St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-24
Keep His Hands Off

Keep His Hands Off
in the legislative contest in Gen. Cross
district. With this understanding the
Red Wing statesman went into fight
at the request of many of the leading
and best citizens Of the district. and his
victory was assured up to within a few
days of the election, when Senator
Davis wrote personal letter to the vot-
erS of the district urging them to stand
by F. NJ Wilson. and defeat Mr.. Cross.
A day or two before the election the
dyspeptic Gen. ,JenniSon, OF the Red
Wing Republican, published this letter,
and III the excitement of the general
election it resulted in the defeat OF Mr..
Cross.
Naturally enough, Gen. Cross does
not feel at all kindly toward the senior
senator, but when the Republican pa
pers tell their readers that he has been
the only Republican opposed to Senator
Davis they are not giving their readers
the facts. There were in st. Paul one
day in the present week at least half
dozen Republican members of the two
houses of the legislature, all of whom
were and are still opposed to the re-
election of Senator Davis. Id cOnnec-
ton with this a significant fact IS that
While nearly half the Republican mem
beers of the two houses have been in the
two cities during the past five days not
an interview has been printed by the
Republican papers favorable to Senator
Davis. And yet the Minneapolis Jour
nal printed the following editorial last
evening:
Did 1t All Themselves.
Senator Davis will return home tomorrow.
The senator's homeward movement is in
fiuenced largely by bis natural curiosity TO
examine into the condition of his fences He
will happily find that these fences are in de-
cidedlybetter condition than they were awhile
ago, and the senator will no doubt be thank
full to the journal for kindly and thought
fully pointing out the elements of weakness
in the senatorial situation, so far as Mr..
Davis is concerned. The journal, as a well
ordered newspaper. recorded the TACT or the
anti-DaVis movement. Certain Republican
journals and statesmen held up their hands
in holy horror, as if dreadful sacrilege had
been committed, but the journal kept right
along stating the facts, and these gentlemen
who began system of pooh-poohing per-
ceit ed the necessity of bestirring themselves
in Senator Dayis' interest. And so when the
senator comes marching home he will find
the situation decidedly improved If not ao-
solutely safe. He will find, moreover, that
the pooh pooling group don't pooh-pooh as
much as they did,
Before Senator Davis starts to Mime
apolIs to thank the journal for the
"great" work it has done for him, some
friend should call his attention to what
the esteemed journal really said about
him and his contest. In connection with
the editorial last evening the following
from the Journal of Dec. 10 is decidedly
interesting:
Davis Is Arrogant.
One of the chief things against Mr.. Davis
at this time. and the thing that is being dis
cussed very actively in st. Paul, is his alleged
disregard of courtesy in his intercourse with
his equals and men who are being depended
upon to help him. 1t is said that Davis is en-
tireIy lacking in diplomacy, aud has been so
careless i'll his intercourse with Minnesota
leaders as to ALLEVIATE them in many cases.
The difficulty that senator Washburn has i'll
getting along With him is well known. DAVIS
is accused of being stubborn, high tempered,
dictatoria selfish and egotistical. If he can
get measure through in Washington with
out the support of Washburn he does 1t, and
the junior senator does not hear of it until it
comes to him through the press. If he has
to ask Washburn's help he does it in dis
dainful insulting way, always leaving the
impression that he does it simply because he
has 10.
This is the story that has come from Wash
ington time and time again, and while
Senator Washburn has never confirmed it,
it is believed b. great many people, who
say it is the way Davis acts toward leading
men at home. His personal following in the
state is quite large, but 1t is. for the most
part, confined to men who have no especial
personal acquaintance with him. The
senator is said to have very few personal
friends among the Minnesota poll ticians,
vet this, of itself, would hardly be sufficient
TO bring about his overthrow.
And if the above friendly" state
ment does not convince Mr.. Davis that
lie owns a debt OF gratitude to the
Journal he should allow his eagle eye to
gaze on this loyal declaration which ap-
peared OH the same day:
Senators Are Free.
The matters referred to, taken as whole,
are largely responsible for the opposition TO
Davis at this time. clustered around them
are a number of smaller and more trifing
REASONS, which always come readily to the
mind of the man who seeks for them. An
element that has been overlooked i'll this
senatorial question is the noldover senate.
The Republicans i'll this body are not
pledged to Davis. and in ST. Paul the story
goes that number of them have declared
themselves for other candidates. One can
didate for a legislative Office. who spent
Yesterday in st. Paul, expresses the belief
thapthe Republicans will be unable to go
/ into caucus on the senatorial matter, and
| that the election will be thrown into the
+ legislature without any previous understand
/ Of course, the fact that the Journal
|. started the mo caucus" talk must be
considered as proof positive of its
loyalty to Senator Davis, but if the lat
ter is still unconvinced the following
declaration taken from the same issue
of the journal should be read:
Gave .sCordie'' Stab.
But it is not in the senate only that DAVIS
will be opposed. He has placed his cam
paign in st. Paul in the hands of mis- law
partner, Mr.. Severance. a man who is said to
be not at all fitted for work of that kind. To
Severance is laid the blame of the mistake
the Davis men have made in throwing their
support to Lee for speaker OF the house. and
it may be said in this connection that this 10
perhaps the straw that will break the camel's
back if it is broken. The forces of Greer
and Turreil if they unite. could throw Davis
out OF the fight and elect any4sman they
might select. That they will do some such
thing is now the fear of some of the DAVIS
men themselves. OF course. it is denied that
the support of Davis had been given to Lee,