St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-20
Nine More Ballots Taken in
the Wisconsin Senatorial
Contest.
The Milwaukee Congressman
Takes Two Votes From
Col. Knight.
Bragg's and Knights Sup
porters Force an Adjourn
ment to Monday.
John C. Spooner Receives the
Republican Caucus Nom
inatiOn.

M ADDISON, w 49,, Jan. III H6 SeldlO-
rial caucus of the Democrats this after
noon opened and closed without any
material change in the result. At 3:25
Chairman Pratt called the caucus to
order and the fourth formal ballot was
taken. When Senator Adam Apples
name was called, he arose and ere
ated much enthusiasm among the
Bragg following by stating that un-
less he secured reinfOrcementS he
would on the next ballot vote for Gen.
E. S. Bragg. Senator Apples choice
was J. E. Dodge, of Racine, whose name
was frequently mentioned as a dark
horse, but the boom dId not materialiZe
Four ballots were taken without any
further change. The result being: Nit
chelI. 81; Knight, 20; Bragg, 28. After
heated and prOtracted discussion an
adjournment was taken until evening.
The Bragg men fought for an adjourn
ment until Monday in the hope by that
time they would be able to secure many
petitions urging the caucus to nominate
Gen. Bragg.
The senatorial caucus was called to
order at $50 tonight and after an hours
Dalloting an adjournment was taken,
Mitchell gaining two votes, that of
EVANS. of Dane, and Schmidt, of Wauke-
sha. who have been supporting Knight.
The inroads into Knights strength has
greatly
Discouraged His Friends
and had five more ballots been taken
Mitchell would nave won the day.
Knight is fighting for0rn hope, but
most of his friends will remain firm
until there is no further hope for him.
When the break occurs the majority of
the Knight men Will 90 to Mitchell.
There was motion made to adjourn,
and several amendments made by
Mitchell men, but the amendments were
lost.
When the motion was put to adjourn
until Monday evening at 10 O'Clock, part
of the Knight men voted with Bragg's
supporters. and the motion was adopted
by a vote of Al to 35. The Bragg
men claim big victory in this,
while the Knight forces are jubilant
and claim they hold the key to the stu
alton. Mitchel'S supporters say but
little. There is every indication that
the adjournment is not pleasing to
them, but they take their medicine with
as good a grace as possible. 1 he last
| ballot, which was the eleventh, resulted
as follows: Mitchell, 80; Knight, 1S;
Bragg, 2S. Bragg's supporters claim he
| is the choice Of the people, and it is to
| be expected that on Monday evening
| the caucus will be flooded by yards of
| petitions asking the caucus to nominate
| him.
AT the Republican senatorial caucus
this afternoon Assemblyman Tucker
placed in nomination the name Of Phile
! tus Sawyer, OF Oshkosh. There Was no
second and the name was Withdrawn,
ana that of eX-United States Senator
John &. SDOoner was substituted. He
was unanimously nominated. In the
evening Col. SpOoner addressed the
caucus, in which he eXtolled the party
and its principles.
Mitchell TIen Not So Noisy.
The Mitchell men are not as noisy
and enthusiastic tonight as they were
last night, although they profess to be
as confident. To be sure they have
gained two votes in the caucus tonight.
and five since the start, but the real vic
tory belongs to Bragg, as his friends
showed unmistakable signs of Joy
when they carried the motion tonight
to adjourn until Monday night, the eve
of the day on which the contest will be
transferred from the caucus to the
legislature. The vote OH the motion to
adjourn was opposed by the Mitchell
leaders, and was carried practically
by combination of the Bragg
and Knight men, although in their
anxiety to get home a few Mitchell men
voted to adjourn, and on the other hand
few Knight men, including Kingston
voted against it. Knight is not IN the
contest, and in fact he has not been
since it opened, but has now disinte-
grating forces to control. His eighteen
votes can nominate either Bragg OF
Mitchell, but it is more than likely the
caucus will not reach nomination
Monday night. In that case the fghI
will be transferred to the floor of the
house and senate Tuesday and to the
joint session Wednesday. The Repub
lican minority would take no active
part in such contest.