St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-15
The Senatorial Contest Prac-
tieally Over According to
the Davis Men.
The Doodle Cry Not to Be
Raised Again Unless
Needed.
Friends and Managers OF the
Senator Opposed to Any
Investigation.
Sudden Clearing Of the Lob
bies Of the Enemies Of
Davis.

There was not particle of excite
ment around the political centers yes
terday, and the claim was set up by eX-
Senator Buchanan for the Davis man
ayers that the fight against the re-elec-
ton of Mr.. Davis is ended. 10 the
casual observer this state ment would
seem correct, but the action OF the Davis
men indicates that they are far from
confident. Senator Buchanan and a
half-doZen other first-clasS and expert
enced workers reached the city yeSter-
day, admittedly in response to the re-
quest of the Davis managers, and, II all
were settled, this would not have hap
pened.
Senator Buchanan. as all politicians
know, is inclined to be Over-enthuSlaStIc
in his political campaigns, and accord
ingly when he gave out statement TO
the effect that every Republican vote
will be cast for Mr.. Davis, 1t was not
received without grain Of allowance.
However, the host of lobbyists that
have been hanging around the hotels
for the past ten days has largely dlSap-
peared, much to the relief of the friends
of Senator Davis, who have worked
themselves into that state in which they
they know the exact business of every
man who mingleS with the members OF
the legislature.
Winning Card.
The proceedings OF yesterday pretty
thoroughly demonstrated the fact that
the Davis men intended the Pioneer
Press onslaught of Friday as a "bluff''
and nothing more, for they had DO news
fnrf low
When pressed regarding the matter by
the representative of one of the Twin
City daiieS, one of the leading Davis
managers declined to say anything,
and gave the reporter to understand
that enough has been said about Doodle.
Cancellation is the policy to be pursued
during the next two days. The follow
ing, from the Minneapolis Tribune last
evening, was evidently inspired, and
proves this hypothesis:
The Tribune can say that Of all ab-
Bentees there is not one who is now open
to the least suspicion of wrong doing,
or desire or purpose to thWart the party
and the popular will. 1t is unfortunate
that the circumstances have seemed, in
some cases, to cast such reflection on
some members, and that some who
Were UnaVOidably Absent
have since been called down severely
by their constituents. But the Tribune
can say on authority very close TO SEN
tor Davis himself that not man of the
seventy-one house and twenty-five SEN
ate Republicans, nor of the few alb
senteeS from the caucus, is under the
least suspicion of wrong doing, and that
not one Of the twenty-siX plurality in
both houses for Davis who is not as
positively certain to be present Tuesday
next as lie is 10 be alive on that day,
and TO cast his vOte-aS each and every
one declared over his own signature, in
reply to the Trbune'S inquiries he would
do-as follows: For United States SEN
ator. Cushman K. Davis.
This is all bosh, and the Davis mana
gers, as well as the Tribune, know
that it is such. There are certain Re-
publican members of the two houses
who are not now and never have been
Davis men. That these men will all be
whipped into line is both impossible
and unlikely. That there are enough
Republican members without them to
insure Mr.. Davis reelection is reason
ably certain, however. The Doodle
stories have been greatly exaggerated,
and in one of the cases given to the
public it seems the member who rushed
into print so wildly was the
Victim Of Bob
put up on him by some practical jokerS.
The man who is said to have made him
a handsome offer of money would not be
intrusted with $50 by any one of the
men opposed to Mr.. Davis.
But while the leaders close to Mr..
Davis are willing to drop the Doodle cry,
Senator IaWney, Of WnOna. positively
refuses. He was anxious to have an in
vestigation ordered by the senate Fri
day, and yesterday hinted that it would
still be made by the Ramsey county
grand jury. Senator TaWney, in dis
cussng this point, said:
lit is highly probable that the grand
Jury will look into the matter, but the
men who have the matter in hand are
not politicians, nor are they proposing
to act for political effect. They are
prominent citizens Of st. Paul, Demo
Gratis and Republicans, who are propos-
ing to act because they think the good
OF The state demands it. AS political
measure, a grand jury investigation
might be good policy and iC might not,
and if politicians were at the back Of it
there might he a strong probability that
It would be dropped. But the fact that
the matter has been taken in hand by
disinlereSted citizens. without regard to
party, causes me to believe that it may
be pushed"
TaWDey Squares Things.
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