MASK.
Davis Managers Boldly and
Openly Backing the Can
didaey Of Lee.
Hennepin and Ramsey Dele
cations Are Down on
the Slate.
Active Davis Men Have Taken
Off Their Coats for the
Fight.
Congressman Castle Makes
Mistakes in the Analysis
of His Defeat.

Peace Onc9 more reigns in the polit-
ical centers of the Sanity City. The
last of the candidates for speaker of the
next house packed his belongings yes
terday afternoon and departed for his
home in Todd county. This gentleman
was, of course, Hon. w. 4. Lee, ana, as
he made his appearance a day later
than his rivals from WabaSha and Red
wood, it betOkened lively sense of the
proprieties in the Long Prairie states
man TO so nicely time his departure.
He left wearing that air of confidence
which has stirred up his opponents, and
blandly told the boys that he had no
doubt of the result.
And if the evening Republican papers
of Minneapolis size up the attitude of
that delegation, Mr.. Lee has reason to
feel confident. For more than q week
past the GLOBE has been calling atten-
ton to the fact that the friends and
managers of Senator Davis had taken
charge of Mr.. Lees campaign, and will
attempt to organize the house on that
basis. Being the Davis candidate, all
Il e Davis men, except few
lCcal friends and neighbOrS of
Messrs. Greer and Turrell, will be
expected to line up for Mr. Lee and
elect him. For some time the Repub-
lican organs, or rather those of them
that cared more for the political fort
uneS of Senator Davis than for the
news, said nothing about the Davis
Lee slate, but yesterday the mask was
boldly thrusted aside and notice given
that the 'friends of Senator Davis must
stand Dy Mr.. Lee" Regarding this
the Minneapolis Journal last evening
said:
All the Republican candidates for
speaker of the house were in st. Paul
last night, Lee, Turrell, Greer and
Boggs. They employed themselves
comparing notes and calculating their
chances, and each one seems to think
that he has the call. The feeling around
the state capitol today is that Lee has
long lead in the race and will surely
win. 1t is said that, while all the candl-
dates are Davis men, Lee is particularly
near to the senior senator, and is re-
ceiving the support of the active Davis
men. In addition is the fact that Lee is
to be supported by the delegations
from Ramsey and Hennepin counties.
The Hennepin delegation agreed to
support him, with the exception CT one
man, and then turned around and said
it would vote as unit. Mr.. Greer, who
is good fighter, has been making his
campaign over the state for the speak
erShip campaign of anything to down
the Twin Cities. He realizes that he
can look for no support here or in st.
Paul, and therefore is trying to make it
appear that the fight is between the
Twin Cities OH one side and the rest of
the state OH the other. OF course, he is
posing as the champion of the rest of
the state. Mr.. Greer is not likely to
make this sort of campaign winner,
so it is said III Minneapolis, and his guns
are being spiked on this point as rap
idly as possible.
Lee is particularly near to the senior
SENATOR" says the journal. 'and is re-
ceiving the support of the active Davis
men,"
By the way, how long has it been
since the Journal insisted that there
were none but Davis Republicans in
the legislature?
The Hennepin delegation agreed to
support him Uee)" says the Journal
again, and 1.-The Ramsey delegation will
also vote as unit for him."
The Ramsey county Republican mem
bers voting as unit is something cal
culated to cause great fear in the camps
of Turreli, Greer and BoggS, that is unless
they know that Fillmore county, which
is for Greer, has just as many Repub-
lican members of the house as this
united Ramsey delegation. And, by
the way. before it is lost sight of, the
people of the state at large should notice
the magnificent home Endorsement Sen
ator G. X. Davis received. AT the late
election this county elected seven Dem
ocrats and three Republicans. and yet
the Davis men talk about the Strength
of Ramsey when voting as a "unit.'
This is really funny.
Naturally enough, Messrs. Greer ana
Turrell were not pleased over the situ-
alton as it was reported to them by their
friends. and their trips to the city this
week were made for the purpose of sat
isfying themselves in regard to the
position of Senator Davis law partners
and managers. Neither could get any
out of Manager Severance.
but upon the arrival of Mr.. Lee at the
Merchants Tuesday evening, they soon
saw the lay of the land. When Mr..
Lee reached the Merchants he found
Manager Severance waiting for him.
The fact that the other candidates were
OH hand had the effect of deferrinS the
conference until yesteaday.
Is it any wonder that Mr. Lee feels