St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-19
Hghty-Fiva Legislators Of a
Great State Vote for
the Senator.
Three Who Voted for Him
Tuesday Shirked the Test
Yesterday.
Cushman KS Supporters In
wardly Felt Shaky for a
While,
But Holler Stayed the Fear
in Their Hearts--HoW 1t
Was Done.

dissideDt Republican grimly put 1t atter
the joint convention of the legislature
yesterday, Cushman K. Davis has been
reelected United States senator from
Minnesota.
The strain under which his fuglemen
have been laboring for many weeks past
found thankful relief in the wild shout
of Joy the more enthusiastic raised
yesterday on the declaration of the vote.
The terrible, cankering doubt and
fear that has possessed their hearts tor
a weary spell was visible to all behold
ers as the hour of final test drew nigh
yesterday.
The almost hopeless droop of their
crests occasioned by the break away
of Senator Guderlan, who voted for
Davis Tuesday, was painfully empha-
sized when Representatives Carlson
and Christie likewise scorned allegl-
ance to the force bill advocate, and
voted against him.
With full dozen of votes to spare, so
far as the voting strength of his party
in the legislature was concerned, Sen
ator Davis has scraped through with
just a sufficient number of votes to
elect. Losing one mans suffrage
yesterday for any reason. he had
been beaten beyond a doubt. His
friends claim the reelection is re-
markable triumph!
Not as deep as we'll or as wide as
barn door, but twill serve, is the senti-
ment inspiring the Davis partlsans.
And they are supremely happy. Per-
haps not as much can be said of the
legislators who bolted his rule.
The Opening Scenes.
The Inauguration of Gov Nelson did
not attract anything near like the crowd
that uncomfortably packed every avail
able foot of space in the house at. noon
yesterday. When e'senators grayely
filed in they had great difficulty in find
ing seats. The sergeant-at-arms was
compelled to levy on all chairs occupied
by persons not having business in the
house, and some high society ladies
from the sacred precincts of Summit
avenue could do no better than seat
on the steps of the speakers stand. In
every part of the hall were notable men
from every walk Of life standing up and
iammed right and left by the sWeltering
crowd.
Many members had their wives or
daughters in seats beside the desks, and
the ladies were very evidently as in
tensely interested as any politician in
the thrOng Some of them kept close
tab on the voting and whispered the re-
suit to all IN reach while Bob Deakin
footed the figures on his roll call. There
was suppressed whispering during the
preliminaries. and in the vicinity OF the
reporters table it was difficult to keep
anything like quiet.
Not member of either the senate or
! house was absent when the call began
| that would settle the all-abSorbng Ques-
ton. Holler. of Wright, had again put
| in an appearance, and he was II cas-
ured object for the eyes of Bob ID unn,
| Judge Fleming, Senator Day and s)me
| Others of the anxious Davis men.
During the call not Democrat
| shrked his allegiance to Dan LaWler.
| Every man of the forty-eicht voted with
| a spirit indicating he would be glad to
| have 100 votes to .confer on the Achilles
| of the Minnesota Democracy.
Down the Line
Senator Guderjan was the first man In
| the Davis phalanX to disturb the hush.
| He stepped squarely out of line and
sung out "Moses E. Clapp' when his
name was called. Hearts sank and
hands cIinched tighter in many parts of
the hall, but Deakin went on 10 the
next name almost without pause.
Representative G. A. Carlson, of Hen-
nepin, was the next man to vote as he
| felt, and his vote was one OF the three
credited to John Lind.
Then Representative William Chris
| tie, of Freeborn, swung clear of the ap-
parently sinking ship and gave vote to
| Owen.
Davis friends were ready to throw up
both hands at this time, and only politi-
cal tact kept their feelings down.
Momentarily they forgot John A.
Holler, or rather they. sized him up
wrong. He had been absent Tuesday.
Few people had noticed his entrance
Yesterday. But about 1880 the modest
| man from Wright county looked as big
as Goliath to the oX-lke orbS of the men
who needed him as badly as the cornered
man from ArkanSaW needed the knife
IN his boot. And they got him, and all
was we'll.
| Down the line went the call, and all
the men depended on to sustain the Re-
l DuOlICdD
| discipline voted for Davis with more OF
less spirit.
Then the Cheering.
Holler's vote elected the only round
of applause that broke the roll call. As
the words ''Mr. Speaker" elected the
quiet response ''Davis" from the hand
some presiding officer of the e,there
was Just moments pause. Then the
ST. Louis county people whooped, Judge
Fleming threw newspaper aloft sc
that it almost covered Senator Stevens
and Uncle Charlie" McEwen, Cordie
Severance smiled and bowed to the
multitude with hand on his heart, Rob-
ert Chesterfield Dunn executed the
most dashng war dance of the Mile
Lacs tribe. Senator Day stopped chew,
ing the ends of his mustache, Bob
Evans let out sound between roar
and chuckle, Cotton and BoggS cast
off the WEAKNESS of loss of sleep
Dennis Sullivan went all hands roun6
like a gay goSSoon of twenty, Hilel
Horton forgot to make speech, ano
every man recorded for Davis SHOOK
hands with himself and wanted to en-
brace everybody in sight.
Cheer heartily they did, and shouted
in vain for the victor in the voting, bu
when Ives, of Ramsey. raised cry fol
Dan LAWYER what's the matter will
him?" there was shout OF approval by
the multitude allow and aloft, and Law
ler was emphatically pronounced az
right,
! Some one moved the joint convention
rise. and it rose Someone. GS4, realiZ