St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-15
A Sable Steed Is Trotted Out
in the Montana Con-
test.
Collins, Late Candidate for
Governor, Gets a Couple
Of Votes.
One Of Them, Beeeher, the
Populist, Whom Every
body Is Watch ing.
Quiet Day at Bismarck--Gen-
eral News Of the North
west.
Special to the Globe.

opeclai 10 the Globe.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 14.-Fro m all
appearances a settlement of t he sena
torlal contest is as far removed tonight
as 1t was week ago. Despite all the
pressure that has been brought upon
Marcus Daily andlW. W. Dixon to sup
port the caucus nominee, W. A. Clark,
there is no break in their forces, and ap.
parently no intention to heed the APP
peals made to them. These appeals
come not only from the Democrats of
Montana, but national leaders like Cor
man. Brice and Whitney have urged
upon them the absolute necessity of
making some terms with the
Clark people. Mr.. Clark has
more than two-thirds of the
Democratic members of the legislature
back of him. He feels that any nego-
tiationS looking to break of the dead
lock must come from DAILY or Dixon,
but so far neither of these gentlemen
has made the first attempt to open
negotiations. Their followers simply
say they will not be governed by the
action of the causus and make no sug-
gestions as to what they will do. DAILY,
however, is hard at work in an en-
deavor to find
A Dark Horse
who will take away Clark's strength.
In this, however. he will not succeed so
long as Clark remains in the race. With
the exception of the Immediate Dixon
following, the Democrats are all of the
opinion that no loyal Democrat can bolt
the caucus nominee and none enter the
race against Clark. Hauser said today
that the action of the caucus maze
Clark the choice Of the party, and if
majority rule was to govern, he must so
remain unless he voluntarily with
draws. Other local leaders object to
the eight Dixon men debating
to tWenty-seven other Democrats. and
horse was in Joint assembly today in
the person of t. E. Collins, of Great
Falls, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor 1t the last election. He had a
long talk with DAILY last night, and he
is credited with having the promise of
That gentleman's support. Today. how
ever, he only received two votes, one
that Of Beecher, PopuIist, a toWnsman,
and the other that of Senator Gibson, a
business associate. If the plan was to
create stampede to Collins it failed
utterly, as votes for the Great Falls man
did not cause the smallest ripple of sur
prise or any applause.
The Ballot.
Clark received "a votes. Dixon 8. San.
ders 80 and Mulvllle 3, there being one
pair. A paper is in circulation among
the Republicans looking to the with
drawal of Sanders and calling another
caucus with the view of nominating
Mantle, of Butte, in his place. 1t is
hoped in that way to draw the DAILY men
over to the support of a Republican
candidate, which would elect him. The
Republicans will begin their real fight
for the senatorshp next week. Their
leaders are OF the opinion that Tuesday,
Jan. IL, is the legal time to be-
gin balloting for United States
senator, and they have regarded
the balloting this week as useless,
though, If the Democrats had elected
man, they would have made no contest
on the ground of illegality as to time.
The POpulist party Of the state has pre-
pared a list Of ten names and submitted
to the Populist members of the legis-
lature with the request that they en-
deavor to have one party or the other
choose one of them and elect him sena-
tor. Men in both parties are in the list,
but neither Sanders, Clark, Hauser,
Dixon, Collins nor Maginnis are men
toned. The Republicans have signIfed
that they are open to any negotiations
of this sort, provided the man selected
is one OF Republican antecedents.